Travelling-up-the-Mekong-river - From-Siem-Reap-to-Ho Chi Minh

RV Indochine - Mekong river – From the Angkor Temples to the Mekong Delta

Highlights

• EXCURSIONS INCLUDED
• Discover 3 historical cities: Ho Chi Minh City, Phnom Penh and Siem Reap
• Crossing through the splendid Cho Gao canal.
• Visit 4 major temples in Angkor.
• Meet the locals and learn about their daily lives in Koh Chen, My Tho...

• General Info
• • STARTING PRICE $3480 or €3135
  • DURATION 10 nights
  • DEPARTURE DATES
    • 02, 10, 18 & 26 March 2025
    • 11 & 19 April 2025
    • 21 & 26 August 2025
    • 06, 11, 22,  27 & 29 September 2025
    • 08  & 24 October 2025
    • 09, 25 & 30 November 2025
    • 02, 11 & 16 December 2025
  • EMBARKATION PORTS
    • Siem Reap

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• Itinerary

• Day 1: Siem ReapYour program will begin according to your time of arrival. If your flight arrives between 6:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m., your program will be: Lunch will be served at the hotel. Boat trip on Tonlé Lake to discover the floating villages and the traditional life of its inhabitants. Then, visit of the “Angkor Night Market”. We’ll have dinner in the city and spend the night at a four-star hotel for the four-anchors ship and at a five-star hotel for the five-anchors ship.
  Day 2: Siem Reap - Angkor Temples
  This morning, we’ll tour Ta Prohm and Angkor Thom. Stroll among the enigmatic faces of the Bayon Temple, and discover the Terrace of the Elephants and the Terrace of the Leper King. We’ll have lunch in the city before visiting the Senteurs d'Angkor, a local business with a diverse collection of silk and carvings, as well as a superb range of traditional beauty products and spices, all made locally. We’ll end the day with Phare, the Cambodian circus, and spend the night at the hotel.
  Day 3: Siem Reap - Angkor Temples - TONLE SAP RIVERWe’ll visit the Angkor Wat temple: the epitome of Khmer architectural art and the most famous and imposing of all the monuments in Angkor (visitors must cover their shoulders and wear long pants or a long skirt).
  Lunch will be served at the hotel.
  Road(1) to Koh Chen and discovery of traditional villages. Our crew will welcome you and help you get
  comfortably settled into your cabins.
  OR
  Transfer to your ship. Our crew will welcome you and help you get comfortably settled into your cabins.
  Afternoon cruise(2) through Tonle Lake.
  We’ll have dinner and formally meet our crew. Our ship will remain anchored overnight.
  Day 4: KOH CHEN - KAMPONG TALACHDiscover of the small village of Koh Chen, where craftspeople specialize in silver and copper work. Lunch on board then we will set out to visit the beautiful Vihara at the Wat Kampong Tralach Leu pagoda. To access the pagoda, we need to cross the village of Kampong Tralach, moving along a small road that runs perpendicular to the river in the middle of magnificent rice fields. Our ship will remain anchored overnight.
  Day 5 : KAMPONG CHHNANG - PHNOM PENHKampong Chhnang is one of the largest fishing ports on the Tonle Sap. Fish farming is abundant here. The region is also known for its traditional pottery combining ancient knowledge with modern techniques— Chhnang itself means "pot." We'll also enjoy a tasting of regional products before returning on board. Lunch and cruising to Phnom Penh. Once we arrive, enjoy a brief tour of the area by "tuk-tuk," the easiest way to get around the city. We’ll return to the ship and enjoy a performance of classical Khmer dancing and music.
  Our ship will remain overnight in Phnom Penh.
  Day 6: PHNOM PENHWe’ll enjoy a tour of the fabulous Royal Palace and the Silver Pagoda, which is inlaid with more than 5,000 silver tiles. After, join us for a visit to the National Museum of Cambodia. We’ll have lunch in the city. In the afternoon, you can pay a visit to the Tuol Svay Prey School, a former detention, torture, and execution center run by the Khmer Rouge during the civil war. Afterwards, enjoy some free time at the market. After our tour, we’ll return on board and begin to sail to Chau Doc, a town on the border between Cambodia and Vietnam,
  whose territory became Vietnamese 300 years ago. Our ship will be anchored overnight.

