Timeless Wonders of Vietnam, Cambodia & the Mekong

14 nights from £7,899pp commencing Tuesday 10th Dec 2024

Two of the most beautiful, historic and friendly places in all of Asia, dynamic Vietnam and pastoral Cambodia are intriguing studies in contrast. Each possesses its own unique charm and social traditions, its own tragic history and complex past. Ho Chi Minh City offers a heady mixture of old and new, often surprising visitors with its charm. As the lifeblood of Southeast Asia, the Mekong teems with colorful floating villages. Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s thriving capital, is fast-forwarding to the future yet retains a provincial intimacy. And colorful Siem Reap provides the gateway to the vast UN...

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					Arrive	Depart
	10th10	DecDec	202424	5 nights accommodation before your cruise, staying in Hanoi and Siem Reap
	15th15	DecDec	202424	Siem Reap, Cambodia, embark on the Mekong Jewel
Today, you’ll have free time to explore Siem Reap, a place name that means, literally, “Defeat of Siam”—which tells you something of its history. It is the gateway to Angkor, the legendary archaeological site. Later check out of your hotel and transfer via executive motorcoach to Kampong Cham where you'll embark on the beautiful Mekong Jewel—your elegant home for the next seven nights—and set sail on the beautiful Mekong.
	16th16	DecDec	202424	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Today is a celebration of Cambodia’s bright future. You’ll meet young children at a local school and friendly villagers in their homes, and have a rare opportunity to receive an unforgettable water blessing from local Buddhist monks.
	17th17	DecDec	202424	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Today, you’ll discover the thriving capital of the Kingdom of Cambodia, Phnom Penh. It stands at the juncture of three captivating rivers and represents a dizzying blend of architectural styles—French colonial, Khmer, modern and everything in between. Here, you’ll find an alluring riverside esplanade amid numerous bewitching Buddhist temples, palaces and artifacts.
	18th18	DecDec	202424	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Today’s featured excursion may be the most profound and memorable experience of your entire journey. You’ll learn about the infamous Killing Fields of the Khmer Rouge and visit a former school-turned-prison that is now a genocide museum.
	19th19	DecDec	202424	Sa Déc, Vietnam
You leave Cambodia behind and cross into Vietnam today, delving into a region where traditional and modern lifestyle elements mingle: Agriculture may still reign supreme, but TV satellite dishes dot rooftops of houses built on stilts. You'll visit the local island village of Hong Ngu, a major producer of the traditional Khmer scarves located not far from the Vietnam-Cambodia border. Since they’re woven in many homes around the village, you’ll have the opportunity to see the process first-hand. You’ll also stop at a local temple dedicated to a unique religion founded in this area of Vietnam, Hoa Hoa.
	20th20	DecDec	202424	Sa Déc, Vietnam
Following breakfast, you'll venture to Gieng Island, where you’ll experience how a local family makes incense sticks and the conical hat. Later, your journey continues via sampan, where you’ll observe the daily routines of the villagers in Sa Dec and visit a colorful temple, the home of Mr. Huynh Thuy Le.
	21st21	DecDec	202424	My Tho, Vietnam
Today, you’ll witness the hustle and bustle of delta river life as the local traders take their produce to market. After breakfast, you’ll board a traditional sampan and explore the narrow canals and backwaters of this famed region. The untouched island of Tien Loi awaits on a unique excursion created exclusively for Uniworld guests, where you can see how local farmers make rooster cages, decorate bonsais in their yards and more.
	22nd22	DecDec	202424	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, disembark the Mekong Jewel
Romantically referred to by the French as the Pearl of the Orient, Ho Chi Minh City today is a super-charged city of sensory overload. Motorbikes zoom day and night along the wide boulevards, through the narrow back alleys and past vendors pushing handcarts hawking goods of all descriptions. Still called Saigon by most residents, this is Vietnam's largest city and the engine driving the country's current economic resurgence, but despite its frenetic pace, it's a friendlier place than Hanoi and locals will tell you the food—simple, tasty, and incorporating many fresh herbs—is infinitely better than in the capital.This is a city full of surprises. The madness of the city's traffic—witness the oddball things that are transported on the back of motorcycles—is countered by tranquil pagodas, peaceful parks, quirky coffee shops, and whole neighborhoods hidden down tiny alleyways, although some of these quiet spots can be difficult to track down. Life in Ho Chi Minh City is lived in public: on the back of motorcycles, on the sidewalks, and in the parks. Even when its residents are at home, they're still on display. With many living rooms opening onto the street, grandmothers napping, babies being rocked, and food being prepared, are all in full view of passersby.Icons of the past endure in the midst of the city’s headlong rush into capitalism. The Hotel Continental, immortalized in Graham Greene's The Quiet American, continues to stand on the corner of old Indochina's most famous thoroughfare, the rue Catinat, known to American G.I.s during the Vietnam War as Tu Do (Freedom) Street and renamed Dong Khoi (Uprising) Street by the Communists. The city still has its ornate opera house and its old French city hall, the Hôtel de Ville. The broad colonial boulevards leading to the Saigon River and the gracious stucco villas are other remnants of the French colonial presence. Grisly reminders of the more recent past can be seen at the city's war-related museums. Residents, however, prefer to look forward rather than back and are often perplexed by tourists' fascination with a war that ended 40 years ago.The Chinese influence on the country is still very much in evidence in the Cholon district, the city's Chinatown, but the modern office towers and international hotels that mark the skyline symbolize Vietnam's fixation on the future. Experience how ancient history melds with the boisterous present in Vietnam’s largest city, where skyscrapers tower over ancient temples and motorbikes putter along picturesque alleys.
	22nd22	DecDec	202424	2 nights accommodation following your cruise, staying in Ho Chi Minh City
	24th24	DecDec	202424	Check out of accommodation

