From Mekong delta to enchanting Myanmar

Ho Chi Minh City Arrival

• Activities:

  Welcomed at the airport, check-in the hotel, explore the city on your own

• Meal:

  N/A

• Included:

  Airport transfer, tour guide, dinner, hotel in Ho Chi Minh City

Upon arrival in Ho Chi Minh City, tourists will be warmly welcomed by tour guide and drive of our company. On the way to the hotel, tourists will have chance to observe this bustling and frenetic city. Our tour guide will briefly introduce the history of Ho Chi Minh City and some famous sites en route. After check-in the hotel, tourists will enjoy the rest of the day at leisure. Enjoy the welcome dinner and free time for you to explore the sparkling and lively city at night. Stay overnight at hotel in Ho Chi Minh City.

Ho Chi Minh City Tour & Cu Chi Tunnels

• Activities:

  Explore Ben Thanh Market, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Old Post Office, visit War Remnants Museum, discover President Palace; and experience Cu Chi Tunnels

• Meal:

  Breakfast

• Included:

  Breakfast, tour guide, ground transportation, entrance fee, hotel in Ho Chi Minh City

After breakfast at the hotel, tourists will enjoy a city tour to explore Ho Chi Minh City. The first destination of today is bustling Ben Thanh Market - one of the earliest structures in Ho Chi Minh City. It has become the symbol of Ho Chi Minh City due to its variety of handicrafts, textiles, souvenirs, and cuisine also. Next, we will visit War Remnants Museum and President Palace – the most famous historical site of the city. Being there, you can witness brutal and painful remain of the war: prison, guillotine, the images of napalm and phosphorus bomb, the pictures of victims of Agent Orange, etc. Then, you will have chance to give a glimpse at Notre Dame Cathedral and the Old Post Office – beautiful and artistic structures representing French colonial architecture. In the afternoon, tourists will enjoy a short drive to Cu Chi Tunnel. Being there, tourists will get surprised by a complex system of underground tunnels. This tunnel used to be the hiding place of Viet Cong during Vietnam War. It played important role in providing supply routes, hospitals, food, weapon and living quarters for many battles. In the evening, tourists will return to Ho Chi Minh City for staying overnight at hotel.

Saigon - Mekong Delta - Can Tho

• Activities:

  Transfer to Mekong River Delta, explore riverside town of Cai Be

• Meal:

  Breakfast

• Included:

  Breakfast, tour guide, ground transportation, entrance fee, hotel on board on Mekong Delta

After breakfast at the hotel, tourists will be travel from Ho Chi Minh City to Mekong River Delta. Being one of the most fertile lands of Vietnam, Mekong River Delta impresses tourists by its rich and abundance: green orchards, intricate canal systems, bustling fishing activities. On arrival Cai Be at noon, you will enter the wooden river cruise and enjoy the welcome drink. It's time for you to enjoy the picturesque view of Mekong Delta while the lunch on board is served. This afternoon, you will stop at a coconut candy factory – one of the most famous products of this land. Besides, you will have chance to explore a local orchard for tasting a number of fresh and tasty fruit: mangos teen, mandarin, durian, plum, rambutan, so on. Meet and talk with local you will understand more about the beautiful and peaceful life on this tranquil Delta. Then get back to the cruise for relax and enjoy the delicious on board dinner. Stay overnight on board on Mekong Delta.

Can Tho - Floating market - Ho Chi Minh City

• Activities:

  Explore Cai Rang floating market, visit some famous orchards; and discover some traditional houses

• Meal:

  Breakfast

• Included:

  Breakfast, tour guide, ground transportation, entrance fee, hotel in Ho Chi Minh City

Wake up early this morning you will have chance to enjoy a sunrise cruise, see the local go for their daily work while enjoy your breakfast on board. Then you will have a joyful journey to Cai Rang floating market on a sampan boat. Being there, tourists may get overwhelmed by the colorful and vivid picture of hundred boats carrying number of tropical fruits and vegetables as well as their skillfully handcrafted regional products. Along the riverside you will see some traditional houses made of wood and palm as well as feel the peaceful and friendly atmosphere of this land. Then, enjoy your lunch and return to Ho Chi Minh City for staying overnight. Please kindly note that the floating markets in the Mekong Delta are no tourist markets but wholesale markets where produce of the Mekong Delta like fruits and vegetables are traded. For this reason the number of boats on the market fluctuates depending on harvesting seasons and market demand. Furthermore, modern wholesale markets are becoming more popular in Vietnam. This can result in decreasing numbers of boats being present on the markets.

