Vietnam & Myanmar Highlights 15 Days 14 Nights

Breakfast at hotel. Free and easy for visiting Hoi an by yourself. Overnight in Hoi An.

Includes: Hotel; meals: breakfast

This scenic coast route is simply the best way to travel from Hoi An to Hue if you only have one day!

Leaving Hoi An in the morning our first stop is Marble Mountains are 5 marble outcrops topped with delicate pagodas. 

Next we travel through Danang to a stop at the famous China Beach with its fine white sand.

Next we stop for photos at the Hai Van Pass before traveling over Lang Co Beach. Hai Van means "Sea of Clouds" and when crossing the top of the Pass you are literally surrounded by clouds on one side with stunning ocean views on the other.

Our last stop is Elephant Springs where you can wade in the rock pools. The transfer straightly to Hue City, drop off at hotel. Overnight in Hue.

Includes: Hotel; transport; English speaking guide in Joined Jeep Tour, meals: breakfast & lunch; all entrance fees

Breakfast at your hotel

08.30: Our guide will pick you up at hotel and take you to visit Hue City. We will visit the mausoleums of Nguyen’s Kings such as Khai Dinh & last Minh Mang Tomb. Have break for having lunch at restaurant. You will visit the Imperial Citadel and Thanh Tien Paper Flower Village. The driver and guide will take you to the boat landing on the river to make a trip on Perfume river for visiting Thien Mu Pagoda. Along the river on dragon boat you will enjoy the tranquil feeling with two sides of green banks’ river and see the daily life of local people. Transfer to Hue Airport, take the flight to Hanoi. In Noi Bai International Airport, other driver will pick you up at airport, transfer to hotel. Overnight in Hanoi.

Includes: Hotel; transport; English speaking guide; meals: breakfast & lunch; all entrance fees

08.30: Our guide will pick you up at hotel and we will visit the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum to explore the architectural and historical aspects of Uncle Ho’s final resting place. Just next door is Ho Chi Minh’s House On Stilts. Lying to one side of the mausoleum is the One Pillar Pagoda which was founded by Ly Thai To King in 1049. You will then continue on to the Buddhist Tran Quoc Pagoda in West Lake. Trang Quoc is one of the oldest pagodas in Vietnam. Thereafter, you will have lunch at a local restaurant.

After lunch, you will proceed to visit the Temple of Literature - Vietnam’s first university which was constructed in 1070.

Then, we will past Hoan Kiem Lake to see the peaceful waters and the beauty of Ngoc Son Temple. Transfer to you to the meeting point for moving to the Hanoi’s urban named Saison District to watch a Vietnam must – see cultural spectacle named The Quintess of Tonkin Show which delivers audiences a unique and memorable exploration of the Red River Delta (depend on your day tour, it can be fit with this incredible show or not). Return back to hotel around 21.30. Overnight in Hanoi.

Includes: Hotel; transport; English speaking guide; meals: breakfast & lunch; all entrance fee including The Quintess of Tonkin Show

07.45 – 08.30: Our guide will meet you at your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter and start driving 120km on modern bus-journey throughout the verdant landscape of country side. Short-break en route.

10.30: Arrive Bai Dinh Pagoda Complex, the largest pagoda, not only in Vietnam but also in Southeast Asia. Scenically set on the foot of Dinh Mountain, which surrounded by amazing views of the exquisite river valley below and dotted and the limestone karsts dotted around which will take your breath away. This pagoda complex stunningly boast a array of the most massive and magnificent architecture of Vietnamese tradition refined ever built that it take a full day to explore all

Lunch in the local restaurant

After lunch, Leaving for Trang An Grottoes, an out-standing natural beauty of majestic limestone massif at 20 square kilometer rise dramatically out from rice paddy fields. Embark on a traditional sampan gently rowed down the exquisite river through numerous caves: Hang Toi (Dark cave), 320 meter long, Hang Sang (Light cave), 90 meter long, and Hang Nau Ruou (Wine cooking cave), 250 meter long…Every passages bring new surprise of  mystery hidden inside isolated valleys of tranquility that likely transformed to the other world and time. The fauna and flora is rich and a scene of a goat jumping from one cliff to the other is a common sight.

Take the returns back to Hanoi.

Dinner is managed by your own and overnight in Hanoi 

Includes: Hotel; transport; English speaking guide; meals: breakfast & lunch; all entrance fee include boat trip and electrical car 

08.00 – 08.30: Halong Cruise's English speaking tour guide and shuttle bus pick up at your hotel in Hanoi Old Quarter.

Enjoy the peaceful scenery as we travel through the countryside, farmlands and Red River delta.

12.00 – 12:30: Arriving Tuan Chau Marina.Welcome aboard the cruise. Meet the captain, crew and join us for welcome drink as we tell you about life onboard.

13.00: Check into your cabin. Time to refresh and unwind.

13.30: Served a delectable lunch while cruising ahead to Ha Long Bay.

Then, in the afternoon, we keep exploring the Surprising Cave – the most beautiful cave in Ha Long Bay. It is one of the widest grottoes in Ha Long Bay with thousands of stalactites and stalagmites.

Visit Titop Island: Swimming, climbing up to the Top of the Island, take the best view of Halong Bay in summer time or  visit a floating Pearl Farm Village and learn the technique for making high quality pearls in winter time 

Continue cruising to the quiet area while enjoy beautiful seascape on the way.