Mekong Jewel

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2020

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Accessible

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Holiday Summary

	Return flights including luggage allowance
	Overseas Transfers
	5 nights in a hotel before your cruise
	7 nights cruising on the Mekong
	2 nights in a hotel following your cruise
	Return airport transfers
	All alcoholic and non alcoholic beverages included
	Gratuities Included
	Choice of shore excursions in every port
	Exclusive special events
	Speciality restaurants included
	Bikes for passenger use
	In-room mini bar
	Free Wi-Fi included
	Room Service (category dependant)
	Self-service laundry
	Butler Service (category dependant)
	Port Taxes and Fees
	ABTA and ATOL Protection*

Suite staterooms from		£7,899pp
SUITE	Suite	£7,899pp

Suite staterooms from		£7,899pp
SUITE	Suite	£7,899pp

	Suite
	(All prices are £GBP per person)
Tue 17th Sep 202417 Sep 24	7,799
Tue 17th Sep 202417 Sep 24	7,799
Tue 15th Oct 202415 Oct 24	7,899
Tue 15th Oct 202415 Oct 24	7,899
Tue 12th Nov 202412 Nov 24	8,299
Tue 26th Nov 202426 Nov 24	Please call for availability
Mon 6th Jan 202506 Jan 25	7,199
Mon 6th Jan 202506 Jan 25	7,199
Mon 3rd Feb 202503 Feb 25	7,559
Mon 3rd Feb 202503 Feb 25	7,559
Mon 17th Feb 202517 Feb 25	7,559
Mon 17th Feb 202517 Feb 25	7,559
Mon 3rd Mar 202503 Mar 25	7,559
Mon 3rd Mar 202503 Mar 25	7,559
Mon 17th Mar 202517 Mar 25	7,469
Mon 17th Mar 202517 Mar 25	7,469
Mon 31st Mar 202531 Mar 25	7,109
Mon 8th Sep 202508 Sep 25	7,109
Mon 8th Sep 202508 Sep 25	7,109
Mon 22nd Sep 202522 Sep 25	7,109
Mon 22nd Sep 202522 Sep 25	7,109
Mon 20th Oct 202520 Oct 25	7,469
Mon 20th Oct 202520 Oct 25	7,469
Mon 3rd Nov 202503 Nov 25	7,469
Mon 3rd Nov 202503 Nov 25	7,469
Mon 1st Dec 202501 Dec 25	7,109
Mon 1st Dec 202501 Dec 25	7,109