4 Weeks In-depth Vietnam and Myanmar Tour

Welcome to Yangon!

Our tour guide and driver will welcome you at the airport upon arrival. You will be escorted to the hotel and check-in. The rest of the day is at your leisure for recovery.

Note: If your arrival time is early, and you prefer to explore the city instead of taking a nap, please kindly tell our travel consultant, and we’ll recommend one of our suggested activities like enjoying a food tour at night or having a half-day bike tour, or city walking tour.

Accommodation: Overnight in Yangon

Meals: NA

After morning breakfast, your tour guide will pick you up at 8:30 am to Yangon Railway Station. Taking the local circular Train journey to the outskirts of town (20-30 minutes ride).

1. Circular train journey: observing the lively and colorful life of the rural Burmese people.
2. Kyi Myin Daing Market: a variety of street vendors sell colorful wares, where you can explore the market and meet friendly locals.

Go back to the downtown area of Yangon to enjoy Myanmar cuisine, you’ll continue your tour in the afternoon. You’ll explore:

1. Old City Hall: A well-balanced blend of Western and Burmese architectural styles, listed on the Yangon City Heritage List.
2. Botahtaung Pagoda: features golden decorations inside and houses a sacred hair of Gautama Buddha.
3. Bogyoke Market: sells many Burmese traditional handicrafts including stone, wood, bronze carvings, and much more.
4. Kandawgyi Park: famous Karaweik, a concrete replica of a Burmese royal barge built in 1972, near Chaukhtetgyi Reclining Buddha Image.
5. Shwedagon Pagoda: an important Buddist icon, which has been described as one of the wonders of the world, plays a very important role in old Burmese history.

Enjoy the sunset over the Shwedagon pagoda, and then you’ll get back to the hotel for a good rest.

Accommodation: Overnight in Yangon

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

After enjoying breakfast at the hotel, your tour guide will come to get you and take you to Bago, a town 44 miles north of Yangon. It takes around 1.5 hours. On the way to Bago, you’ll visit Allied War Cemetery. Upon arrival at Bago, you’ll see:

1. KyeinPun: a place with four big sitting Buddhas made in 1476.
2. KyatKha Wine Monastery
3. Shwe Maw Daw Pagoda: known as “Golden God Temple”, the highest pagoda in Myanmar.

Taste a local lunch at a Burma restaurant, and you’ll continue your Bago tour:

1. Hintha Gone Pagoda: good viewpoint over Bago on the hilltop.
2. ShweThaLyaung reclining Buddha Image
3. Hanthawaddy Palace: the capital of an old Myanmar empire.

When the tour ends, you'll head back to the Yangon hotel for the rest.

Accommodation: Overnight in Yangon

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Enjoy your free time in the morning until transfer to the airport for an onward flight to Mandalay about 1 hour.

Welcome to Mandalay! Upon your arrival in Mandalay, your local guide will meet you at the airport and escort you to the hotel.

Around 5:30 pm, your tour guide will take you to Mandalay Hill to enjoy the stunning sunset. Nearby there are also many remarkable sights like:

1. The Golden Palace Monastery: famous for its exquisite wood carvings.
2. Kuthodaw Pagoda: housing the “Biggest book in the World”.
3. Kyauk Taw Gyi Pagoda: famous for its huge Marble Buddha.

After the tour, you will be escorted to the hotel and have a good rest.

Accommodation: Overnight in Mandalay

Meals: Breakfast

After enjoying your breakfast, your tour guide will pick you up from your hotel in Mandalay at 7:30 am-8 am. You’ll be driven to Mingun, located 11 km up the Ayeyarwady River on the west bank from Mandalay. From here, you will explore the historic sites around Mandalay. In Mingun, you’ll visit:

1. Mingun Bell: the world's largest uncracked bell.
2. Pathodawgyi Pagoda: the world's largest pile of bricks.
3. Myatheindan Pagoda: It's white and looks like the mythical Buddhist Mountain called Mount Meru.

