Ho Chi Minh - My Tho - Boat - Cai Be: 70 km - 1h30

Travel from Ho Chi Minh to My Tho in 1.5 hours

Leave Saigon behind and transfer to My Tho to embark your luxury floating home for your coming journey along the rich, fertile lands of the Mekong Delta region:

• Leisurely pass time on your private balcony or join our tea time at the open air bar as the twilight bathes the Mekong Delta in a golden haze
• Catch your first sight of Cai Be, a quaint town famed for its French Catholic Church and the production of food products, especially rice
• Anchor mid-stream near Cai Be for dinner and moor there overnight
• Lunch and dinner included
• Overnight on cruise

Cai Be - Boat - Sa Dec - Boat - Tan Chau

Start another day in the Mekong Delta full of exciting activities:

• Soak up the vibrant atmosphere at the colourful floating market of Cai Be
• Visit a workshop where we learn about and observe how rice paste, rice paper, rice cookies or rice wine is manufactured
• Sail down narrow waterways on a local sampan to admire the lush vegetation and active life of the local people along the riverbanks

In the afternoon, arrive in the area of Sa Dec:

• Embark a traditional sampan and tour towards Binh Thanh Island, one of the larger ones in the vast stream of the Mekong
• Wander through the village we get a deep understanding of the native life
• Contemplate the whole process of ratt making. You can even try yourself the weaving which is still done manually

Lunch and dinner included

Overnight on cruise

Tan Chau - Boat - Phnom Penh

• Begin your day with a hearty breakfast at the dining hall or in the quiet sanctuary of your balcony
• Brace yourself for a tour around Tan Chau, a pleasant, slow-paced town with a sizeable Chinese, Kinh and Khmer community
• Hop on “xelois” to explore Tan Chau and slowly move around the streets to see all the workshops, houses and domiciles
• Stop at the colorful local market near one of the town’s temples
• Board our local boat and cruise past floating houses and finally reach a floating fish farm. This region is the source of a fish production that is sold all over the world. Here we get a deep insight on how fish farming works
• Participate in a culinary class to sharpen your knowledge and skills on the local cuisine
• Lunch and dinner included
• Overnight on cruise

Welcome to Phnom Penh - the once called Paris of the East. Despite its rapid development, it has retained a lot of its rustic charm and elegance. It is an amazing town to bespeak centuries of incredible history and culture which can still be felt at many street corners. After check in the hotel, explore outstanding highlights of the city:

• Visit the National Museum of Fine Arts which shows a collection of pre-Angkorian and Angkorian sculptures
• Discover the Royal Palace, resplendent in traditional Khmer Architecture
• See the Silver Pagoda and its magnificent Emerald Buddha, Gold inlaid with diamonds
• Explore Wat Phnom, the oldest temple in the city, and is the origin of the name of the Cambodian capital, and the statue of Madam Penh
• The Museum of Genocidal Crime, which was the S-21 prison - scene of the worst examples of brutality and torture under the infamous Pol Pot
• The camp Choeng Ek Killing Field, outside Phnom Penh, the last resting place of many Cambodian people, these killings committed by the brutal Khmer Rouge

Lunch and dinner included

Overnight on cruise

Phnom Penh - Boat - Angkor Ban - Boat - Kampong Cham

Departure from Phnom Penh at dawn towards Silk Island to discover the traditional crafts of the Khmer country and meet weavers. Beautiful walk on the island of weavers, where, in houses on stilts, you will admire the dexterity of these women who carry out these marvelous weavings the old-fashioned way, on authentic looms

Angkor Ban, a small village located on the banks of the Mekong, is one of the rare villages not destroyed under the Khmer Rouge regime. Many cubic and stilt houses are still in perfect condition. Here, time seems to have stopped. The villagers live peacefully in harmony with generous nature, in the shade of banana trees

Back on board Jahan, the day will continue pleasantly as your ship heads towards Kampong Cham

