Myanmar, Vietnam & Cambodia Connection
3 Countries Tour
When it comes to travel, there is no better way than a comprehensive trip that can cover everything most worth seeing and experiencing. Our 18 day itinerary connecting Myanmar, Vietnam and Cambodia is exactly what these above things are supposed to be. In Myanmar and Cambodia, uncover some of the greatest monuments in Southeast Asia including the holy gold-leafed Shwedagon in Yangon and ancient temples in Bagan, the great Bayon temples and the astonishing Angkor Wat. The S-shaped Vietnam will treat you well with its amazing sites and cultural relics, from its culture-rich capital to a vibrant Ho Chi Minh City, from a legendary Halong Bay to a vast Mekong Delta. Take the joy while learning how to make a lantern in the ancient town of Hoi An. Change your mind from doubt to surprise and admiration of Vietnamese people’s creativity and ingenuity when crawling through the underground tunnels in Cu Chi. Let’s explore it, touch it and become a part of it!
Full itinerary
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Breakfast
Your visa should be pre-arranged, or be sure that your visa-on-arrival letter is in your carry-on luggage. Please go to custom desk as your first point of entry into the country and present these documents for visa upon arrival.
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Breakfast
Witness the colors transform on the 100-meter pagoda which is literally covered with over 60 tons of gold leaf. So what’s behind the golden façade of the Shwedagon Pagoda? You will learn about the full history of the pagoda, the daily life of all people living in its immediate surroundings and a deeper insight in the Buddhist religion and how the spiritual belief is mixed with the belief in nats – the Myanmar spirits. An intriguing day starting from the bottom of the hill and passing the workshops, markets and monasteries which will be useful or even essential to understand more of the country during the rest of your journey.
Then return to the hotel. The tour includes a traditional Burmese breakfast, offerings to monks and the pagoda, a visit to a fortuneteller and a Burmese lunch.
Take a flight to Bagan, transfer to the hotel for checking in, free in the rest of day.
Free at leisure until transfer to airport for domestic flight to Bagan city. Flight time is approximately 1.5 hours. Arrival airport, you are transferred to Bagan ancient town by private car & guide.
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Breakfast
Return to hotel afterwards your guide pick you up again at around 16.00 pm to continue the tour by horse cart to Pyathagyi pagoda for sunset.
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Breakfast
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Breakfast
Your visa should be pre-arranged, or be sure that your visa-on-arrival letter is in your carry-on luggage. Please go to custom desk as your first point of entry into the country and present these documents for visa upon arrival.
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Breakfast
Afternoon, 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. Next, head for Hoan Kiem Lake, the center point of Hanoi whose name “The Return Sword Lake” originated from a legend of a sacred sword and home to a rare endangered giant turtle species and visit Ngoc Son Temple on the lake. Take a one-hour cycle tour of the Old Quarter of Hanoi with its ancient streets representing traditional trades from the past. Finish the tour at the Thang Long Opera Theatre with a traditional Vietnamese water puppet show.
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B,L,D
Arrive in Ha Long City at 11:30 AM and check in aboard the booked junk when your journey across Ha Long Bay starts. Ha Long Bay meaning Descending Dragon Bay in Vietnamese as legend has it that it was where a holly dragon landed down from sky. The bay, famous as one of the world’s wonders and heritage sites whose formation dates back 500 million years, consists of around 2,000 karst islands and islets scattered over an area of 1,553 km2.
After lunch, take a short trek to a nearby summit for a panoramic view of the bay dotted with golden sails, go swimming on a quiet beach or sunbath on the sundeck. Later in the afternoon, you will visit an interesting fishing village with an opportunity to interact with local people who have been living in the bay for almost three generations. An optional kayaking trip is available weather permitting. Back onboard enjoy a lavish dinner and enjoy the bay view at sunset. Spend a night on board.
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Brunch
Free at leisure until meet our guide then transfer to airport for flight to Hue. Flight time is approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes
Arrival Hue airport, you are transferred to hotel for check in. The transfer from airport to hotel is approximately 20 minutes.
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Breakfast
Afternoon, enjoy a boat cruise along the Perfume River to visit the open view of the river and its surroundings. Stop along the way and land on shore to visit two prominent historical landmarks namely the Minh Mang Tomb, where the 2nd Emperor of the Nguyen dynasty was buried, and Thien Mu Pagoda, an active Buddhist monastery overlooking the river from a vantage point with its origin dating back to 1601. End of day, shopping at Dong Ba market, which is the city’s traditional commercial center.
