Jeff Rasley
"YOU HAVE TO GET LOST BEFORE YOU CAN BE FOUND."
OUR SAMPLE TOURS
10
days
VIETNAM CLASSIC TOUR
Day 1: Arrive Hanoi
Upon arrival, our guide will meet you and transfer you to the hotel.
Day 2: Hanoi
Hanoi full day city tour
Day 3: Hanoi - Halong
Embark on a 3.5-hour drive from Hanoi with a stop at a local house. Board your private deluxe junk where a welcome drink awaits. After a relaxing break, enjoy a delicious seafood lunch while cruising through the magical bay, where thousands of sculpted limestone islands rise from the waters like dragons’ teeth. After lunch, take a short trek to a nearby summit for a panoramic view of the bay, swim on a quite beach or sunbath on the deck.
Day 4: Halong – Hanoi - Hue
Return to Hanoi airport for an onward flight to the former Royal Capital of Hue during the Nguyen Lords, a feudal dynasty which reigned from the 17th to 19th century. Upon arrival, transfer to your hotel for checking in.
Day 5: Hue
Full day Hue city tour
Day 6: Hue – Hoi An
Drive to Hoi An. Upon arrival in Danang, drive another 45min to the ancient town of Hoi An, stopping in Danang at a garden full of stone carving statues and chat to the owner about the meaning of the statues while your kids would love to explore the fun artworks displayed here.
Day 7: Hoi An
Hoi An city tour
Day 8: Danang –– Saigon (flight)
After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your onward flight to Saigon. On arrival, transfer to your hotel for check-in. Saigon City tour
Day 9: My Tho
Mekong delta tour
Day 10: Saigon departure
Enjoy Saigon at your leisure until transfer to the airport for departure flight.
6
days
INSIGHT CAMBODIA TOUR
Day 1: Siem Reapeap
Upon arrival in Siem Reap, a pleasant sleepy backwater serving as a gateway to the ancient capital of Angkor, transfer to hotel for check in. Rest and relax for the remainder of the day.
Day 2: Siem Reap
enjoy a fun tuk-tuk ride to the royal city of Angkor Thom. At first glance, it seems a shapeless mass of stone, but further scrutiny reveals enigmatic faces looking at every direction, with half-closed eyes, all looking content and serene.
Day 3: Siem Reap
Visit to the picturesque Ta Prohm, a jungle-clad temple with overgrown trees, giving a haunting and exotic atmosphere. The magnificent roots of a tree push itself between the temple’s huge stone blocks in an embrace, emphasizing the ‘lost city’ feel.
Day 4: Siem Reap – Phnom Penh (Air)
Transfer to airport for flight to Phnom Penh. Upon arrival, transfer to the hotel for check in. Set out on a city touro
Day 5: Phnom Penh
Full day city tour. Explore the city and the markets on your own for the rest of the day.
Day 6: Depart Phnom Penh (Air)
After breakfast, spend the time at you leisure until transfer to Phnom Penh airport for departure flight.
6
days
LAOS CLASSIC TOUR
Day 1: Luang Prabang
Arrive in Luang Prabang
Day 2: Luang Prabang
Start a tour around this sacred city of temples, where nearly 50 still stand in the town and surrounding areas.
Day 3: Luang Prabang – Kuangsi waterfall
The waterfall, although not very high, is spectacular with its lush surroundings in the nationally protected forest area.
Day 4: Luang Prabang – Vientiane (Air)
Transfer to the airport for onward flight to the capital of Laos.
Day 5: Vientiane
City tour
Day 6: Departure (Air)
Explore the city at your leisure until transfer to the airport for departure flight.
SPECIAL ACTIVITIES IN INDOCHINA
VIETNAM
- Talk with famous historians/scholars about Vietnam history & culture
- Home hosted meal in a restored royal home
- Vegetarian lunch in a pagoda with the monk
- Yoga class in at tranquil pagodas
- Street food tours
- Cocktail reception at the art studio or at the artist’s home
- Biking through countryside into a local home and spending time with local families
- Charity activities with the buffalo donation, private cooking class in a home of a chef ...
CAMBODIA
- Tea & Talk with the artist Van Nat, one of the only seven survivors out of 14,000 inmates of Tol Sleng genocide museum
- Good-luck blessings by Buddhist monks at Wat Damnak
- Angkor temple trip led by a Khmer scholar
- Pumped Well donation in Siem Reap villages
- Hot air balloon over Angkor temples
LAOS
- Baci ceremony at Heritage House with traditional music & dance
- Cocktail reception with the textile expert Carol Cassidy
- Hill tribe walk with an expert of cultural preservation