ROUTING

Itinerary

ARRIVAL IN HANOI

Full day city tour

Arrival in Hanoi ETA 06.35AM. Special welcome by Vietnamese girls wearing in traditional cloths all warmly with colourful garlands, cold water and wet handkerchiefs to everybody, a moment of courtesy meeting then self-introduce with Indochina Incentive House's representative and tour guides the meeting point's Noi Bai Airport. Hanoi - its legendary beginnings from 1,010 to 15^th century then before the World War II, after 1954 as well, is the cradle of Red River Delta civilization with green rice-fields, its Old streets and colonial Quarter, its calm lakes, the shaded boulevards, its verdant public parks and sunny smiles with truly Far-East Asian faces ...Our experienced tour guide will transmit you the most lovely aspects of Hanoi - the ancient city of 1,000 yrs, during 45' by coach from the Airport to the centre city.

Luggage Procedure: Except the hand-caring luggages, your suitcases will be transferred to hotel by the separate truck, you will leave your suitcases for our people when arrive the parking-lot of Noi Bai Airport, just get in the buses and straight up to city. Suitcases will be transferred to hotel and place in your rooms as its named and each passenger must identify his baggages before leaving.

Breakfast : The group will be transferred to Hoan Kiem Lake – the Lake of the Restored Sword, is one of the most enchanting spots in Hanoi, enjoy your breakfast and beverage in the open-air lakefront view of Lakeside restaurant, breakfast will be mainly Vietnamese cuisine including Pho that the national soup of Vietnam would be so well embraced in the World.

After breakfast, you would enjoy a glimpse of Hanoi, strolling forward to the Return-Sword Lake, to visit Ngoc Son – Heroic Temple, But Tower, where you will be fascinating with legendary stories from 600 years that a turtle stole a king's sword and took it to the bottom of this lake. Let's experienced the basic concepts of political Vietnam currently by visit to the Chairman Palace area, there are 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.

Lunch : you will enjoy lunch at LE TONKIN RESTAURANT - a French Cafe with Western Set menu, the choice to dine el-fresco in the flower-filled garden or be seated inside an old European-styled bungalow. The service by the costumed waiters and waitresses was friendly and attentive.

Optional drink package (1/2 bottle of house wine or 2 cans of local beer or soft-drink per pax, free-flow of mineral water, tea and coffee) or just tea only if not any.

After that, drive to hotel for check-in with welcome-drink and room-keys are being available. A moment of resting then followed-up is the late afternoon tour.

Visit the Temple of Literature, is a classic Confucianist temple from the category "Confucianism", was founded as a Confucian Temple and a huge statue and alter to Confucius remain there today, 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. These slabs are actually the stelae of the school's successful doctorate candidates.

Enjoy an interesting tour by traditional Pedicabs, the best and most stylish way as far more charming to see Hanoi and to take in the sights and sounds of the Old quater is by Cycle ( a tricycle ), your people 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, the small rikshaws will carry you strolling around the Old Quarter and shopping streets, to relax and view to daily-life surrounding or communicating is a good way to have a full impression of the city, catch the spirit of Vietnam. Riskshaws will return back at the Garden of Hoan Kiem Lake to enjoy the lovely Hanoi landscapes in the sunset until the time of water puppet show, a unique art form of Vietnamese, at Thang Long Water Puppet Troupe theater, and you will also experience more about a specific culture in South-East Asia coming from an agriculture of wet rice during the performance.

Dinner: Right after the water puppet show, proceeding to Dinh Lang Thuy Ta Restaurant Communal House by the Lake. Set right on Lake Hoan Kiem this restaurant has a great view of the lake and the lake side shops. A live orchestra plays live traditional music, and members of the orchestra are very charming to sow in your mind the most memorable moments of lifetime thru the folk-melodies of Northern Vietnamese, enjoy set menu Vietnamese food.

Optional drink package (1/2 bottle of house wine or 2 cans of local beer or soft-drink per pax, free-flow of mineral water, tea and coffee) or just tea only if not any.

After dinner, return-back your hotel, amazing of incentive gift (just a suprising gilf to everybody : may be a vietamese T-shirt, tourist hat, catalogue and map) which placed somewhere in the room, enjoy your stay. Have a first good night in Vietnam. Overnight in HANOI. (B, L, D)

NOTE : Indicated check-in time at 12.00. Early check-in rate will be an half charge or full charge of the hotel rates, it would be applied if the clients have to early check-in at all.

