ActivitiesTransfer to My Tho, enjoy dinner on board

MealLunch/ Dinner

IncludedTransportation, tour guide, cabin on board

Pick you up from the Sofitel Plaza in Ho Chi Minh city and transfer to My Tho by coach. During your transfer, enjoy a stop at Cholon market and visit a lacquer factory. Once you arrive, you are warmly welcomed on board the RV Mekong Prestige, then tour and safety briefing are presented by our cruise manager. Vietnamese lunch will be served in restaurant, then start cruising smoothly along the Mekong River. In the evening, beautiful welcome Dinner is served and enjoy the Vietnamese traditional music show (Dong Ca Tai Tu). Overnight on board.

ActivitiesVisit the French Gothic Cathedral, French Writer Marguerite Duras’s house.

MealB/L/D

IncludedAccommodation, tour guide, entrance fee, transportation

ActivitiesVisit fishing farm

MealB/L/D

IncludedAccommodation, entrance fee, tour guide, transportation

Arrival at Cu Lao Gieng in the morning, a remote town on the main Mekong River. After breakfast, transfer on small boats to visit a two typical fishing villages. After lunch visit of the Cu Lao Gieng church. Evening cruise up the broad Mekong River to the Cambodian border.

ActivitiesVisit fishing farm, sail up to Phnom Penh

MealB/L/D

IncludedCabin on board, entrance fee, tour guide, transportation

Enjoy hearty breakfast on board, discover the real life of Vietnamese people along the Mekong River by visiting a fishing farm in Tan Chau on the Ban Sac River. Continue to a walking tour to handicraft villages where they made woven mat and raw silk. Then enjoy the fun rickshaw ride round the beautiful town, later back to pier for lunch, check out the formalities in Cambodia border, then sail up the Mekong river to Phnom Penh. Overnight on board.

ActivitiesPhnom Penh Sightseeing tour

MealB/L/D

IncludedEntrance fee, sightseeing ticket, transportation, accommodation

Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia still retains its old French architecture in riverside streets. Morning tour is captivated by a comprehensive lecture on Cambodia’s modern history. Visit the dazzling white and gold edifice of the Royal Palace and the Silver Pagoda, and witnessing exceptionally beautiful Khmer craft at the National Museum. Back to boat for lunch.

ActivitiesDepart for Koh Chong, visit famous pagoda.

MealB/L/D

IncludedEntrance fee, tour guide, accommodation, transportation

Morning journey upriver heading for Oudong, enjoy the stunning views along the river bank. Arrival at Oudong in the early afternoon, Oudong was the capital city of Cambodia from 1618 to 1866. Erected at a hilltop, this place counts numerous Stupas dating of the last Khmer Kings. After the visit, departure in bus to Kampong Tralach. Visit the very charming Vihara of the Wat Kampong Leu Pagoda dating back from the last century and which has retained beautiful wall paintings. Return to the ship, enjoy dinner and overnight on board.

ActivitiesSail on the Tonle Sap river, arrive Kampong Chhnang.

MealB/L/D

IncludedAccommodation, tour guide, entrance fee, transportation

After buffet breakfast on board, then sail on the Tonle Sap River which connects the Mekong River to the Tonle Lake – biggest fresh water lake in Asia. Arrive at Kampong Chhnang, located approximately 90 km from Phnom Penh, a busy rural port town with bustling markets. We will take a motor boat to visit real Khmer villagers. The life of the entire population is connected to the river with local people using the canal system which criss-cross this little town. Then go ashore to stroll through the scenic market. Get back to the ship before late afternoon, dock in Kampong Cham overnight.

ActivitiesArrive Siem Reap

MealBreakfast

IncludedAccommodation, sightseeing ticket, tour guide, transportation

An early morning trip takes you across the great lake that dominates Cambodia and is over 150 km in length with interesting and varied bird life. Because the water levels of the lake and river vary a great deal according to the time of year and rainfall. Disembarkation after breakfast and transfer to hotel in Siem Reap.

*Important notice: it may not be possible to cross Lake Tonle if the water is low. Alternative arrangements will be made to cross the lake either by speed boat or bus to meet the pier. Passengers will be informed of details before departure. The cruise schedule and program timing are indicative and subject to modification. *

ActivitiesCheck in RV Mekong Prestige Cruise

MealLunch/ Dinner.

