Hidden Treasures of the East

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Seoul, Yangon, Bagan, Chiang Mai, Luang Prabang, Bangkok

Investigate Seoul’s dynamic and enthusiastic Hongdae District and visit Changdeokgung Palace, one of South Korea’s five thousand castles.

Step back on schedule in Yangon on a notable strolling visit and later, meet a neighborhood author to acquire nearby points of view on a scope of issues from legislative issues to cooking.

Take to the skies on an early morning tourist balloon ride over the sanctuary locale of Bagan.

Visit the world’s first Elephant Hospital close to Chiang Mai and later, Ban Mae Sa Mai, the biggest Hmong people group in Northern Thailand.

Stay at a handpicked determination of premium facilities.

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All about the Hidden Treasures of the East.

A travel experience like no other

This example schedule was made by specialists and is intended to motivate your next trip. It is fit to be tweaked to suit your inclinations, tastes, and financial plan so you can interface with neighborhood societies and experience valid travel on your own terms, and leaving at whatever point you pick.

  • DAY 1

SEOUL You’ve Arrived

  • Airport Meet & Greet
  • Incheon Airport with Guide – Mini Van/Driver/Guide.

 

  • DAY 2

SEOUL See the Signature Sights in Style

  • Changdeokgung Palace, Bukchon Hanok Village, Insadong & Jongmyo (8 hrs) – Private.

 

  • DAY 3

SEOUL A-Town Frozen in Time

  • 1/2 Day Namsangol Hanok Village & N Seoul Tower (4 hrs) – Vehicle/Driver/Guide
  • Seoul at Leisure.

 

  • DAY 4

SEOUL TO YANGON A Change of Scenery

  • Incheon Airport with Guide – Mini Van/Driver/Guide
  • Air – Seoul – Yangon [3.5 hrs] – Economy
  • Airport Meet & Greet
  • Airport – Vehicle/Driver/Guide.

 

  • DAY 5

YANGON Cultural Immersion

  • Yangon Heritage Walk – Vehicle/Driver/Guide
  • Tea and Conversation with a Myanmar Writer – Guide/Myanmar Writer
  • Dinner (not included).

 

  • DAY 6

YANGON TO BAGAN The Journey Continues…

  • Airport – Vehicle/Driver/Guide
  • Air – Yangon – Bagan [1.5 hrs] – Economy
  • Airport – Vehicle/Driver/Guide
  • Half-Day Bagan Temple Tour with History Specialist.

 

  • DAY 7

BAGAN Hidden Gems

  • Markets, Monasteries, Boat Ride to 12th Century Hidden Cave Temple with Lunch – Vehicle/Guide/Driver.

 

  • DAY 8

BAGAN TO YANGON A Bird’s Eye View

  • Premium Ballooning over Bagan – Vehicle/Driver/Guide
  • Airport – Vehicle/Driver/Guide
  • Air – Bagan – Yangon [40 min] – Economy
  • Evening Shwedagon Pagoda & the Magic of 1000 Oil Lamps (2 hrs) – Vehicle/Driver/Guide.

 

  • DAY 9

YANGON TO CHIANG MAI Onward and Upward

  • Airport – Vehicle/Driver/Guide
  • Air – Yangon – Chiang Mai [1.5 hrs] – Economy
  • Chiang Mai Night Markets (with Tastings, 3 hrs) – Private.

 

  • DAY 10

CHIANG MAI Sights and Insights

  • Elephant Hospital, Temples of Lampang & Lamphun (with Lunch, 9 hrs) – Private.

 

  • DAY 11

CHIANG MAI Nurtured by Nature

  • Hmong Experience (with Lunch, 9 hrs) – Vehicle/Driver/Guide.

 

  • DAY 12

CHIANG MAI TO LUANG PRABANG En Route

  • Airport – Vehicle/Driver/Guide – Out of Chiang Mai Town
  • Air – Chiang Mai – Luang Prabang [1 hr] – Economy (Bangkok Airways)
  • Fast Track Visa on Arrival – VISA
  • Airport – Vehicle/Driver/Guide.

