DEPARTURE
10 January 2020
RETURN
25 January 2020
PRICE START AT
TWIN LAND ONLY
USD $ 7,350 PER PERSON
SINGLE LAND ONLY
USD $ 9,950 PER PERSON
I. VIP EXPERIENCES
ANGKOR WAT
HUE
II.HIGHLIGHTS
SIEM REAP
EXCLUSION:
Transfer to your elegant hotel and spend the afternoon at leisure.
At 19:00 meet your Travelling Concierge and fellow companions for your Welcome Dinner.
MEALS: Dinner with wine
HOTEL: Angkor Phokeethra Gold and Spa Resort, Siem Reap.
Explore Angkor Wat in VIP style. Learn about Khmer culture from a Khmer scholar, then visit Angkot Thom. Enjoy an evening performance by the Phare Circus.
MEALS: Breakfast and Dinner
Fly to Vietnam.
At the Art Salon Saigon, you will enjoy a Highlight Dinner, accommpanied by live music.
MEALS: Breakfast and Dinner with wine
HOTEL: InterContinental Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City.
Visit the Cu Chi tunnels and meet a Viet Cong veteran. Return to the city to see Notre Dame Cathedral and Gustave Eiffel’s Central Post Office.
Learn about local cafe culture over a Vietnamese coffee
MEALS: Breakfast and Lunch
Board a private cruise along the Mekong Delta to see coconut processing and taste the freshest juice possible.
Ride a tri-motor cycle to see how the regional breakfast of rice noodles are produces.
Continue to Mango Home for a lunch of local specialities.
Meet Mr. Sau Tuong and learn how life in Vietnam has changed since the 1960s.
MEALS: Breakfast and Lunch
Fly to Hue. Cycle through rice fields to Thanh Toan village. Visit the Vietnamese Agriculture Museum, the local market and the Thanh Toan Bridge.
Savour a delicious meal at a local restaurant.
MEALS: Breakfast and Dinner with wine
HOTEL: Pilgrimage Village,Hue.
Rise early for a private VIP visit to the Imperial Citadel,before it opens to the public. With your local historian, admire the majestic architecture and splendid gardens. After breakfast, visit the royal tomb of Minh Mang.
At Dong Thuyen pagoda,enjoy a vegetarian lunch prepared by Buddhist nuns. Speak with the nuns to better understand their beliefs and food philosophies.
After lunch, visit the Vietnamese Royal Martial Arts Academy to meet the headmaster and witness a performance of martial arts techniques.
MEALS: Breakfast and Lunch
Explore Hoi An. See the Japanese Covered Bridge and market.
For a Your Choice Evening, take your pick of cuisine from traditional to modern Vietnamese, or an east-meets-west-fusion.
MEALS: Breakfast and Dinner with wine
HOTEL: Anantara Hoi An Resort.
Visit Cam Thanh Village and ride a traditional bamboo-basket boat to Thanh Dong village to learn how the villagers harvest vegetables.
Continue through a water coconut forest to a riverside restaurant. Join a hands-on cooking class,then savour your creations for your Highlight Lunch.
MEALS: Breakfast and Lunch with wine
Fly to Hanoi and ride an electric cart to see the Opera House, Sword Lake and the jade Mountain Temple.
Join a local foodie for an exploration of Hanoi’s street-food culture and taste some of the city’s best dishes.
MEALS: Breakfast
HOTEL: Hotel de IÓpera Hanoi.
Board a deluxe junk at Ha Long Bay for your overnight cruise. Visit Tien Ong Cave and explore the Cua Van area.
In the evening you can join a hands-on cooking class or just relax before dinner.
MEALS: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
HOTEL: Jasmine Cruise (Superior Cabin) Ha Long Bay
Perhaps greet the day with Tai Chi before breakfast? Disembark at Ha Long City and journey to Dao Thus village. Meet a traditional artisan puppet maker and watch a water-puppet performance accompanied by a live orchestra, before returning to Hanoi.
MEALS: Breakfast
HOTEL: Hotel de IÓpera Hanoi.
Visit the Temple of Literature to learn about Hanoian culture and Vietnamese architecture.
In the evening, toast your travels during your Celebration Dinner.
MEALS: Breakfast and Dinner with wine
Fly to Luang Prabang.
In the evening, enjoy dinner at your beautiful resort.
MEALS: Breakfast and Dinner with wine
HOTEL: The Luang Say Residence,Luand Prabang.
Perhaps rise early to offer alms to saffron-robed monks? Later, walk up Mount Phousi before exploring Luang Prabang at leisure.
Experience a family-sharing style lunch at local vocational training restaurant, Khaiphaen.