A World UNESCO Tour
Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia
The Ancient Capital of Laos: Luang Prabang (UNESCO)
The Jewels of Vietnam: Hanoi, Ha Long Bay (UNESCO), Hue (UNESCO, Danang, Hoi An (proposed UNESCO World Heritage Site)
The Ancient Ruins of the Khmer Empire: Angkor Wat (UNESCO)
17-Days
2+ persons $2,950 4+ persons $2,700
Single Supplement $405
Superior / Deluxe Hotel Accommodations - please inquire
Optional Transpacific Airline Fare - $900 +/- plus tax
Cost is per person for a minimum tour of two or more persons. Price includes the following intra-Indochina airfares: Bangkok-Luang-Prabang, Luang Prabang-Vientiane, Vientiane-Hanoi, Hanoi-Hue, Danang-Saigon,
Saigon-Siem Reap and Siem Reap-
Bangkok; double-occupancy standard accommodations as noted, all breakfasts, all airport transfers, air-conditioned ground transportation, all boat, ferry and train
transportation as noted, admissions to all noted attractions, English- speaking guides and drivers and accommodations for guides and drivers. Costs do not include: visa costs, airport departure taxes,
meals other than noted and items of a personal nature. [World -UNESCO]
Note: transpacific airlines flights shown for information only.
Day 1 Depart Los Angeles International Airport on Asiana Airlines flight OZ-201 for Seoul, Korea.
Day 2 Arrive Seoul, Korea at 6:30 pm and connect with Asiana Airlines flight OZ-343 departing for Bangkok at 8:30 pm. Arrive Bangkok at 11:55 pm. Clear customs and immigration, meet guide and transfer
to your hotel.
Day 3 Free day in Bangkok.
Day 4 Morning check out and transfer to the airport to connect with TG-691 departing Bangkok at 10:35 am and arriving Vientiane at 11:40 am. Clear customs and immigration, meet guide and transfer to
the international terminal for your flight to Luang Prabang, a World UNESCO site. Arrive Luang Prabang, meet guide and driver and transfer to your hotel. Evening Lao welcoming ceremony and dinner.
Day 5 Morning visit to the Lao National Museum of the Lao Royal family followed by visits to the extensive ancient wats spread across the ancient capital of Laos: Wat Xieng [1560], Wat Wisunaiat
[1513], Wat Aham and Wat Si Manhathat [1548]. Return to hotel for lunch. Late afternoon climb to the top of Phusi Hill for a spectacular view of the Luang River Valley. Return to hotel, free evening.
Free evening.
Day 6 Morning transfer to the Mekong River to board your private rivercraft for a visit up river to the ancient Pac Ou caves. Sack lunch served at the caves. Tour the caves with hundreds of different
representations of the Buddha. Return to Luang Prabang via rivercraft. Return to hotel. Free evening.
Day 7 Morning check out and transfer to the airport to connect with your flight to Vientiane. Meet guide and transfer to the international terminal to connect with Lao Airways flight QV-481 departing
for Hanoi at 11:30 am and arriving at 12:40 pm (noon). Clear customs and immigration, meet guide and driver and transfer to your hotel. Late afternoon/early evening visit to Hoan Kiem Lake (Lake of
the Restored Sword), the The Huc (Rising Sun) Bridge the Ngoc Son Temple (dedicated to national hero Tran Hung Dao, La To, saint of physicians and the scholar Van Xuong), Tortoise Pagoda in Hoan Kiem
Lake, the arts gallery across from the The Huc (Rising Sun) Bridge. This lake area is the emotional vortex of Hanoi and Vietnam. Return to hotel. Free evening.
Day 8 All day tour of Hanoi’s two-thousand-year rich cultural legacy: St. Joseph’s Cathedral 1886), Ba Dinh Square: One-Pillar Pagoda (Chua Mot Cot, circa 1049, an architectural masterpiece), Dien Huu
Pagoda and Temple of Literature (Den Van Mieu, circa 1070), Vietnam’s first national university. Extensive walking tour of the Old Quarter (Pho Ba Muoi Sau or the Thirty-Six Streets) followed by a
cyclo ride to return to your hotel. Evening Waterpuppet Performance, an art-form performed only in
Vietnam.
Day 9 Morning departure for Ha Long Bay via vehicle. Arrive Bai Chay and board your private ocean going vessel for a five hour cruise to a world UNESCO site of 3,000 magical islets and islands dotting
an emerald colored sea. Lunch served on board. Return to Bai Chay and return to Hanoi. Free evening.
Day 10 Free morning until 10:50 am check out and transfer to Hanoi’s Noi Bai Airport to connect with VN-247 departing for Hanoi at 12:50 pm. Arrive Hue at 2:00 pm, meet guide and driver and transfer
to your hotel. Afternoon tour of the area around the Citadel and the neighborhoods surrounding the ancient Citadel which date to the 17th century. Transfer to the Tinh Gia Vien Restaurant where the
food is often photographed before consumption. Return to hotel, free evening.
Day 11 Morning tour of the Forbidden Purple City, a smaller replica of China’s Forbidden City and a UNESCO site. Enter the complex via the Ngo Mon (Noontime Gate) and enter the magnificently restored
Thai Hoa Palace. Visit the Royal Library and the recently completely restored Hien Lam Pavilion. Lunch at the Tinh Gia Vien Restaurant. Afternoon boat trip to the tomb of Ming Mang, the Nguyen
Dynasty’s second-emperor (1820-1849), in the foothills of the Central Highlands. The tomb is the most harmoniously blended tomb with its natural environment of all of the royal tombs. Return to Hue
via boat, stopping at the Thien Mu (Heavenly Mother) Pagoda, symbol of the City of Hue. Lunch served on board the rivercraft. Free evening.