 

  • DAY 13

LUANG PRABANG Chasing Waterfalls

  • Essential Luang Prabang & the Kuangsi Waterfall (with Lunch, 9 hrs) – Vehicle/Driver/Guide.

 

  • DAY 14

LUANG PRABANG TO BANGKOK On the Road Again

  • Airport – Vehicle/Driver/Guide
  • Air – Luang Prabang – Bangkok [2 hrs] – Economy (Bangkok Air)
  • Airport Meet & Greet
  • Airport – Vehicle/Driver/Guide
  • Evening Taste of Chinatown (3 hrs) – Private Tour.

 

  • DAY 15

BANGKOK Explore with an Expert

  • Explore Damnoen Saduak Floating Market and Lao Tak Lak Riverside Community (with Lunch, 5 hrs) – Private.

 

  • DAY 16

BANGKOK Bon Voyage

  • Airport – Vehicle/Driver/Guide.

 

 

The tour package inclusions and exclusions at a glance
What is included in this tour?Items that are included in the cost of tour price.
  • One bag and one carry-on per individual for trip moves
  • Breakfast every morning at your lodging, in addition to any suppers demonstrated in the schedule
  • Hello at the air terminal or at your convenience from one of our agents – your master will affirm your meet and welcome area with you
  • Nearby private aides or shared visits that take you through your agenda features and encounters, your last schedule will affirm the kind of visit
  • A private driver for visits and moves (in certain nations our neighborhood private aides likewise go about as your driver – your Destination Expert will examine with you if appropriate)
  • All convenience stays, visits, and moves for booked exercises are covered, except if in any case recorded in the agenda
  • Every minute of every day in-objective help from our neighborhood office
  • A completely altered agenda dependent on your inclinations and timetable.
What is not included in this tour?Items that are not included in the cost of tour price.
  • Visa expenses, inoculation expenses, and neighborhood takeoff charges (when material)
  • Discretionary improvements like room or flight updates, or neighborhood camera or video expenses
  • Extra touring, exercises, and encounters outside of your schedule
  • Early registration or late registration from inns (except if in any case indicated)
  • Individual charges like clothing, calls, SIM cards, or room administration
  • Abundance things charges, and where relevant, stuff excluded from your toll
  • Snacks, meals, and beverages (drunkard and non-heavy drinker), except if determined in the agenda
  • Tips for administrations and encounters
  • Visas (except if noted)
  • Travel protection, which we offer and can be bought after you’ve booked your visit
  • Your global airfare – kindly can let your master say whether you’d prefer to get estimating from our Air Team.
  1. Day 1 SEOUL

    You’ve Arrived

    For your additional solace, your guide will be sitting tight for you outside the traditions territory with a sign with your name on it and go with you to your convenience.

    Meet your English-talking aide and driver for an air terminal exchange with a private vehicle.

  2. Day 2 SEOUL

    See the Signature Sights in Style

    Appreciate this entire day visit in and around Seoul uncovering a portion of the numerous features. Changdeok Palace is one of the ”Five Grand Palaces” worked by the rulers of the Joseon Dynasty. Due to its area, east of Gyeongbok Palace, Changdeokgung, with Changgyeonggung, it is likewise alluded to as the ”East Palace”. The Bukchon Hanok Village is the ideal location for those looking to find out about and appreciate the excellence of Hanok (conventional Korean-style house). Bukchon is definitely not an authority metropolitan name; rather, it implies that it deceives the north of Cheonggyecheon (Stream) and Jongno, the midtown region of Seoul. It used to be a very good quality private area for illustrious relatives and high-positioning government authorities. Insa-dong Street quite possibly the most paramount attraction in Seoul and addresses the point of convergence of Korean conventional culture and specialties. Stores in Insa-dong work in a wide assortment of products that must be bought or appreciated in Korea: hanbok (customary garments), hanji (conventional paper), customary teas, ceramics, and people creates. Jongmyo is a Confucian place of worship committed to the dedication of administrations for the expired lords and sovereigns of the Korean Joseon Dynasty. As indicated by UNESCO, the hallowed place is the most seasoned regal Confucian sanctuary protected and the ceremonial services proceed, a practice set up in the fourteenth century. Such altars existed during the Three Kingdoms of Korea period however just the sanctuaries for the leaders of Joseon remain.

