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Images of Indochina by Abercrombie and Kent
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IMAGES OF INDOCHINA
16 Day Tour

Images of Indochina by Abercrombie and Kent

     

    A unique chance to “compare and contrast” the traditional cultures, lush natural beauties and modern reinventions of Vietnam and Cambodia.
     

    The A&K Advantage 

    • A&K owned and operated offices in Bangkok, Siem Reap and Phnom Penh providing 24/7 support
    • A private boat ride on the Saigon River after your tour of Ho Chi Minh City
    • A private cruise with lunch on magnificent Halong Bay
    • Freedom of choice: À la carte dining — when, where and with whom you choose — on most evenings during your journey
    • A private boat ride on the historic Perfume River in Hue
    • A privately arranged, uncrowded visit to the exclusive Prasart Museum in Bangkok


    Not included: travel insurance; any airfares; airport departure taxes; excess baggage fees; cost of obtaining passports or visas; gratuities to your guide; personal expenses such as meals, beverages or sightseeing not included in the itinerary;  communication charges; laundry.

    (B) Breakfast, (L) Lunch, (D) Dinner


ITINERARY


     
    Day 1: USA or Canada / Bangkok, Thailand
    Depart on an overnight flight to Bangkok.

    Day 2: Bangkok
    Arrive in Bangkok. The Oriental Bangkok.

    Day 3: Bangkok
    After breakfast, visit the Prasart Museum, followed by an afternoon at leisure. This evening join fellow travellers at a welcome cocktail party and dinner. The Oriental Bangkok B L D

    Day 4: Bangkok / Hanoi, Vietnam
    Fly to Hanoi, capital and political heart of modern Vietnam, with the remainder of the day at leisure. Hotel Sofitel Metropole B L D

    Day 5: Hanoi
    Today’s sightseeing reflects the cultural link between China and Vietnam. Visit Ho Chi Minh’s house, the One Pillared Pagoda, Quanh Tanh Temple and the city’s Fine Arts Museum. Tonight, attend a traditional water puppet show. Hotel Sofitel Metropole B L D

    Day 6: Hanoi / Ha Long Bay / Hanoi
    Weather permitting, a helicopter transports us to scenic Ha Long, “Bay of the Descending Dragon,” for a private cruise. Hotel Sofitel Metropole B L D

    Day 7: Hanoi / Hue
    Fly to Hue, former imperial capital of Vietnam, to tour the Imperial Citadel and the lavish Tu Duc or Khai Dinh Mausoleums. La Residence B L D

    Day 8: Hue / Da Nang
    Visit the Hue Museum and take a boat trip on the Perfume River, before driving to Da Nang via the scenic Hai Van Pass. Furama Resort B L D

    Day 9: Da Nang
    The culturally-eclectic trading port of Hoi An is the day’s first stop, followed by a visit to the Japanese Covered Bridge and Museum and a look at the Cham Museum’s collection of masterworks of terra cotta and sandstone sculpture. The afternoon is at leisure. Furama Resort B L D

    Day 10: Da Nang / Ho Chi Minh City
    Board a flight to Ho Chi Minh City, where sightseeing includes the Thien Hau Pagoda and the busy streets of the city’s Cholon (Chinatown) district. Park Hyatt Hotel B L D

    Day 11: Ho Chi Minh City
    Visit the Cu Chi tunnel network outsidethe city, one of the most notorious battlefields of the Vietnam War. This afternoon, tour Ho Chi Minh City’s Presidential Palace and Notre Dame Cathedral, before a cruise on the Saigon River. Park Hyatt Hotel B L D

    Day 12: Ho Chi Minh City / Phnom Penh, Cambodia
    Fly to Phnom Penh where, after lunch, you visit the Royal Palace, the Silver Pagoda and the National Museum with its beautiful collection of Khmer artwork. Raffles Hotel Le Royal B L D

