For Zareena Qureshi – 35 days. Majestic Vietnam & Thailand

Day 1: Ho Chi Minh city arrival

Arrive in Hanoi, we welcome and transfer you to hotel. Your leisure time in the city on your own.

• Overnight at hotel in Ho Chi Minh.
• N/A

Day 2: Ho Chi Minh city tour & Cu Chi tunnels

Morning, enjoy breakfast at hotel. After that, take a city tour. Places to visit: The Re-Unification Palace, the Notre Dame Cathedral & the War Remnants Museum.

Afternoon, visit Cu Chi tunnels, we leave the city and drive 60km to Cu Chi, where you can delve into the intricate system of tunnels and explore the Cu Chi Tunnel, an impressive feat of engineering that played a significant role in the Vietnam War. Afterwards, enjoy tea, cassava (guerrilla’s food during the war). Once the tour is complete, we will make our way back to the city.

• Overnight at hotel in Ho Chi Minh.
• B,L

Day 3: Ho Chi Minh → Mekong Delta

Following breakfast at the hotel, we will depart from Ho Chi Minh and head towards Ben Tre. Our journey will include a boat trip along the Mekong River, during which we will visit a family-run business that exemplifies the idyllic rural lifestyle. We will also have the opportunity to stroll through the fruit plantation village.

• Overnight at hotel in Can Tho
• B,L

Day 4: Mekong Delta → Ho Chi Minh city

After breakfast, we pick you up to visit the Cai Rang floating market which is wholesale market of fruit and vegetable at its busiest at this time of the day. Keep cruising through the small channels system and visit a rice noodle making village. Experience the “Monkey Bridge” in the Delta.
Break for lunch then return to Ho Chi Minh.

• Overnight at hotel in Ho Chi Minh.
• B,L

Day 5: Ho Chi Minh city → Hoian

Breakfast at hotel. Your leisure time till we transfer you to the airport to take a flight to Danang. Transfer to hotel in Hoian.

• Overnight at hotel in Hoian
• B

Day 6: Hoian: leisure time

Breakfast at hotel. Your leisure time for walking around the Old Town for shopping and relaxing in Hoi An.

• Overnight at hotel in Hoian
• B

Day 7: Hoian → My Son Sanctuary

Morning breakfast at hotel. Today, we start the tour by visiting My Son Sanctuary, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

After the tour, enjoy your free time on your own.

• Overnight at hotel in Hoian.
• B,L

Day 8: Hoian → Golden bridge & Ba Na hills

After breakfast at hotel, we will have a visit to Ba Na Hills. Take Cable Car, which gains 5 world scores, to Ba Na hills station. We will have some stops to visit some famous places: Vong Nguyet hills, Linh Ung pagoda, The Old Villas of French, Nginh Phong top, Le Nim Villas, Orchid Garden. Experience hill climbing train (first and unique funicular in Vietnam) and visit an old French cellar (Debay Ancient Wine Cellar), flower garden Le Jardin D’amour and Linh Ung Pagoda.

After lunch at a restaurant, explore the French village or join games at Fantasy Park, which is the third biggest indoor games zone in Vietnam.

• Overnight at hotel in Hoian
• B,L

Day 9: Hoian → Marble mountain, Am Phu cave

Around 8 – 8:30AM, the tour starts from the morning where our Guide will pick you up from the hotel.
Firstly, we will visit Marble Mountain, is the group of five hills, made of limestone and marble. They look like 5 fingers lying close to the sea. There are several caves,temples, pagodas. The marble mountain has become one of the must-see destinations for those who enjoy the beauty of nature and want a respite from the busy urban areas.
At the foot of the mountains there is a traditional marble fine art village which is over 300 years old. You will admire its talented craftsmen, their creativity and their uniquely beautiful works.
Say good bye to Marble Mountains we will come back local family for Vietnamese lunch.
After lunch, we continue to visit Am Phu cave (the hell cave). We will learn many interesting philosophies of buddhism. The Am Phu cave features a harmonious combination of folklore and buddhism’s valuable philosophy of humanity. The scenes of horror mentioned-above intend to educate human beings about doing good deeds in life and to ‘turn over a new leaf’ to stop a bad habit or make a positive change to their characters.
Returning to the bus we will continue to explore Monkey Mountains, here we will enjoy panorama view from high position. In Monkey Mountain, you will visit Linh Ung pagoda,one of the biggest pogoda in Da Nang city and the highest lady buddha statue in vietnam – 67m. We have plenty of time to take photo and relaxing at this beautiful area if we are lucky, we can see a lot of monkey around the pagoda.
End tour and transfer back to your hotel around 3PM.

