5 Days Phnom Penh - Siem Reap with RV Pandaw Mekong Cruise
Duration: 5 days/4 nights
Route: Saigon - My Tho - Cai Be - Sa Dec - Cu Lao Gien - Chau Doc - Phnom Penh
Price: It is not available in 2011 - 2012
In 2003, with the Mekong Pandaw, we were the first ship to attempt this extraordinary journey in its entirety surmounting complex bureaucratic and navigational obstacles. In 2004 we brought the former Pandaw III now renamed the Tonle Pandaw over from Myanmar to join the Mekong Pandaw. The two Pandaws explore two countries, two cultures and two ways of life linked by one great river. This is the only luxury cruises vacation on the Mekong River. A shipping link between Saigon and Angkor is immensely practical for the traveller as it makes it possible to connect three important destinations on one trip with easy plane connections at either end: Saigon the exotic Frenchified former capital of South Vietnam, Phnom Penh, the quaint Cambodian capital, and the stupendous World Heritage monuments at Angkor. One need no longer check in and out of hotels and endure bumpy roads to visit these magnificent places.
Departure Dates in 2010
Jan
Feb
Mar
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
26
2, 16
2, 16
22
20
17, 31
14, 28
12, 26
9, 23
7
Day 1: Phnom Penh
Passengers embark the ship in the afternoon. Passengers spend the afternoon at leisure and dinner is served on board.
Day 2: Tonle River - Kampong Cham
Excursion up the Tonle River to Kampong Chhnang either by ship or by coach depending on water levels. In Kampong Chhnang passengers will take a wonderful motor boat excursion into the lakeside wetlands that form the mouth of the river. Here a stunning variety of birdlife and many fishtraps may be seen.
Day 3: Kampong Cham - Mekong River
We stop at the little-known Chong Koh silk-weaving village for a morning walk. We cruise past the Mekong's timless villages and in the afternoon we stop at the Peam Chi Kang village to visit either the wat, monastery or school.
Day 4: Kampong Cham Area
In the morning passengers journey upriver to the hilltop temple of Wat Hanchey. In the afternoon, passengers travel by bus to Wat Nokor, a 12th century Angkorian temple. We also visit the eco village of Chenungkok and the Pandaw supported Kampong Cham orphanage.
Day 5: Transfer to Siem Reap
In the early morning coach transfer to the Raffles Hotel D'Angkor in Siem Reap, stopping at Kampong Thom for a picnic lunch. Arrive Siem Reap mid afternoon.
Tour price:
Not available in 2011 - 2012
Inclusions of the trip
Entrance fees
Guide services (English language)
Gratuities to crew, main meals ocally made soft and alcoholic beverages, ugged coffee and selection of teas and tisanes, mineral water.
Transfer to the meeting point in Saigon from the ship at the end of a voyage.
Exclusions of the trip
International flights, port dues , laundry
All visa costs
Fuel surcharges
Imported beverages such as wine, premium spirits and liqueurs, fancy soft drinks like Perrier Espressos and cappuccinos at bar.
Transfer to the ship in Phnom Penh at the start of a voyage
8 Days/7 Nights In 2003, with the Mekong Pandaw, we were the first ship to attempt this extraordinary journey in its entirety surmounting complex bureaucratic and navigational obstacles.
8 Days/7 Nights In 2003, with the Mekong Pandaw, we were the first ship to attempt this extraordinary journey in its entirety surmounting complex bureaucratic and navigational obstacles.
4 Days/3 Nights In 2003, with the Mekong Pandaw, we were the first ship to attempt this extraordinary journey in its entirety surmounting complex bureaucratic and navigational obstacles.
11 Days/10 Nights In 2003, with the Mekong Pandaw, we were the first ship to attempt this extraordinary journey in its entirety surmounting complex bureaucratic and navigational obstacles.
11 Days/10 Nights In 2003, with the Mekong Pandaw, we were the first ship to attempt this extraordinary journey in its entirety surmounting complex bureaucratic and navigational obstacles.
5 Days/4 Nights In 2003, with the Mekong Pandaw, we were the first ship to attempt this extraordinary journey in its entirety surmounting complex bureaucratic and navigational obstacles.
5 Days/4 Nights In 2003, with the Mekong Pandaw, we were the first ship to attempt this extraordinary journey in its entirety surmounting complex bureaucratic and navigational obstacles.