    Day 13: Phnom Penh / Siem Reap
    A short flight brings you to Siem Reap, gateway to Angkor. This afternoon visit Angkor Thom, the Bayon Temple, the Elephant and Leper King Terraces and Ta Prohm. Sunset finds you at Angkor Wat: an unforgettable sight. Raffles Grand Hotel D’Angkor B L D

    Day 14: Siem Reap
    A full day of sightseeing, starting at Artisans D’Angkor, a traditional crafts workshop, and continuing with excursions to the great lake of Tonle Sap and the 10th-century Banteay Srei complex, renowned for its intricate pink sandstone carvings. Raffles Grand Hotel D’Angkor B L D

    Day 15: Siem Reap / Bangkok
    Return to Angkor or relax on your own at the hotel before this afternoon’s flight to Bangkok. The Oriental Bangkok B L

    Day 16: Bangkok / USA or Canada
    Transfer to the airport to board your homebound flight. B 
     

    CONSIDER AN UPGRADE
     Rice Pavilion room at Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai (from $35 per person per night).


    OPTIONAL MYANMAR POST-TOUR EXTENSION
    The elegant ‘Road To Mandalay,’ operated by Orient Express, offers a convenient and comfortable way to travel through rural Myanmar to the country’s most spectacular sights. Book this extension as shown or revise it to meet your personal requirements (new prices may apply).

    Day 15: Siem Reap / Bangkok / Yangon
    Fly to Bangkok and connect to Yangon. Strand Hotel D

    Day 16: Yangon
    Today’s sightseeing includes the Sule Pagoda, the Reclining Buddha, the Gems Museum, the “Lion Throne” and other examples of the gem-studded Mandalay Regalia in the National Museum, and the Botataung Pagoda. At sunset, visit the magnificent Shwedagon Pagoda. Strand Hotel B L D

    Day 17: Yangon / Mandalay
    Fly to Mandalay to board the river cruiser ‘Road To Mandalay.’ Settle in to your cabin, then return to the city for an afternoon tour. ‘Road To Mandalay’ B L D

    Day 18: Mandalay / Bagan
    After visiting some of the hundreds of temples and monasteries in nearby Sagaing, set sail along the Ayeyarwaddy River for Bagan. ‘Road To Mandalay’ B L D

    Day 19: Bagan
    Between the 11th and 13th centuries AD, thousands of temples and pagodas were built on the Ayeyarwaddy River plains of Bagan. After dinner on board, return for an escorted sunset visit or wander Bagan on your own before returning to your cruiser for the night. ‘Road To Mandalay’ B L D

    Day 20: Bagan / Yangon / Bangkok
    Fly to Yangon and connect with a flight to Bangkok. The Oriental Bangkok B

    Day 21: Bangkok / USA or Canada
    Transfer to the airport to board your homebound flight. B 
     

    The price shown is in USD. Price is per person, based on double occupancy, and does not include international or internal air.
    Departures are limited to 22 passengers. 
    2007 PRICE PER PERSON (Land Arrangements)
    Double occupancy.....$8,300
    Single supplement.....$2,370

    Internal airfare:
    Bangkok/Hanoi/Hue; Da Nang/Ho Chi Minh City/Phnom Penh/Siem Reap/Bangkok
    Economy class, including airport departure taxes.....$915
     


    Connoisseurs travel is A&K's most fully supported escorted option. Group sizes are very small: never more than 24 travellers and often limited to 18 or 20. You'll stay in the best available hotel and most meals are included, as are airport transfers regardless of the flights you choose. Although there are opportunities to explore on your own, you'll spend much of your sightseeing time with your guide, on excursions designed to present a full and balanced picture of your destination.
     
     

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ABERCROMBIE AND KENT
IMAGES OF INDOCHINA
16 Day Tour
Abercrombie and Kent Thailand
From $8300USD
Simply the Best!

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Some people collect travel destinations the way others collect Biedermeier furniture or presidents’ autographs.

What’s come onto the market this year? Bhutan? Libya? Mongolia? Why not fly over this summer and add it to the collection?

