RV La Marguerite Cruise

With the La Marguerite Cruise, you will visit the most famous lake in Asian, Tonle Sap Lake, Angkor Wat complex, and enjoy traditional Apsara temple dancing and other folk performances. Also, you will have a chance to drop by bustling and colorful floating market on the bank of Mekong River. By dint of this, you have the opportunity to learn about the local life of Khmer people, outstanding cultural and historical features of Vietnam and Cambodia along Mekong River. There are many interesting things in this tour looking for you exploration.

Day 1 – Embarkation – My Tho – Cai Be

After registering at Sofitel Saigon Plaza Hotel, you will transfer by motor coach to My Tho Port for checking on board of La Marguerite Cruise to depart for Siem Reap. You will be served welcome drink in Saigon Lounge before having lunch in the restaurant. Then, the cruise will take you to Cai Be. In the evening, you have a Captain’s Cocktails before enjoying a lavish dinner. At night, in Saigon Lounge, the cruise offers the folk performances of the Mekong River. Overnight at Cai Be

Day 2 – Cai Be – Vinh Long

After having breakfast, you will take a morning junk trip around Cai Be. You will pop in a floating market, and then visit French Gothic Cathedral and colorful port area. Here is filled with colonial buildings, delightful flower gardens and local rice paper manufacturers. At noon, you come back to the vessel to have lunch. After that, the ship sails toward Vinh Long – the second largest city on the Mekong Delta. Here, you take a short boat ride to get ashore for a walking tour of Vinh Long and visit a bustling market, and return to the ship in the late afternoon. After dinner, the cruise sails to Sadec and arrives Sadec at mid night. Overnight at Sadec

Day 3 – Sadec – Tan Chau

On the third day’s morning, you will drop by the hometown of Marguerite Duras’ lover, Sadec, a charming little city, and then visit the old house of Huynh Thuy Le, take part in the bantering of local markets along the paved river banks, and pop in Fujian Temple. You come back to the ship at noon for lunch. In the early afternoon, the ship sets sail to Tan Chau. In the afternoon, you will join a lecture about Vietnam – the Past and the Present at Saigon Lounge. You have cocktails and briefing in the evening before having dinner. The ship arrives at Tan Chau around in the evening. After dinner, there is a show at the Saigon Lounge with wonderful music, and exciting dances afterwards. Overnight at Tan Chau

Day 4 – Tan Chau – Border Crossing

In the morning in Tan Chau, you will visit many local sightseeing by boats then drop by an evergreen island. You also have an opportunity to visit a floating farm and travel along the tiny tributaries. Then, you will have an ashore-tour by rickshaw. In the tour, you visit rattan mats and slippers making factories. At noon, you come back to the ship and have lunch while the ship departs for border. In the afternoon, you will participate in a fruit carving and Vietnamese Fresh Spring Rolls demonstration at Saigon Lounge. In the early evening, you are served with cocktails before dinner. After having dinner, you can watch movie or relax in your cabin.

Day 5 – Phnom Penh

In the morning, the ship arrives in Phnom Penh. You will go sightseeing in Phnom Penh by bus to Royal Palace, Silver Pagoda and National Museum. In the afternoon, you visit the Khmer Rouge’s grim ToulSleng and the Killing Fileds. In the late afternoon, you return to the ship and have dinner. After dinner, you can join the Khmer folk dance and songs at the Saigon Lounge. Overnight at Phnom Penh Port

Day 6 – Chong Koh – Oudong – Kampong Tralach

In the early morning, the ship sails to Chong Koh. After having breakfast, you will go strolling in Chong Koh Silk Weaving Village. Then, visit a school, some home workshops of traditional silk and cotton handicrafts and buy some local products. You will return to the ship after that. After having lunch, you will be taken to Prek K’dam. In the afternoon, you will take a bus to visit Oudong, the second capital city of Cambodia. Here, you drop by a Buddhist Center, and then travel to Kampong Tralach to contemplate Kapong Tralach Pleu Temple. Later, you come back to the ship to sail to Kampong Chhnang. Having dinner on board and overnight at Kampong Chhhnang

Day 7 – Kampong Chhnang – Prek K’dam

In the morning, you take a motorboat to excurse the lakeside wetlands. Here, you will have chances to enjoy many amazing scenes of birdlife, and life of local people in a floating village. Then, you come back to the ship to cruise to Tonle Sap Lake. In the afternoon, you will admire great view of sunset in the river and join a farewell cocktail in the evening. You will have dinner and overnight near Siem Reap.

