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SOUTHEAST ASIA

TOUR PRICE INCLUDES:
• 18 nights hotel accommodation
• 1 night home-stay accommodation
• All flights as specified in the itinerary
• Train from Phnom Penh to Kampot
• Transport in air-conditioned vehicles
(except cyclo and tuk-tuk touring)
• Mekong River cruise
• Tonle Sap Lake cruise
• Entrance fees
• English-speaking Tour Leader
• All tips on tour
• Return group transfers from airport
to accommodation
• Meals as indicated (B = breakfast,
L = lunch, D = dinner)
Kep, Cambodia
DAY 1 Chiang Rai (Thailand) DAY 11 Phnom Penh PRICE PER PERSON*
On arrival in Chiang Rai, transfer to your hotel Spend the day exploring Phnom Penh and take 2019 TWIN SINGLE
and enjoy free time until your tour briefing. a cyclo to the Central Market. Visit Tuol Sleng JAN 15 G $5159 $6339
Overnight at Laluna Hotel & Resort (or similar). Museum and the Killing Fields memorial at FEB 12 $5159 $6339
Choeng Ek. In the afternoon, explore the Royal MAR 12 G $5159 $6339
DAY 2 Chiang Rai to Pakbeng (Laos) Palace and Silver Pagoda followed by drinks at APR 09 G $5089 $6209
Board a private boat and cruise the Mekong to the Foreign Correspondent Club. (B) MAY 14 G $4999 $6039
Pakbeng. Overnight at Phetsokxai (or similar). (BL) JUN 11 G $4999 $6039
09
$4999
$6039
JUL
DAY 12 Phnom Penh to Kampot
DAYS 3-5 Pakbeng to Luang Prabang Travel by train from Phnom Penh to Kampot AUG 13 G $4999 $6039
10
$6039
SEP
$4999
Cruise to Pak Ou Caves before arriving in then cruise on Preaek Tuek Chhu River. OCT 08 G $5149 $6329
Luang Prabang. The next day, enjoy a walking Overnight at Columns Hotel (or similar). (B) NOV 12 G $5159 $6349
tour before playing a game of petanque as DEC 10 $5159 $6349
you enjoy sunset drinks. On your last day in DAYS 13-14 Kampot to Kep 2020 TWIN SINGLE
Luang Prabang, rise early to see Buddhist On the way to Kep, visit Phnom Chhnork temple JAN 14 $5669 $6979
monks collecting alms and enjoy a local noodle and learn about the production of the region’s FEB 11 $5669 $6979
$5669
10
$6979
MAR
breakfast. Drive to Kuang Si Falls before a free renowned salt and Kampot pepper. The next
afternoon. In the evening, join the Bamboo day, explore Kep’s ruined French villas, the busy G = Guaranteed departure with minimum 2 guests.
Experience cooking school. Stay three nights crab market and relax on Rabbit Island. Stay two Code: LCEC
at Sala Prabang (or similar). (3B1L1D) nights at The Beach House (or similar). (2B) TRIP GRADING: MODERATE
DAYS 6-7 Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng DAY 15 Kep to Takeo (See page 87 for details)
From Luang Prabang, drive to Vang Vieng and Travel north to Takeo and enjoy a speedboat ride
climb to the entrance of Tham Chang cave for before visiting Phnom Da, a striking hilltop temple.
great views. The next day, kayak along the Nam This evening, share a home-cooked meal with
Song River and enjoy a free afternoon. Stay two your home-stay family. Overnight at a home-stay
nights at Villa Nam Song (or similar). (2B) (or similar). (BD)
DAY 8 Vang Vieng to Vientiane DAY 16 Takeo to Kampong Thom
Drive to Vientiane and stop en route at Drive through rural Cambodia to Santuk
‘Kilometre 52’, a village with a large ethnic Silk Farm and learn about silk production
population. On arrival in Vientiane, discover techniques. After a delicious home-cooked
some of the city’s key sites. Stay the next two lunch, continue the drive to Kampong Thom.
nights at Lao Orchid Hotel (or similar). (B) Spend the rest of the day at leisure. Overnight
at Sambor Village Hotel (or similar). (BL)
DAY 9 Vientiane
On a city tour, see ‘Buddha Park’ filled with DAY 17 Kampong Thom to Siem Reap
statues inspired by Buddhist and Hindu epics. Drive from Kampong Thom to Siem Reap. En
Visit the Lao Disabled Women’s Development route, walk across a Naga Bridge and take a boat
Centre and COPE Centre before a free trip on Tonle Sap Lake. Stay the next three nights
afternoon. In the evening, receive a traditional at Somadevi Angkor Hotel & Spa (or similar). (B)
Lao blessing at a ‘baci’ ceremony and enjoy DAYS 18-20 Siem Reap
a Lao ‘jaew’ feast. (BD)
Venture to Angkor Wat by tuk-tuk for sunrise.
DAY 10 Vientiane to Phnom Penh Travel to the Angkor Thom complex for a monk
(Cambodia) blessing, explore Bayon and Ta Prohm. The next
Fly from Vientiane to Phnom Penh. On arrival, day, see Banteay Srei and Boeng Mealea, and visit
transfer to your hotel and enjoy free time until the Aki Ra Landmine Museum. In the evening,
your Cambodia tour briefing. Stay the next enjoy a farewell group dinner. On your last day,
two nights at Frangipani Royal Palace Hotel enjoy breakfast before transferring to the airport
(or similar). (B) for your onward journey. (3B1L1D) Bayon, Cambodia

*Prices are per person twin share based on low season and will vary depending on date of travel, unless otherwise stated. Pricing does not include the airfare from New Zealand. Please contact us for an air-inclusive quote. 51
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