Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar & Thailand

Upon landing in Hanoi, you will meet your professional local tour guide and driver outside the airport customs hall. Then a comfortable ride will take you to the well-selected downtown hotel. The rest of the day will be free for you to recover from jet lag, or get familiar with the surroundings.

Accommodation: Hanoi La Siesta Hotel & Spa

Your guide will pick you up at your hotel lobby at the appointed time and then take you to the French-style Presidential Palace, the nearby Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (It is closed every Monday, Friday and from the end of Sep. to the end of Dec. due to the annual maintenance), and the One Pillar Pagoda. After that, we will move forward to the Chinese-style Temple of Literature and then a visit to the Museum of Ethnology follows afterwards.

This afternoon, you will be escorted to take a leisure walk around the Old Quarter to appreciate the buildings in Vietnamese and French styles, and immerse yourself in the unsophisticated local folkways. A traditional Water Puppet Show will await you in the late afternoon. After that, you will enjoy a welcome dinner at a local decent restaurant and then be transferred back to the hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Hanoi La Siesta Hotel & Spa

Halong Bay is recognized as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, boasting vast sea, bizarre hills and rocks, karst caves and countless islets. For the coming 2 days, you will take a cruise down the Halong Bay to take in the picturesque scenery. 

After breakfast, a 3.5 hours' ride will take you to the Halong Pier to board the 4-star cruise ship. During the journey, you will have an onshore relaxation on a golden beach and stop by a karst cave to view stalactites in various shapes. 

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Signature Cruise

You will spend a leisure morning onboard viewing the stunning natural landscape of the Halong Bay. Then after having brunch on the cruise, you will return to Halong Pier and then be escorted to Hanoi Airport for a flight to Da Nang. Your Da Nang local guide will wait for you at the airport and escort you to check in at the hotel in Hoi An. 

Meals: Brunch
Accommodation: The Beach - Little Boutique Hoi An

After breakfast, we will head to Hoi An Old Town. As a vital trading port of the Southeast Asia during the 15th-19th century, the town is brimmed with buildings of traditional Chinese and Japanese styles. You will be guided to visit Chinese-style Chua Ong Pagoda and Tan Ky Ancestral House, as well as the Japanese Covered Bridge. The day will end with a boat trip to an island village. After that, your guide will escort you back to the hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: The Beach - Little Boutique Hoi An

You will spend a leisure morning either resting at the hotel or exploring the surroundings by yourself. After lunch, you will have a precious chance to learn the mysterious Cham culture at the Museum of Cham Sculpture in Da Nang. Then a private ride will take you to Da Nang Airport for a flight to Ho Chi Minh City. You will meet your local guide at the exit of the airport after touching down at the airport of Ho Chi Minh City. Then you will be escorted to check into the hotel.

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Liberty Central Saigon Riverside Hotel

This private Ho Chi Minh City tour will start with the Thien Hau Temple, a prosperous temple famed for intricate reliefs on its roofs and eaves. Then continue the trip to the War Remnants Museum and the Reunification Palace, where you may have a general idea of the country's modern history since the late 19th century. The French-style Notre Dame Cathedral will be your next destination, and then you will be escorted to walk across the street to visit the Central Post Office. After that, you will be led to take pictures at the European-style Opera House and Ho Chi Minh City Hall.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Liberty Central Saigon Riverside Hotel

After breakfast, a comfortable drive will take you to the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City to explore the Cu Chi Tunnels, a full-featured underground barrack consisting of wells, granaries, meeting rooms, dormitories and etc.

Then we will proceed to Cao Dai Temple to learn about the Caodaism, a religion exclusively prevailing in Vietnam. After that, your guide will escort you back to the hotel in downtown area.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Liberty Central Saigon Riverside Hotel

After breakfast, your guide will transfer you to the airport for a flight to Siem Reap. Upon landing, your Siem Reap tour guide will pick you up and escort you to the hotel. After settled down, you will be led to visit the Angkor National Museum to get a general idea of the history and culture of the Khmer Empire (802 – 1431).