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Breakfast
Afternoon, transfer out to discover the charm of Hoi An as a renowned World Heritage Site. It’s now a peaceful town of exceptionally well-preserved architecture, lifestyles and traditions. The town exemplifies a fascinating fusion of cultures between Vietnam and the outside world including China, Japan, Thailand and the Philippines. Your sightseeing will include the iconic 400-year-old Covered Bridge with a small temple attached to one side as a prominent example of Japanese architecture, the Museum of Trade Ceramics which is an elegant Vietnamese style wooden house built in 1858 showcasing antique ceramic artifacts, the 200-year-old Tan Ky House typifying an ancient Chinese merchant residence, the Ong Temple built in 1653 by Chinese settlers to worship Guan Yu, an ancient Chinese general whose character stands for loyalty, bravery and justice and the local market vibrant with colors and activities.
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Breakfast
Afternoon, we take a cycling tour to a lantern-making family. Colorful lanterns are an unmistakable part of Hoi An’s visual identity as the craft of lantern making has been passed down to present town dwellers from generations of their ancestors. Spend half a day observing and learning how to make lanterns the traditional way under the guidance of friendly and skilled hosts. Practice all production steps including whittling bamboo into splints and bending them into a frame, cutting fabric to size and gluing it to the frame to complete a lantern. You’ll receive this meaningful souvenir, what you made with your own hands from the host family as a local present when you say goodbye.
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Breakfast
Arrival Tan Son Nhat airport, you are transferred to hotel with private car & guide. The transfer distance is approximately 30 minutes
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Breakfast
Afternoon, city tour with a visit to the Reunification Palace, which was formerly the South Vietnam President’s residence and symbol of the Southern Administration’s reign until end of April 1975. Next, stop at the Notre Dame Cathedral, a neo-Romanesque cathedral constructed between 1877 and 1883 using bricks from Marseilles and stained-glass windows from Chartres. Continue on to the Old Saigon Post Office, former US Embassy and Cholon, the Chinatown with its Quan Am Pagoda and the Emperor Jade Pagoda (Phuoc Hai), one of the most interesting pagodas in Vietnam. It was built in 1909 by the Cantonese community. It’s filled with smoky incense and fantastic carved figurines and still buzzing with worshipers, many lounging in the front gardens.
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Breakfast
On arrival in My Tho City, board a motorboat and navigate through intricate canals while observing the local daily life up close as well as the landscape of waterways and lush islands. Land on Thoi Son Island where you can listen to Southern traditional music performed by native artists. Next, you will change to a paddle boat to cruise through the narrow canals and visit households with traditional occupations of home-based coconut candy and rice-wine making. Continue travel by motorized boat to another island to visit a bee farm and taste tea with fresh honey from the beehives and enjoy fresh fruits. On the return to My Tho, stop to visit the Vinh Trang Pagoda, a prominent local Buddhist structure built in 1850 with a unique architectural mixture of Vietnamese, Roman, Chinese and Cambodian styles characterized by a highly ornate façade. You might enjoy a lovely lunch at a local Vietnamese restaurant. At the end of the tour, you will find the way back to Ho Chi Minh.
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Breakfast
Arrival Siem Reap International Airport, please go to custom desk as your first point of entry to get visa-on-arrival into the country and pay stamping fees directly by cash to custom office there. Greeted by your guide then transfer to your hotel for check in and has a rest. The driving distance is approximately 30 minutes.
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Breakfast
After a short your rest, you will visit the most famous of all the temples on the plain of Angkor: Angkor Wat. The temple complex covers 81 hectares and is comparable in size to the Imperial Palace in Beijing. Its distinctive five towers are emblazoned on the Cambodian flag. This masterpiece is considered by art historians to be the prime example of classical Khmer art and architecture. Angkor Wat’s five towers symbolize Meru’s five peaks - the enclosed wall represents the mountains at the edge of the world and the surrounding moat, the ocean beyond. End of day take a relaxing stopover at Prasat Chrung visiting Tadev Hole and temple with the best Sunset. Return to your hotel and end of the tour
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Breakfast
Afternoon, visit Beng Mealea built in the 12th century, the layout and style of Beng Mealea is very similar to Angkor Wat. It’s current state, however, is dominated by jungle. Trees have grown out of the towers and vines entangle columns. Lintels and others building blocks lay around in a tumble and require visitors to climb up and down as they approach the completely collapsed central towers. Ancient capital of Khmer Empire of Rolouse group such as Lolei, Bakong and Preah Ko temples.