Day 8 - Disembarkation – Prek K’dam

- Enjoy breakfast onboard
- Bid farewell to the crew and guides
- Disembark around 8:30 and take motorized boats to local jetty approximately 5 to 6 km away from the middle of the lake
- Transfer by motor coach to Le Meridien Angkor Hotel
- Arrive at hotel at 10:00

The rate for this tour is about 2399 USD/pax. Yet, the rate can be changed seasonally. You should contact the booking staff for more information.

Price includes:

- All excursion including entrance fees, transportation and English speaking tour guides services.
- Taxes, fuel, pilot, port dues, and passengers levies, full board during itinerary.
- Welcome and Farewell Dinners, daily breakfast, lunch and dinner including local beers, local brand spirits and local wines served during meals; coffee, selection of teas, selection of herbal infusions, local mineral water, local canned soft drinks served through the day.
- A meeting point and drop off point shall be decided by Indochina Sails, transfer to/from these meetings currently set as Le Meridien Angkor Hotel in Siem Reap and Sofitel Plaza Saigon Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, to/from the ship is Indochina Sails responsibility.

Price excludes:

-International flights
- All visa costs imported beverages such as wines, premium beer, premium spirits and liqueurs, imported mineral waters, espressos and cappuccinos at bar.
- Gratuities, laundry, shop purchases and other personal expenses.

With the La Marguerite Cruise, you will visit the most famous lake in Asian, Tonle Sap Lake, Angkor Wat complex, and enjoy traditional Apsara temple dancing and other folk performances. Also, you will have a chance to drop by bustling and colorful floating market on the bank of Mekong River. By dint of this, you have the opportunity to learn about the local life of Khmer people, outstanding cultural and historical features of Vietnam and Cambodia along Mekong River. There are many interesting things in this tour looking for you exploration.

Day 1 - Embarkation – Siem Reap – Prek K’dam

After registering at Le Meridien Angkor, you will transfer by motor coach to La Marguerite Cruise to depart for Saigon. You will be served welcome drink in Saigon Lounge before having lunch in the restaurant. Then, the cruise will take you to a floating fishing village, and then Kampong Chhnang. In the evening, you have a Captain’s Cocktails before enjoying a lavish dinner. At night, in Saigon Lounge, the cruise offers the folk performances of the Mekong River. Overnight at Kampong Chhnang

Day 2 - Kampong Chhnang – Kampong Tralach – Oudong

In the morning, you take a motorboat to excurse the lakeside wetlands. Here, you will have chances to enjoy many amazing scenes of birdlife, and life of local people in a floating village. Return to the boat and join a lecture on “Cambodia - The Past & Present” at Saigon Lounge while the ship casts off towards Kampong Tralach. In the afternoon, you take part in an oxcart ride from the riverbank through the countryside to the beautiful Kampong Tralach Pleu Temple. Then, you will travel to Oudong, the former capital city of Cambodia, where you will tour the Buddhist Monastery. After the visit, take another 15-minute coach back to the ship and embark at Prek K’dam. Cocktail will be served in the evening before enjoying your dinner. At night, you can catch the movie night with “The Killing Fields” shown in the Saigon Lounge or take a rest in your cabin. Ship sails towards Chong Koh Village and moors midstream overnight.

