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Introduction
| Group name | 15D14N-Saigon-Caibe-Cantho-Danang-Hoian-Hue-Hanoi-Halong-Vientiane-Luangprabang | Code | 211209044816 |
| Version | 1 | Sales Consultant | Sales team |
| Group size | 2 – 20 pax(s) | Validity | 01 Jan 2023 – 31 Dec 2023 |
Destination
Saigon
Departure
Manchester
Departure Time
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Dress Code
Sport casual
Itinerary
| Day 1 : DAY 1: SAI GON ARRIVAL (-/-/-) |
| Arrive in Sai Gon, and our guide and driver will pick you up at the hotel check-in in.
Overnight in Saigon
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| Day 2 : SAI GON – CU CHI TUNNELS (B/L/-) |
| This morning you travel to the underground village of Cu Chi and discover the incredible 200km network of tunnels where the Viet Cong lived and fought during the war. Then spending a half day city tour in Saigon, seeing the beautiful structures from the French Colonial times such as the Notre Dame Cathedral, the historic Central Post Office. Followed by the remarkable site of the War Remnants Museum, the museum has a vast display of the both the Indochina wars.
Overnight in Saigon
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| Day 3 : SAI GON – CAI BE – CAN THO (B/L/-) |
| Breakfast at hotel and depart for Cai Be Floating Market. Experience the fascinating network of rivers in the Mekong Delta and journey, by motor boat, to the atmospheric Cai Be floating market to watch the locals trading. Visit a small family business and immerse yourself in the nature of Binh Hoa Phuoc village. Fresh river food, traditional folk music and a bonsai garden await you before continuing to Vinh Long and then on to Can Tho.
Overnight in Can Tho.
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| Day 4 : CAN THO – SAI GON – DANANG – HOIAN (B/L/-) |
| We start the boat trip from Ninh Kieu boat station and cruise a long the Can Tho river with the very busy water traffic. We are arriving to Cai Rang floating market-the biggest floating market in the Mekong delta. Where we can have cha ance to get the most colorful pictures. And moreover, the floating markets are started at twilight. Nature and the universe as the flashes woke up by the waters of oars, their explosion engines, all kind of boats collided, the call of welcome… made the market more lively. The native people are always hustling to pool, paddle and ride all different kinds of boats for carrying all other types of farm products to market for sale. So different with the other kind of markets, the floating markets in the Mekong delta gotae very colorful advertising culture by hanging their products on bamboo poles to show the other traders what their boats arebeingg sold. From the fruits, meat, shrimps, fishes until the lottery tickets, coffee …are traded all over again on the river by the boats which is the floating images bring “copyright” of the Western countryside. Coming with the floating markets! Cruising back to Can Tho city. Drive back to Saigon airport for flight to Danang.
Upon arrival to Danang, pick up and transfer hotel in Hoian for check in. Overnight in Hoian.
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| Day 5 : HOI AN CITY TOUR (B/L/-) |
| Hoi An is well known as beautifully preserved historic city can be best visited on foot. Visiting Family Chapter built by prominent, merchant or official families as the center ancestor worship a Chinese style Pagoda or Assembly Hall. Japanese Covered Bridge Pagoda which is the first bridge on this site and was constructed in 1593 by Japanese community of Hoi An to link the Town with the Chinese Quarter across the stream.
Afternoon, free time at leisure. Overnight in Hoian
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| Day 6 : HOI AN – FREE TIME (B/-/-) |
| Today, you will be free time at leisure.
There are some optional tour for your choise on today (with extra cost). Overnight in Hoi An. Optional tour 1: My Son holyland tour on half day (no meal) Pick up from the hotel, drive to My Son, a World Heritage, 40 km southwest of Hoi An. Located in a lush valley, My Son was a capital and religious center of Cham people, now remaining with red brick towers and sanctuaries. My Son, considered to be in the same league as some of Southeast Asia’s greatest archaeological sites, including Angkor in Cambodia, Bagan in Myanmar, Ayutthaya inThailand and Borobudur in Indonesia. These towers and sanctuaries was built from the 7 to 13 centuries. Finish tour transfer back to hotel. Tour price includes: Transportation, English speaking guide, Entrance fee Tour price excludes: Meals, Travel Insurrance, Drinks, Personal expenses, Tips, Other not mentioned.