Others travel for an entirely different set of reasons. Reasons which have less to do with collecting countries (who needs another trophy on the shelf?) than with gathering experience.

If you’re a member of the latter group, you know that, at its best, a journey down the Sepik River or up Mount Kilimanjaro, across Provence or along the Antarctic Peninsula, can change you deeply in ways both tangible and intangible, acknowledged and unavowed.

However, when changing the way you look at the world is one of your travel objectives — when authentic experience matters more to you than casual acquisition — the travel company you choose has a tall order to fill.
 

That’s where Abercrombie & Kent comes in.

Since 1962, A&K has been doing one thing exceptionally well. We specialize in matching unique people with unique places, and in providing the expertise and (unobtrusive) support that allows them to experience those places fully, at first hand and in their own personal style.

It’s simply the best way to travel. And it requires a unique combination of local knowledge and global organization that only Abercrombie & Kent is equipped to provide.

The travel industry is filled with companies who own only their brochures and a handful of contracts with independent suppliers overseas. In contrast, A&K has its own network of offices (48 and counting) across the globe, staffed full time by A&K professionals. We own and operate luxury camps and lodges in remote destinations to ensure that our clients have access to the best.

And we draw on the knowledge, humor and creativity of an incredible team of staff members and local “friends of A&K,” to bring you face-to-face with an Antarctic iceberg the size of Chartres Cathedral, or make it possible for you to walk around Chartres itself with an expert on its stained glass. To set you down for a private picnic a deux in the middle of the African savannah or give you and the children your own tropical island for a day.

Experience does count. Ours will make yours unforgettable.
 
 

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For more than forty years, Abercrombie & Kent (A&K) has been internationally recognized as the first name in luxury travel. Born in 1962 as a safari company in Nairobi, Kenya, A&K's unparalleled travel and tour operations now extend across the far and exotic reaches of the globe. A&K takes its travelers on extraordinary journeys-in extraordinary style-to more than one hundred countries on all seven continents. The company's tours and safaris span the globe from Africa to the Middle East, India and Nepal; from the Orient to Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific; and from Europe to Central and South America and Antarctica. Forty-five destination management companies ensure the "insider access" that only a local staff can provide.

A&K’s impressive and enticingly varied list of luxury and adventure holidays combine active days with comfortable, luxuriant nights. Small group escorted journeys allow guests to confidently travel to places they might otherwise hesitate to go on their own, with a choice of itineraries at varying levels of luxury. Family holidays are tailored to the interests, attention spans and abilities of all ages, with comfortable hotels and comforting meals, and, most importantly, a friendly guide who understands children. Tailor made private travel offers independent travellers meticulous attention to detail, safety and customer service. These lifestyle-oriented programs are one reason why A&K was honored at the World Travel Awards as “World’s Leading Luxury Specialist Tour Operator.”

Geoffrey Kent, who along with Jorie Butler Kent owns and operates A&K, was born-most fittingly-while his British parents were on safari in Zambia. Indeed, he spent much of his childhood on the African continent. In 1962, Geofrey Kent, along with his parent's Colonel John and Valerie Kent, formed Abercrombie & Kent.

In the 1970s, Geoffrey Kent, who by then had long been the Managing Director of the company, entered into a partnership with Jorie Ford Butler of Oak Brook, Illinois, to run A&K. They continue to travel the world in search of adventures that will surprise and thrill their guests. Under their passionate and visionary guidance-Geoffrey Kent serves as Chairman and CEO, Jorie Butler Kent as Executive Vice Chairman - Abercrombie & Kent represents the uncompromising best at every turn in the road.