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Tara Angkor Hotel

This brilliant day will start with the marvelous sunrise scene over Angkor Wat, which is known as one of the most beautiful sunrise wonders in the world. After that, your guide will lead you to enter the Angkor Thom, the remains of the last capital city of the Khmer Empire. With your guide's company, you will appreciate the intricate carvings and reliefs at the Bayon Temple, the Elephant Terrace and the Terrace of the Leper King inside. After getting out, you will be led to the Ta Prohm Temple, which is the shooting place of the thrilling movie, Tomb Raider.

Afterwards, we will reach at the top of the Bakheng Hill at sundown to capture the great scenery from the Bakheng Temple. And then round off today's journey with a special Apsara Dinner Show.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Tara Angkor Hotel

Today's private Siem Reap tour will begin with the Preah Khan Temple, a temporary imperial chamber during the construction of Angkor Thom. After that, we will head for the Banteay Srei Temple, to appreciate the elaborate engravings on the relics. Finally, you will be guided to the Beng Mealea, which is hidden in jungle, to sense the primitive beauty.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Tara Angkor Hotel

After exploring Siem Reap's past, you will have a chance to experience the rustic local life in Siem Reap today. First, we will head to a Khmer village. Then take a boat trip on Tonle Sap Lake to admire a floating village. Loitering around the Old Market marks the end of this private Siem Reap tour.

After that, you will be escorted to the airport for a flight to Phnom Penh. Your local guide will greet you at the exit and then take you to the hotel by a comfortable private ride.

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: The Fangipani Royal Palace

Your private Phnom Penh tour will begin with the Royal Palace, which is dominated by golden and white colors representing Buddhism and Brahmanism respectively. At the southeast corner stands the Silver Pagoda, which gets its name because its floor is paved with more than 5,000 silver bricks weighing 5 tons in total. Then your guide will walk you across the street to the National Museum of Cambodia to admire the precious handicrafts and artworks during the Khmer Empire.

After that, we will climb uphill to the Wat Phnom to enjoy the full view of the whole city. Then take a tour to the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and the Killing Fields of Choeung EK to look back on the Cambodian genocide during 1975 - 1979.

At the end of the day, you will be transferred to the airport for a night flight to Yangon. You will meet your local guide upon arrival and take a private ride to the hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Rose Garden

You will be free this morning to stroll around the neighborhood on your own. This afternoon, your Yangon tour guide will accompany you to take a leisure walk around the tranquil Kandawgyi Lake, and then stop by the Shwedagon Pagoda, a magnificent religious complex, which houses 68 stupas, all covered by a layer of gold foils.

In the evening, you will sample a gourmet dinner while enjoying the local dance show.

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Accommodation: Rose Garden

After breakfast, we will begin today's Yangon tour to the Kyaukhtatgyi Pagoda, boasting a giant reclining Buddha of 6-storey high. Then head to the center of Yangon to visit the Sule Pagoda, which was built over 2,200 years ago. After that, we will take a leisure walk around the Maha Bandula Park, where the towering Independence Monument standing inside is a popular photo spot.

Finally, we will go on a shopping spree at the Bogyoke Aung San Market, which has a wide variety of souvenirs, including jewels, jades, clothes, engravings, and wooden handicrafts.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Rose Garden

A morning flight will take you from Yangon to Bagan. Upon arrival, you will meet your local guide at the airport and then be escorted to a hotel. After a short break, we will start this private Bagan tour to the Mani Sithu Market to experience locals' life.

Bagan is a historical city with profound Buddhist culture and countless temples and stupas. Once finishing the market tour, we will set out for a few religious sites, including Shwezigon Pagoda, Htilominlo Temple, Nat Taung Kyaung Monastery, and Shwesandaw Pagoda.

