Mekong Eyes Cruise Vacation from Saigon to Phnom Penh – 3 Days
Overview
• Enjoy the mighty Mekong River Delta. • Experience gorgeous scenery along river bank. • Visit the famous Cai Be or Cai Rang floating market in the morning. • Taste the exceptional Vietnamese food onboard. • Learn daily life of local people on water by visiting fishing farms, rice fields, villages, fruit orchards… • Continue your trip to magnificent Phnom Penh Cambodia
Tour Route Map
*BRIEF ITINERARY
Day 1: Saigon – Can Tho
Day 2: Cruising on Mekong River to Chau Doc
Day 3: Chau Doc – Cambodia
Day 1. Mekong Eyes Cruise Vacation from Saigon to Phnom Penh – 3 Days: Saigon cruising tour to Cantho (l/d)
In the morning we will take you to Can Tho or Cai Be from your hotel. 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 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. It’s a chance for you to meet the friendly locals and taste the local produce 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 Eyes Cruise.
You stay overnight on Mekong Eyes Cruise – your floating hotel in the Mekong Delta.
Day 2. Mekong Eyes Cruise Vacation from Saigon to Phnom Penh – 3 Days: Life on the water and floating markets – Car Transfer to Chau Doc (b/l)
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 6.30 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 the most impressive sights in Can Tho. It is a very unique culture in the Mekong River Delta which attracts a lot of tourists, especially foreign tourists.
You will be surprising 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 at around 11.00 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. Mekong Eyes Cruise Vacation from Saigon to Phnom Penh – 3 Days: Chau Doc – Cruising tour towards Cambodia (b)
Enjoy breakfast at the hotel. Ride a taxi 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.
The trip ends here. Please contact us if we can help you organize your tour to Angkor or any further trips. Of course we will also be happy to arrange your transfer back to Saigon.
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[include]• 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]
[exclude]• 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]