You’ll then continue to Sagaing, the ancient capital of the Shan and Myanmar Kingdoms. Uncountable white-and-gold stupas are highlights of Sagaing. Sagaing Hill is widely regarded as the religious center of Myanmar. You’ll visit Soon Oo Pon Nya Shin Pagoda on the tranquil Sagaing Hill.

Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant in Sagaing. Crossing a bridge over the Irrawaddy River, you’ll take a horse cart to explore the ruins of the old royal capital.

1. 27m tall leaning tower.
2. Maha Aungmye Bonzan Monastery: built of brick in traditional style with elaborated stucco ornamentations that look like carvings.
3. Bargaya Monastery: a splendid teak wood monastery with wood carving.

Your last destination today is the Amarapura, the royal capital of Myanmar twice. In Amarapura, you’ll visit:

1. Mahargandaryon Monastery: The largest teaching monastery in Myanmar.
2. U Bein Bridge: exploring the local way of life and enjoying the sunset.
3. Weaving Workshop: Weaving is the main business of Amarapura people.

After the tour, you will be escorted to the hotel, enjoy your free time, and have a good rest.

Accommodation: Overnight in Mandalay

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

After enjoying your breakfast, your tour guide will pick you up from your hotel in Mandalay at 7:30 am-8 am. You’ll take a drive to Pyin Oo Lwin, located 40.5 miles northeast of Mandalay, which will take 1.5 hours. Upon arrival at Pyin Oo Lwin, you’ll visit:

1. Peik Chin Myaung Cave: a limestone stalactite cave that dates back 230 million to 310 million years with many Buddhist stupas.
2. Pwe Kauk Waterfalls: 3-step waterfall which is a good spot for picnic and swimming.
3. National Kandawgyi Gardens: a lovely green national park and botanical garden.
4. Pyin Oo Lwin market: fresh fruits, jams, and wines made from the fields.

After the tour, the rest of the day is at your leisure. You could explore this beautiful town with seasonal flowers.

Accommodation: Overnight in Pyin Oo Lwin

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

After breakfast, enjoy your free time in the morning until transfer to Bagan for about 5 hours.

Welcome to Bagan! After arrival, you will be escorted to your hotel for check-in. Then, you can take a short rest.

This afternoon, you’ll explore Bagan. In this ancient city, you’ll visit:

1. Thousands of Buddhist pagodas: over 4000 Buddhist temples and Pagodas sprinkled all across the town.
2. Nyaung Oo Market: locals buy and sell products.
3. Shwezigon Pagoda: the largest pagoda in Bagan painted with real gold.

Then enjoy a fun horse cart ride to a little village called Taung Phi for a view of a teak monastery. Keep riding in the horse cart around temples and winding roads, while the sun moves toward the horizon, making interesting shadows from the temples on the ground. You’ll visit Shesandaw Pagoda and watch one of the best sunsets in Southeast Asia.

Accommodation: Overnight in Bagan

Meals: Breakfast

Today, you need to get up early at 5:00 am to experience a beautiful hot air balloon flight over Bagan’s temples. 

Drifting over a panorama of a thousand ancient pagodas, silent in the shadow of low-slung mountains and against the banks of the mighty Irrawaddy River, you will have a wonderful overhead perspective of Bagan. It's a fantastic and interactive experience.

The entire experience will last about 2.5 hours. On landing, our fully trained Myanmar ground crew will pack the balloon whilst passengers enjoy a glass or two of celebratory champagne. You’ll receive a flight certificate signed by the pilot.

After enjoying a delicious breakfast, you have free time on your own until your tour guide picks you up at 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm to Mount Popa.

1. Mount Popa: a dormant volcano in central Myanmar and the highest point of the Pegu Range.
2. Popa Taung kalat Monastery: a special monastery high up on a big rocky hill, offering beautiful views of the fields nearby and Mount Popa.
3. Nat Shrine: mannequin-like figures representing the 37 Nats, which is dedicated to animist spirits.

Note: You need to climb 777 steps to get to Popa Taungkalat Monastery. If you don’t want to do that, you can choose to visit the sandalwood forest and medical herb garden with plenty of flora and fauna.

After touring Mount Popa, a stop will be made at a palm tree plantation on the way back to the hotel in Bagan. Villagers earn money from these palm trees. It's a nice break where you can watch them work with palm trees.