With a philosophy that is governed in equal parts by the Kents' unswerving commitment to conservation and their mission to provide "memories of a lifetime," A&K goes to seemingly limitless lengths to design tours that offer privileged access and special insight. Further distinguishing A&K is the fact that the company owns luxury safari lodges in pristine wilderness areas, including Chief's Camp and Chobe Chilwero in Botswana; exclusive rights to camps with some of Africa's finest game-viewing; a fleet of comfortable, well-maintained ground transport vehicles; and the Sun Boats on the Nile. A&K also creates unique travel experiences built around the luxury trains of Venice Simplon-Orient-Express and the Royal Scotsman; the Road to Mandalay river cruiser and 29 canal and river cruisers in Europe; and the legendary Sea Cloud, the world's most beautiful sailing ship.

Abercrombie & Kent's headquarters are in Oak Brook, Illinois. Forty-seven offices worldwide, employing more than 1,700 travel professionals, offer unrivaled attention to detail, safety issues and service standards.

A deep-rooted concern for the natural world infuses each and every A&K trip: Geoffrey Kent and Jorie Butler Kent believe passionately in "high-yield, low-impact" tourism-adventure that respects the natural environment and benefits indigenous peoples. They are the founders of Friends of Conservation and the Abercrombie & Kent Global Foundation, established to address global environmental and conservation concerns. Among its achievements have been significant contributions to the preservation of Kenya's famed Masai Mara Game Reserve, as well as to anti-poaching and environmental education projects on all seven continents.
 
 

Abercrombie & Kent is proud to have received the following:

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“Best Africa/Middle East Tour Operator” - December 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000
Men’s Journal
“10 Great Companies to Work For” - November 2004 
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“Best of the Web” - April 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001
Elite Traveler
“Wonders of the World: Machu Picchu”, Juan Lazo, Best Guide - January 2004
World Travel Awards
 “World’s Leading Luxury Specialist Tour Operator” - 2003
 “World’s Leading Villa Operator” - 2003
Travel + Leisure Magazine
 “Best Tour Operator and Safari Outfitter” - 2004 (#12), 2003 (#5), 2002 (#2), 2001 (#1), 2000 (#2), 1999 (#1), 1998 (#1), 1997 (#1), 1996 (#1)
 “Top Guides in Africa” – Joseph Ndunguru, Gavin Ford - 2001
Conde Nast Traveler
“Readers’ Choice Awards: Top 15 African Safari Camps”
   Olonana and Chief’s Camp - 2004
   Chief’s Camp - 2003
   Chobe Chilwero -2002
“The World’s Best Places to Stay,” Gold List
   Chief’s Camp - January 2004
   Chobe Chilwero - 2003
“The Greatest Travel Pros on Earth”
“A&K has access to places and people that other operators in China don’t – including some of the top English speaking guides. Hatherly is a cultural encyclopedia, Chen a whiz with logistics.” - 2003
"Reader’s Choice: Top 20 Small-Ship Cruise Lines" - 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997
Gavin Ford, “15 Best Safari Guides” - 2002
Ecotourism Award – Special Mention - 1996
Conde Nast Traveller (UK)
"World's Best Tour Operator” - 2004 (#3), 2003 (#5), 2001 (#2), 2000 (#1), 1999 (#1)
Andrew Harper’s Hideaway Report
“Favorite Hideway Resorts of the Past 25 Years”, Chief’s Camp - 2004
“Favorite Worldwide Travel Adventures”, Olonana, Chief’s Camp - 2004
“Previewing Heaven: 15 Worldwide Hotels with Drop-Dead Views”, Chief’s Camp - 2003
“Top 20 Hideaway Gems,” World’s Best Hotels, Resorts & Hideaways, Chief’s Camp - 2002
Travel Agent Magazine
“Leaders in Luxury,” Geoffrey Kent - 2002
World Travel & Tourism Council
Green Award for Corporate Social Leadership in Travel & Tourism - 2002
Town & Country
Gavin Ford, “Top Guides in Africa” - 2001
Queen’s Award for Enterprise
(A&K Europe) - 2001, 2000
Chevron Conservation Award
Jorie Butler Kent - 1999
ASTA/Smithsonian
Environmental Award - 1992


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