Mekong cruise: Sai Gon - Siem Reap 9 Days 8 Nights
Mekong cruise: Sai Gon - Siem Reap 9 Days 8 Nights
- Cruise name : Compagnie Fluviale du Mékong
- Company : Compagnie Fluviale du Mékong
- Class : Midrange
- Capacity : 30 cabin
- Type : Sharing
- Destination : Vietnam - Cambodia
Itineraries
Meet at the Liberty Central Riverside Hotel restaurant between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Lunch at the hotel.
In the afternoon, we will tour the city: Reunification Palace, Notre Dame Cathedral and Central Post office. We’ll visit Cholon, the Chinese-influenced section of the city, including its hectic market and Ba Thien Hau Pagoda dedicated to the sea goddess Mazu.
After comfortably settling into your cabins, we’ll introduce our crew at a welcome cocktail, have dinner and spend the night on board downtown.
Meals: Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: The RV Indochine II Cruise
We’ll leave by coach for the Cu Chi tunnels, an immense network of underground tunnels that were used by Viet Cong soldiers as hiding spots during combat, as well as serving as communication and supply routes, hospitals, food and weapon caches. Lunch will be served on board. Visit the Museum of Vietnamese History.
We’ll then set out to cross the very narrow Chao Gao Canal. Night on board
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: The RV Indochine Cruise
We continue our cruise to My Tho along the magnificent Chao Gao Canal. Visit of a bee farm and enjoy some honey tea and exotic fruit. Lunch on board. 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*. Night on board.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: The RV Indochine II Cruise
Visit 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 return on board our ship and have lunch. Sailing towards Cambodia. Night on board.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: The RV Indochine II Cruise
Located 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. Arrival in the evening in Phnom Penh. Dinner on board. We'll remain in port overnight.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: The RV Indochine II Cruise
We’ll enjoy a tour of the fabulous Royal Palace, one of the most impressive examples of Cambodian architecture, and its Silver Pagoda. Onward to visit the National Museum. After lunch in town, 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. Afterward, enjoy some free time at the market. As we get back on board, we will enjoy an Apsara dance show. Dinner and overnight on board, in the port of Phnom Penh. Free evening.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: The RV Indochine II Cruise
Visit of Koh Chen, a small village where craftspeople specialize in silver and copper work. Lunch on board.Visit of the beautiful Vihara at the Wat Kampong Tralach Leu pagoda. To access the pagoda we need to cross the village of Kampong Tralach in ox carts or in "tuk-tuk", moving along a small road that runs perpendicular to the river in the middle of magnificent rice fields. Our ship will remain anchored overnight.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: The RV Indochine II Cruise
Visit of Kampong Chhnang, one of the largest fishing ports on Tonle Sap Lake. Here they also have many fish farms. The region is best known for its fine traditional pottery which is a major source of revenue for the entire country. Tasting of some local products. Lunch on board. We'll then continue our cruise on Tonle Sap Lake, the largest freshwater lake in southeast Asia which forms the heart of the hydraulic system of the Mekong. Cocktail and gala dinner tonight. Our ship will remain anchored overnight.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: The RV Indochine Cruise
Disembarkation and transfer to downtown Siem Reap. End of our services around 12.00 p.m.
Please do not book your flight before 3:00 p.m.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: NA
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Important Notes
Price includes
- The cruise in the category of cabin chosen at booking stage
- All meals as mentioned throughout the tour
- Visits and excursions as listed in the itinerary
- English speaking national Vietnamese and Cambodian guides - our «CroisiEurope tour leader" throughout the cruise
- Drinks during all meals (1 soda or 1 beer or 1 water and 1 coffee or tea per person and per meal)
- Tea, coffee, water unlimited during the cruise
- Emergency and repatriation insurance
- Tips (for the crew during the cruise)
Price excludes
- International flights
- Airport taxes
- Transfers from airport to the boat or inverse
- Drinks that are not listed
- All personal expenses
- Cancellation and baggage insurance
- Compulsory Vietnamese and Cambodian Visas
- Tips for guides and drivers of buses boats during the 11 days onboard
Remark:
- Cruise itinerary and schedule are subject to change due to weather and operating conditions. Unused services are not subject to a refund.
- Meals on board are fusion: Vietnamese, Cambodian & international. Guests should advise of any special food preferences, allergies or dietary requirements at least three days prior to the cruise date.
- Advance registration is required with full name, date of birth, nationality, gender, passport number and visa expiry date for all passengers. A valid passport is required upon check-in. Otherwise, boarding may be denied by port authority.
- Surcharge on Christmas and New Year & on Lunar New Year.
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Mekong Cruise: Siem Reap - Sai Gon 9 Days 8 Nights
Downstream
Destination : SIEM REAP - TONLE SAP LAKE - KAMPONG CHHNANG - KAMPONG TRALACH - KOH CHEN - PHNOM PENH - CHAU DOC - SA DEC - VINH LONG - CAI BE - MY THO - HO CHI MINH CITY