Accommodation: Overnight in Bagan

Meals: Breakfast

In the morning, after breakfast, your tour guide will escort you to Inle Lake, enjoying the scenery on the way. Inle Lake is the second-largest lake in Myanmar. The whole drive takes around 7 hours.

In the late afternoon, you’ll arrive at Inle Lake, and the rest of the time is on your arrangement. You could visit Phaungdawoo Pagoda and Paya, Inthein Village, and Yan Aung Nan Aung Hsu Taung Pye Paya.

Accommodation: Overnight in Inle Lake

Meals: Breakfast

In the morning, after breakfast, you’ll start the Inle Lake full-day tour. Firstly, go to visit the lake’s morning market. This market is visited by lake inhabitants and surrounding hill tribes to sell and trade wares.

Then you’ll continue down a small canal leading to Indein in the middle of the lake, populated by ethnic Padaung (“long neck women”).

Walking through a covered alley lined on both sides with a thousand pagodas and a long-covered staircase, you’ll have chance to discover the magnificent complex of Alaung Sithu in beautiful scenery of ancient stupas, which are buried in vegetation with a panoramic view of the Inle Lake.

After enjoying local Burma lunch, you’ll continue to visit Khaung Daing Village in the afternoon. Khaung Daing Village is a native village near the northwestern of Inle Lake. There are some Shan-style temples to visit.

When the tour ends, you’ll be escorted to the hotel in Inle Lake. The rest of the day is at leisure.

Accommodation: Overnight in Inle Lake

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

After breakfast, your private tour guide and driver will meet you at the lobby of the hotel and escort you to Pindaya, around 1.5 hours.

Pindaya is well-known for its big cave with lots of statues of Buddha, which is on a limestone hill. There are three caves on the hill, but only one is for visitors.

1. Pindaya Cave: 150 meters long and filled with thousands of Buddha images, in all different shapes, sizes, and made from different materials.
2. Boutaloke Lake: a picturesque spot to relax.
3. Local handicraft workship: making traditional Shan paper and umbrella.

After the tour, you’ll be escorted to the hotel for the rest. 

Accommodation: Overnight in Inle Lake

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

After breakfast, enjoy your morning until your tour guide escort you to the Heho Airport to take the flight to Yangon. It will take 75 minutes. Upon arrival, your local tour guide will meet you at the airport and take you to the hotel for the rest.

Around 5:00 pm, your will take an evening street food and walking tour in Yangon with the guide at the picturesque Maha Bandula Park.

You'll walk through small alleys in the old part of the city where different cultures live, explore Chinatown and Little India, and stop at food stalls and family-owned eateries.

Then, you'll go to a special market that most tourists don't know about. Finally, end your walk at a BBQ place on 19th Street. After the tour, you’ll be escorted to the hotel for the rest.

Accommodation: Overnight in Yangon

Meals: Breakfast

After breakfast, you’ll be escorted to the airport and take a flight to Hanoi for about 2 hours.

Welcome to Hanoi! Upon arrival, our tour guide and driver will welcome you at the airport. You will be escorted to the hotel for check in. The rest of the day is at your leisure for recovery.

Accommodation: Overnight in Hanoi

Meals: Breakfast

Enjoy your breakfast. In the morning at 8:00 am - 8:30 am, you will be met by our tour guide at your hotel, start to explore the city of Hanoi. The morning’s activities include:

1. Tran Quoc Pagoda: located on the shores of West Lake, this pagoda is full of amazing Buddhist symbolism, a must-see for any of Hanoi city tour.
2. Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum: one of the most famous works in Vietnam. With great cultural and historical value, it will expand your understanding of the country.
3. One Pillar Pagoda: Hanoi’s iconic landmark not to be missed, famous for its extraordinary architecture. This Pagoda is not only a famous tourist attraction but also a religious stop for local pilgrims.
4. Temple of Literature: one of the top historical attractions in Hanoi, which is the first university in Vietnam. The temple represents Vietnamese ancient architecture and traditional fondness for learning.

