Ancient Angkor Wat & Beyond 11 Days First Class
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- Inclusions & Highlights Accommodation with private facilities
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner as listed
- Arrival & departure transfers
- All sightseeing as per the itinerary
- Local English-speaking guides
- Entrance fees to monuments and cultural events
- Internal flights – Hanoi / Ho Chi Minh City/Siem Reap / Phnom Penh
- Baggage handling
- Cyclo ride & water puppet show in Hanoi
- Boat ride on Mekong Delta
- Trishaw ride
- Traditional Khmer massage at La Rose Spa
- Khmer dinner in Phnom Pehn
- Khmer cuisine cooking class in a traditional Khmer setting
- Home visit and dinner with a local family
Itinerary
Arrive in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. You are welcomed at the airport and escorted to your hotel.
Start your day off by exploring Hanoi’s illustrious history. In the morning, visit the imposing marble edifice housing the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (closed on Mondays & Fridays) before moving onto his wooden stilt house and the One Pillar Pagoda. You will then...
Drive through green rice paddy fields to Ha Long Bay. You will board a junk for a cruise among the hundreds of islets of Ha Long Bay. Enjoy a seafood lunch and a swim (if weather permits) before visiting a grotto of gigantic stalactites and stalagmites. Drop anchor in the late evening for an overnight stay among the dramatic limestone peaks rising out of the sea. (BLD)
Spend the morning cruising through the limestone cliffs and emerald waters of Ha Long Bay before returning to the wharf. You will be returned to Hanoi and transferred to the airport for flight to Ho Chi Minh City. Upon arrival, you will be met and transferred to the hotel. (B)
In the morning you will visit the amazing Cu Chi Tunnels where Vietnamese guerrillas built a labyrinth of narrow tunnels as hideouts during the war. Return to Ho Chi Minh City in the afternoon for a half-day city tour. Highlights include the Reunification Palac...
Depart for the Mekong Delta. Upon arrival in My Tho, enjoy a boat cruise along the river. Experience an exciting horse-drawn cart ride to visit a local house where you will enjoy tea and taste home grown fruits. Board a sampan and drift along the narrow, tree-l...
You will be transferred to the airport for your flight to Siem Reap. Upon arrival, you will be met and transferred to the hotel. In the afternoon, enter Angkor Thom via the Southern Gate. Proceed to visit the ruins at Bayon, Baphoun, Phimeanakas, the Royal Palace and the Elephant Terrace. (B)
After breakfast, visit the graceful 11th century Temple of Shiva – Banteay Srei – and the Banteay Samre Temple. On the way back, swing by the Ta Prohm Temple which is mystically enveloped in the jungle. In the afternoon, visit the magnificent Angkor Wat. Explore its extraordinary rchitecture for an opportunity to experience a spectacular sunset over the monuments. (B)
You will be transferred to the airport for your flight to Phnom Penh. Upon arrival, you will be met and transferred to the hotel. In the afternoon, visit some of the capital’s most impressive sites. End the tour with a rejuvenating traditional Khmer massage at La Rose Spa and indulge yourself with a Khmer welcome dinner. (BD)
You will have the opportunity to participate in a half day Khmer cuisine cooking class in a traditional Khmer setting. In the afternoon, visit the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and the notorious Khmer Rouge Killing Fields. On the way back, stop and witness the PSE...
You will be transferred to the airport for your departure flight home. (B)
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