   

  Day 7: CHAU DOCLocated on the border between Cambodia and Vietnam, the prosperous city of Chau Doc has developed around fish and fish farming. We’ll pay a visit to the Ba Chua Xu Temple and the Tay An Pagoda. Lunch on board. We’ll begin to cruise toward Sa Dec. We’ll have dinner and spend the night on board.
  Day 8: SA DEC - VINH LONG - CAI BEVisit the former house of Huynh Thuy Le, the man who Marguerite Duras based her book The Lover on. After our excursion, enjoy some free time in Sa Dec. We’ll have lunch on board and cruise to Vinh Long. We’ll set out in smaller boats and travel through canals and orchards before arriving in Cai Be. We’ll discover a brick and pottery factory as well as a traditional factory producing puffed riced, rice-paper wrappers used to make nems, and rice alcohol*. We’ll return on board our ship and begin to cruise. We’ll have dinner and
  spend the night on board.
  Day 9: MY THO - HO CHI MINH CITY (formerly Saigon)We'll visit a bee farm and enjoy some honey tea and exotic fruit. We'll then take a ride in small sampans along the canal lined with mangrove palms and have a glimpse of villagers going about their daily lives. We’ll enjoy lunch on board and then set out to cross the very narrow canal, heading for Ho Chi Minh City and spending the night on the ship, which will remain moored in central Ho Chi Minh City.
  Day 10: HO CHI MINH CITYHo Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon, is the most populous city in Vietnam. We’ll enjoy a tour of the city to see the Reunification Palace, Notre Dame Cathedral, and the Saigon Central Post Office. After, join us for a visit to the Museum of Vietnamese History. Lunch will be served on board. We’ll leave by coach for the Cu Chi tunnels, an immense network of underground tunnels that were the location of several military campaigns during the Vietnam War. After our excursion, we’ll return to the ship. Tonight, we’ll have our farewell cocktail and dinner and spend the night at the port.
  Day 11: HO CHI MINH CITYAfter you disembark from the ship, we’ll head to Cholon, the Chinese-influenced section of the city. We’ll enjoy lunch and we’ll bid you farewell at approximately 2:00 p.m. Please do not book your flight before 5:00 p.m.

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Day 1: Siem ReapYour program will begin according to your time of arrival. If your flight arrives between 6:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m., your program will be: Lunch will be served at the hotel. Boat trip on Tonlé Lake to discover the floating villages and the traditional life of its inhabitants. Then, visit of the “Angkor Night Market”. We’ll have dinner in the city and spend the night at a four-star hotel for the four-anchors ship and at a five-star hotel for the five-anchors ship.
Day 2: Siem Reap - Angkor Temples
This morning, we’ll tour Ta Prohm and Angkor Thom. Stroll among the enigmatic faces of the Bayon Temple, and discover the Terrace of the Elephants and the Terrace of the Leper King. We’ll have lunch in the city before visiting the Senteurs d'Angkor, a local business with a diverse collection of silk and carvings, as well as a superb range of traditional beauty products and spices, all made locally. We’ll end the day with Phare, the Cambodian circus, and spend the night at the hotel.
Day 3: Siem Reap - Angkor Temples - TONLE SAP RIVERWe’ll visit the Angkor Wat temple: the epitome of Khmer architectural art and the most famous and imposing of all the monuments in Angkor (visitors must cover their shoulders and wear long pants or a long skirt).
Lunch will be served at the hotel.
Road(1) to Koh Chen and discovery of traditional villages. Our crew will welcome you and help you get
comfortably settled into your cabins.
OR
Transfer to your ship. Our crew will welcome you and help you get comfortably settled into your cabins.
Afternoon cruise(2) through Tonle Lake.
We’ll have dinner and formally meet our crew. Our ship will remain anchored overnight.
Day 4: KOH CHEN - KAMPONG TALACHDiscover of the small village of Koh Chen, where craftspeople specialize in silver and copper work. Lunch on board then we will set out to visit the beautiful Vihara at the Wat Kampong Tralach Leu pagoda. To access the pagoda, we need to cross the village of Kampong Tralach, moving along a small road that runs perpendicular to the river in the middle of magnificent rice fields. Our ship will remain anchored overnight.
Day 5 : KAMPONG CHHNANG - PHNOM PENHKampong Chhnang is one of the largest fishing ports on the Tonle Sap. Fish farming is abundant here. The region is also known for its traditional pottery combining ancient knowledge with modern techniques— Chhnang itself means "pot." We'll also enjoy a tasting of regional products before returning on board. Lunch and cruising to Phnom Penh. Once we arrive, enjoy a brief tour of the area by "tuk-tuk," the easiest way to get around the city. We’ll return to the ship and enjoy a performance of classical Khmer dancing and music.
Our ship will remain overnight in Phnom Penh.
Day 6: PHNOM PENHWe’ll enjoy a tour of the fabulous Royal Palace and the Silver Pagoda, which is inlaid with more than 5,000 silver tiles. After, join us for a visit to the National Museum of Cambodia. We’ll have lunch in the city. In the afternoon, you can pay a visit to the Tuol Svay Prey School, a former detention, torture, and execution center run by the Khmer Rouge during the civil war. Afterwards, enjoy some free time at the market. After our tour, we’ll return on board and begin to sail to Chau Doc, a town on the border between Cambodia and Vietnam,
whose territory became Vietnamese 300 years ago. Our ship will be anchored overnight.