Day 3 - Chong Koh – Phnom Penh

In the early morning, the ship sails to Chong Koh. After having breakfast, you will go strolling in Chong Koh Silk Weaving Village. Then, visit a school, some home workshops of traditional silk and cotton handicrafts and buy some local products. You come back to the ship to have lunch, and the ship sets sail to Phnom Penh. In the afternoon, you have a walking tour around the city for shopping and exploring. In the late afternoon, you return to the ship and have dinner. After dinner, you can join the Khmer folk dance and songs at the Saigon Lounge. Overnight at Phnom Penh Port

Day 4 – Phnom Penh

In the morning, the ship arrives in Phnom Penh. You will go sightseeing in Phnom Penh by bus to Royal Palace, Silver Pagoda and National Museum. In the afternoon, you visit the Khmer Rouge’s grim ToulSleng and the Killing Fileds. In the late afternoon, you return to the ship and have dinner. After dinner, you can join the Khmer folk dance and songs at the Saigon Lounge. Overnight at Phnom Penh Port

Day 5 - Phnom Penh – Border Crossing – Tan Chau

After serving a hearty breakfast, the ship will depart for the border. You will join the “Towels and napkins folding demonstration” from the Housekeeping and Restaurant Staff in the Saigon Lounge. In the afternoon, join the cooking class with fruits carving and Vietnamese fresh spring rolls demonstration at Saigon Lounge, while the border formalities are carried out. You will arrive at Tan Chau in the evening. After dinner, you can take part in a nice surprise in the lounge with the crew-members. The boat moors safely at the riverbanks.

Day 6 - Tan Chau – Sadec

On the sixth day’s morning, you will visit Tan Chau, a small town of Mekong River in Vietnam. You will travel by local boats to visit an evergreen island. Then, you pop in a floating fish farm and sightsee along the tiny tributaries. Then, you go ashore and take a town tour by rickshaw. You will visit rattan mats and slippers making factories. In the afternoon, you will join a lecture on “Vietnam – The Past & Present” while the cruise sails to Sadec. You will have dinner on board and overnight at Sadec.

Day 7 - Sadec – Xeo Quyt – Cai Be

In the morning, you will come over floating markets through river’s channels. When you go ashore, you will drop by the hometown of the French writer Marguerite Duras, and then visit the house of Huynh Thuy Le. Later, you take a tour from Sadec to Xeo Quyt. Then, come back to the ship to cruise to Cai Be. After having lunch on board, you will visit Cai Be Floating Market, rice paper and coconut candy workshops, old houses in Mekong River, and big orchards. In late afternoon, you come back to the cruise and have a gourmet Farewell Dinner. Overnight at Cai Be

Day 8 - Disembarkation – My Tho – Saigon

Your cruise ends as the ship arrives at My Tho Port. You have breakfast before disembarkation, followed by a motor coach transfer to Saigon. As the capital of the French colony of Cochichina, Saigon is known as “Paris of Orient”. Today, Vietnam’s largest city is an industrial, cultural and educational hub, but retains vestiges of its colonial past.

The rate for this tour is about 2399 USD/pax. Yet, the rate can be changed seasonally. You should contact the booking staff for more information.

Price includes:

- All excursion including entrance fees, transportation and English speaking tour guides services.
- Taxes, fuel, pilot, port dues, and passengers levies, full board during itinerary.
- Welcome and Farewell Dinners, daily breakfast, lunch and dinner including local beers, local brand spirits and local wines served during meals; coffee, selection of teas, selection of herbal infusions, local mineral water, local canned soft drinks served through the day.
- A meeting point and drop off point shall be decided by Indochina Sails, transfer to/from these meetings currently set as Le Meridien Angkor Hotel in Siem Reap and Sofitel Plaza Saigon Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, to/from the ship is Indochina Sails responsibility.

Price excludes:

- International flights
- All visa costs imported beverages such as wines, premium beer, premium spirits and liqueurs, imported mineral waters, espressos and cappuccinos at bar.
- Gratuities, laundry, shop purchases and other personal expenses.