BREAK DOWN PRICES : (in U.S dollar)

- TRANSFERS & TOUR GUIDE: US$ TBA /pax

- TOUR, TRISHAW, ENTRANCE FEES : US$TBA /pax

- WELCOME-DRINK : US$TBA/pax

- BREAKFAST: US$TBA/pax

- LUNCH: US$TBA/pax

- DINNER: US$TBA/pax

HANOI
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HALONG BAY

(by A/C car 175km, Cruising tour by wooden junk)

After buffet breakfast, depart to Halong Bay, the highway is smoothly and cost you of 3.5 – 4 hours usually, since we have to stop somewhere for the rests or visiting also. Landscapes en route are very interesting with the immense rice-fields, farmers are working in the fields, small and peace villages ....there are the sweet beginnings to talk with then explanation of Vietnam by our tour guide.

Ha Long Bay is constituted by 3000 small and big islands of all shapes.

In 1994 UNESCO classified Halong Bay as a World Natural Heritage and in November 2000, the World Heritage Committee reconfirmed this classification, your excursion to Halong Bay will re-evaluate the classification of UNESCO to this fairyland. In the book intituled "Wonders of the World" published in 1950. The French marshal Lyautey compared it with Venice rocks in the "Letters of Tonkin and Madagascar " (June 24, 1895).

The French novelist Yvonne Schultz did not hesitate to praise the miraculous beauty of this bay:

All heights and ten thousand forms; imagination, imitation, pagodas, Hindu temples, menhirs, Chinese towers, pieces of chess-board or true immense mountain. And the extraordinary flows simulating the ruined keeps, the broken down bastions, a succession of palaces with the open belly and tribes of mutilated idols.

Arrival HalongBay, straighty to the Marina for boarding on two BAI THO JUNKS. You will have a cruise within 5 hours in the Bay.

Lunch : you will have lunch with fresh sea-food ON BOARD while cruising through thousand different islets and islands.

Optional drink package (1/2 bottle of house wine or 2 cans of local beer or soft-drink per pax, free-flow of mineral water, tea and coffee) or just tea only if not any.

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 kilometers. 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 colorful 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, visitors will discover and admire how 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 so clean sand & transparent beaches, somewhat little rocky mountains and a beautiful tall terrace, enjoy sun-sea bathing there that always waits to give you the most wonderful sea bathing in calm, transparent water under the sunlight.

After cruise, the Junk sailing back to Marina and transfer to your hotel in the bayside for check-in.

(we highly recommend a strolling walk along the shore of Halong Bay while the sun is setting down, enjoy yourself the pure breeze, beautiful view of glow of sunset in the sky... is the perfect compensation to the busy days recently).

Dinner : Buffet Dinner on Vietnamese – Thai cuisine will be served in the magic of your hotel. Traditional live music and live show or back-round music would may available as seasoning.

Optional drink package (free-flow within 2 hours including house wine, local beer, soft-drink, mineral water).

Overnight in Halong Bay. (B, L, D)

BREAK DOWN PRICES : (in U.S dollar)

- TRANSFERS & TOUR GUIDE: US$TBA/pax

- BOAT CRUISING & ENTRANCE FEES : US$TBA/pax

- LUNCH: US$TBA/pax

- DINNER: US$TBA/pax

HALONG BAY

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NOI BAI AIRPORT

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HUE ROYAL CITY

Half day tour

A little bit early wake-up, quick buffet breakfast, check-out then straight-up to the Noi bai airport for a short domestic flight to Hue Royal City via VN245 at 11.50- 13.00.

Luggage Procedure: Except the hand-caring luggages, your suitcases will be transferred from hotel in Halong bay to Noi Bai airport (Hanoi) & from Phu Bai airport (Hue) to hotel in Hue by the separate truck, you will leave your suitcases for our people when arrive the parking-lot of Airport, just get in the buses and straight up to the destination. Suitcases will be transferred to hotel and place in your rooms as its named and each passenger must identify his baggages before leaving.

Welcome to Hue Royal City – the Complex of Monuments, the heart of central Vietnam served as Vietnam's political capital 1802 to 1945 under the 13 emperors of the Nguyen Dynasty and was recognized as the World Cultural Heritage Site. Hue – has been the Capital of a unified Vietnam, built at about the beginning of the 19^th century, combines the oriental philosophy with the traditions of Vietnam. Intimately mingled with the natural environment, the beauty and special richness of the architecture and decorative art of the building are an original image of the Vietnamese monarchy at its most prosperous period.

