Mekong Toum Tiou Cruise | Mekong - Cambodia 8 days 7 nights

15:45 Toum Tiou is open for embarking at Saigon Port (Cang Nha Rong Port) next to Ho Chi Minh Museum. (Address: #5 Nguyen Tat Thanh, District 4.)

16:00 Clearance of departure formalities

16:30 Departure for My Tho, security briefing

19:00 Welcome drink and info meeting about cruise, crew introduction and welcome dinner

Overnight onboard

Departure of the Toum Tiou early in the morning

07:00 Breakfast during navigation on the marvelous canal of Cho Gao

10:00 Arrival at My Tho – Toum Tiou drops anchor on river in the proximity of Thoi Son Island in My Tho city. 

On the banks of a northern arm of the Mekong, My Tho, which translates as "fragrant herb", where tourists come to discover the beauty of the delta. It's a quiet, prosperous city of about 100,000 inhabitants, famous for its many fruit orchards, gardens and the huge rice fields that surround it. The climate is warm and pleasant year round. The surrounding countryside is home to one of the most luxuriant gardens of Vietnam, with its coconut palms, banana and mango trees.

Local boats comes alongside the Toum Tiou to pick up passengers to the mainland for a short panoramic tour of My Tho town and visit Vinh Trang pagoda, stop for a visit of My Tho market. Return at the pier - Passengers cruise on the river to Dragon Island by local boat to visit the island, explore local people’s daily life and enjoy locally seasonal fruits

12:00 Passengers re-embark Toum Tiou and leaves My Tho for Cai Be. Lunch and leisure on board

15:30 Toum Tiou drops anchor at Cai Be. Local boats are coming alongside Toum Tiou, picking up the passengers and cruise around Cai Be Floating Market.

Continue visit the handicraft village where workers produce rice paper, rice wine, popped rice etc. in a traditional way.

After that, travel to Vinh Long  to visit a brick and pottery factory, the Binh Hoa Phuoc Islet Nursery of Fruit Trees as well a typical house and a show room of traditional farming tools.

Vinh Long, which translates as "Majestic Dragon", is right in the middle of the delta, between two arms of the Mekong. The soil of Vinh Long is enriched by silt deposits, making it ideal for growing mandarins and other citrus fruits. Life is organized around the water. Houses on stilts, hawkers in boats, hundreds of small craft crisscross in all directions. The hospitality of the locals makes it a tourist destination par excellence.

18:00 Return on the Toum Tiou, departure for Sa Dec.

19:30 Arrival at Sa Dec, Toum Tiou drops anchor on the river. Dinner and overnight on board

06:00 Breakfast

07:00 Sa Dec - Short panoramic tour and transfer to Trung Vuong primary school. Continuing to Kien An Cung Pagoda. Stroll around Sa Dec Market along Sa Dec River bank. This small city of 30,000 inhabitants is fascinating in its unspoiled authenticity and undisturbed by tourists. It provides a glimpse of the delta where a few colonial houses still remain, including the "Chinaman's house" (from Duras' novel "The Lover", also made into a movie).

09:00 Passengers re-embark; Toum Tiou leaves Sa Dec for Chau Doc, lunch and leisure on board.

16:00 Arrival at Chau Doc, departure for fish raising rafts. If the timing is allowing it, watch of the sunset on the Sam Mountain which peaks at 237 meters. Its well-known Buddhist sanctuaries offer an unobstructed view over the mosaic of glistening rice paddies below. To the left is Cambodia, the flow of the Mekong on the horizon breaks into infinity of silver ribbons. Visit on the way of the Lady Chua Xu temple and Tay An Pagoda.

19:30 Return to the boat, Dinner onboard. Overnight onboard.

Toum Tiou leaves early in the morning for Vinh Xuong (Vietnamese border). Breakfast during navigation

08:00 Arrival at Vinh Xuong check-point – Formalities clearance for Toum Tiou to cross the border.

10:30 Toum Tiou leaves Vinh Xuong check point for Phnom Penh. Lunch during the navigation.

17:00 Arrival at Phnom Penh. Passengers free to enjoy evening in Cambodian capital. 

Dinner and overnight on board.

07:30 Breakfast. 

08:30 Visit Royal Palace, Silver Pagoda, National Museum and Wat Phnom.