Ho Chi Minh - Yangon

• Activities:

  Fly to Yangon, and explore Yangon city in your own way

• Meal:

  Breakfast

• Included:

  Breakfast, tour guide, airport transfer, flight ticket Ho Chi Minh – Yangon, ground transportation, entrance fee, hotel in Yangon

After breakfast at hotel, we move to Tan Son Nhat Airport for a flight to Yangon, Myanmar. Upon arrival, tour guide and driver employed by Holidays Vietnam Agent will pick us up and help us transfer to hotel in Yangon city. The rest of the day is for your own sightseeing plan. Stay overnight at hotel in Yangon

Yangon City Tour

• Activities:

  Visit Sule Pagoda, China town, India streets, Scott market, and Shwedagon Paya

• Meal:

  Breakfast

• Included:

  Breakfast, tour guide, ground transportation, entrance fee, hotel in Bagan

It can be said that Yangon city is an eclectic mix of aging British colonial buildings and shimmering golden stupas. Coming to the city, tourists will have a great chance to discover Sule Pagoda which contains a hair given by the Buddha to two Burmese merchants. Around the pagoda are small shops and all the familiar non-religious services such as of astrologists, palmists, and so on. After that, we move to China town and India streets. These areas are inhabitation of Chinese and Indian people, so the life here is quite different from the rest of the city. Our walking tour ends at Scott market, the second-most destination of choice in Yangon city. This popularity is understandable, considering the choices of products for sale at the market and the colorful excitement of activity taking place there. At the end of the day, we stop at Shwedagon Pyay, a spectacular work of Burmese temple architecture and the holiest Buddhist shrine in Myanmar. Stay overnight at hotel in Yangon

Yangon - Bagan

• Activities:

  Fly to Bagan, visit Nyang U Market, Shwezigon pagoda, Ananda temple, the local lacquer wear workshop, and enjoy the sunset on top of Shwe San Daw pagoda

• Meal:

  Breakfast

• Included:

  Breakfast, tour guide, airport transfer, flight ticket Yangon – Nyaung U, ground transportation, entrance fee, hotel in Bagan

After having breakfast, we will visit the local market of Nyaung U where offers convenience goods and products from surrounding villages such as fruits, meat and vegetables. Tourists also can find souvenirs for family and friends here. After that, we start visiting the main religious buildings in Bagan such as Shwezigon pagoda and Ananda Temple. After a lunch break, we continue our journey to a local lacquer wear workshop where we can witness the making process of these beautiful items. The local transfer skillfully their national identity into each item, which attracts many foreigners contemplating or buying them. At the end of the day, we drive to Shwe San Daw pagoda and climb up to the top of the pagoda. From here, we can enjoy the beautiful sunset, the city below being dyed in the red, and the poetic Ayeyarwaddy River. Stay overnight at hotel in Bagan.

Bagan Discovery

• Activities:

  Take a look to Nan Paya Pagoda, Minkaba Gubyaukyi Temple, MyaZedi Pagoda, and Manuha Temple

• Meal:

  Breakfast

• Included:

  Breakfast, tour guide, ground transportation, entrance fee, hotel in Bagan

In the morning, after breakfast at the hotel, we start a full day of Bagan sightseeing by the horse cart. Our first stop is Nan Paya Pagoda, one of four Bagan monuments built of sandstone. By the way, we take a visit to other interesting sites nearby. Then, we move to Minkaba Gubyaukyi Temple which was built to enshrine the golden image. The temple is a fine temple in the Early Style, square, with a vestibule in the east. Continue to experience the architectural difference in MyaZedi pagoda before heading to Manuha Temple. In order to have a perfect end for the day, we climb up to the top of the ShweSandaw pagoda and enjoy the beautiful sunset, the peaceful plain below. Stay overnight at Hotel in Bagan

Bagan - Fly to Mandalay - Sagaing - Amarapura

• Activities:

  Take a morning flight to Mandalay, visit Budda cave, Uminthonze pagoda, Sunooponnyashin Pagoda, experience the monk life in Mandalay, and explore Ubein Wooden Bridge and Mahamuni Image

• Meal:

  Breakfast

• Included:

  Breakfast, tour guide, airport transfer, flight ticket Nyaung U - Mandalay, ground transportation, entrance fee, hotel in Mandalay

Today, we continue our journey to Mandalay, a former capital of Myanmar by a morning flight. Upon arrival, we quickly move to Sagaing Hill to get a taste of the monk education. Then we visit Buddha cave, Uminthonze pagoda and Sunooponnyashin pagoda. After 30 minutes driving to Amarapura which is famous for Mahagandaryone Monastery, we have time to experience the life of monks in Mandalay. In lunch time, monks often queue up in a long line to take meal and then return to their room, enjoying the lunch. In the late afternoon, the tour guide assure to take us to Ubein Wooden Bridge, the longest teak wood if its type to Mahamuni Image. It can be said that the Bridge is remarkable place to end up your round tour in ancient cities around Mandalay. Stay overnight at hotel in Mandalay.

