7 Night Cruise sailing from My Tho to Siem Reap aboard AmaLotus.

Day 1. Embark your river ship
My Tho - embark your river ship for your eight day Mekong River cruise. This evening, enjoy a Welcome Dinner.

Stay: Seven Nights: the luxurious RV AmaLotus cruising along the Mekong River

Daily Meals Included: - Lunch - Dinner

Day 2. Cai Be, Vinh Long
A local boat will take you to Cai Be today, an intriguing river-land town. Visit the floating markets then go ashore to visit the French Gothic Cathedral as well as the colourful port area. Tour a local rice paper manufacturer and learn how rice paper is made, then enjoy lunch back on board as your ship cruises towards Vinh Long. On arrival here, enjoy a local boat ride and explore the bustling markets, where you'll see an array of aquatic life being sold.

Daily Meals Included: - Breakfast - Lunch - Dinner

Day 3. Sa Dec, Tan Chau
In the morning, enjoy a local boat ride past floating markets to Sa Dec, the city where the French writer Marguerite Duras met her Vietnamese lover, Huynh Thuy Le. Here, a tour takes you to Huynh Thuy Le's old house as well as Thien Hau Pagoda and the beautiful Fujian Temple. Afterwards, re-board your ship for lunch as it cruises to the peaceful town of Tan Chau. On arrival, enjoy a leisurely walk through town.

Daily Meals Included: - Breakfast - Lunch - Dinner

Day 4. Tan Chau, Border Crossing
This morning, transfer to a small boat and travel along the tiny tributaries to an evergreen island and a floating fish farm. Afterwards, go ashore for a tour of Tan Chau by rickshaw. The rest of today is then spent on board. This afternoon, perhaps attend a fruit-carving demonstration as you cross into Cambodia.

Daily Meals Included: - Breakfast - Lunch - Dinner

Day 5. Phnom Penh
On arrival in Phnom Penh, a tour will take you to visit the Royal Palace and the Silver Pagoda as well as the National Museum of Cambodia, home to one of the world's largest collections of Khmer art. After lunch, an excursion leads to the infamous Killing Fields and the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, on the site of the Khmer Rouge's notorious Security Prison 21 (S-21). After dinner, enjoy a Khmer folk performance.

Daily Meals Included: - Breakfast - Lunch - Dinner

Day 6. Chong Koh, Oudong, Kampong Tralach
After breakfast, enjoy a leisurely walk around the little-known silk-weaving village of Chong Koh. Then continue cruising to Prek K'dam, where you'll disembark and set off by coach on an afternoon tour of Oudong, the royal capital of Cambodia from 1618 until 1866. Afterwards, continue to Kampong Tralach for a visit to Wat Kapong Tralach Pleu before an ox-cart ride takes you through rice fields and a small village back to your ship and continue cruising.

Daily Meals Included: - Breakfast - Lunch - Dinner

Day 7. Kampong Chhnang, Tonle Sap
Enjoy a boat excursion into the wetlands near Kampong Chhnang this morning. Then return to your ship and cast off towards the lake of Tonle Sap. Absorb the tranquillity of the lake as you cruise past floating fishing villages. This evening, enjoy a Farewell Dinner on board.

Daily Meals Included: - Breakfast - Lunch - Dinner

Day 8. Disembark Cruise, Siem Reap
After breakfast this morning, a short boat ride will take you past floating fishing villages to port.

Daily Meal Included: - Breakfast