The Mekong River runs from China through Burma, Laos, Thailand, and Cambodia before emptying in the delta of Vietnam. Princess Cruise will pick you up upstream or downstream if you belong choice.
Vietnam and Cambodia are majestic countries brimming with a complex culture and extreme landscapes. From the great towering limestone islands of Halong Bay to the majestic, awe-inspiring Angkor Wat in Siem Reap. Both have the mighty Mekong river running through the heart of them.
The ultimate journey of exploration, along the lower Mekong, is to cruise from Saigon Port through the waterways of the famous Mekong Delta and then head north into Cambodian waters. By combining shipboard life, in elegant French colonial luxury, with discreet and fascinating shore excursions, this is the most intimate way to be ‘up close and personal’ with the people and culture of Southern Vietnam.Feed your senses. Savour the extraordinary sights, sounds, smells and tastes of remote location river cruise life. This is also a journey of sensory awareness and personal enlightenment.
Equally as exotic and by comparison to Vietnam, the plains of Cambodia open before you as we cruise upstream towards the nation’s capital of Phnom Penh. Along the riverbanks the oxen-carts plough their way along a narrow path, working the land, forever contributing to the cooperative, subsistence way of Life that is Cambodia today and yesteryear
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All the latest breaking news & travel information on MEKONG DELTA travel, and browse The Independent's complete collection of articles and commentary on Mekong tours & Mekong river cruises: The visiting places, culture, history, and landscape of the majestic & mighty river in Southeast Asia - At 4,350km, the Mekong is the longest river in Southeast Asia and the 12th longest in the world. The river runs from its source deep in China's Tsinghai Province through the eastern part of Tibet. From Yunnan province, it becomes the border between Myanmar and Laos, and between Laos and Thailand, Cambodia and Dong Bang Song Cuu Long ( Mekong River Delta) of Vietnam.
