VAYUDOOT HOLIDAYS PVT. LTD. A-101, Devgiri Apt. above Sawai Hotel Ganeshmala, Sinhagad Rd. Pune 30. Tel. Ph. -: 020-24250071/72 E-mail -: info@vayudootholidays.com CAMBODIA VIETNAM SIEM REAP - HO CHI MINH CITY - HOI AN ANCIENT TOWN - HUE ROYAL CITY HANOI - HALONG BAY November.14 08 th MUMBAI-BANGKOK - SIEM REAP- ANGKOR THOM Dep. 01.00 hrs to Bangkok by Bangkok Airways flight No PG 734/ PG 903 (from Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Int. Airport) Arr. 09.00 hrs at Siem Reap. Siem Reap - The Cradle of Angkor Civilization - Where Cambodian were Born, this is also a famous Archaeological City, as named as one of the seven greatest architectural wonders of the World. Covering approx 600 sq km, it contains more than 100 fabulous ancient monuments and over dozen major compound Temples, which were built during the most splendid Era of the Khmer Dynasty between the 9 th 13 th centuries and were the ancient capital of the Khmer Empire. You will see everything in Hindu religion from Ramayana, Mahabharata to Samudramanthan all engraved on this grand Angkor temple and Angkor Thom. Transfer and check in Hotel at 14.00 hrs. After Lunch, discover Angkor Thom and Temples. Firstly, you will visit the wonderful Angkor Thom (the Great City) including the Southern Gate, famous Bayon temple (12th century in the centre of city remains one the most enigmatic temples of the Angkor group composed of 54 gothic towers decorated with 216 smiling faces of Avalokitesvara. Baphuon temple is lying just to the north of Bayon a pyramidal representation of mythical Mont Meru. Terrace of Elephants used as a giant reviewing stand for public ceremonies and served as a base for the king s grand audience hall ; Terrace of the Leper King a platform 7m high, with his statue; Phimean Akas temple means Celestial Palace, dedicated to Hinduism. Visit Thommanon, small attractive temple in very good condition, built at the same time as Angkor Wat. It s Angkor Wat style is most easily seen in the style of the carved Apsaras and the shape of the tower, Chaosay Tevoda, it seems to stand in partnership with Thommanon but actually was built much later in Suryavarman II s rule. Overnight in Siem Reap. (Indian Lunch, Indian Dinner) 09 th ANGKOR TEMPLES Morning, visit the wonderful Angkor Wat Temples one of the seven greatest architectural wonders of the world, as a temple and mausoleum for King Suryavarman II at the peak of the Khmer empire in the first half of 12th. Angkor Wat is probably the best-preserved of the Angkorean temples, with a central tower surrounded by four smaller towers. The central monument represents the mythical Mount Meru, the holy mountain at the centre of the universe, which was home to the Hindu God Vishnu. The whole complex covers 81 hectares, a rectangular wall measuring 1025 meters by 800 meters borders the inner edge of the moat, and temple's greatest sculptural treasure is its 2 km-long bas-reliefs around the walls... Also visit Ta Phrom Temple: a monastery built by Jayavarman VII as a residence for his mother. Ta Prohm has been controversially left to the destructive power of the jungle to show how nature can destroy man's work. It has been largely over grown by the jungle and as you climb through the dilapidated stone structures you see many giant trees growing out of the top of the temple itself.