  3. Day 3 SEOUL

    A Town Frozen in Time

    Today, set out to find Namsangol Hanok Village. Namsangol Hanok Village opened in 1998 on the north side of Namsan Mountain in the focal point of the capital. This town has five reestablished customary Korean houses, a structure, a conventional nursery, a performing expressions stage, and a period container court, making it the ideal spot for the two local people and guests to go for a relaxed stroll while absorbing the set of experiences. After entering the front entryway, you will experience the customary life, a distinct difference from the clamoring city. The conventional nursery with its structure and the customary houses makes a quiet mood prior to arriving at the forested Namsan Mountain. A period container remembering Seoul’s 600 Year Anniversary was covered at the most elevated place of the town in 1994 and is planned to be returned 400 years after the fact in 2394. A while later, visit Seoul’s first milestone, N Seoul Tower. N Seoul Tower was the primary famous pinnacle open to guests in Korea. A perplexing society space intended to feature the congruity between 21st-century development practices and nature, it is an absolute necessity while visiting Seoul.

    Seoul, privately known as the Miracle on the Han River, has for quite a long time flourished as a monetary and social center in Eastern Asia. As of late, the development of K-pop and its in-vogue downtown center has changed the city into a travel industry focus, consistently scoring as one of the world’s main ten most visited urban areas on a yearly premise. During your spare energy in the South Korean capital, consider visiting Insa-dong, an exuberant area noted for its incredible displays, cafés, collectibles, and eateries. To all the more likely comprehend the broad history of the area, a visit to the Five Grand Palaces of Seoul, all found in the Jongno and Jung Districts is energetically suggested. Whatever you pick, make certain to investigate; a city like Seoul has such a huge amount to bring to the table.

  4. Day 4 SEOUL TO YANGON

    A Change of Scenery

    Meet your English-talking aide and driver for an air terminal exchange with a private vehicle.

    Get onto a trip in Seoul, South Korea with the administration to Yangon, Myanmar. The rough flight span is three hours and 35 minutes.

    For your additional solace, your guide will be sitting tight for you outside the traditions zone with a sign with your name on it. Your guide will help you to coordinate getting together with your private driver and go with you to your convenience.

    Meet your driver for an air terminal exchange with a private vehicle and an English-talking guide.

  5. Day 5 YANGON

    Social Immersion

    Yangon downtown is novel with a lot of its provincial time engineering actually standing. You discover one of Asia’s most amazing assortments of the late nineteenth and mid-20th-century structures, strict and mainstream. Beginning after breakfast or lunch this strolling visit will take you through midtown Yangon, zeroing in on its old frontier structures. Your guide will walk you through the back roads in a casual beat and disclose to you the historical backdrop of each building some of the vacant, some getting reestablished and some utilized for unexpected purposes in comparison to when fabricated. This stroll along the roads of Yangon will in any event compositionally make you a stride back on schedule. The walk closes with a beverage at a comfortable mixed drink relax.

    Myanmar has gone through patterns of quickly changing political environment throughout the most recent couple of many years, and the social parts in this personality move have a ton of knowledge into the governmental issues, uprising, and obviously the nearby food customs. Join your private guide at your lodging for an essential discussion over tea or espresso with Ma Thanegi, a distributed Burmese author, food darling, and previous secretary of Aung San Suu Kyi. The premier expert on Myanmar cooking and the political system changes, Ma Thanegi was even a visitor on Anthony Bourdain’s Myanmar scene of ”Parts Unknown”. The creator assumed an astute part in the occasions of Myanmar’s politically charged history and was firmly connected with the resistance development during the uprising of 1988. She was brought into the world in Myanmar and taught at the Methodist English High School, and went through 3 years in the Insein Jail, the motivation for her book ”Nor Iron Bars a Cage”. Mama Thanegi is a bright character to invest energy with and functioned as a painter from 1967 until 1998, including 7 independent displays of her work. Myanmar’s different food is one of her number one subjects to visit with visitors.

  6. Day 6 YANGON TO BAGAN

    The Journey Continues…

    Meet your driver for an air terminal exchange with a private vehicle and an English talking guide.

