Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam Tour – 19 Days

Day 1: Welcome to Myanmar

+ Upon your arrival in Yangon, the former capital of Myanmar but nowadays one of the most developing city in Myanmar, our local guide will welcome you at the airport then escort you to hotel.

+ In the evening, enjoy a Myanmar royal style welcome dinner on a floating marble boat.

Day 2: Full Day Yangon City Tour

+ In the early morning, visit the Shwedagon Pagoda which is the largest pagoda painted with real gold in Yangon. You will enjoy a quiet and extremely peaceful atmosphere to watch local people and monks pray in front of the pagoda.

+ Transfer back to hotel for breakfast. After breakfast, you will visit the Reclining Buddha (Chaok-Htat-Gyi) and Mahabandoola Park.

+ Have some rest after lunch, enjoy wandering around in Bogyoke Market and the Bogyoke Market busy treets of Yangon’s famous China Town and Yangon Jetty. Finish your day off at the riverside where the road is flanked by colonized style buildings which will give you the impression of Myanmar in the old time.

 

Day 3: Flight to Mandalay, Half Day Mandalay City Tour

+ Enjoy free time in the morning until being transferred to airport for onward flight to Mandalay. Upon arrival in Mandalay, you local guide will meet you in the airport and escort you to hotel.

+ After a rest in the hotel, you will visit Mahamuni Image where you will see local people pray and stick gold paper on the Buddha for blessing. You can also try to make your wish and donate money (buy) for gold paper to stick the gold paper on the statue (only men are allowed to stick the gold). On the way to the Mahamuni Image, you will visit a gold paper factory to see how people made the gold leaf. Visit the Shwenandaw Monastery which means ‘Golden Palace Monastery” and was built in 19th century and well known for its teak carving of Buddhist myths. Visit the Kuthodaw Pagodawhich – a Buddhist stupa that contains the world’s largest book of Buddhism.

+ Finish your day on the top of Mandalay Hill  with a view of stunning sun set.

 

Day 4: Full Day Amarapura Tour

+ In the morning, it takes about 30 mins to drive to Sagaing, the capital of Sagaing Division in Myanmar and located on the Ayeyarwady River, 20 km to the southwest of Mandalay on the opposite bank of the river. Go across the Innwa Bridge, built by British in 1934, visit the Maha Ganayon Kyaung Monastery to see hundreds of monks line up for daily meals at 10:15am. Then visit the U Bein Bridge which is 1.2 kilometers long and the longest teakwood bridge in the world.

+ Continue to visit Kaung Mu Taw Pagoda; the dome shaped pagoda rises up to 46 meters. At the base of the pagoda there are 812 stone pillars, each one has a hollow and an image of a Nat in it. Continue visit to Sagaing Hill, the hill has a number of small pagodas and many meditation centers and Soon U Ponya Shin Pagoda which is located on Sagaing Hill. You can stop at monasteries and nunneries and talk with nuns and monks while drink green tea from hot tea pot with palm-sugar.

+ Lunch at local restaurant in Sagaing and take a short break.

+ Continue to visit Amarapura, “City of Immortality” situated 11 km to the south of Mandalay and the ancient temple of Pahtodawgyi which was built in 1820 in the Inva ancient town.

+ Drive back to Mandalay and rest of the day is at leasure.

 

Day 5: Flight to Bagan, Half Day City Tour

+ Transfer to airport for domestic flight to Bagan in early morning. Upon arrival in Bagan, you will be welcomed by your local guide at the airport then transferred to hotel.

+ Bagan will impressed you with its thousands of Buddhists pagodas spread in the area of the Ancient City of ‘Bagan’. These pagodas used to belong to individual families during its prosperous time.

+ You will visit the Nyaung Oo Market where local people buying food in daily life and the Shwezigon Pagoda which is the largest pagoda painted with real gold in Bagan.

+ Have a rest in hotel in the hottest time in afternoon. Then enjoy a Horse Cart Ride, climb up to the top of the Shesandaw Pagoda for sunset. It is an unforgettable feeling of taking the horse cart ride on the off-road treks through the pagodas when it’s quiet in dusk.