After Lunch, visit Banteay Srei - is a 10th-century Cambodian temple dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva. Temple is renowned for its intricate decoration carved in pinkish sandstone that covers the walls like tapestry. Evening free to explore Evening enjoy Dinner with apsara traditional show in Angkor village Apsara Theatre. Overnight at Siem Reap. (Breakfast, Indian Lunch, Local Dinner) Ho Chi Minh City---a young city with the age of more than 300 years, a centre of culture, education, commerce and tourism of Vietnam, the biggest city of Vietnam mix with the West and the Orient, and once known as the "Pearl of Far East". 10 th SIEM REAP HO CHI MINH CITY BY FLIGHT Breakfast. Morning Transfer to Ho Chi Minh City by flight. Arrive at Ho Chi Minh. After Lunch Then continue with HO CHI MINH CITY Tour, visit War Remnants Museum - drive home so effectively the brutality of war and its many civilian victims, first those of the French and then those of the Americans, who had operated at various locations of the country as early as 1954. Photo-stop at Neo-Roman Notre Dame Cathedral - one of the most splendid and typical of the beautiful French-built churches in Ho Chi Minh City, next Municipal Post Office - Saigon's French-style main post office to admire and take photos of its nice architecture that is one of the Ho Chi Minh City s symbolizing images. Later, pass by Ho Chi Minh City People Committee (also the old French city hall before 1975), and Municipal Theatre built in 1899. Transfer to hotel. Overnight at Ho Chi Minh City. (Breakfast, Indian Lunch, Indian Dinner) 11 th HO CHI MINH CITY - MEKONG RIVER / MY THO (by AC vehicle 70km, motor-boat,) After breakfast, take an interesting excursion to Mekong Rivers, overland 70 km to My Tho town - the "Gateway of Mekong River and its Delta". Mekong Delta - the rice granary of Vietnam and has vast areas of durian, mango, rambutan and other delicious tropical fruit trees. Arrival My Tho and transfer to the bank of Mekong River, take a motor river-boat which to be rent exclusively for the group then crossing the Upper River and cruising along Tan Long Peninsula, let s enjoy this golden moment to relax the verdant luxuriant sceneries of the watery region, taste very fresh coconut milk, disembark and visit a island, stopover a handicraft village that produces house-hold items from materials of coconut trees. Walking on the quite country roads, you will reach to local lush orchards, taste delicious fresh fruits, drink hot tea with honey. Enjoy a short Tilbury carriage tour on the village road. Take boat trip along the canal network with a bit of adventure mood in Ben Tre Province to visit a bee farm and then a coconut candy workshop. Till now rivers and artificial canals are an important circulation system of the Mekong Delta. After that, take boats to come back to My Tho city. Drive then back to Ho Chi Minh City. Evening enjoy À Ố Show is a new kind of art performance commonly acknowledged globally as [new circus] an acrobatics show, using only bamboo. Transfer to hotel. Overnight at Ho Chi Minh City. (Breakfast, Local Lunch, Indian Dinner) 12 th HO CHI MINH CITY - CU CHI TUNNLES (70km) Breakfast. Morning depart to Cu Chi Tunnels located at the threshold of Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) and adjacent to the revolutionary base, played an important role in the two wars before 1975. Cu Chi was an "underground village" with its labyrinth of interlaced tunnels having a combined length of more than 200 km of tunnels built here by the Communist guerrillas are the highlight of South Vietnam tours. You will be guided to the bedrooms, meeting rooms, air-raid shelters, smokeless kitchens, and experience life underground during your short visit to this extraordinary tunnel complex. Opportunity to crawl into the tunnels for discovering and hearing all things of it. Back to Ho Chi Minh City then you will visit the Reunification Palace a symbol of Saigon old Government before 1975, (also called former President Palace) to learn the sorrowful historic of Vietnam Ideology War from 1954-1975, then drive slowly along a historical boulevard which has the impressive buildings as the old US Embassy the Prime Ministerial building etc.
Enjoy shopping at Ben Thanh Market a most typical market of Vietnam, with many things are available for your choice-- silk, lacquer-ware, woodcarving, ready-made clothes... all at extremely attractive price. Overnight at Ho Chi Minh City. (Breakfast, Local Lunch, Indian Dinner) 13 th HO CHI MINH CITY HUE Packed Breakfast. Transfer to Ho chi minh Airport to board a flight to Hue. Dep. 06.45 hrs to Hue by Viet jet Air Flight No VJ8370. Arr 08.05 hrs at Hue. Directly proceed for exciting historical tour by a visit to the Royal Tomb of Tu Duc King, its impressive architectures to remind a splendid monarchy & Proceed for photo-stop tour at the Royal National high-school and its Royal Stele on the bank of Perfume River, which was the most famous National school in Vietnam, visit The Imperial City - Purple Forbidden