From the Mekong Delta to the Temples of Angkor & The Imperial Cities (port-to-port cruise)

Hanoi

Full-day included excursion: Ho Chi Minh City and its mausoleum.

Traditional water puppetry show.

Night at the hotel.

Hanoi - Halong Bay

We’ll leave early in the morning for Halong Bay (approx. 3.5 hours travel time).

We’ll be welcomed aboard a junk and enjoy a cocktail.

We'll cruise in Halong Bay.

We'll spend the night on board.

Halong Bay - Hanoi - Hue

Tai Chi class on deck.

Included excursion: visit of one of the largest caves of the bay.

We'll cruise in Halong Bay.

Disembarking and trip back to Hanoi.

You’ll take a flight to Hue.

Night at the hotel.

Hue

Full-day included excursion: the tombs of Khai Dinh and Tu Duc, the Tu Hieu Pagoda, the Imperial City and the Dong Ba Market.

Night at the hotel.

Hue - Da Nang - Hoi An

Full-day included excursion: the Pagoda of the Celestial Lady, the village of Kim Long and the Museum of Cham Sculpture.

Night at the hotel.

Hoi An - My Son

Full-day included excursion: My Son, Hoi An for lunch and a visit of the city and the Fujian Assembly Hall.

Night at the hotel.

Hoi An - HO CHI MINH CITY

You’ll take a flight to Ho Chi Minh City.

Included excursion: tour of the city, its hectic market and the Thien Hau temple.

You’ll then be transferred to our ship.

After comfortably settling into your cabins, we’ll introduce our crew at a welcome cocktail.

We'll spend the night on the ship.

HO CHI MINH CITY

Included excursions:

- The Cu Chi tunnels

- The Museum of Vietnamese History

We’ll then begin to cruise to the splendid Cho Gao canal.

We’ll spend the night on board.

CHAO GAO - MY THO - VINH LONG - CAI BE

Passage through the Cho Gao Canal.

Included excursions:

- Visit of a bee farm and tasting

- Ride in small sampans along the canal lined

- Discovery of a brick and pottery factory, a fruit-tree nursery, puffed riced, rice-paper wrappers, and rice alcohol*

We’ll spend the night on board.

SA DEC

Visit the former house of Huynh Thuy Le, the man who Marguerite Duras based her book The Lover on. After our excursion, enjoy some free time in Sa Dec. We’ll return on board and cast off as you sit down to lunch. Our ship will begin to cruise to Cambodia. We’ll spend the night on board.

CHAU DOC - PHNOM PENH

Included excursion: visit of a local fish farm, the Tay An Pagoda and the Ba Chua Xu Temple.

We’ll arrive in Phnom Penh in the evening.

Included excursion: brief tour of Phnom Penh by "tuk-tuk."

We’ll spend the night on board.

PHNOM PENH

Full-day included excursion:

- The Royal Palace and the Silver Pagoda

- The National Museum

- The Tuol Svay Prey School, a former detention, torture, and execution center run by the Khmer Rouge during the civil war

We’ll return to the ship and enjoy a performance of classical Khmer dancing and music.

The rest of the evening is yours to do as you please.

We’ll spend the night on board.

KOH CHEN - KAMPONG TRALACH

Included excursion: visit of a small village where craftspeople specialize in silver and copper work.

We’ll head to Kampong Tralach.

Included excursion: the Wat Kampong Tralach Leu pagoda in ox carts.

We’ll spend the night on board.

KAMPONG CHHNANG - TONLE SAP LAKE

Included excursion: Kampong Chhnang and tasting.

We’ll cruise to Tonle Sap Lake.

We’ll spend the night on board.

Siem Reap - Angkor Temples

We’ll spend the morning cruising.

Disembarking.

Included excursion: the Angkor Wat temple.

Enjoy a stroll through the Angkor Night Market.

Night at the hotel.

Siem Reap - Angkor Temples

Full-day included excursion: the Beng Mealea temple(1) and the Senteurs d'Angkor.

We’ll end the day with Phare, the Cambodian circus.

Night at the hotel.

Siem Reap - Angkor Temples

Full-day included excursion: the Ta Prohm temple, Angkor Thom, the grounds of the former Royal Palace, the Terrace of the Elephants and the Terrace of the Leper King.

We’ll bid you farewell at approximately 2:00 p.m. Please do not book your flight before 5:00 p.m.