EXOTIC INDOCHINA HIGHLIGHTS(Luang Prabang - Hanoi - Ninh Binh - Halong - Ho Chi Minh - Cu Chi - Mekong - Siem Reap)

About this tour

Exotic Indochina Highlights Tour is the best choice for all Indian tourists who want to combine 3 beautiful countries of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia altogether. Apart from most outstanding sites in each country, you will also have an opportunity to join in various activities with your beloved friends and family such as swimming, fishing, boating, caving, cycling and so much more.

What you can expect

• Relax and Cool off at the picturesque Kuang Si Waterfalls in Laos
• Discover outstanding attractions in Luang Prabang
• Go Shopping at H’mong Night Market
• Explore a Buddhist Temple inside limestone mountains – Pak Ou Caves
• Pay a visit to local villages of making Lao rice wine
• Take a discovery and know more about ancient history when visiting the temples of two Emperors of Dinh Dynasty
• Enjoy a scenic boat trip among mountains and rice paddies in Tam Coc
• Stay overnight among thousands of limestone islets in Halong Bay
• Tour around the bustling Ho Chi Minh City
• Explore the famous Angkor Wat and beautiful sites in Siem Reap

DETAILED ITINERARY

Day 1: Luang Prabang Arrival

Welcome at the airport and transfer to your hotel for check-in. The room is at your disposal from 02:00 PM. The balance of the day is free at your leisure. Meals on your own. Overnight at the Hotel.

Our Services:

• Accommodation: Hotel in Luang Prabang
• Meals: None
• Tour guide: English speaking guide
• Transfer: Private car

Day 2: Luang Prabang city tour - Kuang Si Waterfall (B)

09:00 AM: Pick up at your hotel and start the city tour today include the most highlights

• Phosi Market – the biggest market in Luang Prabang.
• Kuang Si waterfall – a stunning waterfall for a fresh swim. On the way, you will pass through rice fields and beautiful small villages dotted along the country road.
• Vat Xieng Thong Wat Sene– one of the most beautiful temples in Luang Prabang.
• Phousi Mountain – to enjoy the panoramic view of the city
• H’mong Night Market to admire various Lao-style souvenirs displayed on stalls.
• Transfer back to your hotel. Meals on your own. Overnight at the hotel.

Our Services:

• Accommodation: Hotel in Luang Prabang
• Meals: Breakfast
• Tour Guide: English speaking guide
• Transfer: Private car

Day 3: Half day to Pak Ou Caves - Hanoi (B, L) - Joint in tour

09:30 AM: Our tuk-tuk driver will pick you up at your hotel to have a departure to the boat jetty.

10:00 AM: Embark on a shared boat. Take the 2–hour cruise upstream to the Pak Ou Caves, stop at the village of Ban Xang Hai. Inside Pak Ou Caves, you will admire numerous ancient Buddha images dating back from many centuries. On the way back downstream, it’s time for lunch with a selection of typical Lao dishes onboard.

02:00 PM: The cruise will take about 1.5 hours to turn back to Luang Prabang. Then our driver will pick you up at the boat jetty and transfer you back to the airport for regional flight to Hanoi:

Welcome to Hanoi, you will be collected by our local guide at Hanoi Airport and transfer to hotel for check-in. Dinner in your account. Overnight at the Hanoi.

Our Services:

• Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
• Tour Guide: English speaking guide
• Transfer: Group transfer & Private car

Day 4: Hanoi city tour (B, L) - Joint in tour

07:45 – 08:30 AM: Meet your tour guide at the hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter.

• Tran Quoc pagoda– a Buddhist relic and national heritage lying on the West Lake,
• Ho Chi Minh complex and One pillar pagoda, also Temple of Literature are all highlighted sites for the morning trip.
• 12:30 PM: Relax and have lunch at a local restaurant. In the afternoon, spend the time to continue the city tour:
• Ngoc Son Temple dedicated to Tran Hung Dao – General Commander for his struggle against Mongolians.

03:30 PM: Get a cyclo ride around the ancient street before getting back to your hotel.

Important note: Those wearing shorts/miniskirts are not allowed to enter the mausoleum. All visitors’ shoulder must be covered with clothes.

