Mekong Delta Luxury River Orchid Cruise 8 Days - 7 Nights Start From Siemreap to Sai Gon

Here is some highlights about this program Siem Reap to Saigon :

Cultural Highlights: To complement your tours and shore excursions, take part in Cruisesmekongriver’s Cultural Highlights—immersive learning and enhancement activities both on board and ashore:

• Visit the renowned Tonle Sap Lake

• Tour the magnificent ruins of Angkor

• Enjoy traditional Apsara temple dancing and other folkloric performances

• Visit colorful floating markets on the banks of the Mekong

• Exotic sampan boat tour to canals, villages, rice paddies in rural area.

• View onboard film screenings that will enhance your journey These in-depth experiences are included as an essential part of discovering more about the places through which you cruise, and each activity is planned specifically to illuminate each itinerary.

Culture Curriculum: Sometimes you want to dig a little deeper. Onboard experience tour guide will bring you carefully detailed information for you to learn.

Learn about:

• The rise and fall of the Khmer empire

• The archeological excavations at Angkor

• History of Vietnam and Cambodia

• History and culture of the Champa people and other ethnic groups

• Key words and phrases in the local languages These presentations provide a context for your own observations, enhancing your travel experience.

Downstream Siem Reap to Saigon  8 Days by The River Saigon Cruise Brief Itinerary:

Day 1: Siem Reap Embarkation
Meals: Breakfast
Acommodation: River Orchid Cruise

Day 2: Wat Hanchey - Kampong Cham (Cambodia)
Meals: Breakfast/ Lunch/ Dinner
Overnight: River Orchid Cruise

Day 3: Chong Koh, Angkor Ban 
Meals: Breakfast/ Lunch/ Dinner
Overnight: River Orchid Cruise

Day 4 Kampong Chhnang 
Meals: Breakfast/ Lunch/ Dinner
Overnight: River Orchid Cruise

Day 5: Phnom Penh
Meals: Breakfast/ Lunch/ Dinner
Overnight: River Orchid Cruise

Day 6: Chau Doc (Vietnam)
Meals: Breakfast/ Lunch/ Dinner
Overnight:River Orchid Cruise

Day 7: Sa Dec - Cu Lao Gien 
Meals: Breakfast/ Lunch/ Dinner
Overnight: River Orchid Cruise

Day 8: Cai Be Floating Market - My Tho - Ho Chi Minh City

Meals: Breakfast

RV River Orchid Cruise Siem Reap To Saigon Fully Details:

Day 1 - RV River Orchid Cruise: Siem Reap Embarkation(breakfast)

This morning, transfer from your hotel to your river cruise vessel for your cruise down the Mekong through Cambodia and Vietnam. Enjoy time on board the ship as you cruise through Tonle Sap (Great Lake). After the rainy season, this massive body of water can cover around 10,000 square miles and is the perfect breeding ground for fish, which play a vital role in providing food for people living on the lake. This evening, enjoy a welcome reception.

Overnight: River Orchid Cruise

Day 2: Wat Hanchey - Kampong Cham(breakfast , lunch , dinner)

Highlighted Excursions: Wat Hanchey Temple Complex, Phnom Pros and Phnom Srey Monastery, and Nokor Bachey Temple

You’ll arrive at Wat Hanchey, a beautifully situated temple complex with incredible views overlooking the Mekong River. Take your time enjoying the peaceful atmosphere and marvel at the quality of the 7th-century artifacts and then enjoy a traditional water-blessing by the local monks.

You’ll visit the twin holy hilltops of Phnom Prosand Phnom Srey (Man Hill and Woman Hill), both of which are topped by multiple temples and frolicking monkeys. You’ll then descend to the baseof the hills to view the massive gilded statues of Buddha. Afterward, you’ll travel to Nokor Bachey Temple, built during the same period as thetemples constructed at Angkor Wat, it boasts awealth of intricate wall carvings and severalancient Buddha statues and Royal Cambodian Theme Dinner.

Overnight: River Orchid Cruise

Day 3 - RV River Orchid Cruise: Chong Koh, Angkor Ban (breakfast,lunch,dinner)

Highlighted Excursions: Chong Koh walking tour and Angkor Ban walking tour

Chong Koh is a small village famous along the Mekong for its silk and cotton weaving; as you walk along the village’s main road, you’ll see looms under nearly every home and women offering beautifully crafted scarves and tablecloths.

You’ll pop into a villager’s home to learn about how fruits and vegetables are used by the locals to treat illness. Afterward, you’ll visit the village school to observe and interact with school children. Don’t be surprised if your arrival is greeted by squeals of delight—the children love visitors, and love to practice their English.

