3-night post-extension - $899 per person
Day 1
After your final cruisetour breakfast, check out of your hotel in Ho Chi Minh City and fly to Bangkok. Check in to the centrally located Millennium Hilton (or equivalent), then get settled in. The rest of your day is at leisure; tour some of the various wats (temples), explore the Chinatown area or shop at the Indian market at Phahurat. (B)
Day 2
After breakfast, join a traditional longtail boat tour of the city’s canals and the Chao Phraya River. Explore the small canals of Thon Buri—the former capital of Thailand during the reign of King Taksin—located across from Bangkok on the opposite bank of the Chao Phraya. Get treated to a view of Thai daily life along the riverbanks. On your return journey, stop for a visit to Wat Arun, known as the “Temple of Dawn.” Relax at your hotel this afternoon or perhaps enjoy a traditional Thai puppet theater or temple dance performance. (B)
Day 3
Today you will take a tour of Bangkok’s Grand Palace. Dating back to the late 1700s, this walled complex, featuring golden pagodas and spires, has been the royal family’s main residence for more than 150 years, and also houses the entire administrative seat of government—military headquarters, the state department, even the mint. Venture through Bangkok’s Chinatown to Wat Po, known as the Temple of the Reclining Buddha. Take the rest of the day to do some shopping; Bangkok offers everything from colorful open air markets to some of the most sophisticated shopping malls in the world. (B)
Day 4
After breakfast, check out of your hotel and proceed to the airport for your return flight.* (B)
The following meals are included each day:
B = Breakfast
*For 2012, transfers are not included. Let us know if you would like help arranging your airport transfers. For 2013, airport transfers are included if Viking air offer is purchased and flight arrival or departure date coincides with cruise/tour start or finish date only.