Saigon - Siem Reap 8 day cruise on board Toum Tiou

Description

Tour type: joining - easy

Class: deluxe

Duration: 8 days
Arrival/ Departure: Ho Chi Minh City / Siem Reap or reverse.
Price: from 1258USD/person
Meals planned: B: breakfast; L: Lunch; D: Dinner
Group Size: on request (1 - 20 people)

Highlights: local life and floating markets along the biggest and longest river in Southeast Asia - The Mekong, Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia's temples and pagodas, etc.

Introduction: Siem Reap, Phnom Penh and Saigon are the key destinations that we use to offer you trips into lands of disconcerting beauty, with an incomparable historical heritage and legendary traditions. See the Toum Tiou Cruiser

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Itinerary

Day 1: Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) – My Tho (D)

Day 2: My Tho – Cai Be - Vinh Long (B, L, D)

Day 3: Vinh Long – Sa Dec - Chau Doc (B, L, D)

Day 4: Chau Doc - Koh Dek Chauv- Phnom Penh (B, L, D)

Day 5: Phnom Penh (B, L, D)

Day 6: Phnom Penh - Kampong Tralach (B, L, D)

Day 7: Kampong Chhnang - Chnok Tru (B, L, D)

Day 8: Chnok Tru - Siem Reap (B, L)

DETAILED ITINERARY

Day 1: Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) - My Tho

(D)

15:45 Toum Tiou is open for embarking. Clearance of departure formalities.
16:30 Departure for My Tho, security briefing.
19:00 Welcome drink and info meeting about cruise, crew introduction. Welcome dinner. Overnight onboard

Day 2: My Tho - Cai Be - Vinh Long

(B, L, D)

07:00 Departure of the Toum Tiou early in the morning. Breakfast during navigation on the marvelous canal of Cho Gao. Arrive at My Tho – Toum Tiou drops anchor on river in the proximity of Thoi Son Island. On the banks of a northern arm of the Mekong, My Tho, which translates as "fragrant herb", where tourists come to discover the beauty of the delta. It''''s a quiet, prosperous city of about 100,000 inhabitants, famous for its many fruit orchards, gardens and the huge rice fields that surround it. The climate is warm and pleasant year round. The surrounding countryside is home to one of the most luxuriant gardens of Vietnam, with its coconut palms, banana and mango trees. Local boats are coming alongside Toum Tiou to pick up passengers and transfer to the mainland. Departure for Vinh Trang Pagoda by car - Short panoramic tour of My Tho town on the way, stop for a visit of My Tho market. Return at the pier - Passengers cruise on the river to Thoi Son Island by local boat to visit the island, explore local people’s daily life and enjoy locally seasonal fruits
10:00 Passengers re-embark Toum Tiou and leaves My Tho for Cai Be. Lunch and leisure on board.
13:30 Toum Tiou drops anchor at Cai Be. Local boats are coming alongside Toum Tiou, picking up the passengers and cruise
around Cai Be Floating Market. Continuing for Vinh Long - a brick and pottery factory, the Binh Hoa Phuoc Islet Nursery of Fruit Trees as well a typical house and a show room of traditional farming tools. Vinh Long, which translates as "Majestic Dragon", is right in the middle of the delta, between two arms of the Mekong. The soil of Vinh Long is enriched by silt deposits, making it ideal for growing mandarins and other citrus fruits. Life is organized around the water. Houses on stilts, hawkers in boats, hundreds of small craft crisscross in all directions. The hospitality of the locals makes it a tourist destination par excellence.
16:30 Return on the Toum Tiou, departure

Quotation

Validity	Deck	Net rate in US$/person in
		Single cabin	Double/Twin cabin
Oct - Mar	Upper	2677	3266
	Main	2610	3145
Jun - Sep	Upper	2141	2613
	Main	2088	2516

 

Inclusion:

• Full board accommodation, including meals, coffee, tea & drinking water.

• French or English speaking guide.

• Visits mentioned in the program.

• Entrance fees.

• Transportation from departure port to arrival port

See details of services we provide in our tours

Exclusion:

• Personal travel insurance.

• Tours & meals other than those mentioned in the program.

• Transfers from/to airport and hotels.

• Personal expenses.

• Gratuities for the crew.

• Transfer from hotel to port and vice-versa.