12.00 Lunch at a local restaurant. 1

16:00 Visit Toul Sleng old center of detention, of torture and execution between 1975 and 1979. The visit of this place is essential to understand what could be the fatal madness perpetrated by the Khmer Rouges. Visit Russian Market.

19:00 Return to the boat. Local group performs on board traditional “APSARA” show for 45 minutes. Dinner and overnight on board.

07:00 Breakfast. 

09:00 Balance of the day free exploration on own.

11:30 Return to the boat.

12:00 The Toum Tiou leaves Phnom Penh for Kompong Tralach. Lunch during navigation.

15:00 Arrival at Kampong Tralach to visit its wonderful Vihara belonging to Wat KampongTralach Leu pagoda. To get to it, we cross Kampong Tralach Krom village along a small road perpendicular to the river, crossing some gorgeous stretches of emerald rice paddy as we leave the river behind.

The Vihara dates back to early last century. It was probably built on an older site, as indicated by the latérite foundations, and is home to some outstanding mural paintings. These, however, are starting to suffer from weathering. They remain one of the last survivors of cultural destruction that continues unabated due to widespread indifference. Standing by itself in the middle of rice fields, it is a modest pagoda that receives very few visitors. Its isolation may well be its undoing, as was the case for Wat Tani Pagoda in the province of Kampot.

18:00 Passengers re-embark. The Toum Tiou drops anchor few miles away. 

Dinner and overnight on board.

07:00 Departure of the Toum Tiou early in the morning. Sail to Kampong Chnang. Breakfast during navigation.

08:00 Arrival to Kampong Chnang. Located some 56 miles from Phnom Penh, the town of Kampong Chnang is one of the largest fishing ports on the Tonlé Sap. Fish farming is also widely practiced in the area.

The area is famous for its pottery ware, unchanged in style for centuries, which is produced in sufficient quantities to supply the entire country. And not to be overlooked are the products of the Thnot tree (sugar palm – a real national symbol) that abounds in the area: a mellow tasting, caramel-colored sugar sold in large cakes and palm wine.

11:30 Passengers re-embark the Toum Tiou. Lunch on board on the way to Chnok Tru.

16:00 Arrival at Chnok Tru. Local boats are coming along the Toum Tiou and picking passengers for the visit.

Almost totally overlooked by tourists because of its remoteness and difficult access, the village is completely self-sufficient. A floating school, factories to make ice for fish preservation, church, pagoda, service stations, pigsty, stores, boat or television repair shops, video club, karaoke bar, police station... everything is on the water. All trades are represented and everybody from children to grandparents goes by boat through the network of canals that cross this little town.

17:00 Passengers re-embark. The Toum Tiou stays overnight in the proximity of Chnok Tru.

19:30 Farewell cocktail (1 glass of local liquor or juice) with Master of Ship & Cruise Manager. Captain’s farewell dinner (Enriched menu + 1 glass of wine).  Overnight on board.

Option for low water level from February/Match

Kampong Chhnnang – Koh Chen:

07:00 Departure of the Toum Tiou early in the morning. Sail to Kampong Chhnnang. Breakfast during navigation.

08:00 Arrival to Kampong Chnang. Located some 56 miles from Phnom Penh, the town of Kampong Chhnnang is one of the largest fishing ports on the Tonlé Sap. Fish farming is also widely practiced in the area.

The area is famous for its pottery ware, unchanged in style for centuries, which is produced in sufficient quantities to supply the entire country. And not to be overlooked are the products of the Thnot tree (sugar palm – a real national symbol) that abounds in the area: a mellow tasting, caramel-colored sugar sold in large cakes and palm wine.

10:30 Passengers re-embark the Toum Tiou. Lunch on board on the way to Koh Chen.

17:00 The Toum Tiou stays overnight in close proximity to Koh Chen.

19:30 Farewell cocktail (1 glass of local liquor or juice) with Master of Ship & Cruise Manager Captain’s farewell dinner (Enriched menu + 1 glass of wine).  Overnight on board

Departure of the Toum Tiou early in the morning. Time to pack and relax a half a day by crossing the Tonlé Sap Lake.

11:00 Arrival at Phnom Krom pier (~5 miles from Siem Reap). Transfer to FCC Angkor Hotel, the final destination point of our trip

Option for low water level from February/March

Koh Chen – Siem Reap:

07:00 Breakfast

08:00 Bus transfer from Koh Chen to FCC Hotel in Siem Reap (5-6 hours bus ride)