2-Week Vietnam-Cambodia Tour with a Luxurious Mekong Cruise

Welcome to the lively city of Ho Chi Minh. Your private guide and driver will meet you and escort you to the hotel.

• Explore the unbelievable Cu Chi tunnels with your own eyes.
• Visit Ho Chi Minh City's essential sites: Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon(outside look), Saigon Central Post Office, and War Remnants Museum.
• Taste a cup of Vietnam coffee at a famed street cafe(or fresh juice). Did you know Vietnam is the world's second-largest coffee producer?

Saigon Central Post Office—the famous place for a photoshoot.

• Be ready at your Ho Chi Minh hotel lobby at 10:00 A.M and wait for cruise shuttle service transferring to the Saigon Port.
• Settle into Mekong Princess* cruise cabin.
• Lunch will be served soon after departure.
• Enjoy crafted cocktails and the fantastic sunset.
• Taste a classy Vietnamese dinner on board.
• *The following itinerary is based on the Mekong Princess cruise and changes if you prefer another ship.

The hospitality staff serves you onboard.

• In the morning, take xe lam (three-wheeler) and visit a coconut candy maker.
• Walk through the village and visit an orchard.
• Taste some fresh fruit and board a local boat for a trip through the narrow creek.
• Visit the Zihuang Pagoda (Chua Ong) and enjoy the welcome of unicorn dances.
• Enjoy dinner onboard.
• Onboard activity: lecture on "Vietnam's People, Culture, Colonial History.”

Be welcomed by the traditional unicorn dances in Can Tho.

• Board a sampan and explore the fascinating Cai Rang floating market.
• After lunch, continue the excursion to Hoa An village.
• Visit flower gardens, walk to a local house, and chat with the host.
• Continue the excursion to another village on a motor trishaw.
• Stop and visit the conical-hat-making families' places.
• Enjoy a leisurely walk in a peaceful village with rice fields and fruit trees.

Explore the Colourful Cai Rang Floating Market.

• Board a sampan and visit Gieng Island.
• Visit Hong Ngu village and Hoa Hao temple.
• In the late afternoon, the ship arrives at the border area to complete exit procedures and continue up the Mekong River to Phnom Penh.
• Onboard activity: Cooking Class Demonstration with the Executive Chef.

Have a Cooking Class with the Executive Chef.

• Take a cyclo to visit the Royal Palace, the Throne Hall, Moonlight Pavilion, and the Silver Pagoda.
• Visit the National Museum.
• Onboard activities: fruit carvings and tropical fruits demonstration; lecture on "Cambodia's Geography and Life along the Mekong River".

Discover Phnom Penh by an old transport mean—Cyclo.

• Visit the Choeung Ek Genocidal Centre and Memorial Stupa.
• Explore the Tuol Sleng Memorial —the notorious detention centre known as S-21.
• Have a leisurely afternoon to relax and reflect.
• Enjoy the Apsara Show (Cambodian dancing) on board.

Learn about the Tuol Sleng Museum in Phnom Penh.

• Pay a visit to Angkor Ban.
• Attend a blessing ceremony by local monks.
• Visit a local family and a school, where we join the children in their classroom.

Pay a visit to a local Cambodian School.

After breakfast, disembark the ship at Kampong Cham port. Then be transferred by motor-coach to your Siem Reap hotel. Hotel checks in and enjoy the rest of the day at leisure.

• Be met by your private tour guide at the hotel lobby at 8 A.M.
• Unveil the mystery of Angkor Wat with the Knowledge of a Khmer scholar(2 hours).
• Explore the essential parts of the Angkor Wat Complex with your local guide: Angkor Thom South Gate, Bayon Temple, the Terrace of Temple Elephants.

The smiley face carvings make Bayon Temple unmatched.

• Explore the unique pinkish sandstone temple—Banteay Srei and the famous jungle temple—Ta Prohm .
• Learn how APOPO Rats have saved hundreds of lives and give a big hug to the "Hero Rat".

APOPO Rats—landmines detection specialist.

You'll be escorted to Siem Reap Airport for your flight back home.