Journey to Angkor Wat & Bangkok
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TRIP NOTES Journey to Angkor Wat & Bangkok 17 days | Hanoi to Bangkok Take in the highlights of Vietnam • Bangkok – See the Grand Palace, ride • 1 overnight sleeper train Hanoi to Hue and Cambodia, travelling from on a tuk-tuk and cruise in a longtail boat in basic 4 berth cabin (or opt to fly - see Hanoi to Angkor Wat, before along the city’s famous canals Add-ons for details) • Ho Chi Minh City – Discover highlights of • Economy class flights: Danang to Ho Chi ending with a tour of Thailand's the city on a walking tour including the Minh City, Phnom Penh to Siem Reap and captivating capital. Cruise Halong sobering War Remnants Museum Siem Reap to Bangkok Bay and the Mekong, explore • Hoi An - Enjoy some R&R in this • Guided sightseeing - Hanoi, Halong Bay, the Imperial City of Hue, Ho Chi enchanting riverside town with its Hue, Hoi An, Mekong Delta, Ho Chi Minh Minh City and Hoi An, discover the cobbled streets, lanterns and iconic City, Cu Chi, Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, the incredible Angkor Complex and Japanese Bridge Temples of Angkor and Bangkok • Hue – Marvel at the impressive seven • Halong Bay Junk boat cruise - opt to more on this 17 day tour. storey Thien Mu Pagoda and explore the swim, kayak and explore caves Imperial Purple Palace behind the walls of • Bicycle ride to Tra Que village and HIGHLIGHTS AND INCLUSIONS the Citadel cooking demonstration • Cu Chi Tunnels – Discover the incredible • Sampan boat trips in the Mekong Delta Trip Highlights network of tunnels which were used by • Boat trip on Tonle Sap Lake • • Angkor Temple Complex - Gaze in the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War Airport arrival transfer day 1 and departure • wonder at legendary Angkor Wat and Mekong Delta – Cruise the crisscross of transfer day 17 • admire the stone faces of the Bayon waterways on a sampan and enjoy lunch All relevant transfers and transportation in Temple in Angkor Thom in a traditional home on Dong Hoa Hiep private air-conditioned vehicles • • Hanoi – Enjoy a cyclo rickshaw ride Island Escorted by an English speaking • through the French Quarter and see Tra Que Village – Ride bicycles in the Vietnamese and Cambodian tour guide, highlights including the Opera House and countryside, learn how to farm the land with a Thai guide for Bangkok sightseeing Ly Thai To Park and enjoy a cooking lesson • What's Not Included • Halong Bay – Explore the beautiful Siem Reap – Visit the fascinating Angkor UNESCO-Listed bay aboard a deluxe National Museum and enjoy free time to • Tipping Kitty: USD$50-60pp, paid in USD junk boat, kayak, swim and explore the explore lively ‘Pub Street’ or VND • Entrance Fees: USD$165-175pp, paid in remarkable caves What's Included • Phnom Penh – Tour highlights of the city USD or VND include the Silver Pagoda and learn about • Breakfast daily, 6 lunches and 2 dinners • International flights and visas the horrors of the Pol Pot regime at Toul • 14 nights 4 star and special class hotels • Tip for your tour guide. We recommend Sleng and 1 night aboard deluxe junk boat you allow USD$3-6 per day, per traveller. (private en suite cabin) Journey to Angkor Wat & Bangkok - 17 days updated on 30-09-2021 07:37:55 www.onthegotours.com This information has been compiled with care and good faith. They give an accurate illustration of the proposed arrangements for this holiday. Circumstances beyond our control such as changes in local conditions, inclement weather or other reasons could force us to make changes to UK 020 7371 1113 [email protected] this itinerary. Any costs shown are subject to change, though are an accurate reflection of costs at time of writing. Please also note that visa AUS 1300 855 684 [email protected] requirements are subject to change and are the responsibility of the traveller and not that of On The Go Tours. NZ 0800 44 77 69 CAN 1 866 890 7038 - 1 - USA 1 866 606 2960 SA 0800 990 311 TRIP NOTES Journey to Angkor Wat & Bangkok Tipping your guide is an entirely personal of stalactites and stalagmites. There's also Day 4 : Imperial Hue gesture the opportunity to go kayaking and enjoy a refreshing swim. COVID SAFE GUIDE Back on board, we spend our evening watching a Vietnamese cooking DETAILED ITINERARY demonstration on the sundeck before tucking into a delicious seafood dinner. Day 1 : Hanoi Saturday. Welcome to Hanoi, perhaps the Please note: the itinerary in Halong Bay can most graceful, atmospheric and exotic capital vary dependent upon the cruise we use and city in Asia. Airport to hotel arrival transfer. weather