Day 1. Embark your river ship
Transferred to the My Tho Port to embark your river ship for your eight day Mekong River cruise. This evening, enjoy a Welcome Dinner.

Day 2. Cai Be, Vinh Long
A local boat will take you to Cai Be today, an intriguing river-land town. Visit the floating markets then go ashore to visit the French Gothic Cathedral as well as the colourful port area, which is filled with colonial buildings and delightful flower gardens. Visit a local rice paper manufacturer and learn how rice paper is made, then enjoy lunch back on board as your ship cruises towards Vinh Long. On arrival here, enjoy a boat ride and explore the bustling markets where you’ll see an array of aquatic life being sold.

Day 3. Sa Dec, Tan Chau
In the morning, enjoy a boat ride past floating markets to Sa Dec, the city where the French writer Marguerite Duras met her Vietnamese lover, Huynh Thuy Le. Here, a tour takes you to Huynh Thuy Le’s old house as well as Thien Hau Pagoda and the beautiful Fujian Temple. Following lunch back on board, cruise to the peaceful town of Tan Chau. On arrival, enjoy a walk through town.

Day 4. Tan Chau, Border Crossing
This morning, transfer to a small boat and travel along the tiny tributaries where slit houses are haphazardly leaning on each other. After visiting an evergreen island and a floating fish farm, you’ll go ashore for a tour of Tan Chau by rickshaw. The rest of today is then spent on board. This afternoon, perhaps attend a fruit-carving demonstration by the ship’s chef while the border formalities are carried out and you cross into Cambodia. Your ship will continue cruising overnight, heading for the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh.

Day 5. Phnom Penh
On arrival in Phnom Penh today, a tour will take you to visit the Royal Palace and the Silver Pagoda as well as the National Museum of Cambodia, home to one of the world’s largest collections of Khmer art. After lunch, take an excursion to the infamous Killing Fields and the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, on the site of the Khmer Rouge’s notorious Security Prison 21 (S-21). After dinner this evening, perhaps step out to take a leisurely stroll around this fascinating capital.

Day 6. Chong Koh, Oudong, Kampong Tralach
After breakfast, enjoy a leisurely walk around the little known silk weaving village of Chong Koh. Then continue cruising to Prek K’dam, where you’ll disembark and set off by coach on an afternoon tour of Oudong, the royal capital of Cambodia from 1618 until 1866. Afterwards, continue to Kampong Tralach for a visit to Wat Kapong Tralach Pleu before an ox cart ride takes you through rice fields and a small village to the Tonle River. Here, rejoin your ship and continue cruising.

Day 7. Kampong Chhnang, Tonle Sap
Enjoy a boat excursion into the wetlands near Kampong Chhnang this morning. Then return to your ship and cast off towards Tonle Sap – a lake that’s more than 150 kilometres long. Absorb the tranquillity of the lake as you cruise past floating fishing villages. This evening, enjoy a Farewell Dinner on board.

Day 8. Disembark Cruise, Siem Reap, Depart
After breakfast this morning, a short boat ride will take you past floating fishing villages to port. Once ashore, transfer to hotel in Siem Reap.