From the Mekong Delta to Siem Reap (port-to-port cruise)

Depart 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, then set out to cross the very narrow Chao Gao Canal. Night on board.

Continue your 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. This afternoon 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.

Visit the former house of Huynh Thuy Le, the man who Marguerite Duras based her book The Lover on. After the excursion there will be some free time in Sa Dec. Return on board your ship and have lunch before sailing towards Cambodia. Night on board.

Located on the border between Cambodia and Vietnam, the prosperous city of Chau Doc has developed around fish and fish farming. Visit the Ba Chua Xu Temple and the Tay An Pagoda. Lunch on board. Arrival in the evening in Phnom Penh. Dinner on board. The ship will remain in port overnight.

Depart on 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. Afterwards, enjoy some free time at the market. As you return on board, we will experience an Apsara dance show. Dinner and overnight on board, in the port of Phnom Penh. Free evening.

Visit of Koh Chen, a small village where craftspeople specialize in silver and copper work. Lunch on board then visit the beautiful Vihara at the Wat Kampong Tralach Leu pagoda. To access the pagoda you need to cross the village of Kampong Tralach in ox carts, moving along a small road that runs perpendicular to the river in the middle of magnificent rice fields. Your ship will remain anchored overnight.

Visit of Kampong Chhnang, one of the largest fishing ports on the 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 then continue your 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. Your ship will remain anchored overnight.

Disembark and transfer to the hotel Lotus Blanc(1) (ships RV Indochine and RV Lan Diep) and the hotel Sofitel Angkor(1) (ship RV Indochine II). We bid you farewell at approximately 12.00pm. Please do not book your flight before 3:00 p.m.

(1) Or Similar hotel, meeting points are confirmed in final travel documentation.

• International flights and their taxes
• Transfers not mentioned in the program
• Cambodian and Vietnamese visas
• Cancellation and baggage insurance
• Drinks onboard from the special lists
• Drinks other than those mentioned