 

Day 6: Flight to Heho, Inle Lake

+ Transfer to airport for onward flight to Heho where you will be picked up and transferred to your hotel by the side of Inle Lake. Inle Lake is located in the highland of Myanmar in an altitude of around 3,000 feet above sea level.  Here you will enjoy different atmosphere and ambience from middle part of Myanmar.

+ After check in hotel, enjoy your day at leisure to relax.

 

Day 7: Full Day Inle Lake Excursion

+ Your excursion today will be made by long-tail boat to see life of In-tha (name of local ethnic people living on the lake), to discover their unique floating farms and life on floating village. You will also see how the local fisher to fish with only one leg paddling the boat and the Long Neck Ladies who were relocated from the Myanmar and Thailand border.

+ Rest of the day is at leisure to relax.

 

Day 8: Flight to Yangon, Connect to international flight to Phnom Penh

+ Transfer to airport for onward flight to Yangon, then continue with the international flight to Phnom Penh – the capital of Kingdom of Cambodia

+ Upon arrival in Cambodia, you will meet your local guide in the airport and then escorted to hotel.

+ Rest of day is at leisure.

 

Day 9: Royal Palace, Flight to Siem Reap

+ Enjoy a relaxing tour in the morning to visit the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh which is the residence of the royal family.

+ Flight to Siem Reap in the afternoon. Upon arrival, you will be welcomed at airport then transferred to hotel.

+ Rest of the day is at leisure.

 

Day 10: Full Day Angkor Thom, Ta Prohm & Angkor Wat

+ After breakfast, the cool weather and less traffic is perfect for you to travel in a Tuk Tuk to visit the ancient city Angkor Thom which was the last and most enduring capital city of the Khmer empire. The tour in Angkor Thom will start from the South Gate and walk along the ancient city wall to see the lost temple of Prasat Chroung, then continue to the Bayon temple where you will be surrounded by 216 gigantic stone faces which fame as “smile of Angkor”. You will also visit the Terrace of the Elephants, the Royal Palace and the Terrace of the Leper King.

+ When weather gets hot, your driver will pick you up and you can enjoy air-condition and cold drinks inside your private car while being transferred to Temple of Ta Prohmwhich, widely known as “lost to the jungle temple”.

+ In the afternoon, your private guide will escort you to discover the world’s wonder site—Angkor Wat, the magnificent temple built in 12th century. It is the largest first Hindu, Buddhist temle complex and the largest religious monument in the world. On your way back to Siem Reap, enjoy the sunset from the top of the pyramid-shaped temple of Pre Rup.

 

Day 11: Full Day Tonle Sap Lake, Kompong Phluk

+ In the morning, take a half day excursion to the biggest Southeast Asia’s largest fresh water lake – Tonle Sap Lake. You will firstly enjoy a fun ox cart ride through the countryside, then have a boat trip to enjoy the beautiful lake view and mangrove forest on the lake. Spend the rest of the morning at the largest village on the lake which is called Kompong Phluk to explore the fascinating daily life of the local people living on the water.

+ Rest of the day is at leisure to relax.

 

Day 12: Flight to Saigon, Cruise dinner

+ Transfer to airport for onward flight to Saigon, the economic center of Vietnam in the South. Upon arrival in Saigon, you will meet your local guide in the airport and then be escorted to hotel.

+ In the evening, enjoy a welcome dinner on the cruise ship sailing along the Saigon river where you will enjoy the beautiful night scenery of Saigon.

+ Rest of day is at leisure.

 

Day 13: My Tho (Bentre)—Discover Mekong Delta

+ Enjoy a full day tour from Saigon to My Tho to discover the Mekong River Delta, which is known as the ‘rice bowl’ of Vietnam. You will take a private boat tour through the water coconut forest to center of Mekong Delta. Enjoy a biking tour (about 1 hour) to discover the villages and a sampan trip through the narrow canals.

