Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia Home-Hosted Lunch, Angkor, Cambodia
DAY 9 • Phnom Penh • Tuol Sleng Prison Museum • Controversial Topic: Meet Cambodian genocide survivor
Explore Phnom Penh, Cambodia’ s capital city this morning on a panoramic tour aboard a remork, a motorized rickshaw similar to a tuk-tuk. We’ ll see local landmarks including Wat Phnom temple, the Central Market, Royal Palace, and the National Museum of Cambodia. After lunch, we’ ll see a darker side of local history when we visit Tuol Sleng Prison Museum, where enemies of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge were once tortured and killed during the genocide of the 1970s; we’ ll learn more about this Controversial Topic when we meet a survivor onboard the ship later today.
Meals: B, L, D | RV Indochine II
ADVENTURE HIGHLIGHT
DAY 10 • Koh Chen Island • Wat Kampong Tralach Leu pagoda
Cruise to the idyllic island village of Koh Chen this morning, and meet the people who live there and have been perfecting silver and coppersmithing techniques for centuries. Then, cruise to Kampong Tralach on the banks of the Tonlé Sap River and ride by remork across the rice fields to visit Wat Kampong Tralach Leu pagoda, an off-the-beaten path Buddhist temple and vihara( monastery).
Meals: B, L, D | RV Indochine II
DAY 11 • Kampong Chhnang Visit the fishing port of Kampong Chhnang today, also known for its fine pottery, whose sale forms a significant portion of Cambodia’ s economic revenue. Tonight, enjoy a special cocktail and gala dinner to commemorate our final night aboard the ship.
Meals: B, L, D | RV Indochine II
DAY 12 • Disembark ship • Siem Reap Bid farewell to your ship’ s crew and drive to Siem Reap today, where you’ ll join your Trip Experience Leader for an orientation walk and short panoramic remork tour.
Meals: B, L, D | Hotel in Siem Reap
meeting people in the village and learning about their daily life before sitting down for an included lunch, which you’ ll help to prepare alongside your hosts.
Meals: B, L | Hotel in Siem Reap
DAY 14 • Angkor Wat • Home-Hosted Lunch • Ta Prohm temple
This morning, we’ ll visit Angkor Wat, a masterpiece of Khmer architecture and the world’ s largest religious building. Then, we’ ll visit with some local families for a Home-Hosted Lunch. Later this afternoon, we’ ll return to the Angkor archaeological site to explore Ta Prohm, the famous temple covered in dense jungle of trees and roots.
Meals: B, L, D | Hotel in Siem Reap
DAY 15 • Return to U. S. Transfer to the airport for your return flight home, or begin your Singapore’ s Cultures & Garden City post-trip extension.
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See the full deck plan for the RV Indochine II on page 370.
Spend 8 nights cruising the majestic waterway of the Mekong River, one of the longest rivers in the world, on a privately chartered, 62-passenger ship.
DAY 13 • A Day in the Life of a Cambodian village • Grand Circle Foundation school visit
Spend A Day in the Life of a local village today. First, stop by a market to shop for ingredients for a meal you’ ll share with the villagers later, then ride a buffalo cart into town to visit a local school, supported in part by Grand Circle Foundation. After getting to know the students and teachers, continue
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332 Mekong River Cruise: Vietnam, Cambodia & Angkor Wat