Optional tour 2: Tra Que cooking class by bike tour (Lunch) Morning, we bike to a farmer’s house in Tra Que vegetable village. Enjoy welcome drink and then strolling around the vegetable garden with your guide before joining the farmer to learn and to practice the traditional farming ways in preparing the land, and fertilizing the land with seaweed which is exploited from the nearby river. The following steps are raking the ground, sowing or transplanting, watering, some other gardening activities. After farming activities, taking part in preparing and cooking some of the famous local dishes such as “Banh Xeo” Pancake, “Tam Huu” rolls, with the guidance of the farmer’s family or the chef. Enjoy your lunch with local specialties and with dishes that made by yourself. Then we bike back to hotel. Finish tour. Tour price includes: Bike, English speaking guide, Entrance fee, Cooking class with Lunch Tour price excludes: Transportation, Travel Insurrance, Drinks, Personal expenses, Tips, Other not mentioned.
Optional tour 3: Bana Hills tour full day (no meal) In the morning, departure to visit the Ba Na resort with 1487m altitude compared to sea level. You journey up a mountain by cable car to reach the second record of the world (the longest cable car a wired world: 5042m and an altitude difference between the two largest Ga 1292m). Stop in Station 2 with altitude 1.138m. Visit: Deer Park, The Quan, wine cellar Debay, nearly 100-year-old tree… Visit Linh Ung Pagoda where Buddha Shakyamuni is 27m high… Free to take some pictures at The Golden Bridge. Tour guides take you a walk to explore the natural ecological Bana. Conquering the mountain 1487m high, the highest peak of Ba Na. You participate in the games at Fantasy Park (About 105 games). Finish the tour, back to your cabin down the mountain by cable car up and drive back to the hotel. Tour price includes Transportation, English speaking guide, Cable car ticket. Tour price excludes: Meals, Travel Insurance, Drinks, Personal expenses, Tips, and Other not mentioned.
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| Day 7 : HOI AN – DANANG – HUE (B/L/-) |
| Today, leave Hoian to Hue, on the way stop to visit Marble Mountain, enjoy fresh air at My Khe beach. Then we passing by Hai Van Pass, take picture at Lang Co beach. Arrive in Hue, visit Imperial Citadel of Royal Dynasty of Nguyen Family (1802 – 1945) & Royal Antiques Museum – A collection of ornaments from the Nguyen dynasty.
Overnight in Hue
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| Day 8 : HUE CITY TOUR – HANOI (B/L/-) |
| Morning, enjoy the boat trip ride down the Perfume River with a first stop at the iconic Thien Mu Pagoda which is an elegant sseven–tieredoctagonal tower’ Hues, most widely recognized monuments. Then drive to visit Khai Dinh King’s Tomb – a blend of Western and Eastern architecture. Minh Mang King’s Tomb, one is impressed by the majesty and symmetry of the architectural constructions.
Late afternoon, transfer to the airport for flight to Hanoi. Arrival in Hanoi, pick up and transfer to hotel for check-in. Overnight in Hanoi
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| Day 9 : HANOI (B/L/-) |
| This full-day tour takes you around Hanoi’s most interesting sights, including Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum and his Stilts House, the Presidential Palace and the One Pillar Pagoda and the Old Quarter,th Lake of the Restored Sword and Ngoc Son Temple, the Temple of Literature, peaceful West Lake with lovers street Thanh Nien, the sedate Tran Quoc Pagoda and Quan Thanh Temple and one of the city’s museums, either the History Museum or the Ethnology Museum. In the evening enjoy a traditional Vietnamese water puppet show.
