Essential Vietnam & Cambodia

Make your way to London Heathrow for your flight to Cambodia.

Check into your hotel, the stylish and unique Shinta Mani Resort, where you’ll settle in for a three-night stay. Arrive in Siem Reap where you will be met and transferred to your hotel, where you’ll settle in for a three-night stay. Stay: Three Nights, Siem Reap, Shinta Mani Resort

Visit Opportunities of Development thru Art (ODA), which provides support and education for underprivileged children. This evening, enjoy a Welcome Dinner and get to know your fellow travellers before seeing a traditional Apsara dance. Today explore Ta Prohm with its intertwined trees. Visit Opportunities of Development thru Art (ODA. This evening, enjoy a Welcome Dinner and Apsara dance.

This morning, perhaps select one of Travelmarvel’s select experiences. This afternoon, visit Angkor Archaeological Park and explore its ancient wonders including the temple Bayon. End the day watching a sunset at the iconic Angkor Wat.

Transfer to Kampong Cham to embark your Mekong River cruise. The Mekong’s unique charm is found in this stunning region with greenery strewn throughout the riverbank and the floating villages.

Board your river ship and indulge in your first dinner onboard.

Stay: Seven Nights, RV Apsara.

Take a tour of Angkor Ban before enjoying a cultural tour in Oknha Tey.

Arrive in Phnom Penh where an Insider Experience will be enjoyed. Continue to Koh Chen to visit the small family copperware workshops.

Join an excursion to the infamous Killing Fields and the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, which recalls one of the darkest moments of the 20th century. This afternoon in Phnom Penh, a tour takes you to visit the magnificent Royal Palace complex.

Spend today on board as your ship cruises to the Vietnamese border.

This morning, transfer to a small boat and travel along tiny tributaries, home to villages made up entirely of stilt houses. Go ashore for a tour of Tan Chau by rickshaw and explore an island lush with greenery.

This morning, take a boat ride to Sa Dec for a tour. Here, you’ll see Huynh Thuy Le’s old house (once the lover of French writer Marguerite Duras, the namesake of the RV La Marguerite). After lunch, a local boat takes you to the river-land town of Cai Be. Go ashore to see Cai Be’s French Gothic Cathedral and visit a local rice paper manufacturer to learn how rice paper is made. Return to your ship for dinner.

Disembark at My Tho Port today and travel by coach to the Cu Chi Tunnels, a tunnel network built by Vietnamese resistance fighters during the Vietnam War.

Part of a larger network, the tunnels were once used by Viet Cong guerrillas as hiding spots during combat. They also served as communication and supply routes, hospitals, weapon caches and living quarters.

Stay: Two Nights, Ho Chi Minh City, Fusion Suites Saigon

Savour a delicious Farewell Dinner at KOTO Saigon this evening. Spend time exploring Vietnam’s vibrant Ho Chi Minh City at your leisure today.

Today you will be transferred to the airport for your return flight to the UK.

Arrive into London

Make your way to London Heathrow for your overnight flight to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon).

Your journey begins today amid the hustle and bustle of Ho Chi Minh City. Upon arrival in the Vietnamese city, be met at the airport, and transferred your hotel. This evening, enjoy a welcome dinner at a KOTO Kumho. Stay: Two Nights: Fusion Suites, Saigon

This morning take a step back in time and revisit the military history of the area. Visit the Cu Chi Tunnels, built by Vietnamese resistance fighters during the Vietnam War. Part of a larger network, the tunnels were used by Viet Cong guerrillas as hiding spots during combat. They also served as communication and supply routes, hospitals, weapons caches and living quarters for numerous guerrilla fighters.

Drive to My Tho Port and board your river ship for a relaxing journey aboard the luxurious RV Apsara. Enjoy lunch as your ship sets off.

Tonight, enjoy a Welcome Dinner with your fellow passengers.

Stay: Seven Nights: RV Apsara.

Visit Cai Be and go ashore to see the town’s cathedral and port area. Drop in on a rice paper manufacturer to learn how rice paper is made. You’ll then take a boat ride to Sa Dec for a guided tour. Later, return to your ship for a delicious dinner.

Go ashore for a rickshaw tour of Tan Chau and take a small-boat ride to discover rural life on an island. The rest of today is then spent on board. This afternoon, perhaps attend a fruit-carving demonstration while border formalities are carried out. Cross into Cambodia and cruise overnight towards the capital, Phnom Penh.

Today begins your exploration of the city of Phnom Penh, and its sights. After breakfast, take an excursion to the infamous Killing Fields, before visiting the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, located on the site of the Khmer Rouge’s notorious Security Prison 21 (S-21). Learn of the atrocities inflicted upon Cambodians during Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s. After lunch on board, disembark and enjoy a tour.Visit the spectacular Royal Palace and delight in its dazzling white and gold architecture. Then head to the Silver Pagoda, set on the south side of the palace complex.

INSIDER EXPERIENCE Be treated to a memorable Buddhist blessing ceremony in Oudong. T

his morning, an excursion takes you to Oudong, Cambodia’s former royal capital.

While here, enjoy an Insider Experience. En route back to Phnom Penh, explore Koh Chen, a village specialising in the manufacture of copperware. Here you’ll visit some small family workshops and have the opportunity to buy some souvenirs.

Disembark this morning for a tour of Oknha Tey, or ‘Silk Island’, located on the lush banks of the Mekong River. Tour the village and see the traditional silk weaving that has been preserved for centuries.

This afternoon, set sail for Angkor Ban.

INSIDER EXPERIENCE Embark on a tuk tuk ride around the island of Koh Pen.

Disembark this morning for a walking tour of Angkor Ban, one of the few traditional villages left in Cambodia.

Later cruise to Kampong Cham before an Insider Experience

This morning, disembark in Kampong Cham, where floating villages line the tributaries of this stunning region. Where quaint towns and sleepy villages lend the Mekong a unique charm, transfer to Siem Reap.

Later, meet with underprivileged children at Opportunities of Development thru Art (ODA), and get a glimpse into the organisation that supports them by providing a creative, educative and loving environment.

This evening, stay in the beautiful and sophisticated Shinta Mani Resort, centrally located in the leafy French Quarter.

Stay: Two Nights: Siem Reap, Shinta Mani Resort

After a morning at leisure in Siem Reap, visit the ancient Bayon Temple. This evening, a memorable Insider Experience awaits.

INSIDER EXPERIENCE Enjoy sunset at Angkor Wat before savouring a delicious Farewell Dinner and Apsara dance performance. 

Transfer to the airport for your flight home back to the UK.

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