China tours: Xinjiang Itinerary

If you are interested in a tour of Xinjiang Province in far Western China, consider this itinerary:

Day 1:Arrive Urumqi
Day2: Urumqi/Kanas
Day3: Kanas
Day4: Kanas/Urumqi/Kashgar
Day5: Kashgar
Day6:Kashgar/Karakul Lake/Kashgar
Day7:Kashgar/Hontan
Day8:Hotan
Day9: Hotan/Urumqi/Turpan
Day10:Turpan
Day11:Turpan/Dunhuang/Urumqi
Day12: Depart Urumqi

Recommended Hotels:
Urumqi: Sheraton Hotel, Urumqi
Kanas: Hofu Eco Hotel
Kashgar: Tianyuan International Hotel
Hotan: Hotan Hotel
Turpan: Huozhou Hotel

All inclusive tour prices within China from USD 2399 per person
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National Parks of India Itinerary: Ranthambore, Bandhavgarh, Kanha

Itinerary:

Day 1 Delhi
Arrive Delhi. On arrival, transfer to the hotel.

Day 2 Delhi- Ranthambore By Train
Morning transfer to the railway station to board train for Sawai Madhopur. On arrival, transfer to the hotel. Late afternoon game visit in the sanctuary.

Day 3 Ranthambore
Early morning game visit to the sanctuary. Rest of the morning at leisure. Late afternoon game visit to the sanctuary.

Day 4 Ranthambore, Bharatpur By Train
Early morning game visit to the sanctuary. In time transfer to railway station to board train for Bharatpur. On arrival, transfer to the hotel. Late afternoon visit the bird sanctuary by cycle rickshaws.

Day 5 Agra
Early morning visit the bird sanctuary by cycle rickshaws. Later, drive to Agra visiting Fatehpur Sikri en route.

Day 6 Departure Agra
Morning city tour of Agra including a visit to the Taj Mahal. In time transfer to railway station to board overnight train for Umaria.

Day 7 Arrive Umaria Bandhavgarh By Surface
Arrive Umaria in the morning and drive to Bandhavgarh. On arrival check in at hotel. Late afternoon game visit to the sanctuary.

Day 8 Bandhavgarh
Early morning game visit to the sanctuary. Rest of the morning at leisure. Late afternoon game visit to the sanctuary.

Day 9 Bandhavgarh – Kanha By Surface
Morning drive to Kanha and on arrival, check in at hotel. Late afternoon game visit to the sanctuary.

Day 10 Kanha
Early morning game visit to the sanctuary. Rest of the morning at leisure. Late afternoon game visit to the sanctuary.

Day 11 Kanha
Early morning game visit to the sanctuary. Rest of the morning at leisure. Late afternoon game visit to the sanctuary.

Day 12 Kanha to Jabalpur
Morning drive to Jabalpur railway station to board train for Delhi. Overnight on board the train.

Day 13 Arrival Delhi
Morning arrive Delhi. On arrival, transfer to the hotel. Morning tour of Old Delhi. Afternoon tour of Old Delhi. Late evening transfer to International airport to connect flight for onward journey.

Day 14 Leave Delhi
Departure from India

Saigon to Phnom Penh Itinerary Options

There are many ways to tour Indochina starting from Bangkok. Number of travelers head from Bangkok to Siem Reap to see Angkor Wat and from there proceed to Saigon. Following are two options, one from Siem Reap to Saigon and one starting from Saigon:

Saigon / HCMC to Siem Reap:

DAY 1 Arrive in HCMC late evening, transfer to hotel. HCMC
DAY 2 Sightseeing and free time. HCMC
DAY 3 Sightseeing and free time. HCMC
DAY 4 Transfer to Can Tho with boat tour enroute. Can Tho
DAY 5 Visit floating markets. Sightseeing and free time. Can Tho
DAY 6 Transfer to Chau Doc. Sightseeing and free time. Chau Doc
DAY 7 Boat tour Phnom Penh. Sightseeing and free time. Phnom Penh
DAY 8 Sightseeing and free time. Afternoon flight Phnom Penh – Siem Reap. Siem Reap
DAY 9 Angkor 1/3. Siem Reap
DAY 10 Angkor 2/3. Siem Reap
DAY 11 Angkor 3/3. Siem Reap
DAY 12 Free time. Afternoon flight Siem Reap – HCMC. HCMC
DAY 13 Transfer to airport for departure