Mandalay - Mingun - Mandalay Hill

• Activities:

  Experience the monk life, visit Pahtodawgyi Pagoda, Mingun Bell, Mandalay Palace, Shwenandaw Monastery, Kuthodaw pagoda, and Mandalay Hill

• Meal:

  Breakfast

• Included:

  Breakfast, tour guide, ground transportation, entrance fee, hotel in Mandalay

Being known as the cradle of Buddhism in Myanmar, Mandalay is an ideal place for someone who wants to discover the life of monks. Coming to the area, the most attractive thing for you to observe is he monks doing their worship and having meals. Everything happens in mostly silent and ordered. Upon arrival in Mandalay, we will be driven to Mandalay pier, and then embarked on a private boat upstream to Mingun. Our first stop in Mingun is the world's largest unfinished Pahtodawgyi Pagoda. The pagoda’s lower terraces feature slabs of marble bearing depictions of impotant scenes from the Jataka, literary works concerning the previous lives of the Buddha. Inside the temple, you can see an inscription stone that details the history of the temple's construction. Leave the pagoda, we will head to Mingun Bell which has a weight of 90 tons. After lunch break, we continue our journey to Mandalay Palace, Shwenandaw Monastery, and a gold leaf beating workshop. We also go to Kuthodaw pagoda which houses the world’s largest book stand upright, setting in stone in the grounds. At dusk, it would be an interesting end for the fourth sightseeing day if we climb up to the Mandalay Hill to enjoy the beautiful sunset and the panorama of the city behind. Stay overnight at hotel in Mandalay.

Mandalay - Inle Lake

• Activities:

  Take a flight to Heho, visit Phaungdawoo Pagoda and nam Pan Village

• Meal:

  Breakfast

• Included:

  Breakfast, tour guide, airport transfer, flight ticket Mandalay - Inle, boat fee on Inle, entrance fee, hotel on Inle

In the early morning, we take a flight to Heho. From here, we drive to Inle Lake which has long been considered "Emerald of Myanmar". On the surface of the lake, you can see floating villages, floating gardens, floating markets, several traditional villages such as forging, weaving and so on. The most special sight on Inle Lake is floating gardens where the local use the water hyacinth combining with seaweed on the bottom of the lake to keep the soil to grow more vegetables such as tomatoes, mint. Up and down the lake have many temples, monasteries with golden pinnacles brightening on the sunlight. Our first stop is Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda where houses the five Buddha images. These images are covered with gold in order to make visitors not be able to see the original form. Going further into the Nam pan village at the bank of the river, we can see the cotton and lotus weaving factory. Besides, you can also witness the local women rolling the traditional Burmese cigars by hands in their own house. They roll so fast that they can make over 1500 per day. Stay overnight on Inle Lake.

Inle Lake - Indein - Inle Lake

• Activities:

  Visit Indein, local market

• Meal:

  Breakfast

• Included:

  Breakfast, tour guide, airport transfer, entrance fee, boat fee on Inle, hotel on Inle

In order not to miss a great opportunity to enjoy the scene of local tribes in their colorful clothes and exotic market atmosphere, in the early morning, we will take a boat to the lake and visit the local market which is held every five day. In the afternoon, the boat will take us to beautiful temple of Indein. There is nothing more interesting than walking along the corridor and enjoy the giant columns which have been left to the nature for centuries. Stay overnight at hotel in Inle Lake.

Inle Lake - Fly to Yangon - City tour

• Activities:

  Fly to Yangon, visit Yangon’s highlights including Sule pagoda, Chaukhtayi pagoda, Kandawgyi Lake, Shwedagon pagoda, and Scott market

• Meal:

  Breakfast

• Included:

  Breakfast, tour guide, airport transfer, flight ticket Heho – Yangon, ground transportation, entrance fee, hotel in Yangon

In the morning, we will take a flight back to Yangon. After checking in to hotel, we can spend the rest of the day visiting highlights of the city. Firstly, we go to Sule pagoda which is considered the heart of Yangon city. Then, we move to Chaukhtayi pagoda and Kandawgyi Lake. After lunch break, we continue our journey to Shwedagon pagoda, the most outstanding pagoda in Yangon. Lastly, we stop at the famous Bogyoke market where everything from common products like food and clothing to luxury goods like gems are sold. Don't miss an opportunity to buy these beautiful souvenirs for family and friends at home country. Stay overnight at hotel in Yangon city.

Yangon Departure

• Activities:

  Take a departure flight

• Meal:

  Breakfast

• Included:

  Breakfast, tour guide, airport transfer

After breakfast at hotel, we will transfer to airport for our departure flight. End up tour services.