Here is some highlights about this program Saigon to Siemreap :

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

• Experience interesting life onboard: Tai Chi excercises, Cooking Class

• Education talks from local experts

• Tour the magnificent ruins of Phnom Penh Capital

• Enjoy traditional Apsara temple dancing and other folkloric performances

• Visit colorful floating markets on the banks of the Mekong

• 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. We offer a series of on board multimedia talks to shed light on the history and culture of the places you visit.

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 Ho Chi Minh City 8 Days By RV Mekong Princess Brief Itinerary:

Day 1: Mekong River Cruise -Siem Reap Embarkation 
Meals: dinner
Acommodation:  RV Mekong Princess Cruise

Day 2: Kam Pong Chhnang - Tonle Sap River Cruise 
Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Acommodation:  RV Mekong Princess Cruise

Day 3: Mekong River Cruise - Phnom Penh sightseeing Tour
Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Acommodation:  RV Mekong Princess Cruise

Day 4: Border Crossing - Hong Ngu
Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Acommodation:  RV Mekong Princess Cruise

Day 5: Mekong River Cruise Long Xuyen - Can Tho City 
Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Acommodation:  RV Mekong Princess Cruise

Day 6: Mekong River Cruise - Can Tho - Tho Not 
Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Acommodation:  RV Mekong Princess Cruise

Day 7: Mekong River Cruise - Cho Lach Market - Ben Tre
Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Acommodation:  RV Mekong Princess Cruise

Day 8: Mekong River Cruise - Ho Chi Minh - Disembarkation 
Meals: breakfast

Fully Itinerary Downstream Siem Reap - Ho Chi Minh City:

Day 1: RV Mekong Princess - Siem Reap Embarkation (dinner)
You are welcomed by Mekong Princess Cruise at meeting point in Siem Reap, then transfer to Siem Reap and embark the Mekong Princess. Following a safety briefing, the ship sails down the Tonle Sap river, where we will anchor for the evening. During the sail, guests enjoy a welcome reception and a Cambodian themed Welcome Dinner.

Day 2: RV Mekong Princess - Kam Pong Chhnang - Tonle Sap River(breakfast , lunch , dinner)
Mekong River Cruise visit to floating village. A full day of sailing up the scenic Tonle Sap River offers a rare chance to witness rural river life in Cambodia. After lunch, board a private excursion boat for a panoramic cruise of the floating villages at Kampong Chhnang, where friendly locals are busy working, selling, and shopping on the river. When we return to the ship and set sail, stay on deck to watch the beautiful sunset and crowds of local children on the riverbanks bidding us farewell as we continue our journey down the Mekong to Phnom Penh.

Day 3: RV Mekong Princess - Phnom Penh sightseeing Tour(breakfast , lunch , dinner)
After breakfast on board this morning, local cyclo drivers will meet guests for an exciting city tour of Phnom Penh. Guests will ride along the riverfront to the Royal Palace, where they will enjoy a leisurely walk through the grounds, with opportunities to visit the Throne Hall and Moonlight Pavilion. Upon crossing into the second section of the complex, guests will walk amongst enormous stupas, spirit houses, and potted flowers, on the way to the famous Silver Pagoda, home of Cambodia’s Emerald Buddha and Maitreya Buddha, encrusted with more than 9,000 diamonds.

Following a short break where guests may choose to walk through the Elephant Room, guests return to their cyclos for the ride to the National Museum. Housing the largest pre-Angkorian and Angkorian holdings in Cambodia, the National Museum ends the morning tour with a comprehensive look at many of the artifacts excavated around the Angkor Archeological Area in Siem Reap.

After a return cyclo ride to the ship, guests may wish to take some time to have lunch at a local restaurant, walk along the quay, or visit some of Phnom Penh’s famous markets or lovely boutiques.
This afternoon, guests learn more about the darkest days of Cambodian history. After a scenic 45-minute drive from the ship, they arrive at Choeung Ek, the killing fields depicted in the movie. Guests will walk through the fields, visit the small museum and Memorial Stupa, and learn more about the atrocities committed during the Khmer Rouge regime. On the return drive to Phnom Penh, guests stop at Tuol Sleng (infamously known as S-21), which was converted by the Khmer Rouge from a large school to a prison and torture headquarters.
Before dinner, children from a local orphanage entertain guests on our Sun Deck with a cultural performance including Apsara, Cambodia’s national dance, as well as several traditional folk dances. Immediately after the performance, the ship will sail to the border, where it will anchor in preparation for a morning crossing.