End of the sightseeing, you will have lunch at an authentic Vietnamese restaurant, and then take a rest.

In the afternoon, you will enjoy the following activities:

1. Hoan Kiem Lake with Ngoc Son Temple: famous for its peaceful beauty, cultural as well as historical values.
2. Taking a traditional cyclo tour through the Old Quarter: the fascinating experience of rickshaws driving around the Old Quarter and experience the daily life of the local.
3. Savor the best street food in the world: Never miss out the Vietnam food

After the tour, you will be escorted back to your hotel in Hanoi. The rest of the day is free at your leisure.

 Accommodation: Overnight in Hanoi

 Meals: Breakfast

In the morning, after breakfast, our driver will pick you up at about 8:00 am, and then head to the cruise port of Halong Bay. It takes about 3 hours to arrive. Upon arrival, the cruise staff will help you with the check-in at around 12:00 am.

Welcome onboard in Halong Bay! You will be greeted with a welcome drink and the introduction and guidelines. Then, you will enjoy the lunch onboard in the elegant dining room.

In the afternoon, you will enjoy some exciting activities such as sightseeing, kayaking, or swimming according to each cruise’s itinerary.

While onboard, you can take advantage of the leisure time of the Spa, Beauty, and Massage services surrounded by the stunning scenery around you. Besides, you can also join in the chef’s cooking class and learn the art of traditional Vietnamese cooking.

In the evening, an elegant dinner is ready with a fusion of Eastern and Western cuisine, accompanied by a wide selection of wines and beverages from around the world.

After dinner, enjoy a leisurely evening onboard, such as joining in board games, squid fishing, a night movie, or bars & karaoke.

 Accommodation: Overnight at Halong Bay

 Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Your second day of Halong Bay Cruise will start with a Tai Chi class for 20 minutes to breathe the fresh air and brighten the day.

After breakfast, continue with the exploration of the tourist sites on Halong Bay. At around 10:00 am, it’s time to pack your luggage for checkout.

At about 11:30 am, your cruise boat will sail back to the port and you will enjoy an early lunch on the way. Then, our driver will pick you up at the port, heading to the airport of Hanoi for your flight to Hue.

Welcome to Hue! The former Imperial Capital of Vietnam from 1802 - 1945, was known for its royal mausoleums, traditional imperial cuisine, and pagodas.

Upon arrival, our tour guide and driver will welcome you at the airport. You will be escorted to the hotel and check-in. The rest of the day is at your leisure for recovery.

 Accommodation: Overnight in Hue

 Meals: Breakfast

After breakfast, you’ll start your trip in Hue. During this day tour, you’ll visit:

1. Hue Capital Citadel: a well-known UNESCO-recognized World Heritage Site which is a 520-ha fortress-like grand complex
2. Tu Duc Tomb: resting place of the fourth King of the Nguyen dynasty.
3. Dong Ba market: biggest commercial center of Hue province and the adjacent regions.

After lunch, you’ll continue your Hue tour at around 1:30 p.m.

1. Thien Mu Pagoda: unofficial symbol of Hue City with its origins dating back to 1601.
2. Minh Mang Tomb: the 2nd Emperor of the Nguyen dynasty was buried.
3. Perfume River: take a dragon boat cruise to enjoy the open view of the river and the peaceful landscape along the river banks.

Admiring the beautiful scenery and the sunset of Hue, you can enjoy Vietnamese traditional folk songs on the boat cruise.

At 7:00 pm, head to Be Xuan Garden House Theatre for a traditional Vietnamese cuisine. Ben Xuan is like a special place where East meets West, offering a unique experience that celebrates Hue's heritage through music, beautiful buildings, culture, art, and food.

Explore the stunning royal architecture, like the Garden House Theatre and Painting Exhibition, and enjoy a delicious meal. Then go back to the hotel for the rest.

Accommodation: Overnight in Hue

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

In the morning, after breakfast, you will enjoy your free time until your tour guide picks you up to Hoi An. The drive takes around 3 hours. On the way there, you'll get through Hai Van Pass & Tunnel.

Welcome to Hoi An, one of the UNESCO World Heritage sites and famous for the old town. Your tour guide will take you to the hotel in Hoi An for Check-in.