Overnight in Hanoi
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| Day 10 : HA NOI – HA LONG (B/L/D) |
| Morning depart for Ha Long Bay, we go through the scenic countryside. The wondrous Ha Long Bay is truly one of Vietnam’s most impressive scenic sights. Heading out of the town we embark on a boat for an exploration of the legendary Ha Long Bay. Cruise amongst the bay’s rock formations and floating villages. As the sun sets, enjoy dinner onboard and your boat will anchor in the bay for the night.
Overnight on cruise
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| Day 11 : HA LONG – HA NOI – LUANG PRABANG (BRUNCH/-) |
| Wake up early and see daylight filtering through the mist and towering rock formations, leaving you with a dream-like memory of your visit to Ha Long Bay. Enjoy breakfast and perhaps join a Tai Chi class on the boat’s deck before disembarking and heading back to Hanoi airport for a flight to Lang Prabang.
On arrival at the Luang Prabang airport, you will be met and transferred to check in the hotel. Situated in the centre of northern Laos, Luang Prabang is classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its outstanding cultural, historic and architectural values and its harmonious relationship between the natural and built environment. You are free to stroll around the city for your own first impression of this ancient city. Overnight in Luang Prabang Overnight in Luang Prabang
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| Day 12 : LUANG PRABANG – PAK OU CAVES – CITY TOUR (B/L/-) |
| After breakfast, you will first visit Royal Palace Museum, which was built in 1904 during the French colonial era for King Sisavang Vong and his family. We then embark on a leisure cruise upstream on the Mekong River, which also gives us a breathtaking view of the tranquil countryside, before reaching the mysterious Pak Ou Caves, two linked caves crammed with thousands of gold lacquered Buddha statues of various shapes and sizes left by pilgrims. Along the way, we stop at the village of Ban Xanghai, where they make the local rice wine.
On arrival back in the city, we will visit the magnificent Wat Xiengthong a superb piece of Lao temple architecture, which presents a sweeping two-tiered roof and ornate mosaics including a beautiful ‘tree of life ‘glass montage on the rear temple wall. From there, we will transfer to visit Wat Prabath to admire the sunset; this is a really peaceful place to catch the last beauty of the day. The tour ends after a visit to the famous Night Market, where you can find a lovely collection of handmade textiles made by local and hill tribe people surrounding Luang Prabang. Overnight in Luang Prabang
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| Day 13 : LUANG PRABANG – KUANG SI WATERFALLS – VIENTIANE (B/L/-) |
| Wake up as the sun rises, we will prepare to join the most sacred tradition of Laos, the daily morning alms giving, which dates to the 14th century. More than 200 Buddhist monks depart from various temple to gather their daily meal from the faithful residents sitting quietly on the streets. From there, we will visit the temporary morning market near the former Royal Palace. Just set on the ground, the local people come here to barter their day’s catch from rice to vvegetables to fish, or chicken. This is the best chance to experience the flavour of local life After breakfast at the hotel, we ascend the 329 steps to the top of Phousi Hill for a panoramic view of the city and the Mekong River. This then takes us to the beautiful Kuang Si waterfalls which is the biggest in the Luang Prabang area with three tiers leading to a 50-metre drop into spectacular azure pools before flowing downstream. The pools also make great swimming holes and are very popular with both tourists and locals If you wish, we will also take a short visit to the Bear Rescue Center, which houses a couple of dozen animals rescued from the hands of poachers and traffickers. We then transfer to airport to take the flight to Vientiane. On arrival in Vientiane, transfer to check-in the hotel. Overnight in Vientiane.
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| Day 14 : VIENTIANE – BUDDHA PARK (B/L/-) |
| In the morning, we will first visit Wat Si Muang, which is very famous for its supernatural power. We then transfer out to see Buddha Park, an enchanting collection of Buddhist and Hindu sculptures on the Mekong Riverside meadow, close to the Friendship Bridge. There are approximately 200 religious images dating back over 500 years, which were created by a mysterious monk spreading his philosophy on life and revealing his ideas about the universe.