• Overnight at hotel in Hoian
• B,L

Day 10: Hoian (leisure day)

Breakfast at hotel. Spend your leisure time in the city or go around on your own.

• Overnight at hotel in Hoian
• B

Day 11: Hoian → Hue

After breakfast, enjoy your free time till you will be transferred to Hue. It is around 3 hours transfer.

• Overnight at hotel in Hue
• B

Day 12: Hue (city tour)

Have breakfast at hotel. Get a boat trip to Thien Mu Pagoda. We then continue our visit at the Citadel & Hue Royal Antiques museum. Visit Dong Ba Market and have lunch at a nearby restaurant. After lunch, visit tomb of King “Minh Mang” and Tomb of King “Khai Dinh”. Proceed our tour at a nearby village where people making incense stick and conical hat.

• Overnight at hotel in Hue
• B

Day 13: Hue → Hanoi

Your breakfast at hotel. Your leisure time till we transfer you to the airport for flight to Hanoi. Our driver welcomes and transfer you to hotel for staying.

• Overnight at hotel in Hanoi
• B

Day 14: Hanoi city tour

Hanoi city tour. Visit some famous places in Hanoi that includes Ho Chi Minh mausoleum and complex, next to visit the Temple of Literature, Hoan Kiem lake, Ngoc Son Temple and Vietnam Museum of Ethnology.

Take a cyclo tour for sightseeing around the Old Quarter of Hanoi.

• Overnight at hotel in Hanoi
• B,L

Day 15: Hanoi → Halong bay

After breakfast on boat, you will have a chance to enjoy kayaking or swimming and visit the cave it depends on the cruise we will choose.

Lunch and dinner will be served on the cruise.

• Overnight on boat in Halong bay
• B,L,D

Day 16: Halong bay → Hanoi

Morning, breakfast on boat. Continue cruising through many island and islet to explore the hidden charm of the bay. Lunch on board while going back to the prier. Transfer back to Hanoi.

• Overnight at hotel in Hanoi.
• B,L

Day 17: Hanoi → Sapa

After breakfast, our driver picks you up at your hotel and transfer you to Sapa.

Arrive in Sapa town around 13:00, enjoy your leisure time on your own.

• Overnight at hotel in Sapa
• B,L

Day 18: Sapa (trekking tour)

After breakfast, enjoy trekking to beautiful landscape of mountainous area, you will go through Y Linh Ho, Lao Chai and Ta Van village. Lunch will be served at local restaurant.

• Overnight at hotel in Sapa
• B,L

Day 19: Sapa (trekking tour)

Continue to go trekking to Cat Cat and Sin Chai village to see the local life and beautiful sight-seeing in Sapa.

• Overnight at hotel in Sapa
• B,L

Day 20: Sapa → Hanoi

Following breakfast at hotel, you can enjoy leisure time on your own or you can take a cable car to visit Fansipan on your own.

In the afternoon, get on the bus to be transferred back to Hanoi.

• Overnight at hotel in Hanoi
• B

Day 21: Hanoi → Ninh Binh

After breakfast at hotel, we transfer you to Hoa Lu (in Ninh Binh), the ancient royal capital of Vietnam. Take a sightseeing tour and take a bike to reach Tam Coc. Enjoy lunch and start exploring the famous 3 caves. Enjoy climbing 500 steps to Mua Cave to have panoramic view of Tam Coc. Return to Hanoi.

• Overnight at hotel in Hanoi
• B,L

Day 23: Hanoi → Quang Yen

Group tour departs every Tuesday or Friday.

Breakfast at your hotel.
Around 7:30 – 8:00am, Our tour guide will pick you up by car at your hotel in Hanoi old quarter, transferring you to Lang Son. We will start by driving in the direction of the Chinese border for about 3 hours, before stopping at Chi Lang Pass a 20kmlong gorge created from a narrow valley between two mountains.
This place occupies an important position in Vietnamese history, being the place of many victories against various Chinese invasions over the centuries and millennia, as far back as 981AD. Here you will have roughly an hour to walk around and explore the area around the Quy Mon Quan Gate, named for the many invasion forces that would spill through the pass over the course of
history only to be beaten back by stalwart Vietnamese defenders.
After lunch at a local restaurant in Dong Dang, you will continue your trip into the pass, stopping to visit Mother’s Temple and Dong Khe – an important historical site where The Battle of Dong Khe was fought during the First Indochina War. In fact, this was the very first battle of the Indochina Wars, and the fighting here took place through September and October 1950, ending in a resounding victory for the Viet Minh.
In the evening you will get to enjoy dinner and overnight rest in a local homestay owned and operated by a local Nung family.