Day 12 Morning check out and departure to Danang via vehicle for Hue. Stop at the towering Hai Van Pass (Pass of the Ocean Clouds) enroute. Arrive Danang and proceed on a brief Danang city tour
followed by a visit to the Cham Museum, formerly the Ecole Francaise d’Extreme Orient. The museum contains exquisite limestone carvings from the vanquished Kingdom of Champa [4th century to 18th
century], a Hindu kingdom which inhabited the central coastal littoral prior to the march of the Vietnamese nation south. The carvings contain examples of Hindu altars, lingas, garudas, ganeshas and
representations of Shiva, Brahma and Vishnu. Continue on to the Furama Resort at China Beach for an optional lunch and a stroll on the famous beach. Afternoon visit to Marble Mountain which contains
numerous temples and pagodas and the marble cutters village nearby the mountain. Transfer to Hoi An, just south of Danang, and a proposed World UNESCO Heritage Site. Transfer to your hotel. Free
evening.
Day 13 Hoi An is an ancient town which Marco Polo noted in his 13th-Century journals on his visit to China. All day walking tour of this ancient city which contains over 800-structures of historical
interest including Japanese covered bridges, ancient temples for various parts of China and Chinese merchant houses. Lunch served at your hotel. Free evening.
Day 14 Morning check out and transfer to the Danang airport to connect with VN-321 departing for Saigon at 8:15 am and arriving at 9:25 am. Meet guide and exit customs and immigration, meet guide and
transfer to the international terminal to connect with VN-827 departing for Siem Reap at 11:30 am and arriving at 12:45 pm. Clear customs and immigration, meet guide and driver and transfer to your
hotel. Afternoon visit to the
grandest of all ruins, Angkor Wat, a world UNESCO site. Return to hotel, free evening.
Day 15 All day tour of the ruins of Angkor Wat: Angkor Thom and the Southern Gate of Bayon, the temples of Ta Prohm, Ta Keo, Chau Saytevada, Thommnoun, Bontey Kdei, Preh Khan, Neak Poan, Sras Srang
and Kravann. Return to hotel for lunch during the day. Free evening.
Day 16 11:00 am check out and transfer to the airport to connect with PG-933 departing at 1:00 pm and arriving Bangkok at 1:50 pm. Meet guide and driver and transfer to the Amari Airport Hotel. Free
time until 9:30 pm airport transfer to connect with your returning flight home.
Day 17 Board Asiana Airlines flight OZ-344 departing for Seoul, Korea at 1:00 am and arriving at 8:20 am. At the option of the tour group stay at the AirGarden Hotel in Incheon’s new international
airport. Free day until 2:00 pm and check in for OZ-202 departing for Los Angeles at 4:30 pm. Arrive Los Angeles at 1:30 am the same day.
Welcome Home!
Hotel Accommodations:
Standard
Bangkok Manhatan Hotel ***
Luang Prabang Muang Luang Hotel ***
Hanoi Anise Hotel *** (Superior Room)
Hue Huong Giang Hotel *** +
Hoi An Hoi An Hotel *** (Deluxe Room)
Siem Reap Angkor Holiday Hotel *** (Superior standard)
Bangkok Novotel Airport Hotel ****
Superior
Bangkok Century Hotel **** ( Superior Room)
Luang Prabang Villa Santi ***-****
Hanoi Sunway Hotel ****
Hue Huong Giang Hotel ***+ (Superior Riverview Room)
Hoi An Hoi An Beach Resort ***+
Siem Reap Empress Angkor **** (Standard Room)
Bangkok Novotel Airport Hotel ****
Deluxe
Bangkok Sofitel Silom Bangkok ***** ( Deluxe Room)
Luang Prabang The Masion ****
Hanoi Melia Hotel ***** ( Deluxe Room)
Hue Huong Giang Hotel ***+ (Deluxe Riverview Room)
Hoi An The Riverside Hotel ****
Siem Reap Sokha Angkor ***** (Deluxe Room)
Bangkok Novotel Airport Hotel ****
Airline Flights Included in this Itinerary:
Bangkok - Vientiane [BKK-VTE]
Vientiane - L. Prabang [BKK-LPQ]
L. Prabang - Vientiane [LPQ-VTE]
Vientiane - Hanoi [VTE-HAN]
Hanoi - Hue HAN-HUI]
Danang - Saigon [DAD-SGN]
Saigon - Siem Reap [SGN-REP]
Siem Reap - Bangkok [REP-BKK]
Admissions, Train, Ferry, Boat, Cyclo Transportation in this Itinerary:
Luang Prabang Royal Palace, Admissions
Pac Ou Caves Rivercraft
Pac Ou Caves Lunch
Hanoi Ngoc Son Temple
Hanoi Cyclo
Hanoi Temple of Literature
Hanoi Waterpuppet Performance
Ha Long Bay Ocean Vessel
Ha Long Bay Lunch on Vessel
Hue Cyclo
Hue Royal Citadel
Hue Tinh Gia Vien Restaurant, Dinner
Hue Rivercraft
Hue Lunch on Rivercraft
Hue Minh Mang Tomb, Admissions
Danang Cham Museum, Admissions
Danang Marble Mountain, Admissions
Hoi An Admissions
Siem Reap Angkor Wat, 2-day Visitor’s Pass
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