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Day 1
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HA NOI - ARRIVAL (NO MEAL)
Meet our guide & driver at the hotel lobby then transfer to Saigon airport for flight to Ha noi. Flight time is approximately 1.5 hours....Arrive at NoiBai International Airport, welcome by our guide and transfer to your hotel. The driving time is approximately 40 munites. Check in your hotel and overnight in Hanoi....Overnight at hotel..
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Day 2
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HA NOI – HA LONG - UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE (B)
In the morning, our car and tourist guide pick up at hotel for Ha Long Bay (short break on the way). Afternoon, transfer to Ha Long Bay, which is about 160 km. The driving time is approximately 3 hours. On the way, you will see some rural areas of the Red River Delta with plenty of chances to take photos of Vietnamese farmers working in paddy fields. Stop half way to visit a handicraft workshop of fine clothes and embroidered paintings...Arrive Ha Long Bay, we board the boat to start 4 hours travelling on the bay to ThienCung cave, Dau Go cave, Stone Dog, DinhHuong piece, fighting cock piece, Ba Hang fishing village, Surprising cave. Having lunch on board. Late afternoon, we back to the whaft for Hanoi. Stop at Hai Duong to visit special cake shop. Arrive hotel in Hanoi....Overnight at hotel in Hanoi....
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Day 3
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HANOI CITY TOUR – SIEM REAP (B ) Flight : HAN/ REP
After breakfast....
AM : Visit Ho Chi Minh Complex which features the life of Ho Chi Minh, the nation’s founder. At the complex, visit the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the colonial Presidential Palace, the One Pillar Pagoda. Continue to the Temple of Literature, known as the first university of Vietnam built in 1070 by the Ly Dynasty to honor Confucius, sages and outstanding Vietnamese scholars. Lunch with traditional food.
PM : continue the tour to one of the following museums of choice namely : the Museum of Fine Arts, the National Museum of Vietnamese History, the Museum of Revolution, the Museum of Military History or the Museum of Ethnology. Go to HoanKiem Lake and visit Ngoc Son Temple on the lake. Next, finish the tour at the Thang Long Opera Theatre with a traditional Vietnamese water puppet show then transfer to airport for your international flight to SiemReap.
Notes: Chi Minh Mausoleum will be closed on Mon & Fri, every afternoon and Oct & Nov for maintenance but visiting outside
Arrival Siem Reap, welcome and transfer to hotel , overnight in Siem Reap..
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Day 4
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The World’s Lead Attraction- Angkor WatComplex (B)
Breakfast in hotel...Today, start your tour to discover the world’s worth heritage. Un-crowded Angkor Wat, the largest temple in the world with a volume of stones equalizing that of the Cheops Pyramid in Egypt. Visit Angkor Thom Complex (Great Angkor or Great City), was built by Angkor’s greatest king, Jayavarman VII (1181 – 1219), including South Gate of Angkor Thom, the often first stop tour to Great City. Enter Bayon Temple (Giant smiling faces Temple), is a well-known and richly decorated Khmer temple at Angkor in Cambodia. Built in the late 12th or early 13th century as the official state temple of the Mahayana Buddhist King Jayavarman VII, the Bayon stands at the centre of Jayavarman’s capital, Angkor Thom. Trekking in jungle to visit Taprohm temple-a temple in its ‘natural state’. Surround by jungle, its labyrinth of stone hallways is overgrown with the roots and limbs of the massive Banyan trees which envelope the stones tentacles. This Taprohm temple is lately very famous for Tomb Raider Temple, where Angelina Jolie shoot the Hollywood Movie. Drive to BanteaySrei Temple, a 10th-century temple built dedicated to the Hindu God Shiva. This small red sandstone temple is very beautiful of its deep sculpture of God Shiva & His wife Umadevi which shows out the wonderful Khmer Architecture & Art .Relax with 1 hour massage before back to hotel. ....Back to hotel and overnight in Siem Reap. ....
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Day 5
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SIEM REAP – DEPARTURE ( B)
After breakfast in hotel, visit Tonle Sap Great Lake is the Largest Fresh Water Lake in the World. On Private boat, visit floating villages of residents, see how they live and make their living on floating houses, floating market, school, pagoda and small crocodile farm which is the signature of this place. We will continue to "ChantiersEcoles - Les Artisans d'Angkor" which provides training to young Cambodians in an effort to revive the ancient Khmer traditions of stone carving and wood sculpting. ...Drop at airport for flight home or next destination. ( services end)
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