    Fly from Yangon to Bagan. Flight time is roughly 1.5 hours.

    Meet your driver for an air terminal exchange with a private vehicle and an English talking guide.

    Today your guide will carry you to a sanctuary with an extraordinary perspective on Bagan where a sanctuary history expert will give an hour’s address about the historical backdrop of Bagan. The subject matter expert, Mr. Myo Nyunt Aung is an Independent Research Scholar (Archeology) with 23 years of administration in the Myanmar Department of Archeology (1987-2010) where he stood firm on the footing of Deputy Director.  Currently, he is Executive Member of the Association for the Protection and Preservation of Bagan Cultural Heritage Region; he is a learned Bagan occupant who has direct experience chipping away at the safeguarding and reclamation of the immense measure of old sanctuaries. In acknowledgment of his aptitude, he was welcomed as visiting Scholar, Asian Studies Program, the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, USA (2010-2011).

  7. Day 7 BAGAN

    Secret Gems

    This is an ideal trip in Bagan when you have a feeling that you’ve seen the greater part of the sanctuaries (or possibly enough) and furthermore need to find somewhat a greater amount of the Myanmar open country. Pass by private vehicle to Kyauk Gu Umin cavern sanctuary that seldom sees unfamiliar guests. Proceed to Pakkoku and visit a neighborhood shoe manufacturing plant, the market, and see where the celebrated Pakkoku covers are made. A private boat is prepared for you at the breakwater in Pakkoku for a relaxed two-hour trip downriver while lunch is being served ready. In the early evening, your guide and driver will take you to see neighborhood town life in the dry zone, and later in the day, visit a lacquerware workshop in Myinkaba town.

  8. Day 8 BAGAN TO YANGON

    A Bird’s Eye View

    One of the numerous features when visiting Myanmar is taking a tourist balloon ride. In the early morning, before dawn, you will be gotten up in and headed to the dispatch site for a stupendous sight-seeing balloon ride over the sanctuary zone in Bagan. The generally British inflatable pilots are working each inflatable under the most noteworthy UK security norms and the perspectives you will get are amazingly marvelous. Appreciate an exceptional inflatable ride in a more modest inflatable that obliges a limit of 8 visitors, for a more private trip over the pagodas. In the wake of coasting noticeable all around and following the breeze, you will land securely and be invited back on the ground by a grinning team serving cold champagne prior to returning you to your lodging.

    Meet your driver for an air terminal exchange with a private vehicle and an English talking guide.

    Fly from Bagan to Yangon. Flight time is roughly 40 minutes.

    The Shwedagon pagoda sparkles gold over Yangon’s horizon, and the evening is an especially mysterious chance to visit the enlightened pagoda. With your private guide and driver, visit the Shwedagon at sunset, where the fading sunshine offers a really amazing encounter. During this season of the day, the principal stage isn’t exceptionally occupied and the enchanted substance of the pagoda really springs up. Find out about the historical backdrop of the pagoda and gain further experiences into Myanmar’s Buddhist convictions, and how the profound conviction is intensely mixed with the confidence in nats – Myanmar spirits.

    Take part in the moving Mee Htun Bwe ceremony, an exceptional function of contributions to Buddha with expectations of accepting astuteness and edification. During the service, you will help with lighting 1000 oil lights on the stage encompassing the Shwedagon pagoda.

  9. Day 9 YANGON TO CHIANG MAI

    On the up and up

    Meet your driver for an air terminal exchange with a private vehicle and an English talking guide.

    Fly from Yangon to Chiang Mai, Thailand. Flight time is around 1.5 hours.

    Exuberant business sectors are inseparable from Chiang Mai – as evening markets of organic products, vegetables, and new meat alternatives wind down for the afternoon, night markets spring to life, tempting Thais and voyagers the same with newly barbecued sticks, fragrant Thai curries, misleadingly hot peppers, and beautiful neighborhood plates of mixed greens. Northern Thailand’s culinary practices are novel from Bangkok’s choices, procuring Chiang Mai the global qualification of being a ”foodie city” – with heavenly alternatives accessible from adjoining Laos and Myanmar adding to its personality. Adventure into the lively business sectors of Somphret and Warorot with your private manual to begin investigating this delightful food scene. Proceed to more modest, lesser-realized business sectors clamoring with local people searching for the ideal evening nibble (opening days may differ contingent upon seasons). Your guide will help you taste neighborhood bites that will interest the scope of palates as you walk around the city’s principal night market. Have your camera prepared to catch the bewildering exhibit merchants have in plain view, particularly at the energetic blossom markets. For supper, pick to eat at one of the bustling slows down (request that your guide suggest their top choice!) or get back to your inn. While canapés are incorporated during the market walk, supper is excluded.

