40 Mekong Delta, Vietnam 13/15-Day Wonders of Vietnam, Cambodia & the Mekong Ho Chi Minh City to Siem Reap Departing: July 2025 - May 2026 Day 1 Arrive Ho Chi Minh City Welcome to Ho Chi Minh City. Upon arrival, you’ll be transferred downtown to the Sheraton Saigon Hotel and Towers for an included two-night stay. After check-in, you’re free to explore Vietnam’s largest city, before a welcome dinner at a local restaurant. Meals: Dinner Day 2 Ho Chi Minh City Drive to the Cu Chi Tunnels, passing typical rural scenes. Spend a couple of hours with a local guide exploring Cu Chi’s infamous grounds. Upon your return, enjoy a traditional Pho (noodle soup) lunch. The rest of your day is at leisure, or you may choose one of our DiscoverMORE excursions. Meals: Breakfast and lunch Day 3 Ho Chi Minh City – Embarkation After checkout, enjoy an included guided city tour, taking in key landmarks including the historic Reunification Palace, and French Colonial legacies, the Opera House, Notre Dame Cathedral and Saigon Central Post Office. Then transfer to the port to board your Emerald Cruises Star-Ship. You’ll be welcomed aboard Emerald Harmony before setting sail down the Saigon River. Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner 8-Day cruise itinerary is shown. 10-Day cruise itinerary includes additional 2 days between Days 3-12. See pages 36-39. Day 4 Cho Gao canal – Ben Tre Cruise the bustling Cho Gao canal, connecting Tien Giang Province with Ho Chi Minh City. Once on the Mekong River, you’ll visit the Tan My Floating community, followed by a ride through local plantations, visiting mushroom, fruit and honey farms and enjoying some samplings. Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner Day 5 Sa Đéc – My An Hung After a sampan ride to Sa Đéc, enjoy a walking tour around town, visiting the home of Mr. Huynh Thuy Le, who inspired Marguerite Duras’ novel L’Amant, and the bustling central market. Return to Emerald Harmony by sampan, then cruise to historic My An Hung Island. Here as part of your EmeraldPLUS experience, enjoy local folk singing in a rural village. Listen to local folk singing in My An Hung Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner Day 6 Gieng Island – An Long Known as ‘Mango Island’, Cu Lao Gieng is a small, scenic island untouched by tourism. Travel by local motorcycle rickshaw to visit families employed in local industries including mango farming, boat construction and incense stick production. Your afternoon is at leisure on board or join a DiscoverMORE excursion. As part of your EmeraldPLUS experience, delight in a traditional Lion Dance performance on board. A Lion Dance performance on board Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner Day 7 Tan Chau – Vietnam/Cambodia Border Crossing Embark on a sampan ride to Evergreen Island for a walk through a local farming village. Reboard your sampan for Tan Chau. As part of your EmeraldPLUS experience, visit a local Cao Dai temple. Afterwards, ride in a Xe Loi (local Cyclo) before reboarding your sampan and Emerald Harmony. Then cruise to the Vietnamese and Cambodian border. Cao Dai Temple visit and Xe Loi ride Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner Day 8 Phnom Penh Awake in Cambodia’s capital. This morning, learn about the Khmer Rouge and the darkest days of Cambodia’s history. At the Killing Fields at Choeung Ek, wander through the fields and visit the sombre memorial. Afterwards, visit Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (also known as ‘S-21’), a former school converted to the Khmer Rouge’s main prison and torture HQ. Spend the afternoon at leisure, exploring our DiscoverMORE excursions or the central market. This evening, as part of your EmeraldPLUS experience, enjoy a remork ride through Phnom Penh. Phnom Penh by night on a remork Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner CLICK HERE to explore this itinerary further
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