Finally, enjoying the beautiful sunset by a private boat will the last activity of today’s trip.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Bagan Thiripyitsaya Sanctuary Resort

Today, we will continue to soak in the Buddhist atmosphere of Bagan by visiting Thatbyinnyu Temple, Ananda Temple, Nanpaya Temple, Manuha Temple, Gubyaukgyi Temple, and Pyatthat Gyi Temple. En route, we will have a short stay at the Myinkaba Village to experience local rural life, and also stop by some lacquer workshops. At the end, a comfortable ride will take you back to the hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Bagan Thiripyitsaya Sanctuary Resort

After breakfast, your guide will help you check out of the hotel and escort you to the airport to catch the light to Heho. Upon landing at the airport, you will meet your private local guide outside the baggage claim area and then be transferred to a downtown hotel. When settled down, we will start today's trip to the Inle Lake and also stop by the lakeside Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda and a local village.

Return to the hotel and the rest of the day will be free for you to explore the city on your own.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Novotel Inle Lake Myat Min

You will enjoy a boat trip on Inle Lake this morning. En route, we will go ashore to visit Indein Village, a vital religious area with 1,054 remaining golden stupas distributed on the hillside.

The rest of the day will be free for your own arrangement. You can either rent a bike or loiter around to feel the local cozy lifestyle.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Novotel Inle Lake Myat Min

You will be transferred to Heho Airport to take a morning flight to Mandalay. Upon arrival, a comfortable ride will take you to the hotel. After settled down, your guide will accompany you to the Mahagandayon Monastery, a large-scale temple where more than 1,000 monks practice Buddhism. Later, we will head for a photography site, Irrawaddy Bridge, and then continue the journey to Sagaing Hill on the opposite bank. After that, you will be transferred to the teakwood U Bein Bridge, where you will take a boat to better enjoy the sunset view over the Taungthaman Lake.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Eastern Palace Hotel

After breakfast, you will be escorted to a town called Pyin Oo Lwin by a comfortable ride. It is recognized as the summer resort of Myanmar, full of blooming flowers all year round. The retro, exotic villas as well as the old-fashioned carriages there demonstrate the scenery of a European township. Afterwards, your guide will also show you around the large-scaled National Kandawgyi Garden Complex, boasting mirror-like lake, wide lawns, and colorful flowers.

When the leisure Pyin Oo Lwin tour finishes, we will drive back to the hotel in Mandalay.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Eastern Palace Hotel

Today, you will firstly be driven to the eastern bank of Irrawaddy River and take a boat across the river to the Ancient Mingun City. With your guide's company, you will appreciate several religious sites there, including Mingun Pagoda, Mingun Bell, Settawya Paya and Hsinbyume Pagoda.

Reverse the trip back to Mandalay and continue our journey to a few Buddhist buildings in the city proper, namely Mahamuni Pagoda, Shwenandaw Monastery, and Kuthodaw Paya. After that, round off the day with a sunset view at the top of the Mandalay Hill.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Eastern Palace Hotel

You will be free to explore the city on your own or relax at the hotel this morning. Then an afternoon flight will take you to Bangkok. Your local guide will meet you at the airport and transfer you to the hotel. The rest of the day will be free for your own arrangement.

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Movenpick Bangkok Sukhumvit 15

Your private Bangkok tour will start with Wat Pho, where you can admire the city's largest reclining Buddha with a length of 46m (50yd). After that, go across the road to stroll around the luxury Grand Palace and also appreciate the precious emerald Buddha enshrined in Wat Phra Kaew.

Then take a boat ride to a waterside community, Klong Bang Luang. En route, we will go ashore to visit the Baan Silapin Artist Village, where you can not only take in idyllic scenery, but also appreciate the elaborate handicrafts on display.

After getting back to downtown, we will conclude the day with Wat Arun, which boasts Thailand's largest stupa built in 1842.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Movenpick Bangkok Sukhumvit 15

Today, we will have a relaxing day trip to Ayutthaya, which is the ancient capital city of Thailand. Founded in 1350, it brimmed with countless temples, palaces, and stupas during its booming period. Although most buildings are in relics now, with the explanation of your guide, you can easily imagine its prosperity in the past. After that, we will take a luxurious cruise on Chao Phraya River to return back to Bangkok.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Movenpick Bangkok Sukhumvit 15

Today will be the last day of you memorable holiday. Check out of the hotel at the appointed time and then your guide will transfer you to the airport for your leaving flight. Wish you a nice journey home!

Meals: Breakfast