6 days / 5 nights - Cruise Over Mekong River with Toum Tiou
(Cruise Only)
Day 1 - Phnom Penh - Koh Dek Chou
7:45 a.m. - Embarking at the Phnom Penh
Port. 8:00 a.m. - Formalities and departure
on your Mekong cruise. On the way to the
Vietnam boarder, a stop at Koh Dek Chou
Island for a two-hour stroll through the
village that stretches the full length of
the island. Exit-entry procedures at the
border points. Head to the Cambodian border
point of Kam Somnaar
Night on board between the two borders.
Day 2 - Koh Dek Chou -Chau Doc
Cross the Vietnam border in the morning.
Arrive in Chau Doc towards noon, disembark
at Victoria Chau Doc Hotel's private pier
and have lunch at the hotel. Take a small
boat to visit floating houses under which
families in Chau Doc raise catfish by the
tens of thousands, stroll through the nearby
Cham village before returning to the city
and a visit to the Chua Xu pagoda. Climb Sam
Mountain, then get back on board. En route
to Sa Dec, overnight stop.
Day 3 - Chau Doc -Sa Dec
Boat through small canals up to Sa Dec.
Afternoon arrival. Tour of Sa Dec, the
school where Marguerite Duras' mother once
taught, and Kien An Cung pagoda, before
strolling along the docks as far as the Sa
Dec market, on the way passing a colonial
house referred to in Marguerite Duras' novel
The Lover.
Day 4 - Sa Dec - Vinh Long - Cai Be
Travel towards Vinh Long. At Vinh Long, take
small boats across the river and follow the
canals of Binh Hoa Phuoc Island. Stop at the
island's rich orchards and innumerable
gardens, visiting Mr Cai Cuing's house, Mr
Tam Ho's plantation, and a pottery-making
factory... Tour the Cai Be floating market
before getting back on the Toum Tiou for
lunch. Head towards My Tho and stop for the
night.
Day 5 - Vinh Long - Cai Be - My Tho
Continue to My Tho. Tour the city, Vinh
Trang pagoda, the market, and the Dong Tam
snake farm. Take the Toum Tiou to Thoi Son
Island for a tour. Night on board.
Day 6 - My Tho - Saigon
A day on the boat heading towards Saigon
through the Cho Gao and Nha Be canals. 1:30
p.m. - Customs procedures and disembarkment
at Saigon International Port, located behind
the Ho Chi Minh Museum. |