IncludedCabin on board, transportation, tour guide

ActivitiesArrive Kampong Chhnang. discover Wat Kampong Leu pagoda, transfer to Oudong

MealB/L/D

IncludedAccommodation, transportation, tour guide, entrance fee

Wake up early, coffee and tea awaits the birds singing, the sun rising on the sun deck. whilst the ship cruise to Kampong Chhnang. Located about 90 km from Phnom Penh, Kampong Chhnang, with its markets and artisans, is a particularly busy port city. The river banks are the witnesses of Cambodian rural life and a remarkable diversity of bird life. Embarking on small local boats for the visit of the floating village which has retained a completely authentic appearance. All constructions are floating village: the school, shops, stalls of multiple craftsmen or traders, the police station. All trades are present and the entire population, from children to grandparents, boat moving through the network of canals that cross this little town. Back on board and continue navigating to Kampong Tralach. Lunch on board. Arrival at Kampong Tralach and visit the Vihara of Wat Kampong Leu. It dates from the last century and are magnificent murals. Isolated in the middle of rice fields, it is a modest pagoda, very few visitors and therefore, exceptionally charming. Then departure by bus to visit Oudong, 40 kilometers from Phnom Penh. Between 1618 and 1866, Oudong was the capital of Cambodia, built on hills, home to many stupas of the last Khmer kings. Dinner and overnight on RV Mekong Prestige.

ActivitiesVisit silk weaving village, enjoy Khmer Aspara Dance show

MealB/L/D

IncludedAccommodation, transportation, entrance fee, tour guide

Arrive Koh Chong morning. Landing and walk in this small village specializes in silk weaving. The excursion also includes a visit to a Pagoda and a meeting in a primary school to chat with pupils. Get back and lunch is served on board, then cruise past the Mekong’s timeless villages and river life with extensive fishing activities. Arrive in Phnom Penh in the afternoon. Take a walk excrusion to Wat Phnom for the first discovery of the capital of Cambodia, which has retained its charm with its old French colonial architecture and lively streets. Get back to the ship at late afternoon, dinner is served on the sundeck in music, the calming scent of incense sticks and enjoy Khmer Aspara Dance Show, then overnight on RV Mekong Prestige cruise.

ActivitiesExploration of Phnom Penh

MealB/L/D

IncludedCabin on board, transportation, sightseeing ticket, tour guide

In the morning visit the Royal Palace, a large architectural complex, and the Silver Pagoda. Then continue to visit the National Museum which houses the largest collection of Khmer art. Lunch on board. In the afternoon, visit the high school “S21”, a former detention center, between 1975 and 1979, needed to take the measure of tragedy for the people of Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge regime, and stop at the camp Choeung Ek , better known as the “Killing Fields”. Free time to do some shopping at the “Russian market”. Dinner and overnight on RV Mekong Prestige.

ActivitiesTransfer to Tan Chau

MealB/L/D

IncludedAccommodation, sightseeing ticket, tour guide, transportation

In the morning, resumption of navigation to the Vietnamese border along the main Mekong Channel, an international shipping route, you will witness large commercial ships plying this route. In the afternoon, we set off to the Vietnamese border for the requisite cross border paperwork. Arrival at Tan Chau in the evening. Dinner and overnight on RV Mekong Prestige cruise.

ActivitiesVisit Cu Lao Gieng

MealB/L/D

IncludedAccommodation, entrance fee, transportation, tour guide

Arrival at Cu Lao Gieng in the morning, a remote town on the main Mekong River. After breakfast, transfer on small boast to visit a two typical fishing villages. After lunch, visit of the Cu Lao Gieng church. Evening cruise up the broad Mekong River.

ActivitiesCruise to Vinh Long Province and Sa Dec town

MealB/L/D

IncludedAccommodation, sightseeing ticket, tour guide, transportation

Arrival at Sa Dec. where the French writer Marguerite Duras spent part of his childhood. Take a walking sightseeing tour to soak up the atmosphere of this authentic town of Delta where there are still some colonial houses and the “house of China,” described in the novel by Marguerite Duras, The Lover. The house is a small museum of “The Lover” in Sadec. Although the French have long since left the place, little has changed in Sa Dec since the days of Duras. The old river boats continue to load and unload on the docks built almost at the doors of shops. Lunch on board. Crossing the province of Vinh Long, the “Majestic Dragon” from the translation, in the center of the delta, between two arms of the Mekong. Arrival in Cai Be. Departure by boat to the local French Gothic cathedral. Landing and walk to discover the homemade rice leaves and candy coconut. Dinner and overnight on RV Mekong Prestige.

ActivitiesDisembark and transfer to Sai Gon

MealBreakfast

IncludedTransportation, tour guide