Lodging Option 1:
HCMC: Park Hyatt (Park Room)
Can Tho: Victoria (Superior Room)
Chau Doc: Victoria (Deluxe Pool View)
Phnom Penh: Raffles Hotel Le Royal (State Room)
Siem Reap: Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor (State Room)

Lodging Option 2:
HCMC: Park Hyatt (Park Deluxe)
Can Tho: Victoria (Superior Room)
Chau Doc: Victoria (Deluxe River View)
Phnom Penh: Raffles Hotel Le Royal (State Room)
Siem Reap: Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor (State Room)

Siem Reap to Saigon / HCMC:

DAY 1
Airport transfer, overnight in Phnom Penh
*Cara Hotel – 1st choice
*Indochine Hotel – 2nd choice
*Duna Hotel – 3rd choice
Dinner at riverside floating restaurant

DAY 2
Sightseeing around Phnom Penh

DAY 3
Travel from Phnom Penh to Vung Tau / HCMC
(Stay at Sammy Hotel / Tan Hai Long Hotel)
*Room : Superior double / twin rooms
To Vung Tau area
Lunch on the way and sightseeing
Dinner at Vung Tau area
Stay at Sammy Hotel

DAY 4
Visit Mekong Delta and My Tho
Boat trip and sightseeing
Lunch / dinner on the way
Stay at Tan Hai Long Hotel (HCMC)

DAY 5
Visit Cu Chi / Cao Dai and city tour
Lunch and dinner (Saigon Boat Cruise)
Stay at Tan Hai Long Hotel (HCMC)

DAY 6
City tour and market shopping
Transfer to Airport for Departure

Introduction to Brazil: Rio de Janeiro & Iguassu Falls

If you are on a limited time and want to sample the legendary Rio de Janeiro and combine it with an outing to Iguassu Falls, one of UNESCO’s natural heritage sites, you can do it on as little as 3 nights Rio de Janeiro and 2 nights at Iguassu Falls and have a rewarding vacation.

Package prices start as low as $850 inclusive sightseeing, airfare is extra, and prices will differ if traveling during holidays and peak travel periods.
To add more of Brazil, side trips to Buzios or Paraty, Amazon, Minas Gerais, Bahia, Sao Luis or elsewhere in Brazil, go to Brazil Tours.

2-day Kathmandu Explorer

Day 1: Kathmandu City Sightseeing
Meet on arrival and drive to hotel.
Afternoon sightseeing of Pashupatinath Temple, Boudhanath Stupa, Overnight in Kathmandu

Day 2: Kathmandu Valley Sightseeing
Morning sightseeing of Kathmandu Durbar Square, Swayambhunath Temples; afternoon continue sightseeing with Patan City, UNESCO heritage site of Bhaktapur; Overnight in Kathmandu

Land Cost from $199 Net Per Person based on double occupancy 2 pax private tour;
Price includes:
2 Nights hotel in Kathmandu
All transfers by Private Car.
English Speaking Guide.
*monument entrance fees not included

Quotes based on 3-star, 4-star or 5-star accommodations upon request!

Timeless Portugal and Spain

Madrid – Cordoba – Seville – Granada
9 Days/ 8 Nights from $1,371*
Suggested Itinerary Includes:
International round-trip airfare, airport transfers, trains between the cities, Madrid – Cordoba – Seville – Granada accommodation

Timeless Portugal
9 Days/ 8 Nights from $1,391*
Suggested Itinerary Includes:
International round-trip airfare, rent a car for 8 days, train from Porto to Lisbon, Lisbon – Coimbra – Porto – Lisbon accommodation

Best of Central America: Belize, Guatemala & Mexico

Mountain Pine – Tikal Pyramids – Ambergris Caye
9 Days/ 8 Nights from $1,409*
Suggested Itinerary Includes:
International round-trip airfare, sll transfers between cities, Mountain Pine – Tikal – Ambergris Caye accommodation

Belize – Guatemala – Mexico
10 Days/ 9 Nights from $1,949*
Suggested Itinerary Includes:
International round-trip airfare, ground transportation San Ignacio to Flores/Tikal, San Ignacio – Flores/Tikal – Cancun accommodation.