Day 4: RV Mekong Princess Border Crossing - Hong Ngu(breakfast , lunch , dinner)
This morning, the MV Mekong Princess will cross the border into Vietnam.
Guests will spend the afternoon enjoying a unique opportunity to visit a local island village, not far from the Vietnam-Cambodia border that produces the traditional, Khmer scarves for export to Cambodia. Produced by many families, and in many homes around the village, guests will have the opportunity to see the weaving process under several families’ homes. Several people in the village are also embroidery artists, and display their art in and around the homes. The villagers of this area had only encountered one western visitor prior to the arrival of the Mekong Princess, and are especially friendly and welcoming.
Before returning to the sampans, guests will visit the local temple dedicated to another religion founded in Vietnam

Day 5: Mekong River Cruise Long Xuyen - Can Tho City(breakfast , lunch , dinner)
This morning, guests will visit a local crocodile farm, learning about the crocodiles that once inhabited the Mekong River, and how the farm raises and conserves this Asian wildlife. Guests will also be invited to sample a few of the restaurant’s crocodile dishes.

This afternoon, guests board sampans and venture into Can Tho City. After a short walk around the river town, and through the market, they will visit the Cao Dai temple and learn about this fascinating, Vietnamese religion that was founded as an amalgam of several different religions, in an effort to stop the infighting between the various followers.

Day 6: Mekong River Cruise - Can Tho - Tho Not(breakfast , lunch , dinner)
This morning, guests will visit a local crocodile farm, learning about the crocodiles that once inhabited the Mekong River, and how the farm raises and conserves this Asian wildlife. Guests will also be invited to sample a few of the restaurant’s crocodile dishes.

This afternoon, guests board sampans and venture into Can Tho City. After a short walk around the river town, and through the market, they will visit the Cao Dai temple and learn about this fascinating, Vietnamese religion that was founded as an amalgam of several different religions, in an effort to stop the infighting between the various followers.

Day 7: Mekong River Cruise - Cho Lach Market - Ben Tre(breakfast , lunch , dinner)
Early this morning, guests will board a lovely sampan before breakfast for a cruise through the fascinating Cai Rang floating market near Can Tho. The sampan will weave in and out of the many boats that sail into the market each morning to sell produce and other items residents of the Mekong Delta need in their daily lives. As they weave through the market, guests will have many opportunities for amazing photographs of life in this river market, while enjoying the Vietnamese “anti-aging drink,” fresh coconut water.

After the market visit, guests will stop at a local factory to see the amazing process of making instant noodles; then tour a large, family-owned fruit orchard, where they will see fruits native to Vietnam in various stages of maturity on the vine, then enjoy a fresh fruit tasting before returning to the ship on their sampans.

Later this afternoon, the sampans will return to the ship to take guests to the village of Thot Not, where guests will ride a Vietnamese tuk-tuk through the village to a small pier where they will board local row boats. The boats will leisurely make their way along the narrow channel, behind homes, and into a quiet, tree-canopied tributary, where they will begin to hear the cacophony of a bird sanctuary. Guests will have a short walk into the sanctuary, and be able to climb the steps up to the viewing platform, from where there is an incredible view over the treetops and down on the nesting area of protected egrets.

Day 8: Mekong River Cruise - Saigon - Disembarkation(breakfast , lunch , dinner)
After breakfast this morning, guests will return by private bus to the center of Ho Chi Minh City. Ask our expert to extend your holiday packages in Vietnam.

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

RV Mekong Princess Cruise package inclusions:

•  Complimentary drinks: coffee, water, tea, soft drinks, local beer, local spirits and free flow house wine (wine with dinner only)
•  Superb dining with all meals included (buffet breakfast, lunch and dinner)
•  Cocktail Reception, Welcome Dinner, Farewell Dinner and Theme Dinners
•  Wireless Internet in all public areas
•  Cabin amenities include infotainment system, flat screen Tv's, in-cabin safe, individual climate control and bottled water replenished daily
•  Additional amenities for Grande & Prestige Suite: daily butler service
•  All shore excursiones and group transfers as specified in the itinerary
•  Services of an experienced cruise director throughout the cruise
•  7-night cruise accommodation in an outside stateroom and all port taxes included

RV Mekong Princess Cruise package exclusions:

• Overseas flights

• Beverages other than mentioned
• Ashore tipping
• Visa arrangements
• Insurances

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