• Overnight at homestay in Cao Bang
• B,L

Day 24: Ban Gioc → Ba Be lake

After enjoying breakfast at the homestay, you will depart for Trung Khanh which lies right on the border with China. Here you will have another chance to meet and interact with the local Nung people living in the village of Phuoc Sen, a mountainous village famous for
its traditional blacksmithing. The farming tools made here are an integral part of the lifestyle which is evident in the surrounding rice
paddies and fields.
Nestled amongst these amazing landscapes is the breathtaking Ban Gioc Waterfall which spans over 300 meters, split half and half between Vietnam and China. You’ll get some time here to simply take in the amazing atmosphere surrounding the falls, which presents an excellent opportunity for some fantastic photography.
Once you’ve finished at the falls, it’s time to head over to Nguom Ngao Cave, for a very different, but no less impressive natural
wonder. The cave stretches for 2,144 meters underground and is brimming with incredible stalactites and stalagmites.
You will then return to Cao Bang town and head down the “snake pass” to Ba Be Lake, where you will stay overnight in a homestay constructed in traditional Tay fashion and owned and operated by a local Tay family. Here you can relax and unwind from the day and enjoy a delicious and authentic home cooked meal.

• Overnight at homestay in Cao Bang
• B,L

Day 25: Ba Be → Hanoi

After breakfast, you will board a boat to cross the lake to the north shore. From here you will start a hike in the rainforest of the central area
of the Ba Be National Park. Along the shores of the lake, you will reach a prehistoric cave dating back 500 million years, hidden in an ancient forest composed of rare and hard wood trees, as strong as steel. A little further, a fire station allows to observe the birds.
Resume your hiking to reach the An Ma temple (a sacred temple of the Tay people venerating the snake god and military general of the Mac dynasty).
It is now time to choose how to spend your time on the boat: relax and admire the landscape or take a dip in the fresh waters of the lake? Anyway, enjoy the scenery with its beautiful karst formations lined with jungle. Note: visitors who do not wish to participate in the walk can ask to stay on the boat to join Widow Island or do some shopping Return to Ba Be Jungle Houses restaurant for lunch before ending the tour, you will be taken about 230 km back to Hanoi and stop at a tea plantation located among rolling hills. When we arrived in Hanoi, it was time to say goodbye, creating lifelong memories and bonds.

• Overnight at hotel in Hanoi
• B,L

Day 26: Hanoi (leisure time)

Enjoy breakfast at your hotel and leisure time in the city on your own.

• Overnight at hotel in Hanoi
• B

Day 27: Hanoi → Bangkok

Morning, enjoy breakfast at hotel. Your leisure time till we will transfer you to the airport for flight to Bangkok. Our driver welcomes and transfer you to hotel for staying.

• Overnight at hotel in Bangkok
• B

Day 28: Bangkok → Ayutthaya

Group tour departs every Monday or Wednesday

06.00 – 07.15 Pick up from hotel and transfer to the river city shopping complex, Siphraya, next to Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel.
07.30 am. Departure from Bangkok by Grand Pearl luxury air–conditioned coach with English speaking guide.
09.00 am. Arrival at Bang Pa-In, visit the Summer Palace of King Rama V with its mixture of Thai, Chinese and Gothic
architecture such as Aisawan Thiphya-At, Warophat Phiman, Wehart Chamrun, etc.

10.30 Arrival at Ayutthaya, a World Heritage City and historic capital of Thailand. Visit Wat Mahatad, the royal monastery, served as the residence of supreme monk. Wat Phrasrisanphet, the largest and most important temple. Its was used as a residential palace. and Wihan Phramongkhon Bophit, the large bronze Buddha image was originally enshrined in the open area outside

13.30 Welcome aboard the Grand Pearl Cruise Liner at Wat Chong-lom Pier (Nonthaburi). Sumptuous buffet lunch with a choice of a variety of oriental and western cuisines will be served, while you may relax and enjoy the fascinating scenery on the River of Kings. The cruiser will then head towards Nontaburi, past Koh Kred, The monn community before reaching Bangkok city.
15.00 Coffee will be served while you enjoy the enchanting sights along the River banks such as the colorful Royal Barges House, Thammasart University, Siriraj hospital, The Royal Grand Palace and the graceful Temple Of Dawn, with its magnificent 79 M. spire, Wat Kallayanamitr, one of the most renowed temples.
16.00 Arrival and disembark at the River City Shopping Complex Pier. Transfer back to hotel by air-conditioned van.

