8 Days Saigon Siem Reap on Aqua Mekong Cruise: Start the day at the Binh Thanh mat weaving village or choose to go to Sa Dec, where we’ll look around the lively market and see the famous house of Mr. Huynh Thuy Le, Marguerite Duras’s famous lover. Optional 18-kilometer bike ride on Long Khanh Island or take a rickshaw ride with the chef to visit Tan Chau Market.
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Day 1: Saigon – My Tho
Activities: Get on the cruise and enjoy these private moments on the Mekong
We’ll pick you up at the meeting point in Saigon and take you by air-conditioned coach to the My Tho dock, where the Aqua Mekong will be waiting for you.
Settle into your floating retreat, which has a wall of windows that give you a view that never gets old.
You can enjoy these private moments by the Mekong from your California king bed, your terrace, or your daybed.
Meals: Dinner
Overnight: Aqua Mekong Cruise
Day 2: Sa Dec
Activities: See the famous house of Mr. Huynh Thuy Le, who is said to have been Marguerite Duras’s famous lover.
Start the day at the Binh Thanh mat weaving village or choose to go to Sa Dec, where we’ll look around the lively market and see the famous house of Mr. Huynh Thuy Le, Marguerite Duras’s famous lover.
In the afternoon, we will walk through green plantations in a typical Mekong village called My An Hung.
We will be invited to a local’s house to try local fruits and hear traditional folk songs and a unique unicorn dance performed by villagers.
There is also a 17-kilometer biking option.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Overnight: Aqua Mekong Cruise
Day 3: Chau Doc
Activities: Go to the floating market in Chau Doc and the Long Son pagoda on top of Sam mountain.
By skiff, go along the Bassac Canal to the Chau Doc floating market. From there, take a van to the Long Son Pagoda on Sam Mountain.
Ask the monks about the ancient Buddhist rituals they follow.
Backtrack through the busy morning market.
Optional 18-kilometer bike ride on Long Khanh Island or take a rickshaw ride with the chef to visit Tan Chau Market.
After lunch, you can relax by the pool, get a traditional Khmer massage, or learn how to make dishes that are inspired by the Mekong River while we cross the border.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Overnight: Aqua Mekong Cruise
Day 4: Koh Oknha Tey – Preah Proshop
Activities: Watch as skilled Khmer people dye and weave kroma,
On this river of time, we see skilled Khmer people dying and weaving kroma, which is something every Khmer needs.
You can ride a bike along the riverbank and see Buddhist temples and thatched houses on thin wooden stilts, while white oxen wade in the water just off shore.
After lunch, we get on our marine-grade aluminum skiffs and head towards the tamarind trees of Preah Prosop, a remote village that hasn’t changed much in several lifetimes.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Overnight: Aqua Mekong Cruise
Day 5: Phnom Penh
Activities: Sail to Phnom Penh and explore this historic city by tuk-tuk, visiting the Royal Palace, the Silver Pagoda, and the National Museum of Cambodia.
We show our passengers around the Cambodian capital in a tuk-tuk, including the Royal Palace, the Silver Pagoda, and the National Museum of Cambodia, which has the largest collection of Khmer art in the world.
We can go to the Tuol Sleng Museum of Genocide and the Killing Field, or we can go shopping at the Russian Market.
We say goodbye to our 4-night guests who are getting off the boat in Phnom Penh.
Come back to welcome our 3-night guests over custom sundowners like the Salted Watermelon Crush with Thai basil.
Together, we celebrate the journey to the heart of this powerful river with a Khmer Apsara performance. This is a native tradition that is remembered on the walls of the temple at Angkor Wat.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Overnight: Aqua Mekong Cruise
Day 6: Kampong Chhnang
Activities: Take a skiff to Koh Chen and see how Khmer people live along the river in Kampong Chhnang.
This morning, we are going to Koh Chen, a village known for its skilled silversmiths.
Keep an eye out for their famous silver bowls, which the king of Cambodia often gives as gifts to important people who come to visit.
In the afternoon, we continue to learn about how the Khmer people lived along the river in Kampong Chhnang, also known as the “Port of Pottery” because of the ancient pottery found there.
Bike option is available.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Overnight: Aqua Mekong Cruise
Day 7: Tonle Sap
Activities: Explore the remote communities around the Tonle Sap Lake, which was named a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 1997.
Continue to learn about the people who live in the remote areas around the Tonle Sap Lake, which was named a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 1997.
In Chhnok Tru, we “slide” into an ice factory and talk to locals about what it’s like to live in a town where everything floats, including schools, churches, pagodas, karaoke bars, and even the police station.
After lunch, we go to Moat Khla, a floating village that can only be reached by water, and take part in a Buddhist blessing ceremony.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Overnight: Aqua Mekong Cruise
Day 8: Siem Reap
Activities: Enter the Prek Toal Core Bird Reserve by skiff.
The 22,000-hectare Prek Toal Core Bird Reserve is the final sanctuary in Southeast Asia for huge waterbirds such as spot-billed pelicans, milky storks, black-headed ibises, and the rare masked finfoot. Disembarkation.
Meals: Breakfast