City, is the best-preserved remnant of a vast citadel and royal quarters that once existed on the site. There are a network of palaces, gates, and courtyards that served as The Emperor s home and the administrative core of the Empire, visit The Flag Tower a huge structure of three flat-top pyramids, the nine holy cannons are housed in two buildings beside the The Nhan and Quang Duc Miradors in the Citadel of Hue, Palace of the Supreme Harmony, was the building for great court s meetings. It faces the Noontime Gate (Ngo Mon Gate) and lies right on the central axis of the Citadel, The Royal Theatre DUYET THI DUONG was the oldest of Vietnamese traditional stage that remained. Transfer to the Royal Marina and continuing boat upstream to visit Thien Mu Pagoda (Pagoda of Heavenly Lady). While the wind smoothly moves the bamboo branches One hears the Thiên Mụ bell, and the Thọ-Xuong rooster s song. Thien Mu Pagoda located on a sloping pine hill with the front side facing the Perfume River, was firstly built in 1601 which its 21-metre-high tower of seven storeys and refined bell are always the most beautiful sceneries of the ancient pagodas in whole country. Overnight at Hue. (Breakfast, local Lunch, Indian Dinner) 14 th HUE--HOI AN ANCIENT TOWN DA NANG SIGHTSEEING Breakfast. Transfer to Hoi An by road (129 Km). The trip passes many spectacular scenarios Photo-stop in the Pass, get your perfect pictures of Lang Co beach, a spectacular landscape & peaceful fishing hamlet. To the south and at the foot of the mountain lies the Nam O seashore where there is a fine beach with gentle waves and fishing boats crowding the water front. From the highest point of the pass you get a bird s eye view of the rich lowlands encircling the city of Danang with its image reflected on the waters of Han River. along the National Highway 1, via the breathing Hai Van Pass, literal meaning is Sea and Cloud, is the highest and longest pass in Vietnam with the northsouth national highway zigzagging through it for almost 20 km. Reaching to a height of 496 m above sea level the pass seems to be lost in the clouds almost all of the time. Enroute Da Nang city Visit to Famous Marble Sculpture. Then Proceed for Huge Buddha marble Statue. China Beach, one the most wonderful beaches of Vietnam, was once an in country rest and Recreation centre for the US military during the Vietnam War. Arrive at Hoi An ancient town lies on the banks of the Thu Bon River, has a distinct Chinese atmosphere with low, tile-roofed houses and narrow streets; Occupied by early western traders, Hoi An was one of the major trading centres of Southeast Asia in the 16 th century. All the houses were made of rare wood, decorated with lacquered boards and panels engraved with Chinese characters. Pillars were also carved with ornamental designs. Check in hotel. Evening Proceed for Town-tour by walking to discover Hoi An ancient town--, visit The Japanese Covered Bridge where retains a harmony of architectural styles, combining Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese cultural characteristics.
Ong Pagoda is one of the typical pagodas in Hoi An s old quarter, built in 1653 and is dedicated to Quan Thanh De Quan (Quan Van Truong). Fukienese Assembly Hall was built in 1692 by Chinese Phuoc Kien merchants, is architecturally unique with its artistic ornaments and beautiful statues, Chinese architectural style combined with Vietnamese workmanship has enriched it with Hoi An s cultural character. Tan Ky Ancient House, constructed almost two centuries ago as the house of a Vietnamese merchant. Hand-made Silk workshop as a last destination. Overnight at Hoi An. (Breakfast, local Lunch, Indian Dinner) 15 th DA NANG- HANOI - NINH BINH - HALONG BAY Breakfast. Transfer to Da Nang Airport to Board flight to Hanoi. Dep 06.50 hrs to Hanoi by Vietjet Air flight no VJ8886. Arr 08.05 hrs at Hanoi. Transfer to Ninh banh. Take a 2-hour boat ride in a Steel Boat down the Tam Coc, pass through three spectacular caves. Enjoying spectacular scenery surrounded by rice paddies and towering limestone mountain peaks. Lunch at a local restaurant. Evening drive to Halong Bay (184 km - 4 Hrs). Landscapes en route are very interesting with the immense rice-fields; farmers are working in the fields, small and peace villages. Transfer & check in Hotel. Overnight at Halong Bay. (Breakfast, Local Lunch, Dinner in Hotel) 16 th HALONG BAY CRUISING TOUR BY WOODEN JUNK-TRANSFER TO HANOI After breakfast, transfer to the Marina for a cruising tour 5 hours by a big wooden Junk on Halong Bay, this is a golden time for your voyage - a masterpiece of Nature Ha Long Bay is constituted by 2000 small and big islands of all shapes. In 1994 UNESCO classified Halong Bay as a World Natural Heritage. HALONG BAY is nearly a hidden bay with Thousands of limestone islands densely rising from the blue jade water in a sea area of over 1500 square km. Its 1969 green islands enfeeble the strong winds blowing from the ocean to leave the transparent water of the bay often calm in cool and healthy air. From time to