Later, you’ll sail to the very rural village of Angkor Ban. You’ll enjoy a walking tour of this charming horse-and-cart hamlet, visiting traditional Khmer homes and talking with monks at the local Buddhist monastery

Overnight: River Orchid Cruise

Day 4 - RV River Orchid Cruise: Kampong Chhnang (breakfast,lunch,dinner)

Featured Excursions: Tonlé Sap river cruise and Kampong Chhnang walking tour

Here, you’ll cruise the Tonlé Sap River to the city of Kampong Chhnang. You’ll stop for a walking tour of Kampong Chhnang, a bustling riverfront community supported by the local fish trade.You’ll then reboard the River Saigon for a sunset cruise as you cruise the Tonlé River returning to the Mekong River

Overnight: River Orchid Cruise

Day 5 - RV River Orchid Cruise: Phnom Penh (breakfast,lunch,dinner)

Featured Excursions: Choeung Ek Memorial Stupa and grounds, Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, and Phnom Penh city tour

The orchards and fields surrounding Choeung Ek belie what took place here during the violent reign of the Khmer Rouge. It is impossible to remain unmoved when visiting this area known as the “Killing Fields.” Afterward, you’ll visit the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, also known as “S-21,” a former high school transformed by the Khmer Rouge into a torture and interrogation center. The fear, sadness, and disbelief conveyed in many prisoners’ mug shots will touch you, while the brave defiance displayed by others will remind you of the indomitable power of the human spirit.

Following your powerful morning excursion, you’ll take an afternoon cyclo (cycle rickshaw), tour of Phnom Penh’s wide boulevards and French-infused architecture. After a visit to the impressive Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda, you’ll tour the National Museum, which features a grand collection of artifacts from the Angkor Wat Temple Complex.

Overnight: River Orchid Cruise

Day 6 - RV River Orchid Cruise: Chau Doc (breakfast,lunch,dinner)

Highlighted Excursions: Chau Doc Harbor cruise, fish farm, and
Holy Temples at the base of Sam Mountain

In the Mekong Delta, residents live, work, and even shop on the water. Today, you’ll be immersed in local life touring lively Chau Doc harbor, which teems with traditional Vietnamese floating markets and homes. You’ll see housewives paddling their sampans from boat to boat, bartering and socializing with the harbor’s many vendors. Then you’ll visit a floating fish farm to learn about this important local industry and where you'll feed the thousands of tilapia and other fish being raised. Later, you’ll board a shuttle to visit the base of Sam Mountain, one of the holiest sites in southern Vietnam,
where millions (estimated 8 to 10 million) of Vietnamese visit as part of an annual pilgrimage.

Overnight: River Orchid Cruise

Day 7 - RV River Orchid Cruise: Sa Dec - Cu Lao Gien (breakfast,lunch,dinner)

Highlighted Excursions: Sa Dec Canal Cruise, brick and rice processing
factories, Huyn Thuy Le house, and Cu Lao Gien Cathedral

Today’s sampan cruise through Sa Dec’s narrow canals is the perfect opportunity to observe locals going about their daily routines. You’ll visit a local factory where bricks and tiles are made with clay from the Mekong River. Here, you’ll also learn how rice husks from the rice processing facility next door are used to fuel the brick factory’s kilns that fill the Sa Dec landscape—just one example of the Vietnamese people’s remarkable ingenuity. Return to your luxurious sampan and sail past bustling markets into the center of town for a tour of the former home of Mr. Huyn Thuy Le made famous by its connection to best-selling French novelist, Marguerite Duras. After lunch onboard, we’ll sail to the island of Cu Lao Gien to tour one of the oldest Cathedrals in Southern Vietnam.

Overnight: River Saigon Cruise

Day 8 - RV River Orchid Cruise: Cai Be Floating Market - My Tho - Ho Chi Minh City(breakfast)

Highlighted Excursions: Cai Be sampan cruise, An Kiet House, Caibe Floating Market

we will visit early morning floating market - Caibe: The most busy or crowed market in the Mekong Delta River then Our cruise on the magnificent cruiser comes to an end as the ship winds its way to My Tho, approximately 70km south of Saigon on the upper Mekong river in Vietnam. We bid farewell to the cruise as our journey comes to a close. But the memories - and the friendships made on board - linger on for a lot longer.

We disembark at around 9:30 am and we join the transfer to madding crowd of Saigon. Drop off will be at the meeting point in Saigon. we will continue to tailor made your extension tour to Cu Chi Tunnels, Phu Quoc Island, Nha Trang and Hoian...

Please contact us directly via email: asiandiscoverytour@gmail.com to get discounted rates and exact departure dates of both uptream or downstream.

River Orchid Cruise Ho Chi Minh City To Siem Reap Inclusions:

Note:
• Big promotion would be applied for big group, early and last minute bookings.
•  Price would be higher or lower depending on the departure date and boats. Please contact with us for more information.

Inclusions:

• Transfers to and from The River Orchid Cruise at start and end of voyage.
• Accommodation in luxury AC en-suite cabin with twin/double basic on the River Orchid Cruise.
• English speaking guides.
• All meals, coffee and tea, mineral water.
• Admission fees for all sightseeing places.

Exclusions:

• All visa cost.

• Personal expenses.
• Drinks at bar, laundry.
• Tips and gratuities.
• Port tax 

WHAT TO BRING:

- A hat & sunscreen

- Passport 

- Appropriate clothing for the season

- Comfortable walking shoes/ clothes

Notes:

Cruise itinerary and schedule are subject to change due to weather, tide levels and operating conditions.

Advance registration is required with full name, date of birth, nationality, gender, passport number and visa expiry date for all passengers. A valid passport is required upon check-in. Otherwise, boarding may be denied by port authority