Sail through Cambodia and Vietnam aboard the RV Indochine II, a 4-star luxury ship completly paneled in tropical hardwood. Spend 14 days cruising along the Mekong, traveling from Siem Reap to Hanoi observing imposing monuments, examples of finest architecture, and extraordinary landscapes. Visit the Silver Pagoda and the Royal Palace, observe a performance of classical Khmer dancing in Siem Reap, discover the beautiful Hanoi, cruise across Halong Bay on a junk, and more!
Highlights
Observe a performance of classical Khmer dancing in Siem Reap
Explore Kampong Chhnang, one of the largest fishing ports on the Tonle Sap
Tour Sa Dec, known as the “garden of the Cochin Chine” in colonial times
Visit My Tho islands in small boats and observe local craftsmen at work
Involves minimal physical effort and is typically associated with leisurely activities. Activities are low-intensity or last less than a few hours each day.
Today‘s activities depend on your arrival time in Hanoi. If you arrive between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m., your program is: Visit the Senteurs d'Angkor: a diverse collection of silk and carvings, as well as a superb range of traditional beauty products and spices, all made locally. Also visit Artisans Angkor, which states its goal as "the ambitious belief that it is possible to revive ancient Cambodian arts & crafts while improving the lives of thousands of people living in rural areas." Enjoy a stroll through the Angkor Night Market. Have dinner and spend the night at the hotel
Note:
Accommodation is either at a 4-star or 5-star hotel according to the cruise you choose. Lunch is served by 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., then check into your room at 2 p.m.
Today, explore Angkor Thom, the monumental temple of Bayon—famous for its towers and 172 faces of Avalokitesvara, and Ta Prohm. After lunch in town, leave for a visit to Banteay Srei. This evening, have your dinner in a restaurant in town before ending the day with Phare, the Cambodian circus, and spending the night at the hotel.
Enjoy breakfast before visiting the Angkor Wat temple: the epitome of Khmer architectural art. It is the largest religious monument in the world and an architectural masterpiece. Lunch is served at the hotel. In the early afternoon, transfer from the hotel to the RV Indochine II. After comfortably settling into your cabins, meet the crew at a welcome cocktail and have dinner on board.
Day 4: Tonle Sap Lake | Kampong Chhnang | Kampong Tralach
Enjoy a leisurely breakfast this morning while crossing the lake. Located about 90 kilometers from Phnom Penh, Kampong Chhnang is one of the largest fishing ports on the Tonle Sap. Fish farming is abundant here. The region is best known for its particularly archaic pottery that can be found throughout the country and which gave the town its name (Kampong Chhnang means "port of pottery" in Khmer). Taste the palm sugar harvested from the Thnot - a sugar palm that is also a national symbol, and visit the floating village on small boats. Return back on board and depart for Kampong Tralach. Have dinner on board this evening.
Set out to visit the beautiful Vihara at the Wat Kampong Tralach Leu pagoda. To access the pagoda you need to cross the village of Kampong Tralach in ox carts, moving along a small road that runs perpendicular to the river in the middle of magnificent rice fields. After lunch, arrive in Koh Chen. You can explore this small village where craftspeople specialize in silver and copper work. After returning on board, spend the afternoon cruising towards Phnom Penh, arriving in the early evening. Enjoy a brief tour of the area by "tuk-tuk," the easiest way to get around the city. Return to the ship and enjoy a performance of classical Khmer dancing and music and have dinner.
Enjoy a tour of the fabulous Royal Palace, one of the most impressive examples of Cambodian architecture, and its Silver Pagoda. Onward to visit the National Museum. After lunch in town, you can pay a visit to the Tuol Svay Prey School, a former detention, torture, and execution center run by the Khmer Rouge during the civil war. Afterwards, enjoy some free time at the market. Return on board for dinner in the evening and start sailing towards Vietnam.
Located on the border between Cambodia and Vietnam, the prosperous city of Chau Doc has developed around fish and fish farming. We’ll pay a visit to the Ba Chua Xu Temple and the Tay An Pagoda. Once you are back on board, you’ll begin to cruise toward Sa Dec. Have dinner and spend the night on board.
Enjoy breakfast before continuing to the small sleepy town of Sa Dec. Visit the former house of Huynh Thuy Le, the man who Marguerite Duras based her book The Lover on. In colonial times, Sa Dec was known as the “Garden of Cochin-China” because of its famous floral gardens. Have lunch on board and cruise to Ving Long - located in the middle of the delta, between two distributaries of the Mekong River. Hundreds of small boats abound between houses built on stilts. Take a boat ride through the arroyos and orchards to Cai Be. Discover a brick and pottery factory, a fruit-tree nursery in Binh Hoa Phuoc, puffed riced and the rice paper wrappers used to make nems, rice alcohol, and coconut candies. Afterwards, return on board and start to cruise once again. Enjoy dinner on board this evening.
Visit a bee farm and enjoy some honey tea and exotic fruit. Then take a ride in small sampans along the canal lined with mangrove palms. Lunch will be served on board. Then set out to cross the very narrow Chao Gao Canal, heading for Ho Chi Minh City. Have dinner and remain in port overnight.
