Vietnam and Cambodia: Along the Mekong River, including Angkor and Saigon
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Highlights
- Spend two days exploring the legendary religious sites of Angkor, in the company of our experts and local guides
- Visit communities and learn the ways of life along the river, including subsistence fishing and small industries
- Explore Phnom Penh and Saigon, touring sites important to the cities’ 20th-century histories
- Travel in extraordinary comfort and see many of the countries’ cultural highpoints.
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- Accommodations ashore and aboard ship
- Meals indicated
- Excursions
- Services of Lindblad Expeditions’ Leader and expert guides
- Internet access (in limited areas)
- All port charges and service taxes
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Itinerary
Take connecting flights to Siem Reap, Cambodia.
This day is en route, partly "lost" to the International Date Line.
Arrive in Siem Reap, the gateway to Angkor, in the evening. We spend the next three nights at outstanding La Résidence d’Angkor, built along the Siem Reap River in traditional Khmer style, with spacious rooms with teak furniture and bamboo screens.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
In the morning we venture out for an introduction to the area at the fine small temple of Banteay Srei, known for its exceptional carvings. After lunch, we stop at Les Artisans d’Angkor, where we see how local artisans preserv...
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
We begin early in order to get to Angkor Wat in time for sunrise. This visionary 12th-century temple, the world’s largest religious monument, represents the apogee of Khmer art and architecture. Crowned by five towers, with elaborate...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
This morning we drive eastward, with a box lunch, to the Mekong River. We embark Jahan, our home for the next seven nights, at the town of Kampong Cham. In the late afternoon we begin sailing along the Mekong, with welcome drinks and dinner aboard our ship. (B,L,D)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Wat Hanchey, which we visit in the morning, is a large temple complex atop a hill overlooking an exceptionally pretty stretch of the Mekong, offering outstanding views. There is a lot to see here: an 8th-century temple from th...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
This morning, we visit Kampong Tralach, on the banks of the Tonle Sap River. Kampong Tralach is a small village that relies on subsistence fishing and working the rice paddies. We’ll take local oxcarts through the rice paddies...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Today will be a full, rewarding day exploring the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, situated at the confluence of the Mekong, Bassac and Tonle Sap Rivers. We begin with a cyclo (bicycle taxi) ride to the magnificent Royal Palac...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
As we sail along the Mekong, there’s a chance to see life along the river, with traditional ships, barges and freighters plying the waterway. There will be a chance to enjoy Jahan’s many amenities, to hear talks by our staff a...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Friendly Tan Chau has one of Vietnam’s most interesting markets, with an astonishing variety of tropical fruits, vegetables and other goods. We continue to a small floating market on the river and a floating fish farm, where we see fish being fed through trap doors in the floating platforms. In the afternoon, we continue sailing the Mekong.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
From the hamlet of Sadec, we’ll take a local boat along a channel off the main river, with much activity to be seen along the way. We’ll visit a small community where the villagers grow, process and fashion water hyacinths int...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
We disembark Jahan in the morning in My Tho, and visit the great Vinh Trang pagoda, originally built in 1850. We then transfer to Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam’s greatest commercial center, where we’ll have panoramic view...
Meals: Breakfast
In the morning we see some of Saigon’s historic landmarks, which include a rich selection of fine colonial buildings. We continue to the Reunification Palace, headquarters of the South Vietnamese Government during the Vietnam War. The breaching...
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Accommodation
Voyage aboard Jahan, a richly-appointed river ship
The new 48-guest river ship Jahan affords us access to places that would otherwise be difficult to reach. Her cabins are spacious, each with a private balcony, and she offers a standard of accommodation and service that has until now been unknown in this part of the world.
Jahan is a new 48-guest riverboat that offers a level of luxury not previously found on the Mekong River. Accommodations are in 22 spacious outside-facing staterooms and two suites, each with a private balcony. Jahan is the ideal platform for sailing along the Mekong River and allows effortless access to the villages and communities built along the riverbanks. Large, beautifully appointed gathering spaces accommodate the entire expedition community for lectures and Recap, and there are many private places you can tuck away to read a book or enjoy evening cocktails with new friends. There is a spa offering a choice of massage treatments and a fitness room with a steam bath. Morning Tai Chi classes are held in the open air of the terrace deck.
Number of Days Prior to Expedition Start Per Person Cancellation Fee
120 or more days $350*
119–90 days Advance payment cost
89–60 days 25% of trip cost
59-45 days 50% of trip cost
44-0 days No refund
11 Breakfasts, 8 Lunches and 10 Dinners
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