After that, come back to the boat, enjoy the Sunset Party on sundeck (free wine & fresh fruits).

Evening relaxing: Dinner is served on cruise. Socialize with other guests, take part in board games, fish for squid, or just laze around. Overnight on board

Note: As we set up Halong tour with cruise's shuttle bus for dovetailing services. If you wish to arrange a private car with tour guide, please let us know. The extra charge can be applied

Includes: Hotel; Cruise's shuttle bus, airport transfer; In-house English speaking guide; meals: breakfast & lunch & dinner; all entrance fees include swimming and kayaking

06.30 – 6.45: Start your day with Tai Chi exercises or a photo hunt.

07.00: Have breakfast on board while the boat starts cruising to the Natural Preservation Zone.

08.45: Take kayaking in 30 - 45 minutes.

09.30: We board the cruise again. Take time to refresh and relax before checking out. Bags can be left in luggage store.

Continue cruising throughout the Bay, passing Ba Hang Fishing Village, Stone Dog Islet, and so on…

Join with our cooking class, to learn how to make our specifically (Spring rolls) before an early lunch is served.

11.30 – 12.00: Disembark at the harbor in Tuan Chau Island. Transfer by cruise's shuttle bus to return Hanoi.

16.30 -17.00: Arrival in your hotel, free at leisure. Overnight in Hanoi

Includes: Hotel; Cruise's shuttle bus, airport transfer; In-house English speaking guide;  meals: breakfast and lunch; all entrance fees

Breakfast at your hotel.

Then, Our driver will pick you up at hotel and transfer to airport, for flight to Yangon - Myanmar. Upon arrival, you will be met outside the baggage claim area by your guide who will escort you to a waiting vehicle for your transfer to downtown with a brief introduction en route. Check in to hotel.

Then, start sightseeing with Sule Pagoda in the city center. Enjoy your time seeing the colonial buildings and visit Mahabandoola Park which includes the Independence Monument, an obelisk which commemorates Burmese independence gained from the British in 1948. Next visit Chaukhtatgyi Pagoda  (Reclining Buddha) a colossal reclining Buddha and Karaweik Hall a Royal barge on the Royal Lake for photo stop. Next stop is Bogyoke Market where you can buy souvenirs. Then, visit Yangon’s city center covering World famous Shwedagon Pagoda. Witness the golden dome light up sunshine at the sunset. Overnight in Yangon.

Includes: Hotel; transport; English speaking guide; meals: breakfast & lunch; all entrance fees

Breakfast at your hotel, then transfer to the airport for flight from Yangon to Bagan, a riverside plain dotted with thousands of 800-year old temples and pagodas, and one of the richest archaeological sites in Asia.

Upon the arrival at Bagan Airport, tour guide will welcome you at the entrance gate.

Your tour here begins with a visit to Shwezigon Pagoda. Built by King Anawrahta in the early 11th century, this is Myanmar’s most significant religious structure, serving as a prototype for many stupas (temples) that followed.

Check in at your hotel, then your sightseeing tour continues with a visit to Ananda Temple, a white-washed masterpiece of Mon architecture. This was the first of Bagan’s great temples, and perhaps most photographed. View the four huge standing Buddha images, well-preserved murals, and numerous seated figures in niches around the galleried interior.

Have lunch in the local restaurant 

After lunch, keep going to Thatbyinnyu Temple. The tallest temple, it measures over 200 feet tall, and dates from 1144.Then, to Htilominlo Temple, the largest temple of Bagan, noted for its fine plaster carvings and glazed sandstone decorations. Admire the fine brickwork at the Dhamannyangyi Temple, then relax as you watch sunset along Ayeyarwaddy River.

This evening, be entertained during dinner with a pleasing puppet show at Nanda    
Overnight in Bagan.

Includes: Hotel; transport; English speaking guide; meals: breakfast, lunch & dinner; all entrance fees

Have breakfast at your hotel.

This morning, explore the colorful Nyaung Oo Local Market, then keep touring to Manuha Temple, built by the imprisoned Mon king Manuha. Inside are four Buddha, each too large for their space – meant to represent Manuha’s displeasure at his being held captive. Continue to the 11th century Nanphaya Temple. It is sandstone over a brick core, with perforated stone windows typical of earlier Bagan architecture. The Nanpaya Temple is Bagan's first gu-style (cave) shrine. See the sophisticated 12th century Sulamuni Temple and the Hindi NatHlaung Kyaung Temple before lunch at a local restaurant.

Our next place is Manuha Myingaba Village, and meet the women weavers at a local village, making clothes on traditional looms as they have for generations.

Late afternoon, you are transferred to the airport for your flight to Heho. Upon arrival, transfer to jetty by car and take transfer boat to hotel. Along the way, see the nature of Intha people. Overnight in Inle.   

Includes: Hotel; transport; English speaking guide; meals: breakfast & lunch; all entrance fees

After breakfast at hotel, start full day Inle Lake sightseeing by boat starting visit to Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda, Floating Gardens, Unique Leg-rowers, Traditional Fishing Method, Silk Weaving, Stilt House Villages on the lake and Nge Pe Chaung Monastery. Overnight in Inle.

We will have a farewell dinner in the local restaurant 

Includes: Hotel; transport; English speaking guide; meals: breakfast & lunch; all entrance fees

After breakfast at hotel, proceed to airport for the flight back to Yangon. Then connect your 2nd flight back home. Tour ends.

Includes: Transport; meals: breakfast