• Overnight at hotel in Bangkok
• B,L

Day 29: Bangkok → Kanchanaburi

06.00 am. Pick up from major hotels in Bangkok downtown area. Depart to Kanchanaburi province (128 km. to the west of Bangkok)
Arrive Kanchanaburi province. Visit Thailand–Burma Railway Centre an interactive museum, information and research facility dedicated
to presenting the history of the Thailand– Burma Railway. The fully air–conditioned center offers the visitor an educational and moving experience.
Visit Allied War Cemetery which is memorial to some 6000 allied prisoners of war (POWs) who perished along the death railway line and were moved post-war to this eternal resting place.
Visit the world famous Bridge over the River Kwai, a part of Death Railway constructed by Allied POWs.
11.40 am. Lunch at local restaurant.
Take a historic on Death Railway Train passing over original wooden viaduct constructed by Allied POWs
Journey back to Bangkok.
Arrive at Bangkok and transfer to hotels.

• Overnight at hotel in Bangkok
• B,L

Day 30: Bangkok → floating market

07.00 : Pick up time
7:15: Departure from Bangkok to train market
8:40: Arrive at the market, wait to see the train pass market, enjoy taking photos
9:15: Continue to go to Damern Saduak
10:00: When we arrive at the floating market, there is 1 hour to walk around. After that, taking a long boat
to see the villagers’ life along the canal.
11.15 – 11.30 am. Enjoy with Set Lunch, Phad Thai + Mango sticky rice + Fruites + 1 Drinking Water
11:30: Back to Bangkok
13:30: Arrive in Bangkok.

• Overnight at hotel in Bangkok
• B,L

Day 31: Bangkok (leisure day)

After breakfast, enjoy your leisure day in the city on your own.

• Overnight at hotel in Bangkok
• B

Day 32: Bangkok → Chiang Mai

After breakfast, your leisure time in the city till we transfer you to the airport for flight to Chiang Mai. Our driver welcomes and transfer you to hotel for staying.

• Overnight at hotel in Chiang Mai
• B

Day 33: Chiang Mai → Doi Inthanon

08.00 -08.30 am. Pick up from the hotel, Return 17.00 -17.30 pm.
Visit highest peak in Thailand or the summit of Doi Inthanon. The most stunning areas of the park.
Lush green jungle with abundant flora under Royal Agricultural station, it consists by Rhododendron garden.
Ferns Greenhouse, Flower Plants Greenhouse and Hydroponics Vegetables Greenhouse.
King and Queen twin Pagodas The brown Pra Mahathart Napamaythaneedol Chedi was erected in 1987 in the kingiand the
more femimine, lilac coloured, Pra Mahathart Napapoommusiri for the Queen in 1992.
Inside the Thai People and visitors alike leave offerings of flowwers and incense sticks as a mark of respect to the well loved
monarchs. The View is tremendous, and the gardens are beautiful.

• Overnight at hotel in Chiang Mai
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Day 33: Chiang Mai → Golden Triangle

Pick up 07.00 – 07.30 am. By Private Guide & Driver

• White Temple Wat Rong Khun, better known as the White Temple, is a privately owned art exhibit in the style of a
  Buddhist temple in Pa O Don Chai,
• Black House Museum : Baan Dam Museum, also known to foreigners as the Black House Museum, is a mixture of
  traditional northern Thai buildings with unconventional and contemporary architecture, created by Thawan Duchanee.
• Long Neck Village : Tribal village whose women wear stacked brass rings on their necks & sell handmade crafts.
• Blue Temple : Monumental, modern Buddhist temple distinguished by its vivid blue coloring & elaborate carvings.
• Golden Triangle ( Where Thailand, Lao & Myanmar Meet )

• Overnight at hotel in Chiang Mai
• B,L

Day 34: Chiang Mai (free day)

After breakfast, enjoy your leisure time in the city on your own.

• Overnight at hotel in Chaing Mai
• B

Day 35: Chiang Mai → Departure

Enjoy leisure time till we transfer you to the airport for departure flight.

B

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