Dragon Eyes Cruise Holiday from Saigon to Phompenh – 3 Days
Best places to visit: Saigon - Cantho - Caibe - Phnompenh
3 days
Daily Tour
20 people
English & Czech
Deeply explore to the local villages Overnight on the river Go into the middle of the life about the river in greener areas of the Mekong delta. Enjoy cruise excursion with Dragon Eyes Cruiser…
Itinerary :
*BRIEF ITINERARY:
Day 1: Sai Gon Cruise to Can Tho
Day 2: Can Tho – Cai Be – Chau Doc
Day 3: Chau Doc – Cambodia
Day 1. Dragon Eyes Cruise Holiday from Saigon to Phompenh – 3 Days: Saigon Cruising Trip to Cantho (L/D)
In the morning we pick you up at your hotel in Saigon and take you to Can Tho or Cai Be. Can Tho is the fifth largest city in Vietnam, and the largest city in the Mekong delta. It is noted for its floating market, rice-paper-making village, and picturesque rural canals. The most unique and natural in architecture of Can Tho is the canal network. Canals play an important role as “street”; it brings the simple and poetic beauty to Can Tho. You board Mekong Dragon Eyes cruise vessel around noon. After a refreshing welcome drink we show you our on-board facilities and your cozy 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 try some kinds of local foods and fruits.
Get back to Mekong Eyes Cruise 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 dinner on the Dragon Eyes Cruise.
You stay overnight on Mekong Eyes Cruise – your floating hotel in the Mekong Delta.
Day 2. Dragon Eyes Cruise Holiday from Saigon to Phompenh – 3 Days: Caibe Cruising Tours to Chau Doc (B/L)
Wake up in 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, they are two of unique beauties of the Mekong river delta which attract a lot of tourists, especially foreign tourists. Marvel at the sheer abundance of exotic fruits, vegetables and skillfully 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 Mekong Eyes Cruise around 11.15am 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. Dragon Eyes Cruise Holiday from Saigon to Phompenh – 3 Days Dragon Eyes cruise package: Cruising tours towards Cambodia (B)
After having breakfast at the hotel you go to the pier where you embark the speed boat for an exciting ride to Phnom Penh, your starting point for discovering Cambodia and the famous temples of Angkor Wat. Ends of tour!
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• Accommodation in cozy double or twin bedded cabins on the Mekong Eyes Cruise
• Guided walk and side trip on sampan as mentioned in the itinerary
• English speaking guide on the cruise boat and side trips
• Private transportation (car with driver) from Can Tho / Cai Be to Chau Doc
• Hotel in Chau Doc
• Public speed boat from Chau Doc to Phnom Penh
• Transfer from the hotel in Chau Doc to the jetty for the public speed boat.
• Meals as mentioned in the itinerary
• Mineral water placed in your cabin on your cruise boat and in hotel room [/include]
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• Visa fee for Cambodia
• Drinks (except for breakfast and the mineral water in your cabin/hotel room)
• Dinner in Chau Doc on the second evening
• Tips [/exclude]