 

Day 7: CHAU DOCLocated on the border between Cambodia and Vietnam, the prosperous city of Chau Doc has developed around fish and fish farming. We’ll pay a visit to the Ba Chua Xu Temple and the Tay An Pagoda. Lunch on board. We’ll begin to cruise toward Sa Dec. We’ll have dinner and spend the night on board.
Day 8: SA DEC - VINH LONG - CAI BEVisit the former house of Huynh Thuy Le, the man who Marguerite Duras based her book The Lover on. After our excursion, enjoy some free time in Sa Dec. We’ll have lunch on board and cruise to Vinh Long. We’ll set out in smaller boats and travel through canals and orchards before arriving in Cai Be. We’ll discover a brick and pottery factory as well as a traditional factory producing puffed riced, rice-paper wrappers used to make nems, and rice alcohol*. We’ll return on board our ship and begin to cruise. We’ll have dinner and
spend the night on board.
Day 9: MY THO - HO CHI MINH CITY (formerly Saigon)We'll visit a bee farm and enjoy some honey tea and exotic fruit. We'll then take a ride in small sampans along the canal lined with mangrove palms and have a glimpse of villagers going about their daily lives. We’ll enjoy lunch on board and then set out to cross the very narrow canal, heading for Ho Chi Minh City and spending the night on the ship, which will remain moored in central Ho Chi Minh City.
Day 10: HO CHI MINH CITYHo Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon, is the most populous city in Vietnam. We’ll enjoy a tour of the city to see the Reunification Palace, Notre Dame Cathedral, and the Saigon Central Post Office. After, join us for a visit to the Museum of Vietnamese History. Lunch will be served on board. We’ll leave by coach for the Cu Chi tunnels, an immense network of underground tunnels that were the location of several military campaigns during the Vietnam War. After our excursion, we’ll return to the ship. Tonight, we’ll have our farewell cocktail and dinner and spend the night at the port.
Day 11: HO CHI MINH CITYAfter you disembark from the ship, we’ll head to Cholon, the Chinese-influenced section of the city. We’ll enjoy lunch and we’ll bid you farewell at approximately 2:00 p.m. Please do not book your flight before 5:00 p.m.

• STARTING PRICE $3480 or €3135
• DURATION 10 nights
• DEPARTURE DATES
  • 02, 10, 18 & 26 March 2025
  • 11 & 19 April 2025
  • 21 & 26 August 2025
  • 06, 11, 22,  27 & 29 September 2025
  • 08  & 24 October 2025
  • 09, 25 & 30 November 2025
  • 02, 11 & 16 December 2025
• EMBARKATION PORTS
  • Siem Reap

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