Essential Vietnam & Myanmar 15 days

Welcome to Ho Chi Minh city, which is also called Saigon by local people. You will be transferred from the airport to the hotel in the city center for checking in. Your room is ready at 14:00, and early check-in is subject to availability. An additional charge will be applied. 

Free time in Ho Chi Minh City, you can watch cultural shows such as My Village Show, A O Show, Water puppet show...

Note: Please be presented at Pole No.10 (Outside the Terminal gate) as it can be very crowded at the airport and you may not find our representative. Please contact us if you can not find our representatives. 

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• Ho Chi Minh City

08.00: Pick up at your hotel in Saigon and travel to Ben Tre Province.

Arriving in Ben Tre, you can get on the boat to cruise along the Ham Luong River (a branch of the Mekong). We will stop at various local workplaces to visit the local economy works including a brickwork-making place, a coconut processing workshop, a mat weaving house. At these working places, you can even join the local people to make some products. 

After that, we travel to the quiet village, where we can take a walk around the village, experience real Delta village life. Board your 'xe loi' (a kind of motorized rickshaw), visit fruit orchards, then you can stop at a riverside restaurant for a delicious lunch. 

After lunch, we can board a sampan boat for a relaxing trip along narrow canals.

Get back to your hotel in Saigon around 17:00. 

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• Mekong Delta

Cu Chi tunnel tour

After breakfast at the hotel, the tour guide comes to pick up you for Cu Chi tunnel, which is about 70 km from Ho Chi Minh City. Arriving in the tunnel, you can crawl along some of the tunnels to learn more about Vietnam during the war from 1955 to 1975. You can also touch a real gun with the firing-gun services here (with an additional charge).

Have lunch at a local restaurant on the way back to Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City tour

In the afternoon, you will join a city tour to visit most of the tourists' attractions in the city. 

We will start with the War Remnants Museum to explore Vietnam’s turbulence in past. Then we continue to visit the Reunification Palace, Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral, Old Post Office which are the best examples of classical French colonial architecture.

Our last stop is a local market where you can shop for the best souvenirs in the city as well as discover the local life and culture. 

The tour ends in your hotel in Saigon, then you will be transferred to the airport in Ho Chi Minh for the flight to Danang. Get picked up at the airport in Da Nang then transfer to the hotel in Hoi An for check-in

Today, you will join the walking to explore the ancient town. We will wander along old streets, cross several houses to witness the local life, and see how historical elements of the town merge with modernity.

We will stop at some of the ancient monuments from the town, like the Japanese Covered Bridge or Fujian Assembly Hall of Chinese. Then, we stop at a street-side shop and enjoy a cold glass of traditional herbal drink. 

If the time allows, we will stop at a handicraft store to shop for the best souvenirs and bring back your hometown. 

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• Hoi An

Free day in Hoian, you can wander the Central Market and street stalls that sell paintings, woodwork, ceramics, lanterns, and much more. You can also visit tailor shops to make beautiful clothes. For those who love adventure, you can hire a bicycle and tour around the countryside. There are some optional tours to explore the city and surroundings that you can choose from

+ Discover My Son Holly Land Half day

+ Life as a Farmer in Cam Thanh village

+ Hoi An Vespa Tour 

Transfer from your hotel to the Da Nang airport to take a flight to Hanoi.

Upon arrival, our driver will wait and transfer you to the hotel in the center of city. Check-in hotel and free at leisure to relax.

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• Hanoi

Hanoi city tour half day tour departure in the morning or afternoon departure depending on availability. You can choose to take either a motorbike or a car upon your interest. The routes can change subject to the client’s interest.

On the tour, you will visit many historical and cultural sites of Hanoi including the Temple of Literature which was the first university of Vietnam to educate Vietnam's royalty, mandarins, and members of the elite.

We then continue to visit the iconic One Pillar Pagoda, one of Vietnam’s most iconic temples. Nearby is the Mausoleum of Ho Chi Minh, and his modest house on stilts. (Sites are viewed from outside; closed Mon and Fri and from Jun - Aug)

Our last stop for the sightseeing tour is West Lake and its sixth century Tran Quoc Buddhist Pagoda. 

After that, we have lunch at an authentic Vietnamese Restaurant. Have free time at leisure for rest of the day.

After breakfast at the hotel, the driver picks up you for the transfer to Halong Bay, which is listed as a World Heritage of outstanding natural beauty. 

Upon arrival, you will be welcomed by the boat crew, check-in then, enjoy delicious lunch on board. During lunch, you can also admire thousands of limestone islands and grottoes rising from the clear, emerald water while the boat keeps traveling toward the bay. 

