RV La Marguerite Cruise Mekong River

Morning

• Our tour guide will meet you at the Sofitel Plaza Hotel in Saigon in the morning for the transfer arrangement to My Tho.
• On the way to My Tho, we'll visit Cholon Market and a lacquer factory. 

With a unique design of Chinese culture and as known as the "second center of the city", Cho Lon is also considered one of the famous wholesale markets specializing in providing many different products with quantity and wholesale price, so it is very convenient and favored by merchants.

• Then, we arrive at My Tho to meet the RV La Marguerite. You will be welcomed onboard warmly by the cruise team.
• Lunch will be served on board.

Afternoon

• This afternoon you will have free time to settle into your suites and prepare for the upcoming experience.
• The cruise will depart in the afternoon along the Saigon River. Let's immerse yourself and relax in the cabin or the sundeck to admire all the peaceful scenery of this wonderful land.

Evening

• A Welcome Dinner will be served on board and you also have a chance to enjoy one of the most famous and exciting performances of the Traditional Music Program.
• Overnight on board

Morning

• A hearty breakfast will be served in the dining room while the cruise arrives at Cai Be in this morning

After being full of energy, we'll have a morning junk trip around Cai Be and go ashore to see the French Gothic Cathedral. 

This church has beautiful architecture, the highest bell tower, and the most beautiful terrain among all churches, with the Roman architecture of the West with reinforced concrete cast stone still retaining its elegant and ancient beauty in the Mekong Delta.

NOTE: Unfortunately, the French Gothic Cathedral is closed now. Therefore you can't come inside to visit, just stay outside to take pictures.

After having a short glimpse at the French Church, we'll walk along the river to visit a local manufacturer producing rice paper and coconut sweets. Here, you will have a chance to admire and learn how the local people make special handmade products such as rice paper and coconut candy.

• After the morning visit, we return to the ship for lunch 
• Cruise past Vinh Long Province to arrive at Sa Dec.

Afternoon

• Once we arrive at Sa Dec, we'll have an afternoon for strolling around this land to discover the life also culture here. 

This afternoon we visit the house of Marguerite’s Chinese Lover. This is Huynh Thuy Le's ancient house, which is associated with a famous love story between a Vietnamese man of Chinese origin and a French girl in the early years of the last century. The girl wrote a romantic love story but was also full of difficulties in the novel "Lover" and adapted into the famous movie "L'Amant".

Say goodbye to the ancient house and love story, we'll move to Caodaism Temple and walk around the colorful local market to explore the wonderful crowded daily life here.

Evening

• This evening you will have a chance to explore the Sa Dec city on your own 
• Then let's come back to the cruise to have dinner and overnight on board.

Morning

• Have breakfast onboard and arrives at Tan Chau in the morning
• This morning we'll transfer on small boats to visit the village and explore the local life of friendly people. You also have an opportunity to experience a rickshaw to stroll around this countryside. Let's immerse yourself in the fresh air and the peaceful countryside scenery.
• After a short morning visit, we return to the cruise for lunch. 

Afternoon

• This afternoon is a leisure time to relax and experience the services onboard. You can participate in a spa treatment or just relax on the sundeck and admire 
• RV La Marguerite will depart for the Cambodian border and do all the necessary procedures to cross the border.

Evening

• Have dinner and overnight onboard while the Cruise sails to Phnom Penh.

Morning

• After arriving in Phnom Penh - the capital city of Cambodia this morning, we'll participate in the excellent Phnom Penh City Tour

First, we'll come to visit the Royal Palace - This is a magnificent architectural feat, combined with Wat Preah Keo Morokat, also known as the "Silver Pagoda," to tourists, and forms a distinctive icon of the Cambodian Kingdom.

Then we move to the Silver Pagoda, which was mentioned before. Its name is because this is a silver-roof temple with many rare Buddha statues made of precious stones. With ancient pagoda architecture and quiet scenery, this is one of the most famous spiritual tourist destinations for domestic and foreign tourists.

This morning city tour will end with the National Museum. This place contains a treasure trove of knowledge about the culture and history of the country and people of Cambodia through different periods

• After a wonderful morning city tour, we return to the ship to have lunch on board. 

Afternoon

Our program continues by exploring the former High School, now the Tuol Sleng Museum. This place was once a high school until 1975 became a place to store evidence of genocide. Coming here, you will feel quite lost in the surrounding landscape because of the old, dilapidated, empty people, especially without lights and the chilling silence in the afternoon.

Evening

• After a long day, come back to the cruise for dinner and overnight on the cruise.

Morning

• Let's have breakfast onboard to fill your stomach fully while RV La Marguerite sails to Silk Island.
• A morning walk to relax by visiting the silk-weaving village. You will have a chance to get more knowledge about the silk craft and learn how to weave them
• Then, continue to visit the local workshop, a Pagoda, and a meeting in a primary school. In this morning's excursion, let's spend time discovering the daily life of Cambodian children and the local life, also the job of people here
• After the excursion, come back to the cruise to have lunch.

Afternoon

• Continue exploring the Mekong’s timeless villages and River life with extensive fishing activities. 

Return to Phnom Penh to visit Wat Phnom Hill. This is one of the most important and popular in the Cambodian capital, Wat Phnom is also a pagoda located on the only hill in the city. This pagoda also goes by the moniker "Lady Penh Pagoda" according to an old tradition that is strongly related to the founding and growth of Cambodia's capital.

Evening

• Enjoy the Traditional Apsara dances show - one of the most exciting Cambodian Entertainment and have dinner on board

Morning

• Have breakfast onboard while the cruise navigates on the Upper Mekong.

Arrival at Angkor Ban in the morning. From the Mekong River, Angkor Ban brings you a peaceful sense with its majestic scenery through the morning light. This area is one of the few villages still remain and exist after the terrible Red Khmer Period.

Afternoon

• This afternoon we'll spend time visiting the village on stilts, discovering traditional houses, and exploring the local people’s life

Evening

• Return to the cruise for dinner and navigate to the North.
• Overnight on board

Morning

• Enjoy a hearty breakfast onboard and stops at Wat Hanchey in the morning

Visit the pre-Angkorian temple located on top of a hill overlooking the Mekong. This is a temple complex in Cambodia and the largest religious monument in the world, which has more than 1,000 temples of different sizes and shapes with Khmer architectural style.

• Come back to the cruise for lunch while the cruise sails to Kampong Cham.

Afternoon

Discover the temple of Wat Nokor by bus. Known as the first fusion temple, Wat Nokor is a contemporary Theravada Buddhist pagoda crammed inside the walls of a sandstone and laterite Mahayana Buddhist shrine from the 12th century.

Evening

• After the excursion, go back to the cruise for dinner and overnight onboard.

Morning

• Have breakfast onboard while departing to Siem Reap in the early morning.
• On the way to Siem Reap, we'll have a short sightseeing at Kampong Kdei Bridge, dating from the Angkorian period, which was built during the reign of Jayavarman VII.
• Then arrive in Siem Reap at lunchtime, this is also the end point to end the journey