Transfer to hotel for check in and just a moment to set-up, right after is the time of lunch and visiting the most sacred heritages of Hue.

Lunch : in the Y THAO RESTAURANT. This is a house in ancient charm with well landscape garden. In the main hall, the ancient ceremics used by Hue royalty family is displayed in the rose-wood cupboard. The Y Thao is an ideal place for your set lunch.

Optional drink package (1/2 bottle of wine or 2 cans of beer or soft-drink per pax, free-flow of mineral water, tea and coffee) or just tea only if not any.

Afternoon, visit to the Royal Tomb of Khai Dinh King, is the final resting place of the Emperor of Vietnam from 1916-1925. The tomb represents a fusion of traditional Vietnamese style and modern influence, the tomb is almost entirely made of concrete and includes many European architectural details.

Then transfer the Royal Marina and enjoy cruising boat upstream to visit Thien Mu Pagoda ( Pagoda of Heavenly Lady ).

 While the wind smootly moves the bamboo branches

One hears the Thien Mu bell, and the Tho-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, and the highest spirit of Vietnamese also, a moment enjoy the beautiful views of sunset, the sun is setting down along the Perfume river and the tinged clouds becoming dim on horizon. Let's put in your mind the sceneries surroundings...they may be a shine star of lifetime and memorable feelings.

Dinner: This evening, you will have dinner with ROYAL FORMALITIES at DUYET THI DUONG THEATRE inside the CITADEL where was the former royal theatre for the Lords of Vietnam from mostly 200 years ago, was the oldest of Vietnamese traditional stage that remained.

The road towards the Citadel will be highlighted by the lovely lantern lights on the way. Welcome by royal cocktail then experience Royal dinner with 10 Course banquet menu. Enjoy Vietnamese court music and royal dances which was proclaimed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. We are staying Hue so this is the good time to look-back then taste the forbidden palaces enviroment as the Oriental Lords, the Kings and Mandarins in its golden time.

Let's vote one Lady and one Gentleman in your group to be the King and the Queen as well, the rests will surely are the high ranking Civil / Military Mandarins. The ceremonial music band and traditional dance will performe during dinner.

Optional drink package (1/2 bottle of wine or 2 cans of beer or soft-drink per pax, free-flow of mineral water, tea and coffee) or just tea only if not any.

After dinner, transfer back to your hotel by coach. Free evening for individual exploring in dreamlike Hue. Overnight in Hue. (B, L, D)

BREAK DOWN PRICES : (in U.S dollar)

- TRANSFERS & TOUR GUIDE: US$TBA/pax

- TOUR, BOAT CRUISING & ENTRANCE FEES : US$TBA/pax

- LUNCH: US$TBA/pax

- ROYAL DINNER inside CITADEL : US$TBA/pax

HUE ROYAL CITY

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HO CHI MINH CITY

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PHAN THIET BEACH / MUI NE BAY

After breakfast, visit The Imperial City - Purple Forbidden City, is the best-preserved remnant of a vast citidel and royal quarters that once existed on the site. To put the ruins into context, it is important to consider how they were originally used., 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 Mieu Temple is situated southwest of the Citadel and facing south, dedicated to ten Emperors of the Nguyen Dynasty.

Then continue your exciting historical tour by a visit to the Royal Tomb of Tu Duc King, its serious sceneries, impressive architectures to remind a splendid monarchy and the circulate widely false news of the real tomb of Tu Duc remains hidden for future generations to discover. Transfer back to your hotel for check-out and lunch right there in the hotel.

Lunch : Buffet lunch with high-class Vietnamese and Western cuisine will be took place inside your hotel.

Optional drink package (1/2 bottle of wine or 2 cans of beer or soft-drink per pax, free-flow of mineral water, tea and coffee) or just tea only if not any.

Transfer to take a last round of Hue, photo-stop 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, stop-over to enjoy and have a look the busy market of Dong Ba, take your time to viewing, happy communicate with the jolly salesgirls who are quite well on speaking foreign languages. Here you can buy some handicrafts for souvenir, first and foremost Hue palm-leaf conical hat.

Return to the hotel for check-out at noon then have lunch.

Finally, transfer to Phu Bai airport for a short flight to Saigon - Ho Chi Minh City by VN253 at 17.10-18.30. Upon arrival at the Tan Son Nhat airport, straight-up to Phan Thiet beach – Mui Ne Bay, 220 km from Saigon, the highway is smoothly and cost you of 3 hours usually. Is the tropical paradise for beach and sunny lovers, where is the lowest annual rainfall in the entire country, the beautiful tropical beaches lined with groves of swaying  palm trees, immense saharan sandunes meandering for kilometers through colors of red, yellow and white, the winding rivers teeming with fresh fish and crabs, tall mountain with bamboo rainforests and pristine waterfalls, there are deep red canyons parted by twisting streams and echoed by the sounds of tropical birds... Phan Thiet beach – Mui Ne Bay have everything you could ever want!

