Step aboard the 27 cabin Jayavarman for this French Colonial-style river cruise. On its eight-day journey, it traverses the Mekong River from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to the temples of Angkor, Cambodia.
Your holiday includes seven nights in a superior-category cabin, round-trip transfers, all meals (including in local restaurants), sightseeing with local tour guides, tai chi lessons on the boat's sun deck and port taxes. Included excursions: city tours, biking the canals, a visit to the An Kiet house to have tea with descendants of former imperial residents, and a journey to see Cambodia's "killing fields," where the Khmer Rouge slaughtered hundreds of thousands of Cambodians; a local history professor will be on site to provide context. Departures between April 1 and Sept. 30, 2010. The itinerary: Ho Chi Minh City to Cai Be, Vietnam; Chau Doc, Vietnam; Phnom Penh, Cambodia; Kampong Cham, Cambodia; Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia, to Siem Reap and Angkor. View full details.