Lunch and dinner included

Overnight on cruise

Kampong Cham - Wat Hanchey: 40 km - 1h30

The day will begin with an overland trip to the pre-Angkorian temple of Wat Hanchey. Situated on top of a hill overlooking the river, it offers one of the most breathtaking views of the great river and the valley next to it

Return to the ship to attend a blessing ceremony performed by local monks

Cruise to Kampong Cham to visit Wat Nokor, also called the Enigmatic Temple

Lunch and dinner included

Overnight on cruise

Kampong Cham - Boat - Kampong Chhnang

Cruise towards Kampong Chhnang on the Tonle River

Kampong Chhnang is a bustling rural port town. By road, a lovely journey through the countryside dotted with rice fields to the village of Aundaung Russey, famous for its terracotta pottery, typical of Cambodia

Then, discovery of the floating villages and fish farms in the region

Explanations about Tonlé Sap:

The dry season is from December to April. During this period the river normally flows into the Mekong. The inhabitants live on dry land and travel on motorbikes

Then comes the rainy season. The water level of the Mekong rises considerably and Lake Tonlé Sap is formed, which becomes the largest freshwater lake in South East Asia.

Motorcycles are being replaced by boats

Tonlé Sap is home to an ecosystem of great diversity. It is one of the most important freshwater fish reserves as it is the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia. Fishing is practiced there using ancestral techniques

Return to Jahan for lunch

Dancing evening with introduction to Cambodian dance by the Jahan dancers

Lunch and dinner included

Overnight on cruise

Tonle Sap - Siem Reap: 50 km - 1h30

Your magnificent cruise on Jahan ends on Tonlé Sap Lake around 9 a.m

From there, the Héritage Line cruise line ensures your return to your hotel by luxury minibus

Overnight in hotel

Angkor Thom - Ta Phrom - Angkor Wat

Angkor - A unique site, classified as UNESCO Heritage between passion and culture, meeting the Khmer soul Siem Reap opens the doors of this archaeological jewel!

• Visit the fortified city of Angkor Thom, apotheosis of the Angkorian era: The South Gate, the Bayon, the Baphuon, the Terrace of the Elephants, the Terrace of the Leper King, the royal palace with the small temple of Phimeanakas
• The fascinating Ta Phrom (Buddhist) monastery, invaded by the jungle and striking
• Visit Angkor Wat dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu
• Watching the sunset from the top of Phnom Bakeng hill

Theam House in Siem Reap Team, an interior designer, was forced to flee the Khmer regime. Back for more than 15 years, he brings to life the rich artistic heritage of the country. He launched a new artistic project with the training of a team of protected apprentice craftsmen who devote themselves to painting, lacquer and sculpture. Magnificent works!

Khmer dinner show, with Apsara dances

Overnight in hotel

• Travel across the sacred Kulen mountain range to the Kbal Spean area
• Stroll through the forest to visit Kbal Spean, known as ‘The River of a Thousand Lingas’
• Visit Phnom Kulen, considered by Khmers to be on the most sacred mountain in Cambodia
• See the temple Banteay Srei, a Hindu temple dating back to the 10th century
• Visit the temple Banteay Samre, a Hindu temple dedicated in the 12th century to Vishnu Shiva
• In Siem Reap, the “Phare” show, the modern circus. Bold, refreshing, full of life and emotion. He mixes dance, theater, music, acrobatics, modern circus arts, to tell Cambodian stories in his own way
• Overnight in hotel

• Visit the Roluos group, Hindu worship temples dating from the late 9th century
• Explore the temple Preah Ko, erected by Indravarman in the late 9th century
• See the temple Lolei, the twin to Preah Ko, and see its sandstone carvings
• See Prasat Kravan, famous for its carvings of brick and dedicated to Vishnu
• Visit Banteay Kdei an imposing monastery, built in the late twelfth century
• Visit Sra Srang basin, known as The Pool of Ablutions
• Stop at a traditional Cambodian scarf weaving workshop, the krama
• The shadow theater with leather puppets offers you a very pretty show of very popular expression of the Cambodian people. Performances are not daily - dinner and show included
• Overnight in hotel

Free time for personal activities until transfer to the airport for your departure flight