Antigua – Tikal – San Ignacio – Ambergris Caye
11 Days/ 10 Nights from $1,429*
Suggested Itinerary Includes:
International round-trip airfare, transfers between cities, Antigua – Flores/Tikal – San Ignacio – Ambergris Caye accommodation

Brazil packages: Recife, Porto de Galinhas, Olinda and Fernando de Noronha

Escape to the Beach package to Recife, Olinda and Porto de Galinhas
starting at $392 pp dbl.
Package includes three nights at the Best Western Manibu in Recife, three nights at the Armacao Hotel in Porto de Galinhas, and a full-day city tour of Recife and Olinda, a half-day cultural tour with museum visit, a tour of an artist’s workshop, a catamaran sail and daily breakfast.

Diver’s Real Treasure package at Fernando de Noronha
Includes five nights at Pousada Beca de Noronha in Fernando de Noronha, two days of diving, daily breakfast and roundtrip airport transfers. Rates start at $925 pp dbl through June 30.

Delights of Olinda package
rates starting at $995 pp through March 31.
Package includes roundtrip airfare from Miami to Recife, three nights at the Sete Colinas in Olinda, daily breakfast, roundtrip airport transfers and a private half-day city tour of Recife.

Fernando de Noronha package
Package includes airfare from Miami to Recife via American Airlines and from Recife to Fernando de Noronha via Brazilian airline Varig or Trip, four nights on the island at the Pousada Ze Marina, a cruise around the island, two nights in Recife at Atlante Plaza, a sightseeing tour of Olinda, full breakfast daily and roundtrip airport transfers.

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In the footsteps of Jan Hus tour, Czech Republic

Hussite movement is explained not only from the Czech point of view, but also placed in the European context. During this trip we will visit places that are connected with Jan Hus himself as well as with the main protagonists of the Hussite movement (e.g. Jan Žižka, the famous leader of the protestant army) . Two lectures given by experts on the history of Hussite movement are also included in the tour. The last evening we make our guests experience the atmosphere of the late Middle Ages during a medieval feast that will take place in the privately owned fortress of Malešov, near the historical town of Kutná Hora.

Itinerary:

Day 1: Arrival to Prague and transfer to Tábor (a medieval town that Hussits founded, hoping to create a new world according to their principles). Check-in at a hotel and sightseeing in the afternoon.

Day 2: A trip to Prague. A lecture on the Hussite era at the Charles University in the morning, then lunch. In the afternoon we will see Prague’s most important Hussite historical monuments as well as the exhibition of medieval art in the Convent of St. Agnes of Bohemia. We go back to Tábor in the evening.

Day 3: This day starts with a lecture on the Hussite military in the Museum of Tábor. Then we have lunch and go to see the town of Čáslav – one of the centers of Hussite movement in Central Bohemia. Our next stop is the medieval town of Kutná Hora (the second most important Czech town in Middle Ages, the place where silver used to be mined). We check-in at the hotel there and spend the evening in the fortress of Malešov, situated near the place where the bloodiest battle of the protestant war took place.

Day 4: Sightseeing in Kutná Hora including silver mines, Church of St. Barbara
Transfer to Prague Airport, departure.

Pandaw Cruises: Slowly on the Ganges, Mekong Exploration, Irrawaddy and Chindwin

India – Slowly on the Ganges
The cost of our Ganges cruises will increase 25% from the 10th February 2010 to cover spiralling ground costs.

Mekong – Mekong Exploration
Upper deck cabins on our Upstream Mekong cruises will increase by 10% reflecting further enhancements to the service, food and beverage and other investments we have made to maintain our position as the premier cruise brand on the Mekong. Main and Lower deck cabins will remain at the current price.

Burma – All Irrawaddy and Chindwin cruises
From 10th February 2010, all Burma cruises which depart in the 2010 / 2011 season (ie departing between 1 April 2010 and 31 March 2011) will increase by 10% taking them inline with 2011/2012 prices. Note that last year the dollar devalued against the Myanmar kyat by over 20%. This trend looks like it will continue making Burma a more and more expensive destination and further rate hikes may be necessary later in the year.