Description

Upstream Saigon to Siem Reap | Downstream Siem Reap to Saigon

DAY 1 SAIGON
Transfer from the InterContinental Asiana Saigon Hotel to the port of My Tho by coach to embark cruise.

Registration Details

INTERCONTINENTAL ASIANA SAIGON HOTEL
Registration is at 10.30am
Purple Jade Bar (Level One)
39 Le Duan, Ben Nghe
Ho Chi Minh City,
Vietnam
Tel: (+84) 8 3520 9999

DAY 2 CAI BE
In the morning passengers will visit Cai Be and its colourful floating market. In the afternoon take an exciting Sampan boat excursion to Sa Dec via Vinh Long, along canals and backwaters and see the local market and the ancient house of Mr, Huyn Thuy Le, the ‘lover’ of Marguerite Duras, a famous French novelist.

DAY 3 CHAU DOC
Visit a Cham tribal village and a cat fish farm in Chau Doc. Return to the ship by boat for lunch and cast off for the Cambodian border for the usual formalities.

DAY 4 PHNOM PENH
Royal Palace – PNHPassengers will visit Phnom Penh and will be provided with their own private cyclo*. The Cyclo Centre Phnom Penh which provides the cyclos is a charity that provides basic welfare and medical services to cyclo drivers (www.cyclo.org.uk).
In the afternoon, optional excursion (by coach) to the Killing Fields and the Khmer Rouge’s grim Tuol Sleng or S21 detention centre. This tour is included in the cost of your cruise but must be requested at the time of booking in the comments box.

DAY 5 TONLE RIVER Cambodia Ton Lap Lake
Excursion up the Tonle River to Kampong Chhnang either by ship or by coach depending on water levels. Beyond Kampong Chhnang travel by the Pandaw Explorer to discover the vast wetlands around the mouth of the river. Here many fishtraps may be seen.

DAY 6 KAMPONG CHAM
We stop at the little-known Chong Koh silk-weaving village for a morning walk at leisure. In the afternoon we stop at Peam Chi Kang village to visit the wat or monastery and school. In the wat the splendid village racing boats are stored.

DAY 7 KAMPONG CHAM
Passengers visit the hilltop temple of Wat Hanchey in the morning. In the afternoon, travel by bus to visit the Twin Holy mountains of Phnom Pros and Phnom Srey (Man and Woman Hill). Continuation to the ecotourism village of Choeungkok supported by the French-Cambodian NGO Amica.

DAY 8 SIEM REAP
Early morning coach transfer to the Victoria Angkor Resort & Spa in Siem Reap. Refreshments will be provided and we will stop at Kampong Thom along the way. Arrive at Siem Reap mid afternoon.

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