Following lunch and a short break, depending on each cruise’s itinerary of the day, there are some activities that you can join to discover the beauty of the bay such as visiting a cave, doing kayaking, or swimming in the sea

Getting back to the junk, you can relax and have dinner. Stay overnight on board.

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• Halong Bay

Start your 2nd day in Halong by joining our Tai Chi class, witnessing the beautiful sunrise over the bay.

After breakfast, we can join the adventure to explore the most stunning caves in Halong Bay. 

You then can have early lunch while the cruise travels back to the main dock. Disembarking the cruise, our driver will transfer you to Hanoi. 

Check-in your hotel in Hanoi, you then have free time to discover Hanoi Old Quarter and try Vietnamese street food by yourself.

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• Halong bay Cruises

Free at your leisure in the morning.

Your room is available until 12:00. Our driver will transfer you to the airport to take your departure flight to Yangon.

Upon arrival, the driver will transfer you to the hotel for check-in.

After breakfast at the hotel, the tour guide comes to your hotel to pick you up for the sightseeing tour today. 

On the tour, you will be visiting the city hall, Mahabandoola Park with Independence Monument, Strand Road, and Yangon Jetty by Car.

Then we continue our visit to Botahtaung Pagoda and Ahma Mya Nan Nwe, a devotee to the Botahtaung Pagoda. We also stop at Bogyoke Aung San (Scott) Market, which is the most popular market (close on every Monday & Public holiday). At the market, you can buy luxury items, foodstuff, handicrafts, jewelry, clothing, fashion, and consumer goods.

In the afternoon, we continue our sightseeing tour to visit Chaukhtatgyi (Reclining Buddha) Pagoda a colossal reclining Buddha, and  Karaweik Hall Royal barge on the Royal lake for taking photos. 

Our last stop is the world-famous Shwedagon Pagoda. After that, you can take an overnight train to Bagan by Express Train. The train departs at 17:00 from Yangon, arrives in Bagan at 10:40. 

You will arrive in Bagan early in the morning. 

Arriving at the train station, you will be picked up by our tour guide, then visit colorful Naung U Market and some of Bagan's most famous pagodas, including Shwezigon Pagoda. Shwezigon Pagoda is the most important reliquary shrine and house images of 37 Nats in Bagan.

After the visit to the pagoda, we travel to Kyansittha Uhmin (Cave), Gupaukgyi Temple, which is a 13th-century cave temple with interesting fine frescoes of sconces from the Jataka

In the afternoon, the tour continues with a visit to Htilominlo Temple with old murals and friezes. Then we approach Tharabar Gateway into Old Bagan.

Our next stop is Ananda Temple, a whitewashed masterpiece with four standing Buddha Images, Thetbyinnyu Temple, Dhamayangyi Temple. 

In the late afternoon, we stop at Shwesandaw Pagoda for the beautiful sunset. After watching the beautiful sunset, we get transferred to the hotel and stay overnight in Bagan.

Cruising the Ayeyarwaddy River/'Alliance Myanmar River Cruise'

After breakfast at the hotel, you will get transferred to the jetty for taking a boat trip to Mandalay. On the way along the river, you will have the chance to see the ways of local life and the beauty of Ayeyarwaddy River.

In the late afternoon, you will arrive in Mandalay, transfer to hotel and overnight in Mandalay.

Please note that: You will be arranged Express bus to Mandalay if the cruise is not allowed to run due to the weather conditions. 

After breakfast at the hotel, you will get transferred directly to explore Amarapura.

Arriving in Amaraoura, we will visit Mahagandayon Monastery, a school for young monks, and observe the lunch process in the morning. 

Then, we head to U Bein Bridge which is more than two centuries old and at 1.2 km longest teakwood span in the world. Following is the visit to the traditional hand-weaving silk workshop.

In the afternoon, we continue our sightseeing tour of Mandalay to visit Mahamuni Pagoda, gold of hammering, Mandalay Palace, Kuthodaw Pagoda. Kuthodaw Pagoda is known as “the world’s largest book”, surrounded by 729 inscribed marble slabs. Then we stop at Shwenandaw "Golden Palace Monastery" to observe the finest Myanmar wooden architecture and visit Atumashi Monastery.

We travel back to the hotel in Mandalay after admiring the sunset from Mandalay Hill. Overnight in Mandalay.

Breakfast at the hotel, get transferred to Mandalay international airport for your departure flight.

The tour ends at the airport. Hope to see you again!