5 Days Downstream Phnom Penh Saigon on RV Tonle Pandaw Cruise: We will discover the labyrinthine canal system around Tan Chau to visit a Taoist temple where the monks will read fortunes. We will continue through local villages by Xe Loi stopping off to help locals tend their fields before stopping off to visit a fish farm and earn merit by releasing fish back into the Mekong.
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Day 1: Phnom Penh
Activities: Embarking the ship by lunchtime, discovering the city on your own.
We will embark on the ship for lunch. The check-in time should be no later than 12.00 noon, as we need your passport to process the immigration formalities for the border crossing.
We will have the day at leisure and stay overnight in Phnom Penh city port with its lively bars, restaurants, and night life.
Meals: Lunch, Dinner
Overnight: RV Tonle Pandaw Cruise Ship
Day 2: Tan Chau – Vietnam Border
Activities: Doing border crossing formalities, relaxing or taking an optional tour, visiting Tan Chau
In the early morning, we will sail to the Vietnam border for formalities and during this stationary period, there will be an optional tour of the working ship and fruit carving classes on deck. In the afternoon, we will discover the labyrinthine canal system around Tan Chau to visit a Taoist temple where the monks will read fortunes. We will continue through local villages by Xe Loi stopping off to help locals tend their fields before stopping off to visit a fish farm and earn merit by releasing fish back into the Mekong.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Overnight: RV Tonle Pandaw Cruise Ship
Day 3: Con Phuoc Island
Activities: Visiting Con Phuoc island, Taking a short coach trip to visit Gao Giong ‘green oasis’ with its bird sanctuary
In the morning, We will sail up a small canal to moor off Con Phuoc Island and go ashore to discover the island by tuk-tuk, see basket production, and visit a 100-year-old Catholic Church and local woodworking artisans.
After a short cruise downstream, in the afternoon, we will take a short coach trip where we will visit Gao Giong ‘green oasis’ with its bird sanctuary. Rowing boats will go through the canals to take us to see the principal nesting areas.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Overnight: RV Tonle Pandaw Cruise Ship
Day 4: Ben Tre
Activities: Observing traditional activities, visiting the countryside
After breakfast, the ship will moors off Cho Lach island for pot making and further glimpses of Delta life, agriculture, and local Viet hospitality including a culinary lesson in making traditional Banh Xeo. Upon return to the boat, we will take a cruise downstream to Ben Tre. There, we will travel by sampans through mangroves and bamboo groves to the orchards of Ben Tre. These local artisans will be at work and invite visitors into their homes for tea, fruit, and honey products made from their own honey. This is an area rich in bird life and on our return journey, we will travel by horse cart through the lush countryside.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Overnight: RV Tonle Pandaw Cruise Ship
Day 5: My Tho – Saigon
Activities: Cruising to My Tho, disembarking, transferring by car to Saigon
In the early morning, we will sail from Cai Be for My Tho, where we will disembark in the early morning for a coach transfer to
Saigon after having breakfast. We will arrive in Saigon late morning at around 10.30 am.
Meals: Breakfast