  10. Day 10 CHIANG MAI

    Sights and Insights

    Head out to the field around Chiang Mai with your private English-talking manual to find the sanctuaries of Lampang and Lamphun, just as a moving visit to the FAE Elephant Hospital, the world’s first elephant clinic, established in 1993. The elephants here are long haul patients recuperating from wounds supported in the logging exchange or in the wild, and the rehabilitative consideration they get here is novel to the district. Proceed to Lampang, halting to peruse for the popular Lampang ceramics and a nibble at the Kaad Thung Kwain Market. Find the glorious Lanna design of Temple Wat Phra That Lampang Luang, a special spot in Thailand where horse-drawn carriages are as yet utilized as open transportation at the temple.  Enjoy lunch at a riverside café, and proceed to Lamphun to visit the amazing sanctuary complex of Wat Phra That Hariphunchai, a sanctuary that is viewed as a significant journey site for Buddhists, particularly for those brought into the world in the Year of the Rooster. On the off chance that time allows in transit back to the city, a stop can be made at Baan Tawai, a town on the edges of Chiang Mai that has acquired a standing as the best spot to look for handiworks, especially wood carvings.

  11. Day 11 CHIANG MAI

    Supported by Nature

    Toward the beginning of today, head to Ban Mae Sa Mai, the biggest Hmong people group in Northern Thailand. Visit the little Hmong gallery, attempt neighborhood tidbits, and require an excellent three-hour nature trail on the slants of Doi Suthep. A nearby Hmong guide will converse with you about the lavish vegetation. Every so often, the thick foliage offers an approach to sublime perspectives on the encompassing slopes. After the journey plunges once again into the Mae Sa Valley where you visit a Royal Project in the Hmong town Nong Hoi. Today this venture is perhaps the biggest maker of vegetables for the Royal Project promoting division, just as an exploration place for spice and vegetable creation. Go for a stroll in two or three towns and meet a portion of the agreeable townspeople.

  12. Day 12 CHIANG MAI TO LUANG PRABANG

    In transit

    You will be secretly moved between the air terminal and your inn by an expert driver and an English-talking guide.

    Load onto a departure from Chiang Mai with the direct support of Luang Prabang, Laos. The inexact flight time is 60 minutes.

    Upon appearance in Luang Prabang, you will be invited by an escort who will hold a billboard with your name on it. This escort will help you with the VISA on the appearance application structure (VISA cost included). Upon fruition, your escort will at that point help you to get your baggage and lead you through the appearance’s door where you will meet your anticipating guide.

    You will be secretly moved between the air terminal and your facilities by an expert driver and an English-talking guide.

