Top Mekong River Cultural River Cruises & Packages In 2025/2026

Highlights

• Cruise Map : Explore the stunningly scenic and culturally distinctive lands that lie along the remarkable Mekong River on this 15-day cruisetour.
• Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam : Ho Chi Minh City has come a long way from its humble beginnings as a small fishing village called Prey Nokor. With a population of about 7.2 million people, it is now Vietnam’s largest city.
• Phnom Penh, Cambodia : Once known as “the Pearl of Asia,” this bustling Cambodian capital is home to both charming French colonial architecture and the monumental Angkorian complexes for which Cambodia is revered.
• Mekong River, Vietnam : The Mekong River boasts one of the richest areas of biodiversity on the planet: the Mekong river basin.
• Angkor Wat, Cambodia : Built for King Suryavarman II in the early 12th century, Angkor Wat is the most iconic portion of the Hindu temple complex located in Angkor, Cambodia.

Highlights

• Enjoy a local boat ride to Sa Dec Village
• Visit Buddhist Monastery in Oudong
• Visit rice paper and candy-making workshop
• Enjoy City Tour and Royal Palace Visit in Phnom Penh
• Enjoy Phnom Penh Walking Tour

Highlights

• Welcome to Vietnam
• Walking tour; visit the famous Rex Hotel for a drink, War Remnants Museum, and Ben Thanh Market; cooking class and lunch
• Cu Chi Tunnels excursion
• Onboard welcome reception
• Visit a local workshop to see how rice paper, rice wine, and traditional candy are made in Vinh Long; interact with sampan-making and conical hat making families in Cu Lao Gieng

Highlights

• Welcome to Vietnam
• Visit Ho Chi Minh’s mausoleum, One Pillar Pagoda, Ho Chi Minh Museum, and Temple of Literature; lunch at a local restaurant; take a cyclo ride through the Old Quarter; water puppets performance
• Cruise on Ha Long Bay
• Fly to Siem Reap
• Visit Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom, and Bayon Temple; Apsara dance performance

Highlights

• Welcome to Vietnam
• Visit Ho Chi Minh’s mausoleum, One Pillar Pagoda, Ho Chi Minh Museum, and Temple of Literature; lunch at a local restaurant; take a cyclo ride through the Old Quarter; water puppets performance
• Cruise on Ha Long Bay
• Fly to Siem Reap
• Visit Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom, and Bayon Temple; Apsara dance performance

Highlights

• Welcome to Vietnam
• Walking tour; visit the famous Rex Hotel for a drink, War Remnants Museum, and Ben Thanh Market; cooking class and lunch
• Cu Chi Tunnels excursion
• Onboard welcome reception
• Visit a local workshop to see how rice paper, rice wine, and traditional candy are made in Vinh Long; interact with sampan-making and conical hat making families in Cu Lao Gieng

Highlights

• Onboard welcome reception
• Visit a local workshop to see how rice paper, rice wine, and traditional candy are made in Vinh Long; interact with sampan-making and conical hat making families in Cu Lao Gieng
• Visit a local market and the religious sites at Sam Mountain in Chau Doc; walking tour of Long Khanh A with cotton-weaving demonstration
• Sightseeing by private cyclo, including the Royal Palace, Silver Pagoda, and the National Museum; afternoon at leisure; show by children from a local orphanage
• Visit the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and visit one of the Cambodian Killing Fields, or visit the lively central market

Highlights

• Welcome to Cambodia
• Visit Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom, and Bayon Temple; Apsara dance performance
• Visit Ta Prohm, Banteay Srei, and a noodle-making village
• Fly to Phnom Penh; onboard welcome reception
• Visit Wat Hanchey and partake in a traditional water blessing by local monks; walking tour in Angkor Ban with school visit