RV Mekong Prestige II Cruise

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