+ Transfer back to Saigon in the afternoon.

 

Day 14: Full Day Saigon City Tour, Flight to Hoian

+ In the morning, you will visit the Cu Chi Tunnel to see the complicate tunnel system Vietnamese people building in the war time.

+ In the afternoon, drive back to the city and visit the Notre Dame Cathedral, the Old Saigon Pot Office, the Chinatown of the city with the Emperor Jade Pagoda (Phuoc Hai).

+ Fly to Danang and check in hotel in Hoi An. Overnight in HoiAn.

 

Day 15:  Full Day My Son Heritage, Hoi An Ancient Town

+ Visit the My Son Holy Land in the morning to discover the ruined temple which was built in the 4th century. Then drive back to Hoian, visit the historical Hoian Ancient Town including the colorful local market, the Tan Ky Old House, Fukien Assembly Hall and the 400-year-old Japanese Covered Bridge. You can also visit the local residents raising silkworms and producing silk for Hoi An’s burgeoning textile industry.

+ In the evening, the local people will hang up the red lanterns, it will give you the feeling of traveling back to ancient time.

 

Day 16: Flight to Hanoi

+ Enjoy the morning free on your own to be relax. Fly to Hanoi in the afternoon.

+ Upon your arrival in Hanoi, you guide will pick you up from airport and escort you to hotel. Overnight in Hanoi.

 

Day 17: Full Day Halong Bay Cruise

+ Start at 8:00 am with private transfer to Halong City. Upon arrival, you will board the cruise ship for a relaxing Halong Bay Cruise through the stunning Halong Bay. You could be absolutely relax by lying down on the sundeck to enjoy the beautiful scenery and sunshine. A shore excursion will bring you to explore a beautiful cave, visit a local fishing village with opportunity to interact with local people.

+ When the sun become a drop of burning gold that slid nearer the sea horizon, enjoy your dinner while enjoying a charming sun set.

 

Sample itinerary of 2 days Paradise Halong Bay Cruise

FIRST DAY

Your journey across Halong Bay starts around noon on Tuan Chau Island at the doorstep of Vietnam’s most fascinating wonder.

As the vessel sets sailing, you will be greeted by Paradise Crew and Cruise Manager who will aim throughout your stay at providing you with the highest standards of service for a pure pleasure and utmost comfort onboard our luxury facilities in the stunning surroundings.

Discover some of the treasures disseminated across the Bay of the Descending Dragon during the afternoon: fascinating caves, pristine beaches, picturesque floating villages, fantastic rock formations rising up out of emerald water.

While onboard, you can take advantage at leisure of our Spa, Beauty & Massage services; surrounded by a stunning setting in motion, you will attend our chef’s cooking demonstration and try your skills in the art of traditional Vietnamese cooking.

Defined to be one of the highlights of your Paradise stay, a highly refined, innovative and varied cuisine will be presented for Lunch and Dinner in the elegant dining-room, accompanied by a wide selection of wines and beverages from around the world.

 

Day 18: Half Day Halong Bay Cruise

Greeting by the morning sunrise from the sea horizon, you can join a Thai Chi lesson for some morning exercise before breakfast. Visit a limestone grotto in the morning and disembark around 10.30am and 11.00am. Overnight in Hanoi.

 

SECOND DAY

Early birds can attend a Tai Chi demonstration on the sundeck at the break of dawn. Start the day enjoying some Paradise delights with a colourful buffet breakfast. Continue exploring Halong Bay sailing across its 2000 islets and visiting some of its major highlights. Your Paradise Cruise will come to an end on Tuan Chau Island between 10.30am and 11.00am.

 

Day 19: Half day city tour, Departure for sweet home

+ In the morning, you will enjoy a half day city tour for some highlights of Hanoi. Visit the Hoan Kiem Lake, the One Pillar Pagoda, Temple of Literature and Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and his former residence (close on Monday, Friday and the whole of Oct. and Nov. ).

+ In the afternoon, transfer to airport for your homeward flight.