conditions. Overnight - Halong Bay, Breakfast boxes will be served on the train. The remains of the day offer free time for Deluxe Junk Boat (B, L, D) Arriving to Hue, we disembark and drive you to explore the wide tree lined avenues, to our hotel. If rooms are ready we can beautiful lakes, ancient pagoda’s and thriving, Day 3 : Hanoi cyclo ride check in, if not we'll depart shortly after on historic old city, all easily navigated on foot. Halong Bay - Hanoi - Hue. Early birds can a guided sightseeing tour of the 19th-century This evening you will have the opportunity to start the day with a relaxing Tai Chi class Nguyen empire capital. We visit the Thien meet your tour guide and the rest of our tour on the sundeck or a traditional massage. Mu Pagoda, home to the oldest monastery in group at our welcome meeting which takes Before heading back to port this morning the city, whose 21m high tower has become place at 17:00. If you are arriving overnight, we explore the beautiful Sung Sot cave something of a symbol for Hue and the your guide will relay this information to you in (Surprise Grotto), which is 10,000m² and citadel. Within the citadel is the Imperial the morning. consists of two major chambers. These Purple Palace, an exact copy of the Forbidden spectacular chambers are spacious enough to City in Beijing, with its impressive ramparts, If you have pre booked the optional Back hold thousands of people. Streets of Hanoi add-on, please meet in formal moats and imperial palaces, some of reception for departure at 8am from your On arrival back into Hanoi mid-afternoon which lay in ruin. hotel. This excursion ends back at the hotel at we’ll explore the maze of streets in the In the countryside lies the Royal Tombs of the approx 5pm. French Quarter by cyclo (rickshaw), taking in Nguyen kings, here we’ll view the elaborate highlights such as the Opera house and Ly mausoleum of Emperor Tu Duc. As the sun Overnight - Hanoi Thai To park. We then swap our wheels for sets opt for a cruise in a long boat along the a leisurely walk through ‘36 streets of the gentle Perfume River (pay locally), or enjoy Day 2 : Junk boat cruising old quarter’, named after the numerous guilds some retail therapy at the ever lively Dong Ba that once set up shop on a particular street Market, a few minute's walk from our hotel. from silk tailors to traditional medicine shops. Overnight - Hue (B, L) Time will be given to freshen up before boarding our train (4 berth sleeper cabin, Day 5 : Road of the Ocean basic standard) on the ‘Reunification Express’ Clouds railway line to Hue. If you've booked our Hanoi - Hue flight add- on you'll be transferred to the airport early Hanoi – Halong Bay. Today we take a this evening and touch down in Hue an hour scenic drive to the UNESCO World Heritage- later. Overnight - Hue Hotel. Tomorrow you listed Halong Bay. Upon arrival we board will rendezvous with your guide and group a junk boat for our overnight cruise, then (arriving off the overnight train) in the hotel soak up panoramic views of this spectacular upon at approx 10am landscape, with its jungle-clad limestone Overnight - Sleeper Train (B) peaks and emerald green waters. Hue - Road of the Ocean Clouds - Hoi An. Today we take the scenic Hai Van Pass Based on traditional designs, our junk boat (Road of the Ocean Clouds), which offers combines oriental style with modern luxuries. magnificent views of beaches to one side This afternoon we visit Trinh Nu Cave, one and lush hills to the other. En route we stop of the finest caves in Halong Bay, covering for a walk along My Khe beach, a beautiful an area of 2,000m² with a stunning array Journey to Angkor Wat & Bangkok - 17 days updated on 30-09-2021 07:37:55 www.onthegotours.com This information has been compiled with care and good faith. They give an accurate illustration of the proposed arrangements for this holiday. Circumstances beyond our control such as changes in local conditions, inclement weather or other reasons could force us to make changes to UK 020 7371 1113 [email protected] this itinerary. Any costs shown are subject to change, though are an accurate reflection of costs at time of writing. Please also note that visa AUS 1300 855 684 [email protected] requirements are subject to change and are the responsibility of the traveller and not that of On The Go Tours. NZ 0800 44 77 69 CAN 1 866 890 7038 - 2 - USA 1 866 606 2960 SA 0800 990 311 TRIP NOTES Journey to Angkor Wat & Bangkok stretch of coastline which was nicknamed along the striking Golden Bridge (book and Notre Dame Cathedral, Old Post office and the 'China Beach' by the Americans during the pay locally).