Our Services:

• Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi
• Meals:  Breakfast, Lunch
• Tour Guide: English speaking guide
• Transfer: Private car

Day 5: Day trip to Hoa Lu - Tam Coc (B, L) - Joint in tour

07:45 – 08:30 AM: Our tour guide picks you up at your hotel and departs for Ninh Binh in nearly 300 km toward the South.

10:30 AM: Arrival to Hoa Lu- once depicted the ancient capital of Vietnam. Take a discovery and know more about ancient history when visiting temples of two Dynasties of Dinh – Le, and vestiges of Royal Places dated the 10th century.

12:30 PM: It’s time to relax and enjoy lunch at a local restaurant.

Then, you will be amazed at marvelous scenery of lust paddy field along the river among the villages, mountains when discovering Tam Coc passing through 3 caves by sampan boats (2 pax sharing in one boat)

07:00 PM: Arrival in Hanoi. Dinner on your own. Overnight at the hotel.

Our Services:

• Accommodation: Hotel in Hanoi
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
• Tour Guide: English speaking guide
• Transfer: Group transfer

Day 6: Hanoi - Halong Bay (B, L, D) by shuttle bus

07:45 – 08:15 AM: Picked up by cruise shuttle bus to another fascinating land – the gem in the north of Vietnam – Halong Bay.

12:00 PM: Take a tender to the main cruise and have lunch.

02:00 PM: Visit a grotto of spectacular stalactites and stalagmites and anchor for a relaxing swim in a hidden cave.

05:00 PM: Dinner on the cruise with cooking class. Overnight on the cruise.

Our Services:

• Accommodation: Overnight on cruise
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Tour Guide: On the cruise
• Transfer:  Shuttle bus

Day 7: Halong Bay - Hanoi - Fly to Ho Chi Minh (B, Brunch)

06:30 – 07:30 AM: Join in the Tai Chi exercise & have breakfast

07:30 – 09:30 AM: Enjoy your time to swim, sunbathe and relax in the fascinating background of the bay.

09:30 – 10:30 AM: Check out & have lunch on board

11:30 – 12:30 AM: Transfer back to Hanoi.

Our driver will pick you up to transfer to the airport (without the guide) to take your domestic flight to Ho Chi Minh.

Once arrival in Ho Chi Minh, you will be warmly welcomed and transferred to the hotel to check in by our tour guide and driver. Dinner on your own. Overnight at the hotel.

Our Services:

• Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
• Tour Guide: On the cruise
• Transfer: Shuttle bus & Private car

Day 8: Ho Chi Minh city tour - Cu Chi Tunnels (B, L) - Joint in tour

08:00 – 08:30 AM: Pick up at your hotel and start the city tour included:

• Independence Palace (the Reunification Palace) was built on the sight of the former Norodom palace.
• War Remnants Museum which has a vast display of the both the Indochina wars.
• Notre Dame Cathedral & Central Post Office the beautiful structures from the French Colonial times
• Jade Emperor Pagoda with the peaceful atmosphere &o many stories behind each detail of the pagoda.

12:30 PM: Lunchtime with a famous Phở restaurant (Vietnamese noodle soup).

02:00 PM: Depart around 1,5 hours through the pleasant countryside before arriving at Cu Chi Tunnels – the historic site where Vietnamese soldiers used as a shelter during wartime. This fantastic network stretches over 250 km and is the shelter of Vietnamese soldiers during the wars.

06:00 – 07:00 PM: Be dropped off at your hotel. Dinner on your own account. Overnight at the hotel.

Our Services:

• Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
• Tour Guide: English speaking guide
• Transfer: Group transfer

Day 9: Day trip to Mekong Delta (B, L) - Joint in tour

08:00 – 08:30 AM: Depart from Ho Chi Minh and head straight to Ben Tre, crossing the impressive Rach Mieu Cable-stayed Bridge. Board a small boat to visit typical workplaces including small brick factories, a coconut processing workshop and a local mat-weaving house. Stop at a quiet village, take a short walk to experience local life and hop on your xe-lôi (a kind of motorized rickshaw).

12:30 PM: Enjoy lunch at a local riverside restaurant.

01:30 PM: Take a short cycling tour to explore the surrounding fields before boarding a sampan for a tranquil trip along the picturesque canals. Come back to the port and return to Saigon

05:00 PM: Be dropped at your hotel. Dinner on your own. Overnight at the hotel.