In the afternoon, your tour guide will meet you at the hotel around 13:00 and bring you to the edge of the old town for a half day of exploration. During the tour, you will visit:

1. 200-year-old Tan Ky House: a beautiful home that has been lovingly preserved over seven generations.
2. Museum of Trade Ceramics: with fascinating pottery artifacts from all over Asia and the Middle East
3. Chua Ong Pagoda: the neighborhood around it has distinctly Chinese-inspired buildings and is lovely to explore at a relaxed pace.
4. Hoi An Market: reputed to be one of Vietnam’s best.

After the sightseeing tour, we'll take you back to the hotel, and then you can have the rest of the day to yourself for city exploration.

Accommodation: Overnight in Hoi An

Meals: Breakfast

In the morning, after breakfast, you will start your half-day excursion to Cam Thanh village. Your tour guide will pick you up around 8:00 am - 8:30 am. During this half-hour, you will experience:

1. Fishing, catching the crabs & coconut mussels: enjoying experiences from learning traditional fishing techniques and exploring tranquil coconut-palm flanked waterways of a past war.
2. Vietnamese bamboo basket boat ride: made of bamboo with the shape of baskets to make you have the very Vietnamese experience.

After the tour, you will be driven to Da Nang and enjoy free time for the rest of the day.

Accommodation: Overnight in Da Nang

Meals: Breakfast

After enjoying your breakfast, your private tour guide and driver will meet you at the hotel at 8:30 am.

Departure to Ba Na Hills, the road will pass the seashore on Nguyen Tat Thanh Street, one of the most beautiful roads of Da Nang City, and Red Beach, where the French first landed in Da Nang.

Soon you’ll arrive at the Cable car station at the foot of Ba Na Hill to enjoy the first leg Cable car.

1. Ba Na Hill Cable Car: two Guinness World Records in 2009, longest non-stop cable car (5,042m) and highest non-stop cable car (1,292m).
2. Golden Bridge: stands 1400m above sea level and looks like giant hands of Gods pulling a strip of gold out of the land.
3. Ling Ung Pagoda: 27m high Buddha status.
4. Dreaming Stream, Rainbow Waterfall, Suspension Bridge, Golden Valley, and Ruined Opera House.

Take a lunch with Buffet menu at the restaurant of Mercure Bana Hill resort. You can play with wild monkeys and take photos, freely then return to the Cable car station at the foot of Ba Na Mountain and transfer back to Da Nang City. The rest of the time is for your leisure.

 Accommodation: Overnight in Da Nang

 Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Today you need to get up early to catch the flight to Nha Trang about 75 minutes. After the plane lands, your guide and driver will be waiting for you at the airport.

Welcome to Nha Trang! It’s famous for its stunning beaches, scuba diving, and delicious seafood. After a local breakfast, you will start your half-day tour of Nha Trang.

1. Long Son Pagoda: one of the oldest and biggest pagodas in Nha Trang dedicated to the Buddhist monks and nuns who died protesting against the US-supported Diem regime.
2. Po Nagar Cham Towers: honors the Mother of Cham Kingdom and is a famous pilgrimage place for local Vietnamese.
3. Shopping at Dam Market: famous center trade of Nha Trang.
4. Enjoy Vietnamese coffee at a local café: Vietnamese coffee offers you a unique taste that can be hardly found anywhere.

After doing all the sightseeing, you will transfer back to the hotel in Nha Trang and have the rest of the time.

 Accommodation: Overnight in Nha Trang

 Meals: Breakfast

Today is on your own arrangement. Enjoy your beach relaxing in Nha Trang.

Note: You can check more information for any extra excursions at your resort, or contact our sales consultants for suggestions.

 Accommodation: Overnight in Nha Trang

 Meals: Breakfast

After breakfast, enjoy your time and wait for our tour guide to pick you up to the airport, taking a flight to Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), about 1 hour.

Welcome to Saigon!

Upon arrival, our tour guide and driver will welcome you at the airport. You will be escorted to the hotel and check-in. The rest of the day is at your leisure for recovery.