  13. Day 13 LUANG PRABANG

    Pursuing Waterfalls

    Meet your guide at your lodging and set off to investigate the notable and enchanting legacy of Luang Prabang. Travel via vehicle to start your excursion at the most well-known of sanctuaries – Wat Xieng Thong. This 500-year-old sanctuary fills in as the best illustration of the exemplary Luang Prabang style. You will likewise visit close by Wat Mai and Wat Sene, influencing Buddhist sanctuaries. From here, investigate neighborhood and fascinating side roads, going through back rear entryways and sanctuaries in a city that appears to have been planned considering moderate travel. Today’s walk permits you to absorb the mood and value the secret charms of Luang Prabang while your guide visits with you and local people, posing and noting inquiries of interest as you wind through the town. Keep meandering the landmass, halting at sanctuaries and different destinations as you wish. Make certain to visit the National Museum, the previous Royal Palace. Relics from Laos’s traditionalist past stay here and ought not to be missed on your visit. Disregarding the royal residence is Phousi Mountain; it is said that the individuals who don’t ascend the 328 stages up have not actually made it to the city. In the event that you are capable and slanted, adventure up the slope to be remunerated with amazing perspectives on the locale. Be that as it may, save some energy – the day is simply starting. Then, you’ll head out south to the Kuang Si Waterfall by Tuk, halting en route to visit the Living Crafts Center, where you will perceive how materials are made and meet weavers who keep these customs alive. At the falls, precious stone waters course into unspoiled turquoise pools; a swimming outfit is strongly suggested as hardly any discover places as pure to take a plunge. Likewise, set aside some effort to visit the close by Sunbear Refuge to find out about poaching. It is disappointing, yet here you’ll figure out how the chasing of these jeopardized animals compromises their actual presence. In transit back to the town, stop to visit the Buffalo Dairy Farm, known for its economical way to deal with nearby cultivating. A phenomenal method to complete your day and more than family-situated fun, it is an instructive encounter. After an involved visit through the homesteads that will doubtlessly bring about stories to get back, unwind in the bistro and appreciate the cake of the day presented with frozen yogurt and tea or espresso prior to making a beeline for your lodging.

  14. Day 14 LUANG PRABANG TO BANGKOK

    On the Road Again

    You will be secretly moved between the air terminal and your facilities by an expert driver and an English-talking guide.

    Get onto a trip in Luang Prabang, Laos, with the administration to Bangkok, Thailand. The estimated flight length is two hours.

    To guarantee a consistent encounter, a guide will be sitting tight for you outside the safe Customs region, holding a sign with your name on it. This guide will help you in gathering up with your private driver and go with you to your convenience to help with registration.

    You will be secretly moved between the air terminal and your inn by an expert driver and an English-talking guide.

    Bangkok’s clamoring 200-year-old Chinatown locale, otherwise called Yaowarat, has for some time been one of Bangkok’s most climatic areas. Meander down Chinatown’s restricted rear entryways with your private guide as steaming woks tempt local people and voyagers the same with delicious fragrances and vivid textures. Adornments, intriguing spices, and neon lights add to the frantic speed. Interruption for a beverage at a nearby housetop bar (brew or soda pop included) and appreciate the staggering perspectives on the nightfall over the Chao Phraya River. Hop on a tuk-tuk and head profoundly into Chinatown to truly find what the territory has to bring to the table, from little slows down with low-to-the-ground plastic seats to great eateries. Test Chinese dishes with a particularly Thai twist, including faint total, dumplings, new fish, neighborhood treats, and that’s just the beginning. Your private guide will assist you with exploring the stunning assortment of culinary choices for you to taste, giving an understanding into the neighborhood the unmistakable culinary practices. Finish the evening with a beverage (brew or soda) at an outside bar, where you can unwind in solace and relish in the hurrying around of Chinatown.

  15. Day 15 BANGKOK

    Investigate with an Expert

    The wide-open encompassing Bangkok is dabbed with vivacious conventional gliding markets, where bright sellers paddle along in their kayaks overflowing with new natural products, vegetables, and gifts peddling their products to customers on the banks. Beat the groups and withdraw the city promptly toward the beginning of the day with your private guide for a little while to the realm’s biggest drifting business sector, Damnoen Saduak found 50 miles southwest of the city. There is a great deal of movement at this clamoring energetic market, and bartering is normal – however, don’t anticipate getting the cost down in excess of a couple of baht. Explore the labyrinth of channels for the ideal photograph of beautiful long-tail boats overflowing with tropical leafy foods sure to nibble on a bowl of noodle soup. Stretch your legs for a stroll along the waterway to the adjoining Lao Tak Lak Market where Damnoen Saduak started for your included lunch. The market here is a lot more settled, and the engineering from the late nineteenth century saves a Thai lifestyle tracing all the way back to when the trenches were the fundamental methods for transportation. Pass rice paddies and shrimp ranches on the re-visitation of Bangkok, stopping in transit to visit the biggest pagoda in Thailand, Nakorn Pathom.

  16. Day 16 BANGKOK

    Bon Voyage

    You will be secretly moved between the air terminal and your lodging by an expert driver and an English-talking guide.