Luggage Procedure: Except the hand-caring luggages, your suitcases will be transferred from hotel to Phu Bai airport & from Tan Son Nhat airport to resort by the separate truck, you will leave your suitcases for our people when arrive the parking-lot of Airport, just get in the buses and straight up to hotel. Suitcases will be transferred to resort and place in your rooms as its named and each passenger must identify his baggages before leaving.

Transfer to hotel for check-in and time of rest.

A Glowing Welcome

Upon check-in at your Hotel, guest's will discover a 'welcome card' hanging on their doorknob, giving instructions for the guest to enjoy a relaxing scrub using special aromatherapeutic lotion as Traditional Vietnam Therapeutic Healing Massage ( a round of 50-60' body massage ). The card will also ask the guest to dial a number for the massage. Masseuse will be at their beck and waiting at guest's convenience during the whole stay in Phan Thiet beach.

Dinner : you have a late buffet dinner INSIDE HOTEL.

Optional drink package (free-flow within 2 hours including house wine, local beer, soft-drink, mineral water).

Back to your hotel. Overnight in Phan Thiet beach. (B, L, D)

BREAK DOWN PRICES : (in U.S dollar)

- TRANSFERS & TOUR GUIDE: US$TBA/pax

- TOUR & ENTRANCE FEES : US$TBA/pax

- MASSAGE : US$TBA/pax

- LUNCH: US$TBA/pax

- DINNER: US$TBA/pax

PHAN THIET BEACH DISCOVERY

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MUI NE BAY

Today, after buffet breakfast, you would take time to free at leisure for your own activities.

Afternoon, a half day for enjoying and feeling the unforgettable wonderful time, discover the unique balance of rustic charm in the beautiful seaside spot of Mui Ne Bay - Vietnam.

Lunch: Set menu lunch in a Sandy beach side restaurant with specialities Vietnamese sea-food, situated directly on the beach, offer you the spectacular views of Mui Ne fishing village and unique panorama of the sunny Bay.

Optional drink package ( 1/2 bottle of wine or 2 cans of beer or soft-drink per pax, free-flow of mineral water, tea and coffee ) or just tea only if not any.

Enjoy an exciting Jeep safari tour which both young and seniors will enjoy this natural trek. The old jeeps departs from your hotel and take you to the nearby coastal resort town of Mui Ne. From there you begin your off-road journey towards the colourful sand dunes, which have been a theme for photographers for many years, each dune have its own beauty, and may change their shapes under winds. Continue through some volcanic stone banks to drive on and experience the colourful petit-canyon, is quite a copy of grand-canyon in Arizona – USA. Continued the jeep tour running on the seaside where you will view a wide scenic unspoiled beach, just you and the sea birds....! That's a moment of life-time ! There are further opportunities to visit the magical "fairy stream" where you can have the pleasure to walk barefooted in the river, surrounded by coconut trees, grandiose cliffs made from red and yellow clay.

On the way drive back to resort, visit Pô Sänü towers - ancient towers constructed by the Chams who once were the owners of a nation called the Kingdom of Champa which had been existing  for more than a thousand years. Now the towers still stand there, old and weathered in the shape of a linga, standing on a rocky hilltop and overlooking the sea like the historical witnesses to the ups and downs of a nation on this land for over millennium. The towers seem to wait for you, the visitors coming from the distant lands to discover the left secrets of the ancient vestiges belonging to a lost kingdom. Just a very short distance of the ancient Champa towers is the old fighting bunkers, which its communication trenches, bartizans and fighting shelters are quite a must-see of the one-time civil-war, is really a memorable to meditative about the political upheavals.    

Dinner: you have a late buffet dinner INSIDE HOTEL.

Optional drink package (free-flow within 2 hours including house wine, local beer, soft-drink, mineral water).