Our Services:

• Accommodation: Hotel in Ho Chi Minh
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
• Tour Guide: English speaking guide
• Transfer: Group transfer
• Other: Boat trip on Mekong Delta

Day 10: Ho Chi Minh - Siem Reap (B)

Free on your own until being transferred to the airport (without tour guide) to take your regional flight to Siem Reap.

Once arrival, you will meet our tour guide and driver to transfer to the hotel to check in. The balance of the day will be free at your leisure. Meals on your own. Overnight at Siem Reap.

Our Services:

• Accommodation: Hotel in Siem Reap
• Meals: Breakfast
• Tour Guide: English speaking guide for airport pick up
• Transfer: Private car

Day 11: Angkor sightseeing (B, L) - Joint in tour

At 08:00 AM, our tour will guide you to start the trip to Angkor sites included:

• Angkor Thom which is no doubt the expression of highest genius.
• Bayon Temple with many other relics which offer a great chance to observe ancient sculptures.
• Terrace of the Leper King before going along the Terrace of Elephants – originally used as a viewing gallery for the king to preside over parades, performances and traditional sports and more highlighted sites such as Baphuon Temple, Ta Prohm “Tomb Raider” fame.
• Angkor Wat – the Mother of all temples which believed to be the world’s largest religious building.

05:00 PM: Back to the hotel.

Lunch at a local restaurant. Dinner on your own. Overnight at Siem Reap

Our Services:

• Accommodation: Hotel in Siem Reap
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
• Guide: English speaking guide
• Transfer: Group transfer

Day 12: Siem Reap - Departure (B)

On this day, you are free at your leisure until being picked up and transferred without the guide to the airport for the departure flight. The room is at your disposal until noon. Meals on your own. End of services.

Our Services:

• Accommodation: None
• Meals: Breakfast
• Tour Guide: None
• Transfer: Private car
• Siem Reap - Departure (B)

Note: Our tour's itinerary is carefully designed only for travelers from India by team of local travel experts with more than 10 years' experience.

This customizable tour can be arranged for single traveler, couple, family and group tour. Final Prices vary according to hotel standard, when you travel, how many people you travel with, the level of private guiding required and the overall arrangements. We can easily customize the itinerary based on your budget, interests and schedule. Please contact us to discuss your individual requirements

Tel / Zalo / WhatsApp: (+84)0989661264 (Mr Truong John)

E-mail: vietnambooker.com@gmail.com

ROUTE MAP

INCLUSIONS

Meals: 11 Breakfasts, 7 Lunches, 1 Dinner, 1 Brunch

*Indian/Vietnamese/Veg .. Food

 Acommodations: Luang Prabang (2 nights), Hanoi (3 nights), Halong Bay (1 night), Ho Chi Minh (3 nights), Siem Reap (2 nights)

 Transports: Car, Plane, Shuttle Bus, Plane, Tuk Tuk

 Included Services

• Accommodation in a double/twin share with daily breakfast
• Tours and transfers as mentioned by air-conditioned vehicle
• Boat trips as mentioned in the itinerary
• JOINT IN TOUR in Pak Ou Caves, Hanoi city tour, Hoa Lu & Tam Coc, Ho Chi Minh City & Cu Chi Tunnels, Mekong Delta
• Local English speaking guides
• Meals where mentioned (B: breakfast; L: lunch; D: dinner)
• Entrance fees

EXCLUSIONS

• International flight ticket
• Visa fee in Vietnam 30 USD/person
• Visa fee in Cambodia 30 USD/person
• Visa fee in Laos 40 USD/person
• Drinks, other than water on activity days
• Personal expenses (laundry, telephone, drinks, tip…)
• Travel insurance
• Single supplement
• Domestic/Regional flights in Economy Class included
• Luang Prabang – Hanoi
• Hanoi – Ho Chi Minh
• Ho Chi Minh – Siem Reap

(For the route Hanoi – Ho Chi Minh, we will use Vietjet Air – an Economy Airlines of Vietnam; it may be delayed hours. If you would like to upgrade, we highly recommend you use Vietnam Airlines with surcharge 30 USD/person /domestic ticket.)

Tel / Zalo / WhatsApp: (+84)0989661264 (Mr Truong John)

E-mail: vietnambooker.com@gmail.com