HONG KONG CITY STAY
3 days / 2 nights

Day 1: Arrive Hong Kong and transfer to your hotel.
Day 2: Half day Hong Kong sightseeing coach tour.
Your Hong Kong Island tour includes a visit to Victoria Peak for a panoramic view of the city and to  Stanley Market famous for bargain shopping. Drive along the coastal line via Repulse Bay to Aberdeen harbor where the junks and sampans of the indigenous Hakka mingle with the magnificent yachts of Hong Kong’s millionaires.  (A sampan ride of Aberdeen harbor will be offered at an optional cost). A stop at a local jewelry factory near Aberdeen offers a chance to look at the fine art and craftsmanship that has made Hong Kong famous in Asia.
Day 3: Transfer to airport.

TOUR INCLUDES:
§  Tours and transfers per itinerary - seat-in-coach
§   2 nights accommodation
§   English-speaking guide

PER PERSON:

High season: Apr, Sep-Nov (exact dates vary per hotel and will be advised at time of booking)                       

TOURS BY SCHEDULED COACH

 NEW TERRITORIES TOUR                                                                              $ per person

Touring around the New Territories will show you another face of Hong Kong. You will be surprised at how remote and undeveloped some parts of New Territories are. Highlights include: visit to one of Hong Kong's most impressive Buddhist monasteries "Cheuk Lam Sim Yuen", Wishing Tree in Taipo,  Kam Tin Walled Village, built 700 years ago by the Tang Clan. The border lookout of Lok Ma Chau where you can stand on the hill and look across the Shenzhen River.

MACAU EXCURSION                                                                                      $  per person

A 75-minute Jetfoil, Turbocat or Catamaran ride brings you to Portuguese Macau with visits to Kum Yam Temple, up to Penha Hill for a magnificent view of the city, Barrier Gate at the border between Macau and China and the Ruins of St. Paul Cathedral. Free time to visit Casino Lisboa. Lunch included.

* Transfer between hotels and pier not included in tour prices

 TSING MA LANTAU MONASTERY TOUR                                                  $  per person

The fast and scenic drive along the expressway and the Tsing Ma Bridge soon takes you to the  island. Lantau, with its natural beaches, rural fishing village, peaceful monastery neighbored by the world’s largest Buddha. Enjoy a picture-stop at the viewing platform of the world’s longest road/rail suspension bridge before crossing. Cheung Sha Beach; a gift of nature for its beautiful white sand, it is considered one of the most beautiful and unspoiled beaches in the territory. Tai O Village; a neat fishing village situated on the northwestern coast of Lantau, with plenty of interesting and historic streets, traditional Chinese stilt-houses, small shops, stalls, shrines & temples. Po Lin Monastery; the mountain peak echoes in the background of an ancient religion where it nestles the exquisitely built monastery and the world’s largest seated outdoor bronze Buddha. Lunch included.

 ABERDEEN AND HARBOR NIGHT CRUISE                                                            $  per person

Board an authentic yet modernized Chinese tour boat – for a relaxing evening cruise in Victoria Harbor for sunset dimming on the horizon. After the cruise enjoy a Chinese –style dinner at the famous Jumbo Floating Restaurant in Aberdeen.   Before heading back to your hotel, the tour bus will stop at the Mid-Levels Lookout Point where you will see the tranquil harbor beautifully spread out before you.

 WESTERN SHORELINE & TSING MA BRIDGE CRUISE                                            $  per person

Popular afternoon cruise for those who love the vibrancy and the ambitious town planning of Hong Kong. High-rises showcasing Hong Kong’s architectural phenomenon, include Bank of China, Exchange Square, Hong Kong Bank, Loppo Tower and Central Plaza along the waterfront. There are other new and remarkable landmarks, like Kowloon Wharf and its developments, Kowloon Expressway, and the nearby Stonecutter’s Island. Further on, you will see the spectacular Tsing Ma Bridge linking the new Hong Kong Airport, presently the longest suspension bridge in the world capable of carrying both vehicles and trains.

 DAY TOURS INCLUDE:

Transportation per itinerary * entrance fees * meals per itinerary * English speaking guides
Tours are local group tours (Seat-In-Coach) 
 

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Angkor Wat complex constitutes one of humankind’s most magnificent architectural achievements.  From Angkor the kings of the mighty Khmer Empire ruled over a territory that extended from the tip of what is now southern Vietnam northwards to Yunnan in China and westward to the Bay of Bengal.  Angkor’s hundred or so temples constitute the sacred skeleton of a spectacular administrative and religious center which once covered an area the size of Manhattan.  The building of Angkor was started by Jayavarman II in the 9th century and the complex grew over the next 400 years. Much has been devoured by the ever- encroaching jungle, and much has been destroyed by decades of war, but what we see today are the remains of the lost civilization of Angkor and may very well be the most spectacular architectural ruins found on earth.
(Angkor Wat is located outside the town of Siem Reap)

Phnom Penh founded in the 14^th-Century, is a sprawling city which lies in the arms of the Mekong and Tonle Sap Rivers. During the French colonial period (1863-1954) it was a city of magnificent architecture and wide tree-lined boulevards, much of which is still in evidence today.  The sumptuous Silver Pagoda in the Royal Palace, built by Prince Sihanouk in 1962, contains over 5,000 silver floor tiles and houses one of the most spectacular collections of Buddha statues in the world. One golden Buddha is lavishly decorated with 9,584 diamonds.  On April 17, 1975, the Khmer Rouge troops led by Pol Pot captured Phnom Penh, overthrowing King Norodom’s government, and a four-year reign of terror known as “Year Zero” followed. Today the evidence of this horrific time can be found at the TUOL SLENG MUSEUM an eternal reminder of the horror of Pol Pot’s era.  This converted school was used as a detainment and torture center during the purges of the Khmer Rouge in the late 1970s.  A journey of approximately seven miles through the gentle farming communities outside of Phnom Penh will bring you to the Killing Fields of Choeung Ek, now a memorial attesting to the genocide crimes where over 20,000 Cambodian civilians and some foreigners were executed.

Oudong, built on a hill 25 miles north of Phnom Penh, was the capital of Cambodia before Phnom Penh.  While little remains of the canals, terraces, bridges and more than 100 pagodas created by king Ang Duong, Oudong is still frequented by Khmers who go to pay homage to the remains of former kings.  It is a pleasant half-day trip into the scenic countryside outside Phnom Penh.

Sihanoukville located about 130 miles south of Phnom Penh where miles of dazzling white sand beaches are lapped by the warm waters of the Gulf of Thailand.  The area is a haven where the water is teeming with iridescent fish and phosphorescent coral reefs to the delight of snorkelers.  Local agriculture specializes in pepper plantations and durian farms.

 Rattanakiri Province and Banlung in the northeastern corner of Cambodia; its remote and hilly terrain is populated mostly by hill tribes such as the Kreung, Tompuon and Khmer Loeu.  Jungle, waterfalls, local villages, elephant rides are the attractions of Rattanakiri.  Accommodation is provided in local guesthouses with very basic conditions in the provincial capital of Ban Lung.