Days 1-3: Luang Prabang 
Upon arrival at Luang Prabang Airport you will be met by a hotel representative and transferred to your hotel. Spend 3 nights at Amantaka in a Suite, your package at the hotel includes the following:
• Daily breakfast and a choice of lunch or dinner, house beverages and house wines
• Lao traditional massage
• Private guided tour of Luang Prabang
• A sunset river cruise along the Mekong River
• A private Lao cooking class
• A traditional Baci ceremony before dinner

Day 4: Luang Prabang - Hanoi
Today you will be transferred by the hotel to the airport for your flight to Hanoi. Upon arrival at Hanoi Airport you will be met and transferred to your hotel.

Overnight at the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi in a Premium Room (B)

Day 5: Hanoi Full Day City Tour
You will be picked up from your hotel by your guide and drive to Hoan Kiem Lake, situated in the heart of Hanoi. It is great spot to start a day with the sun rising over the water. Take a walk around the lake and enjoy a traditional Vietnamese breakfast at a café boasting marvellous views of the lake. After breakfast, you will visit the Ho Chi Minh Complex including the Mausoleum, his former stilt-house residence, the Presidential Palace and the Ho Chi Minh Museum. You will also take in a visit to the Temple of Literature - Vietnam’s first university dating back to 1070. Lunch will be at a local Vietnamese restaurant. In the afternoon you will visit the Museum of Ethnology, widely acknowledged as one of the best in the country, containing an extensive display of life-size structures dedicated to Vietnam’s 54 ethnic minorities. This is followed by a one-hour cyclo tour through the narrow, chaotic streets of the Old Quarter - a must for any visitor to Hanoi. End the tour watching a traditional performance of the famous Vietnamese water puppets.

Overnight stay at Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi in a Premium Room (B,L)

Day 6: Hanoi - Halong Bay Paradise Cruise
At 08:30 you will be picked up from your hotel for a drive to Halong Bay (4 hours with refreshment break en route). Board the Paradise Junk on Tuan Chau Island and meet the crew. Enjoy a welcome cocktail and Asian buffet lunch while admiring the beautiful bay scenery. Spend the day cruising around the UNESCO heritage-listed bay. In the afternoon explore a famous limestone grotto and traditional fishing village. Then, you can go kayaking or swimming (weather permitting) or relax on the sundeck and enjoy the sunset over the islands as the boat arrives at its anchorage for the evening. Dinner is a freshly prepared seafood feast and the evening entertainment includes movies, board games and spa treatments.

Overnight stay on Paradise Junk in a Deluxe Cabin (B,L,D)   

Day 7: Halong Bay - Hoi An
Awake to morning Tai Chi and a buffet breakfast before cruising back through the bay to Tuan Chau Island, arriving at 10:30. Meet up with your driver for a drive to Hanoi Airport for your flight to Danang. Upon arrival at Danang Airport you will be met and transferred to your Hoi An hotel.

Overnight stay at The Nam Hai Resort in One Bedroom Villa (B)

Day 8-9: Hoi An
Free time to enjoy at your leisure.

Overnight stay at The Nam Hai Resort in One Bedroom Villa (B)

Day 10: Hoi An - Ho Chi Minh 
Today you will be transferred to Danang Airport for your flight to Ho Chi Minh City. Upon arrival at Ho Chi Minh Airport you will be met and transferred to your hotel.
In the afternoon, travel to Cu Chi Tunnels. At its height, the tunnel system stretched over 250 kilometres from Saigon to the Cambodian border and was three levels deep. The network included innumerable trap doors, specially constructed living areas, storage facilities, weapons factories, field hospitals, command centers and kitchens. Today the remaining tunnels have become a major tourist attraction giving the visitor a unique experience and a feel of what underground life during the Vietnam war must have been like. At the conclusion of your tour you will be transferred back to Ho Chi Minh City.
Overnight stay at Park Hyatt Saigon in a Park Room (B)

Day 11: Ho Chi Minh City Full Day City Tour
Ho Chi Minh City, or Saigon as the city is still frequently referred to, is Vietnam’s largest city. It is a fast-paced metropolis full of contrasts, with street vendors selling fruit and vegetables next to western-style bars and boutiques. Amazingly, the city’s history dates back only 300 years. In 1859 the city was captured by the French and became the capital of Cochin China. From 1956 until April 1975 it was the capital of the US-backed Republic of Vietnam. Today, Ho Chi Minh City is very much the heart of Vietnamese business and entrepreneurial activity. Yet, the city still retains its connections to the past, particularly in Cholon which is the city’s Chinatown. Here dozens of elegant temples and pagodas can be seen. The French also left their mark with some fine colonial-era buildings such as the Notre Dame Cathedral and the Central Post Office.

You will be picked up at 08:00 in the main lobby of your hotel by your guide and in the morning you will visit the Notre Dame Cathedral and Old Post Office. Built between 1877 and 1883 the cathedral is one of the best examples of classical French colonial architecture. Remarkably, every stone used in its creation was shipped from France to Vietnam. The Old Post Office is another example of French colonial architecture and is also the country’s largest post office. You will then visit  Dong Khoi Street, the Opera House and the Peoples’ Committee Building. You will also visit the Reunification Palace which is one of the most important buildings in the city. Here on April 30th 1975 the ‘American War’ officially ended when tank number 843 of the North Vietnamese Army crashed through the gates of what was, at the time the residence of the President of the Republic of Vietnam. This is followed by lunch at a local Vietnamese restaurant.

The tour continues in the afternoon when it takes in a visit to the War Remnants Museum, a poignant display of the futility of war. The courtyard outside contains the spoils of war, namely rusting jets, tanks and cannons captured from the American military machine.  You will also visit the Thien Hau Pagoda which is located in Cholon, the city’s Chinatown and is dedicated to the Goddess of the Sea. You will take a Cholon Cyclo Tour riding through the narrow streets soaking up the atmosphere in comfort. Finally a visit to Binh Tay Market which sells everything from hats to dried squid!

Overnight stay at Park Hyatt Saigon in a Park Room (B,L)

Day 12: Ho Chi Minh City - Siem Reap (BD)
Today you will be transferred to the airport for your flight to Siem Reap. Upon arrival at Siem Reap you will be met and transferred to your hotel. Spend three nights at the Amansara in a Suite your package at the hotel includes the following:
• Daily breakfast and a choice of lunch or dinner, house beverages and house wines
• House outings twice per day with private guide and driver in a remork (moped powered tri-shaw)
• Morning or afternoon tea in our traditional Khmer Village House
• Unique experience of a Spiritual Water Blessing at the Pagoda
• A roof top Khmer style barbeque dinner   

Day 15: Siem Reap Departure

Today you will be transferred to the airport for your onward flight. (B)