Ho Chi Minh City was heavily influenced by French colonialism in the 19th century. Enjoy a tour of the city to see the Reunification Palace, Notre Dame Cathedral, and the Saigon Central Post Office, and visit the Museum of Vietnamese History. Lunch will be served on board. In the afternoon, leave by coach for the Cu Chi tunnels, an immense network of underground tunnels that were used by Viet Cong soldiers as hiding spots during combat, as well as serving as communication and supply routes, hospitals, food, and weapon caches. After your excursion, return on board our ship. Tonight have your farewell cocktail and dinner. Remain in port overnight.
Day 11: Ho Chi Minh City | Disembark | Fly to Hanoi
Enjoy breakfast on board before disembarking. Spend the morning visiting Cholon, the Chinese-influenced section of the city, including its hectic market. After lunch in town, you’ll be transferred to the airport and board a flight to Hanoi. You’ll check into a 5-star hotel and have dinner.
After breakfast, spend the day on a guided tour of the capital visiting the outside of the historic Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum on Ba Dinh Square, Ho Chi Minh's humble stilt house behind the mausoleum, and the unique One Pillar Pagoda Buddhist temple. Then, move on to the Temple of Literature, which was home to Vietnam's first national university, the Imperial Academy, and is one of several temples in Vietnam dedicated to Confucius. The interior of the temple is divided into five impressive and unique courtyards, arranged south to north. The first courtyard is reached through a monumental gate known as the Great Portico. Have lunch in town. Afterwards, discover the old quarter of the city by pedi-cab or electric car. Also known as the “36 Streets”, the quarter reflects the different guilds concentrating their businesses along these streets. During your tour, see many French colonial buildings and Hoan Kiem Lake. Finish up your day with a traditional water puppetry show, have dinner in the city, and spend the night at the hotel.
Enjoy breakfast before leaving early in the morning for Halong Bay (approx. 3.5 hours travel time). Be welcomed aboard a junk, enjoy a cocktail, and have lunch on board. Begin your cruise to discover the thousands of various limestone islands dotting the emerald-colored bay, and go on a tour of a floating fishing village. Have dinner on board and spend the night on the 4-star junk Bahia (or similar accommodations).
Day 14: Halong Bay | Disembark | Hanoi
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Rise early in the morning and participate in a Tai Chi class on deck. Continue your cruise through the bay, discovering more of its extraordinary scenery and visiting one of the largest caves. This morning, brunch is served on board. Disembark at 11:00 a.m. and begin the trip back to Hanoi. Before arriving, stop off at the Dinh Bang communal hall, one of the largest and finest communal houses in Vietnam. Enjoy a light dinner and prepare for your return home.
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Main Deck
8 outside-facing cabins on the main deck equipped with two low beds that can be moved together; ample storage space; private bathroom with shower; air-conditioning; safe; hair dryer; and dresser.
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Upper Deck
18 outside-facing cabins on the upper deck equipped with two low beds that can be moved together; ample storage space; private bathroom with shower; air-conditioning; safe; hair dryer; and dresser.
Notes
20% discount on children between 2-10 years
30% discount for 3rd person in triple cabin
Initial deposit is 30%, and most travelers will call our office and pay the deposit with a credit card.
Final payment is due 100 days prior to departure by Bank transfer or credit card. All final payments by credit card may be subject to a surcharge and maximum of $20,000 charge
Our guide and driver were very good with their knowledge and were very helpful with our questions. It was a very pleasant visit that would have been impossible to do on our own. Hotels and restaurants were fantastic. The special places we got to go to, like the kitchens, were great. Enjoyed the entire trip!
Meyer Smolen
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The response from Adventure Life to my first inquiry was prompt and promising. I worked with Jamie Broeckel, Trip Planner, via text, email, and phone calls- always extremely responsive and thorough with information and explaining the process to arrange a private tour for me to Malaysia Borneo. Within about week, the booking was complete and I made decisions because of Jamie's great customer service , friendly manner, and overall competence on behalf of the company's travel expertise. Now I have an itinerary, additional Trip Planner Assistants, several links for vital information for traveling to Maylasia, etc. Still many details for Sept. trip, but now the heavy lifting is done and I can enjoy the rest of the anticipation and research!! Thanks Jamie- you are amazing!!!!
Susan Campo
2 days ago
The trip was not only memorable for the amount of animals we saw but also for the people and accommodations at the two camps where we stayed. Our first guide, BK, was a wealth of information about the animals, landscape and down to the plants and what they were used for. Everyday out was a learning experience with him. All the people at the camps were gracious and the food was excellent.
Our second camp in the Okavanga was just as good as the first as far as the staff, accommodations, food and animals. After our experience at the first camp we amazed that the high quality remained the same. Our guide, G, made sure we were able to enjoy every experience including a rush through the bush to witness a cheetah and an ensuing hunt that he heard over his radio.
In both camps there were enough guides out that if they saw something the other guides were informed which helped in seeing as much as possible. It was also nice that the concessions were large enough that we did not have vehicles following each other throughout the day.
Normally there is always something in a trip of this length that we think could be improved upon but this is the rare case where we cannot think of anything. From the time we left the States to when we returned it was one of the most hassle free vacations we took.
Perhaps emphasizing the use of the laundry facilities at the camps would be useful because of the luggage restrictions would be the only thing I can think of as an improvement to future clients.
Kenneth Dropek
3 days ago
Mary was so pleasant and professional. She made sure all of our questions were answered.