In the afternoon, we see the major sights of the capital; including the oldest Wat Sisaket, the temple with thousands of miniature Buddha statues and the former royal temple of Wat Prakeo, which previously housed the famous Emerald Buddha Image. On the way to Lao’s national icon, the famous and sacred structure of That Luang Stupa, we stop en route to take some pictures of the imposing Patuxay Monument, which is well known as Vientiane’s own Arc de Triumph. A spectacular view over the Mekong River at sunset is a perfect way to finish the day. Overnight in Vientiane
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| Day 15 : VIENTIANE – DEPARTURE (B/-/-) |
| In the morning, you are free before transferring to the airport to take the departure flight
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accomodation
List of accommodations
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meals
Remarks for meal
Meals are a fusion of local food with a daily normal buffet breakfast at the hotel. Guests should advise any special food preferences, allergies or dietary requirements at least one (1) week prior to the arrival date.
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GENERAL TERMS & CONDITIONS
Remarks for check-in and check-out schedules
Check-in time: at the hotel: after 14h00 – on the cruise: before 12h00.
Check-out time: at the hotel & on the cruise: before 12h00.
Remarks for itinerary
The itinerary and schedule are subject to change due to local traffic situations, weather conditions, flight, or any unforeseen circumstances or local authority decisions. Helios Travel Agency reserves full rights to replace all items with the same values for guests.
Payment
Rates and Conditions
Prices are in GBP per person, based on two guests sharing a twin or double room in the hotels mentioned above.
The below rates are not valid for the period of Christmas, New Year (normally from 20 Dec to 10/ 15 Jan), Chinese/ Vietnamese New Year, Independence Day (30 April), May Day, National Day (02 Sep), Songkran festival (13-16 April), Golden Week (01-07 Oct), Loy Kratong (10-14 Nov), Myanmar Water Festival or Myanmar New Year (10-20 Apr), etc. Please contact us for further details in terms of specific dates.
SGL SUP: Single supplement
TPL difference: Triple difference
| High Season
01 Jan 2023 – 30 Apr 2023 & 01 Oct 2023 – 31 Dec 2023 |
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| Group size/ Price per person | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5-7 | 8-9 | 10-15 | 16-20 | SGL supplement |
| Superior | 1,511 | 1,248 | 1,102 | 1,032 | 970 | 891 | 883 | 374 |
| First Class | 1,713 | 1,450 | 1,303 | 1,234 | 1,171 | 1,107 | 1,102 | 582 |
| Deluxe | 2,197 | 1,937 | 1,793 | 1,725 | 1,665 | 1,608 | 1,602 | 1,066 |
| Low Season
01 May 2023 – 30 Sep 2023 |
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| Group size/ Price per person | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5-7 | 8-9 | 10-15 | 16-20 | SGL supplement |
| Superior | 1,490 | 1,227 | 1,081 | 1,012 | 949 | 869 | 860 | 352 |
| First Class | 1,659 | 1,395 | 1,250 | 1,180 | 1,118 | 1,049 | 1,044 | 529 |
| Deluxe | 2,069 | 1,808 | 1,664 | 1,596 | 1,537 | 1,475 | 1,470 | 937 |
Note : 1 FOC in half twin for groups from 16 pax up
Optional costs
| Year round
01 Jan 2023 – 31 Dec 2023 |
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| Group size/ Price per person | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5-7 | 8-9 | 10-12 | 13-15 | 16-20 |
| Optional tour 1: My Son holy land tour on half day (no meal) | 51 | 43 | 37 | 29 | 27 | 25 | 24 | 24 |
| Optional tour 2: Tra Que cooking class by bike tour (Lunch) | 49 | 45 | 43 | 38 | 33 | 27 | 26 | 26 |
| Optional tour 3: Bana Hills tour full day (no meal) | 90 | 79 | 72 | 68 | 66 | 64 | 63 | 63 |
Prices are per person.
Remarks for the price
16 full paying pax group is granted one FOC based on half twin sharing room (exclusive of extra service).
Please be aware that any changes in the itinerary due to unforeseen circumstances might result in an increase in pricing.
Any damage caused to all services during the stay shall be payable by the passengers.