time, sailing Junk appearing and disappearing between the islands make the poetic sight more colourful like sparkling pearls or coral reefs found out in the bay. The beauty of the bay is not monotone, at different positions of viewing, it will astonish viewers with quite different fascinations. In the caves and grottoes of stone islands, you will discover and admire many impressive stalactites and stalagmites. The caves have strange but very accurate names, have their own legends in their names as Thien Cung (Heaven Palace) grotto, Dau Go (Wooden Head) grotto, stop-over to visit the caves, your sailing Junk will continue to visit around the shapely islets of fighting cock, incense-burner and others. Landing in Titop Islet, there is the calm and clean sand & transparent beaches, Enjoy sun-sea bathing in calm, transparent water under the sunlight. Have lunch with very fresh seafood on-board, The Junk sailing back to Marina then drive back to Hanoi. Transfer and check in Hotel. Overnight in Hanoi. (Breakfast, Lunch at Junk Boat, Indian Dinner) 17 th HANOI FULL DAY TOUR After breakfast, enjoy a full day tour of Hanoi, which is capital city of Vietnam. Visit to the Chairman Palace area, Ho Chi Minh mausoleum, Ba Dinh National square, Stilt House; One Pillar Pagoda, a nice group picture should photo in the parade yard of Ba Dinh National square with the great back view of Ho Chi Minh mausoleum. Continuing to visit Tran Quoc Pagoda & Quan Thanh Temple are located on an islet of West Lake, then the Temple of Literature, is a classic Confucianism temple and a huge
statue The first university in Viet Nam was founded here and many rows and rows of big stone slabs that sat on the backs of stone tortoises. In the afternoon, you visit the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology where contains more than 10,000 objects which depict all aspects of life, customs, and habits of the 54 ethnic groups of Vietnam. You will enjoy later an interesting tour of the Old quarter by Cycle ( a tricycle), you will enjoy 1 hour cycle tour the Old Quarter and shopping streets to watch the daily lives of the people living on and around the busy areas and catch the spirit of Vietnam. Rickshaws will return back at the Garden of Hoan Kiem Lake - the Return-Sword Lake, visit Ngoc Son Heroic Temple, Evening is the time of water puppet show, a unique art form of Vietnamese, at Thang Long Water Puppet Troupe, and you will also experience more about a specific culture in South-East Asia coming from agriculture of wet rice during the performance. Drive back to the hotel. Overnight at Hanoi. (Breakfast, Indian Lunch, Indian Dinner) 18 th DEPARTURE FROM HANOI Breakfast. Morning transfer to Airport. Dep. 10.30 to Mumbai via Bangkok by Thai Airways flight Arr. 22.00 Mumbai. (Breakfast) TOUR FEE (per Adult on twin sharing basis) No. Details Days Tour Fee Departure Dates 01 Air Tickets (Mumbai Bangkok & Hanoi Mumbai) + Cambodia & Vietnam Visa + Insurance 11 Rs. 70,808 + USD 1208 (approx Rs. 1,43,310/-) 8 th Nov. 14 02 Land Arrangement LAND ARRANGEMENT INCLUDES -: Hotel accommodation with American buffet Breakfast All Airport Transfers, Sightseeing in AC Luxury Coach / Mini Bus as per group size with all entrance fee Lunch and Dinner as per tour program Services of English Speaking Guide, Tips to Driver and Guide Private boat trip on Ha long bay, Mekong Delta, Perfume River Services of Group Leader of Vayudoot as per Group Leader Policy Insurance up to Rs.1000 per head Govt. Service Tax TOUR FEE DOES NOT INCLUDE -: Personal expenses like Laundry, Tips, Room Service, Telephone, Excess baggage charges, Mineral Water. Fees of Adventures sports, Porterage at all places. TERMS AND CONDITIONS -: The tour fee is calculated as on 23.06.2014. Any Change in airfare, hotel, and sightseeing exp. after this date is applicable. Children (2 to 11 years): Air tickets & Visa to be paid at actual + Land arrangement (without Extra Bed - 60% & with Extra Bed - 80%) of Adult Land Arrangement Tour Fee in USD.
Tour Fee calculated at 1 USD = Rs.60/- Payment of the foreign currency part of the tour fee should be made in Indian Rupees at prevailing Forex rate on the date of payment of our Authorized Forex Agent Tour fee is EX Mumbai. Additional Rs. 1,700/- will be charged for Ex-Pune Hotels, Flights, Itinerary, Departure dates subject to change Tour Date can be adjusted to suit a group booking of minimum 7 adults Group Leader Policy: At the time of closure of booking if group size is 15 Adult and above: Group Leader of Company will be with you Mumbai to Mumbai 7-14 Adults: English Speaking Local Guide will accompany Airport to Airport in every Country and specially hired AC Mini Bus will be with Group for all transfers and sightseeing as per itinerary. Your program, Departure date and Tour Fee will be same 2-6 Adults: You will have choice to cancel tour and take full refund or go for the tour independently. The revised cost will be given by the company. Air tickets will be provided by our subsidiary companies. Any refund from our side is only in Cheque or D.D.