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including CAMBODIA & SINGAPORE
Tour Summary:
9 nights/12 Days
Main Cities:
Siem Reap | Hanoi | Halong Bay | Ho Chi Minh City | Mekong Delta | Singapore
Flights:
Johannesburg - Singapore - Hanoi
Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City - Siem Reap
Siem Reap - Singapore - Johannesburg
Excursions / Sights:
Day 1: Johannesburg - Singapore
Departure from OR Tambo International Airport on your international flight to Hanoi via Singapore
Day 2: Singapore
Early this morning you will arrive at Singapore International Airport, where you will be met and taken on a half day city tour!
Lunch included. After lunch you will check into your hotel accommodation
Few cities in Southeast Asia can boast Singapore's fascinating ethnic brew. Where else in the world can you dip into the cultures of China, India and Muslim Malaysia all in one day, against a backdrop of ultra-modern Western commerce? Not only has Singapore's history of migration left a rich cultural and architectural legacy that makes wandering the streets an absorbing delight, it has created one of the world's great eating capitals.
Enjoy the rest of the afternoon and evening at leisure
Day 3: Singapore - Hanoi
Breakfast at your hotel
This morning you will transfer to Singapore International Airport for your flight to Hanoi.
Afternoon arrival at Hanoi International Airport, where you will be met and transferred to your 3* hotel accommodation where you will be staying for the following 3 nights on a B&B basis
Settle in this afternoon
Enjoy dinner at a local restaurant (included)
As the capital of Vietnam for almost a thousand years, Hanoi is considered to be one of cultural centres of Vietnam; where most of Vietnamese dynasties had left behind their imprint. Even though some relics have not survived through wars and time, the city still has many interesting cultural and historic monuments for visitors and residents alike.
Day 4: Hanoi
Breakfast at leisure
Today your tour guide will pick you up for an exciting sightseeing tour around Hanoi! You will experience the Vietnamese daily life in the past and present on a 2 bus/walking tour around the Hoan Kiem Lake, Ngoc Son Temple and Old Quarter Streets.
Hoan Kiem Lake, meaning "Lake of the Returned Sword" or "Lake of the Restored Sword", is a lake in the historical center of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam. The lake is one of the major scenic spots in the city and serves as a focal point for its public life. At the northern end of Hoan Kiem Lake is a small island with the Ngoc Son ("Jade Mountain") Temple. The island and its temple are reached by a red wooden bridge called The Huc, which translates to "Flood of Morning Sunlight".
Lunch & dinner included
Attend the Water Puppets Show
Water Puppet Theatre is a traditional Vietnamese art. During the rainy seasons long ago, people created this kind of theater. It is played in the water! Puppets are moved with long wooden sticks and play scenes from rural Vietnam as well as the most common legends - for instance the one about Hoan Kiem Lake.
Day 5: Hanoi - Halong Bay - Hanoi
Breakfast at leisure
Leave Hanoi at 8:00 for Halong Bay, the World Heritage Area of outstanding natural beauty.
Upon arrival, you will board the private boat for a cruise around the islands, caves and grottoes!
Enjoy a seafood lunch onboard (included) and take a short excursion to Surprising Cave and perhaps even a quick swim
Dinner included tonight
Day 6: Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh City
Breakfast at leisure
This morning you will visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and Museum, One pillar Pagoda, Tran Quoc Pagoda, Temple of Literature, and the first university of Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum: Construction work began on September 2, 1973 and the structure was formally inaugurated on August 29, 1975. The mausoleum was inspired by Lenin's Mausoleum in Moscow but incorporates distinct Vietnamese architectural elements, such as the sloping roof.
Lunch (included)
This evening you will catch your overnight train to Ho Chi Minh City (you will either have dinner before your departure or on board the train)
Day 7: Ho Chi Minh City
Early morning arrival in Ho Chi Minh City
Breakfast included
Drive to Cu Chi to visit the Vietnamese Army Military Base, a system of tunnels to understand how Vietnamese people lived, struggled and won the war!
The tunnels of C? Chi are an immense network of connecting underground tunnels located in the C? Chi district of Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam, and are part of a much larger network of tunnels that underlie much of the country. The C? Chi tunnels were the location of several military campaigns during the Vietnam War, and were the Viet Cong's base of operations for the T?t Offensive in 1968.
Lunch (included)
Return to Ho Chi Minh City and visit Reunification Palace, War Museum, and Ben Thanh Market.
Dinner included
Day 8: Ho Chi Minh City - Mekong Delta - Ho Chi Minh City
Breakfast at leisure
Leave the busy city for Mekong delta region. Upon arrival at Cai Be, enjoy the local lifestyle on a boat ride around the small canals in the delta region. Observe the floating market where sellers and buyers are bargaining and exchanging their goods from their boats. Roam around and observe how the people make their living from fruit trees such as coconut, corn and other local product. On the way back to Ho Chi Minh City, stop along the way to see Cho Lon, Saigon's China town.
Lunch (included)
Dinner (included)
Day 9: Ho Chi Minh City - Siem Reap
Breakfast at leisure
This morning you will catch your flight to Siem Reap.
On arrival in Siem Reap you will be met at the airport and transferred to your hotel accommodation where you will be staying for the following 2 nights on a breakfast & dinner basis.
At its heart, Siem Reap is still a little charmer, with old French shop-houses, shady tree-lined boulevards and a slow-flowing river. But it is expanding at breakneck speed with new houses and apartments, hotels and resorts sprouting like mushrooms in the surrounding countryside.
Dinner included
Day 10: Siem Reap
Breakfast at your hotel
In the morning, 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 and the 12th century masterpiece is considered by art historians to be the prime example of classical Khmer art and architecture.
Then visit Ta Prohm, one of the area’s most beautiful temples.
Lunch included
Ta Prohm has been relatively untouched since it was discovered and retains much of its mystery. Its appeal lies in the fact that, unlike the other monuments of Angkor, it was abandoned and swallowed by the jungle, looking very much the same as most of the Angkor temples appeared when European explorers first stumbled upon them.
Afternoon: Visit a floating village; take a traditional wooden boat for a ride on the Tonle Sap Lake, the “Great Lake” of Cambodia, one of the largest in Asia.
Dinner with Apsara dance show at Somadevi Angkor Hotel
Day 11: Siem Reap - Singapore - Johannesburg
Breakfast at your hotel
Day at leisure before departure or:
This morning, your guide will take you to visit School of Arts to see young children studying traditional Khmer dances. The school provides poor children and orphans with a high quality artistic education, and is funded by an NGO. About 80 young pupils train every weekday. The children will eventually become teachers, dancers, or musicians, and will keep the traditional Khmer culture alive.
Afterwards, you will visit “Les Artisans d’Angkor - Chantiers Ecoles” of Siem Reap. Since 1992, this artisan group who helps to develop the young rural Khmer workforce has become a powerful developing tool for the surrounding villages. See the work of the trainees who learn the art of stone carving, wood ornamental sculpture, the making of small furniture, the art of lacquer and polychrome. Observe the various training methods and view completed projects.
Lunch included
Transfer to Siem Reap International Airport for your flight back home.
Day 12: Johannesburg
Arrive at OR Tambo International Airport
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