Emerald River Cruises 2025 & 2026

54 Kuang Si Waterfalls, Luang Prabang, Laos 16-Day Wonders of Indochina & the Mekong Ho Chi Minh City to Bangkok Departing: October 2025 – April 2026 Day 1 Arrive Ho Chi Minh City Welcome to Ho Chi Minh City. On arrival, you’ll be transferred to the Sheraton Saigon Hotel and Towers for your included two-night stay. Meals: Dinner Day 2 Ho Chi Minh City Drive to the Cu Chi Tunnels, where you’ll explore this legendary site with a local guide. Then enjoy a Pho (noodle soup) lunch. The rest of your day is at leisure or you can join a DiscoverMORE excursion. Meals: Breakfast and lunch Day 3 Ho Chi Minh City – Embarkation After checkout, enjoy a guided city tour, taking in the Reunification Palace, Opera House, Notre Dame Cathedral and Saigon Central Post Office. Transfer to the port to board your Emerald Cruises Star-Ship, Emerald Harmony, before sailing to the Mekong Delta. Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner Day 4 Ben Tre Cruise the bustling Cho Gao canal, then once on the Mekong River, visit the Tan My Floating community, followed by a ride through local plantations, visiting mushroom, fruit and honey farms. Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner Day 5 Sa Đéc – My An Hung Enjoy a walking tour around Sa Đéc, visiting the home of Mr. Huynh Thuy Le, and the central market. Return to Emerald Harmony and cruise to historic My An Hung Island. Here, as part of your EmeraldPLUS experience, enjoy local folk singing. Listen to local folk singing in My An Hung Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner Day 6 Gieng Island - An Long On Cu Lao Gieng, known as ‘Mango Island’, travel by local motorcycle rickshaw to visit families employed in local industries, including mango farming, boat construction and incense stick production. This afternoon join a DiscoverMORE excursion. For 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. In Tan Chau, for your EmeraldPLUS experience, you’ll visit a local Cao Dai temple and ride in a Xe Loi (local Cyclo). 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, Phnom Penh. This morning, learn about the Khmer Rouge and Cambodia’s darkest days. At the Killing Fields at Choeung Ek, wander through the fields and visit the sombre memorial. Afterwards, visit Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (known as ‘S-21’), the Khmer Rouge’s main prison. Spend the afternoon at leisure, exploring our DiscoverMORE excursions or the city, or relaxing on board. This evening, for your EmeraldPLUS experience, enjoy a remork (local Tuk-Tuk) ride through Phnom Penh. Phnom Penh by night on a remork Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner Day 9 Phnom Penh – Oudong – Prek K’Dam As part of your EmeraldPLUS experience, you’ll receive a traditional Buddhist monk blessing at Oudong Monastery and Temples. In the afternoon, explore the Royal Palace. Later, for your EmeraldPLUS experience, enjoy an on board performance by the Cambodian Student and Children’s Organisation, before setting sail. A traditional Buddhist Monk blessing Cultural performance by the Cambodian Student and Children’s Organisation Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner Day 10 Prek K’Dam Disembarkation – Siem Reap Disembark Emerald Harmony, continuing by road to Siem Reap for your included three-night stay at NEW CLICK HERE to explore this itinerary further

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