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Price & booking
Package Prices ($) (From 01/10 To 30/04)
Tour package | 2 pax | 3-4 pax | 5-6 pax | 7-8 pax | 9-10 pax | Single Supp | |
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Economy | 2013 | 1798 | 1519 | 1470 | 1392 | 505 | Book a pack |
Deluxe | 2504 | 2289 | 2009 | 1961 | 1883 | 945 | Book a pack |
Luxury | 3163 | 2948 | 2669 | 2620 | 2542 | 1533 | Book a pack |
Package Prices ($) (From 01/05 To 30/09)
Tour package | 2 pax | 3-4 pax | 5-6 pax | 7-8 pax | 9-10 pax | Single Supp | |
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Economy | 2032 | 1821 | 1551 | 1500 | 1415 | 528 | Book a pack |
Deluxe | 2473 | 2261 | 1992 | 1940 | 1856 | 889 | Book a pack |
Luxury | 3066 | 2855 | 2585 | 2534 | 2449 | 1456 | Book a pack |
Package Prices ($) (From 01/10 To 31/12)
Tour package | 2 pax | 3-4 pax | 5-6 pax | 7-8 pax | 9-10 pax | Single Supp | |
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Economy | 2066 | 1849 | 1567 | 1516 | 1436 | 541 | Book a pack |
Deluxe | 2573 | 2357 | 2074 | 2023 | 1943 | 969 | Book a pack |
Luxury | 3226 | 3010 | 2727 | 2676 | 2596 | 1569 | Book a pack |
SURCHARGE FOR FLIGHT TICKET
Note: Subject to be changed without prior noticed
- From Yangon (YGN) to Nyanyng U (Bagan): US$ 135 per person
- From Nyanyng U (Bagan) to Yangon (YGN): US$ 135 per person
-From Yangon (YGN) to Hanoi (HAN): US$ 326 per person
- From Hanoi (HAN) to Hue (HUI): US$ 115 per person
- From Da Nang (DAN) to Ho Chi Minh (SGN): US$ 115 per person
- From Ho Chi Minh (SGN) to Siem Reap (REP): US$ 224 per person
IMPORTANT NOTE:
• All prices are quoted in USD/ per person, based on Double/Twin occupancy
• Supplement for standard Vietnamese, Cambodia & Myanmar menu meals: US$ 14 for lunch & US$ 18 for dinner in case you need to book more meals.
• Private services & daily departure
• Quotation is quoted based on English speaking guide: Surcharge for other guide
- Supplement for German Speaking guide: USD 15/day per group
- Supplement for Spanish Speaking guide: USD 20/day per group
- Supplement for Italian Speaking guide: USD 35/day per group
• Surcharge for Compulsory dinner for Xmas and New Year Eve
• Surcharge for Peak Season at above mentioned hotels (if have)
• Surcharge for Vietnamese Lunar (TET) New Year - 25% of adult prices
FREE OFFER
• Mineral water is available during transfers
•Vietnam visa approval letter on arrival (this fees isn’t refundable even clients don’t need)
What's included
- Accommodation in a double or twin or double room with daily breakfast
- One night cruise on a wooden junk in Ha Long Bay
- Lunch or dinner as specified in the itinerary
- Services of a driver and private air-conditioned vehicle during all tours and transfers.
- Experienced English-speaking guide during all tours and transfers
- Vietnam visa approval letter on arrival as complementary
- Private board for sightseeing as mentioned in the program, Entrance fees for all visits as mentioned in the itinerary
- Mineral water is available as complementary
What's excluded
- International & Domestic flight tickets
- Meals, if not specified in the itinerary
- Gratuities for guides and drivers
- Vietnam stamping fee at the airport (45US$ in Vietnam & US$ 30 in Cambodia, US$ 35 in Myanmar, paid by cash at the airport)
- Travel insurance (we highly recommend that you purchase adequate insurance)
- Personal expenses, such as laundry, telephone, drinks, etc. All other services not specified in the itinerary
- All other services not specified in the itinerary
- Not included VAT