RV Indochine, 8 Night From the Mekong Delta to the Temples of Angkor & The Imperial Cities ex Hanoi, Vietnam to Siem Reap, Cambodia

This 7-day pre-cruise program lets you discover the capital, Hanoi, as well as thousand-year-old pagodas, lakes and historical monuments. Set out on an unforgettable cruise on the legendary Halong Bay among the fantastically formed islands, crags, and cliffs. You will also visit the essential sites in two Vietnamese provinces formerly known as Annam and Tonkin.

Day 1
Full-day included excursion: Ho Chi Minh City and its mausoleum. Traditional water puppetry show. Night at the hotel.

Day 2
We’ll leave early in the morning for Halong Bay (approx. 3.5 hours travel time).We’ll be welcomed aboard and enjoy a cocktail.We'll cruise in Halong Bay.We'll spend the night on board.

Day 3
Tai Chi class on deck. Included excursion: visit of one of the largest caves of the bay. We'll cruise in Halong Bay. Disembarking and trip back to Hanoi. You’ll take a flight to Hue. Night at the hotel.

Day 4
Full-day included excursion: the tombs of Khai Dinh and Tu Duc, the Tu Hieu Pagoda, the Imperial City and the Dong Ba Market. Night at the hotel.

Day 5
Full-day included excursion: the Pagoda of the Celestial Lady, the village of Kim Long and the Museum of Cham Sculpture. Night at the hotel.

Day 6
Full-day included excursion: My Son, Hoi An for lunch and a visit of the city and the Fujian Assembly Hall. Night at the hotel.

Day 7
You’ll take a flight to Ho Chi Minh City. Included excursion: tour of the city, its hectic market and the Thien Hau temple. You’ll then be transferred to our ship. After comfortably settling into your cabins, we’ll introduce our crew at a welcome cocktail. We'll spend the night on the ship.

Day 8
Included excursions: - The Cu Chi tunnels - The Museum of Vietnamese History We’ll then begin to cruise to the splendid Cho Gao canal. We’ll spend the night on board.

Day 9
Passage through the Cho Gao Canal. Included excursions: - Visit of a bee farm and tasting - Ride in small sampans along the canal lined - Discovery of a brick and pottery factory, a fruit-tree nursery, puffed riced, rice-paper wrappers, and rice alcohol* We’ll spend the night on board.

Day 10
Visit the former house of Huynh Thuy Le, the man who Marguerite Duras based her book The Lover on. After our excursion, enjoy some free time in Sa Dec. We’ll return on board and cast off as you sit down to lunch. Our ship will begin to cruise to Cambodia. We’ll spend the night on board.

Day 11
Included excursion: visit of a local fish farm, the Tay An Pagoda and the Ba Chua Xu Temple. We’ll arrive in Phnom Penh in the evening. Included excursion: brief tour of Phnom Penh by "tuk-tuk." We’ll spend the night on board.

Day 12
Full-day included excursion: - The Royal Palace and the Silver Pagoda - The National Museum - The Tuol Svay Prey School, a former detention, torture, and execution center run by the Khmer Rouge during the civil war We’ll return to the ship and enjoy a performance of classical Khmer dancing and music. The rest of the evening is yours to do as you please. We’ll spend the night on board.

Day 13
Included excursion: visit of a small village where craftspeople specialize in silver and copper work.We’ll head to Kampong Tralach.Included excursion: the Wat Kampong Tralach Leu pagoda in ox carts or in "tuk-tuk".We’ll spend the night on board.

Day 14
Included excursion: Kampong Chhnang and tasting. We’ll cruise to Tonle Sap Lake. We’ll spend the night on board.

Day 15
Disembark, road(1) to Siem Reap and discovery of traditional villagesOrMorning cruise(2) through Tonle Lake and disembarkAfter, we'll visit the Angkor Wat temple.Enjoy a stroll through the Angkor Night Market.Night at the hotel.

Day 16
Visit of the Senteurs d'Angkor (closed on Sundays).We’ll end the day with Phare, the Cambodian circus.Night at the hotel.

Day 17
Included excursion: the Ta Prohm temple, Angkor Thom, the grounds of the former Royal Palace, the Terrace of the Elephants and the Terrace of the Leper King.We’ll bid you farewell at approximately 2:00 p.m. Please do not book your flight before 5:00 p.m.

RV Indochine sails on the Mekong. Entirely made of exotic wood paneling in a colonial style, the Indochine Ship combines charm and comfort.

With a relaxed ambiance you can expect all the services you would find in a high-quality hotel. Cabins are spacious, built in noble-wood, equipped with security boxes, hot-showers, central A/C and large storage space. The ship also has a delightful Asian decorated restaurant and a large luxury lounge. Massage facilities are also available.

CroisiEurope has a fleet of Prestige category boats with cabins, which ply the most beautiful rivers in Europe. Spacious and light, they offer a welcoming and refined setting. Accommodation capacity varies from 100 to 180 passengers depending on the boat's design. At the cutting edge of technology, their facilities offer comfort and safety.

Carefully maintained and partially renovated each year, the CroisiEurope fleet is largely made up of recently built vessels, less than five years old, all with Veritas certification. The leading European river tour operator, our company owes its international reputation to its seriousness, its dynamism, its sense of innovation and its recognised value for money of long standing.

Vessels are rated four-star and food is superb – as you’d expect on a French-owned cruise line, staffed by French chefs and with top French and German wines aboard. One cruise of the Rhone and Saone Rivers in France concentrates on gastronomy and traditional French cusine, visiting Collonges Abbey, renowned for its great French chef, Paul Bocuse.

CroisiEurope is a family-owned and operated firm, with brothers and sisters running different aspects of the company and keeping a close eye on all operations to ensure excellence.

River cruising offers much free fun. Wake in the morning and observe the passing riverside scenery through your cabin window – perhaps from your bed. Gaze upon village churches or a patchwork of fields sparkling in the morning sun.

CroisiEurope’s network traverses a phenomenal number of European rivers and waterways. They range from the Guadalquivir and Guadiana (flowing through Spain and Portugal respectively); the Douro in Portugal, the Po and Venice Lagoon in Italy; the Rhone in Provence, plus the Seine from Paris to the Normandy Coast. And there’s more: the Moselle, the Neckar, the Saar, the Oder, the Havel, the Baltic Sea, the Camarge, the Rhine, the Main and the mighty Danube; the Tisza and the Black Sea; the Belgian and Dutch waterways. Everything from tulip time in Holland to Christmas Markets in Germany.

Drinks included with on board meals: mineral water, house wine, beer, fruit juice, and tea or coffee.