Overnight in Phan Thiet beach. (B, L, D)

BREAK DOWN PRICES : (in U.S dollar)

- TRANSFERS & TOUR GUIDE: US$TBA/pax

- ENTRANCE FEES, JEEP SAFARI TOUR : US$TBA/pax

- LUNCH IN SANDY BEACH RESTAURANT  : US$TBA/pax

- DINNER : US$TBA /pax

Free-Care Fullday in PHAN THIET BEACH

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 MUI NE BAY

After breakfast, take your time to free at leisure, the sunny beach Resorts in Phan Thiet beach or Ne Cape are so transparent water, often calm and healthy air, you would enjoy yourself free-care fullday to sun-sea bathing on beach or just relax yourself and lazing around to discover the exotic sightseeings, a selection of particularly interesting water sports for Pro or just Initiate is available such as non-motorized water sports is available, inclusive of kayaking, catamaran, body boarding and wind surfing by your own, specially in a wind-surfing as named below www.windsurf-Vietnam.com....

Let's making the most of unforgettable senses of the restful day truly in your life.

Lunch : you have a late buffet lunch INSIDE HOTEL. Optional drink package (free-flow within 2 hours including house wine, local beer, soft-drink, mineral water).

Dinner: enjoy a lovely Farewell BBQ Dinner inside your beach resort at the pool side, pre-dinner cocktail to offer quite the romantic moments friendly, from the reception-hall where the fresh flower & Vietnamese girls in traditional suite welcome then lead you to the pool side while the thunderous music from tradition musical instruments to escort you. A traditional music band will sow in your mind the most memorable moments of lifetime thru the folk-music, folk-singers, folk-songs of Vietnamese & western melodies., live-Filipinos or local music band as seasonal for traditional & international melodies , funny song, exciting activities of team-games, then delicious barbecue from fresh seafood, fish to meat ... on a nice beach in Mui Ne Bay, a latest album which contain their lovable pictures and noteworthy scenes throughout the itinerary will be the full meaning gift to every couple or single!

Optional drink package (free-flow within 2 hours including house wine, local beer, soft-drink, mineral water).

Overnight in Phan Thiet beach. (B, L, D)

BREAK DOWN PRICES : (in U.S dollar)

- SET LUNCH : US$TBA /pax

- FARE-WELL POOLSIDE DINNER : US$TBA/pax

Day 7

PHAN THIET BEACH

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HO CHI MINH CITY

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DEPARTURE TO PARIS

After breakfast, we would check-out arround the mid-morning  and ready to return back Ho Chi Minh City. Nowhere does one feel the dynamic changes occurring in Vietnam more than in Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon. This city rightfully exists in most people's minds as an exciting, exotic part of the lure of Southeast Asia. The reality of Vietnam's largest city is not disappointing!.

Landscapes en route are very interesting with the immense rice-fields, farmers are working in the fields, small and peace villages ....there are the sweet beginnings to talk with then explaination the other regions of Vietnam & IndoChina by our tour guide. Alternately, some funny stories or folk-stories will be told and together with the indoor team-games which very fancy !

Arrive Saigon – Ho Chi Minh at the late noon, straigh-up to a local restaurant for lunch.

Lunch : will be served in the INDOCHINE RESTAURANT on set menu.

Optional drink package ( 1/2 bottle of wine or 2 cans of beer or soft-drink per pax, free-flow of mineral water, tea and coffee) or just tea only if not any.

Followed-up is a quick round to a glimpse of Saigon, visit to 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 the impressive buildings as the old US Embassy the Prime Ministerial building and many more, there are like the historical witnesses to the ups and downs, political upheavals of a Nation and its generations. Nearby is the 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. Then enjoy a short shopping at Ben Thanh Market – a most typical market of Vietnam, with how many things are available for your choice: jewelry, gold and silvers items, silk, lacquer-ware, woodcarving, ready-made clothes... all at extremely attractive price. Then straight-up to Tan Son Nhat airport for an international flight ETD 19.40 come back home. End of your exciting trip.

It's timely, you have to say Good-Bye Vietnam. You surely have plentiful memories of Orient also my country. We (Toan Vinh Tours) thank you very much for your choice of our company as your ground handler in Vietnam and may be Indochina countries on further, be sure all our people are your best friends always and beyond. May we will meet and honoured welcome you have other voyages to Indochina in the days coming, continuing to discover, to experience the endless imposing landscapes, then get the really restful moments in a diversified World and a colourful Sub-region of Mekong River: VIETNAM – LAOS – CAMBODIA – THAILAND – MYANMAR ! GOOD-BYE & SEE YOU AGAIN ! (B, L)

BREAK DOWN PRICES : (in U.S dollar)

- TRANSFERS & TOUR GUIDE: US$TBA/pax

- TOUR & ENTRANCE FEES: US$TBA/pax

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