Mekong Cruise from Saigon to Phnom Penh (4 days)
4 Days
Saigon · Cai Be · Can Tho · Chau Doc · Phnom Penh
About this journey
Travel from Saigon to Phnom Penh over four days, with Cai Be, Can Tho and Chau Doc along the route. This version adds a Can Tho stage before the onward journey to Phnom Penh.
Itinerary
Day 1: Saigon → Cai Be (L/D)
This morning you will be picked up from the hotel in Saigon and transferred to Can Tho or Cai Be to board your river cruise boat. As lunch is served, the boat starts cruising. Sit back and watch the fantastic scenery and the daily life of the Mekong people. In the afternoon you can disembark for a leisurely stroll through a village and the surrounding fruit orchards or rice fields. Meet the friendly locals and taste the local produce and fruits.
Get back on board and relax on deck as the sun sets over the magnificent water landscape of the Mekong River. The boat will anchor for the night. The day ends with dinner on-board.
Day 2: Cai Be → Can Tho (B/L/D)
Board a sampan to Cai Rang floating market, the region’s busiest and most lively market. Marvel at the sheer abundance of exotic fruits and vegetables. We will also visit some of the local candy and cake making factories or boat through the green water landscape to see local houses, verdant orchards and ship-building yards. Or you can go exploring on a bicycle.The cruise boat then resumes its journey as lunch is served. In the afternoon there will be another side trip to one of the exotic villages along the way.
Disembark the boat at around 1100 – 1130hrs on the pier and enjoy lunch at a local restaurant. Sit back in your vehicle until you reach Chau Doc.
Day 3: Can Tho → Chau Doc (B/L)
Early start in Can Tho, we will visit the floating market of Cai Rang. In Cai Be you will explore the delta by foot or with a small sampan. Take another sampan side trip right into the lush rural landscape, the fertile fields, the exuberant green.
Disembark the boat at around 1100 -1130hrs on the pier and enjoy lunch at a local restaurant. Sit back in your vehicle until you reach Chau Doc& transfer to the hotel.
Day 4: Chau Doc → Phnom Penh (B)
Transfer to the pier where you embark the speed boat for an exciting ride to Phnom Penh, your starting point for discovering Cambodia. The boat arrives around noon in Phnom Penh; the trip ends with a transfer to your hotel in the city.
What’s Included
- Meals indicated in the daily programme: 3 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 2 dinners
- Transfer from the hotel in Saigon to the cruise embarkation point
- Overnight cruise stay and onboard meals as described
- Sampan excursions and floating-market visits described in the programme
- Transfer to Chau Doc and speedboat journey to Phnom Penh
- Transfer to your hotel in Phnom Penh at the end of the journey

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