Mekong Eyes Cruise

Day 1: Panorama River Cruise

In the morning we pick you up at your hotel in Saigon and take you to Can Tho or Cai Be. You board your wooden river cruise vessel around noon. After a refreshing welcome drink we show you our on-board facilities and your cosy cabin. 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 guided 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 enjoy a drink at the bar or 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 a delicious on-board dinner. You stay overnight on board your floating hotel in the Mekong Delta.

Day 2: Life on the water and floating markets

Wake up well rested to the sound of the Mekong river and get ready for another exciting day of sightseeing in the Mekong Delta. At 6.30h the cruise vessel sets off for a sunrise cruise. Watch the locals go about their daily work drying exotic fruits and building ships on the wooden yards while enjoying an early breakfast.

After breakfast, we will board a sampan boat to Cai Be or Cai Rang floating market, the region’s busiest and most lively markets. Marvel at the sheer abundance of exotic fruits, vegetables and skilfully handcrafted regional products. We will pull up to the boats for talking and bargaining with the merchants. 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.

Disembark the boat at around 11.00 — 11.30h on the pier and enjoy lunch in town. Sit back in the car and watch the water landscape from a land perspective until you reach Chau Doc where we bring you to your hotel. Depending on your budget you can choose the famous colonial-style Victoria hotel or a family managed local 3-star hotel.

Day 3: Across the border towards Cambodia and Phnom Penh

Ride a taxi to the pier where you embark the speed boat for an exciting ride to Phnom Penh. Upon arrival in Phnom Penh, spend half a day to either explore Tuol Sleng and the killing fields Choeung Ek or enjoy a guided tour around the town itself, including the royal palace, the national museum and Wat Phnom.

Overnight in Phnom Penh.

Day 4: Phnom Penh to Siem Reap via Sambor Prei Kuk

Leave the capital and explore the beautiful landscape on your way to Siem Reap. Try deep fried Tarantula at a small town called “Spiderville”, explore the impressive pre-Angkorian capital of Isanapura, known today as Sambor Prei Kuk and enjoy a picnic lunch. After exploring the main temples in their quiet setting, continue along the old Angkor road and see Kompong Kdei, one of the ancient Angkor bridges with more than 20 arches.

You check in to the hotel in Siem Reap in the afternoon.

Day 5: Angkor Wat

Start your day early with sunrise and discover Ta Prohm at dawn, a temple which has been abandoned to the elements. Continue to the giant pyramid of Takeo, one of the highest temples in the Angkor area. Take the day to explore other wonderful buildings at this incredible site: Banteay Srei, Angkor’s ultimate art gallery, the immense walled city Angkor Thom, the Terrace of the Leper King and the magnificient temple of the Bayon.

Night at your hotel in Siem Reap.

Day 6: Angkor Wat

Rise early at sunrise to explore the mother of all temples, Angkor Wat. Believed to be the world’s largest religious building, this temple is the perfect fusion of symbolism and symmetry and a source of pride and strength to all Khmers. Spend another day to dive into another world and to explore the mysteries of history.

We are more than happy to adjust the trip to your liking.