Vietnam - Mandalay

Day 1: Ho Chi Minh City Arrival - City Tour (L, D)

• Morning: Our guide will welcome you at Tan Son Nhat international airport and transfer you to hotel for check-in.
• Lunch at selected restaurant.
• Afternoon: City tour: visit Re-unification Palace (former Presidential Palace), War Remnants Museum, Notre Dame Cathedral and Central Post Office, Phuong Nam Lacquerware Center and Ben Thanh central market.
• Dinner cruise on Saigon River and overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 2: Cu Chi Tunnels - City Tour (B, L, D)

• Breakfast at hotel.
• Morning: land trip to Cu Chi Tunnels – the underground hand-dug tunnels with over 200 km and served as shelters for Vietnamese guerillas during the Vietnam War.
• Lunch at selected restaurant.
• Afternoon: visit Re-unification Palace (former Presidential Palace), War Remnants Museum, Notre Dame Cathedral and Central Post Office and go shopping at Phuong Nam Lacquerware Center and Ben Thanh central market.
• Dinner cruise on Saigon River and overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 3: Mekong Delta Tour (B, L, D)

• Breakfast at hotel.
• Depart for My Tho, a main town of Tien Giang Province on Mekong Delta area. Lunch at local restaurant in My Tho. Take a boat ride along Tien River to visit Thoi Son Islet. You can see a local fishing village with floating fish farm, houses-on-stilts and fruit orchards along the river bank. You can also visit tropical orchards, bee farms and taste natural honey, honey wine and tropical seasonal fruits while enjoying traditional local folk songs. If you wish, you can also try to row a boat along the creeks. Return to Ho Chi Minh City.
• Dinner at selected restaurant and overnight in Ho Chi Minh City.

Day 4: Hanoi Arrival - City Tour (L, D)

• Breakfast.
• Transfer to airport for flight to Hanoi. Upon arrival in Hanoi, meet and transfer to hotel for check-in.
• Lunch at selected restaurant
• Afternoon: visit Temple of Literature, Hoan Kiem Lake with Ngoc Son Temple and The Huc Bridge, and then visit and go shopping at the Old Quarters.
• Dinner at selected restaurant and overnight in Hanoi.

Day 5: Hanoi - Ha Long Bay (B, L, D)

• Breakfast at hotel.
• Morning: visit Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum; One-pillar Pagoda and House-on-stilts. Then visit West Lake with Tran Quoc Pagoda and Dong Xuan market
• Lunch at restaurant.
• Depart for Ha Long Bay. Upon arrival in Ha Long, check-in hotel and at leisure.
• Dinner with fresh seafood at local restaurant and overnight in Ha Long.

Day 6: Ha Long Bay - Hanoi (B, L, D)

• Breakfast at hotel.
• Enjoy a 4-hour boat cruise on Ha Long Bay to explore the picturesque grottoes such as Thien Cung and Dau Go cave.
• Lunch with seafood specialty on board.
• Return to Hanoi with stopover at Minh Anh Center.
• Upon arrival in Hanoi, enjoy a performance of the traditional Water Puppet.
• Dinner at selected restaurant and overnight in Hanoi.

Day 7: Hanoi - Yangoon (B, L, D)

• Breakfast at hotel.
• Transfer to airport for flight to Yangon. Meet and transfer to hotel in Yangoon.
• Dinner at restaurant and overnight in Yangoon.

Day 8: Yangon City Tour (B, L, D)

• Breakfast at hotel.
• City tour: visit City Hall, High Court, Mahabandoola Park and other colonial buildings, etc.
• Lunch at restaurant
• Afternoon: visit Botahtaung Pagoda and Shwedagon Pagoda – the world’s famous golden stupa in the dome shape rises 100 meters above its base and covered with 60 tons of pure gold.
• Dinner at restaurant and overnight in Yangon.

Day 9: Yangon - Mandalay (B, L, D)

• Breakfast at hotel.
• Transfer to airport for flight to Mandalay. Upon arrival in Mandalay, sightseeing tour to
• the venerable Mahamuni pagoda and Myanmar traditional handicraft workshops producing marble work, wood carving, gold leaf and tapestry works.
• Lunch at restaurant.
• Afternoon: visit to Shwenandaw (Golden Palace) Monastery, Kuthodaw Pagoda which is known as the World’s largest book for its stone slabs of Buddhist scriptures and enjoy the sunset at the Mandalay Hill.
• Dinner at restaurant and overnight in Myanmar.

Day 10: Mandalay - Yangon (B, L, D)

• Breakfast at hotel.
• Transfer to Mandalay Airport for return flight to Yangon. Upon arrival in Yangoon, visit to Kabaaye Pagoda, the Buddhist Art Museum and Maha Pasana Cave and Chauk-htat-kyi Pagoda with 72-meter long reclining Buddha image in Myanmar. Stop at Bogyoke Aung San Market for souvenir shopping.
• Dinner at restaurant and overnight in Yangon.

Day 11: Yangon Departure (B)

Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to airport for departure.