 Accommodation: Overnight in Saigon

 Meals: Breakfast

After breakfast, at about 8:30 am, we will drive about 1.5 hours to Cu Chi Tunnels, where you discover these amazing systems developed by the guerrillas fighting in the Vietnam War. You will see various weapons used in the war on display. It will take the whole morning to explore and enjoy.

After lunch at a local restaurant, back to Saigon city to explore the iconic highlights, including:

1. Notre Dame Cathedral: honored as one of the world's 19 most majestic cathedrals, the only representative from Southeast Asia, seen as the architectural symbol of Ho Chi Minh City
2. Old Saigon Post Office: Vietnam’s largest post office and oldest colonial structure, is one of the must-sees, attracting visitors with its aesthetic and historical values
3. Cholon: the largest Chinatown in Ho Chi Minh with many traditional shops, markets, and local food stalls.
4. Emperor Jade Pagoda: a sacred place of Saigon, built by a Chinese merchant named Liu Daoyuan, where people pray and seek blessings.

End of the sightseeing tour, you will be escorted to the hotel and enjoy free time for the rest of the day.

 Accommodation: Overnight in Saigon

 Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Enjoy your breakfast at the hotel and prepare to enjoy a full-day Mekong Delta discovery. Your tour guide will meet you around 8:00 am - 8:30 am.

Today you’ll take an excursion to My Tho, a city in the Mekong River Delta region. After traveling past miles of flat rice fields, along a bustling high way, you’ll start the My Tho tour with boarding a Mekong cruise boat to Thoi Son Island.

1. Land on Thoi Son Island: listen to the Southern traditional music performed by native artists.
2. Paddleboat Cruise: visiting households with traditional occupations of home-based coconut candy and rice-wine-making.
3. Floating Market: observe from the comfort of your sampan life as it plays out on the riverbanks.
4. Bee Farm: try tea with fresh honey from the beehives and enjoy fresh seasonal fruits.
5. Vinh Trang Pagoda: an ancient architectural gem in Southern Vietnam.

After enjoy a local Vietnamese meal at Le Longanier Restaurant, you’ll head to Can Tho.

1. Le Longanier Restaurant: a lush tropical garden by the river, surrounded by fruit trees, giving you a sense of life during Indochinese times.
2. Local home grown Industries: coconut candy and puffed rice products that provide a living for the river people.

After arriving at the hotel in Can Tho, the rest of time is at your leisure.

 Accommodation: Overnight in Can Tho

 Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

In the morning, after breakfast, our driver will pick you up at about 8:00 am, as you depart from Ninh Kieu wharf on a shuttle boat, you'll be treated to a vibrant scene along the banks of Can Tho River.

Head to the biggest floating market-Cai Rang floating market, you'll step back in time, witnessing traditional barter using "offering poles" to exchange consumer goods for fresh Mekong fruits and vegetables with local vendors.

You'll witness local residents engaged in fishing, using numerous fish traps, and observe the transportation of passengers and goods by water.

For a deeper understanding of the local lifestyle, venture further into the narrow waterways known as Rach Nho. Here, you'll be able to catch a glimpse of the idyllic Southern countryside before making your way back to Ninh Kieu Wharf on a memorable cruise.

After that, you’ll be escorted to Can Tho Airport and board a flight to Phu Quoc for 50 minutes. Your local tour guide and driver will meet you at Phu Quoc airport and transfer you to the hotel in Phu Quoc for check-in. The rest of the day is yours to relax on the beach.

 Accommodation: Overnight in Phu Quoc

 Meals: Breakfast

Today is on your own arrangement. Enjoy your beach relaxing in Phuket.

Note: You can check more information for any extra excursions at your resort, or contact our sales consultants for the suggestions.

 Accommodation: Overnight in Phu Quoc

 Meals: Breakfast

Enjoy your breakfast and free time in the morning until your tour guide picks you up to the airport.

Tour service ends here.

Hope you enjoyed a great trip with us and we look forward to seeing you next time. .

Note: If you’re planning to continue exploring the Indochina region, like Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia, please never hesitate to tell us, we’re tour experts for all of these destinations.

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