RV Mekong Pandaw Cruise – 4 days 3 nights

Duration: 4 Days/ 3 Nights

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Overview

RV Mekong Pandaw Cruise is known as most spacious ship with wider promenades, a larger dining hall and more public space per passenger

Built in Rangoon in 2002, the Cruise was sailed round to Saigon under her own power and many a drama described in Paul Strachan’s Pandaw Story. This ship was designed specially for the Mekong and unlike other P class ships does not have a flying bridge. The reason was so she could get under a road bridge. She did actually scrape under on her maiden but it was so scary that Paul Strachan, then standing on the bridge, never dared attempt it again. As a result, we ended up with this incredible 750 square meter teak deck that even has a full size billiard table.

In 2012 she was refitted and lower deck cabins removed in favour of a professional spa, gym, library lounge and office. She is quite justifiably the most splendid ship on the Mekong and the envy of anything that floats by.

The ship has quality mountain bikes for your independent exploration.

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Tour Highlights

4 days 3 nights on overnight cruise on Mekong Delta.
Visit many highlights of the Mekong Delta are: walk in developing and busy My Tho city, visit vibrant flower farms with a wide variety of flowers by sampan in Sa Dec city, visit Chau Doc, the closest large town to the Vietnamese/Cambodian river border crossing and also one of the most beautiful place in Mekong Delta.
Experience the life of local Vietnamese people and local cuisine.

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 : MY THO

Lunch & Dinner

Morning transfer from Saigon to embark on your Pandaw vessel in time for welcome drinks, a briefing and lunch. Sail across the vast Mekong Delta.

: RV Katha Pandaw-mekong

Your guide will collect your passports at the meeting point so we can arrange the immigration formalities.

Day 2 : SA DEC

Breakfast & Lunch & Dinner

: Sa Dec flower farm-Mekong

Sampan boat excursion to Sa Dec via Vinh Long, along canals and backwaters and see the local market and the ancient house of Mr, Huyn Thuy Le, the ‘lover’ of Marguerite Duras, a famous French novelist whose book was immortalized in the film L’Indochine.

Day 3 : CHAU DOC

Breakfast & Lunch & Dinner

Visit a Moslem Cham tribal village and a cat fish farm in Chau Doc with our guide or do your own thing and take off on one of our mountain bikes.

: Mekong-chau doc

The local market is great and the Catholic Church well worth a visit. Return to the ship by boat for lunch and cast off for the Cambodian border for the usual formalities.

Day 4 : PHNOM PENH

Breakfast

Disembark in Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh, after breakfast.

Please note: Our crew will hand out your passports after the immigration formalities at 10.00am. Please let us know if you plan to leave the ship earlier due to flight connections.

What's included

Entrance fees.
Guide services (English language)
Gratuities to crew
Main meals
Locally made soft drinks, local beer and local spirits, jugged coffee and selection of teas and tisanes, mineral water
Transfers from meeting point in Saigon to ship.

What's excluded

International flights
Port dues (if levied)
Laundry
All visa costs
fuel surcharges (see terms and conditions)
imported beverages such as wines, premium spirits and liqueurs, fancy soft drinks like Perrier, espressos and cappuccinos at bar
tips to tour guides, local guides, bus drivers, boat operators and cyclo drivers.
No transfers in Phnom Penh, ship docks in city center at Sisowath Quay.

Cancellation by Customer

– There may be cancellation fees charged by suppliers (hotels, airlines…) once these bookings are made and paid. These fee shall by paid by travelers.

– These are maximum cancellation fees to be flexible applied:

Cancellation received after confirmation: Cancellation fees charged by airlines, hotels… (if any)
Cancellation received from 15 days to 20 days prior arrival date: 10% of total package tour charged + Cancellation fees charged by airlines, hotels… (if any)
Cancellation received from 3 days to 14 days prior arrival date: 15% of total package tour charged + Cancellation fees charged by airlines, hotels… (if any)
Cancellation received less than 3 days prior arrival date or during tour or No-Show: 20% of total package tour charged + Used services (if any) + Cancellation fees charged by airlines, hotels… (if any)

Children Policy

Free of charge for child under 5 years accompany with 1 full paying client, sharing room and food with parents. He/ she shall pay for air tickets (if any) and/ or incurred expenses
75% charged for child from 5 – under 11 years accompany with 1 full paying clients, using services as an adult
Child age of 11 years up is subject to adult rate