15-Nights Cambodia & The Thai Islands – East Coast - Classic from $2,529

Samui Temples and Local Life - 4 hours

Enjoy a private excursion with your professional local guide to discover traditional life and culture in Koh Samui. Known for its palm-fringed beaches, coconut groves and rainforests, the island offers an idyllic vision of tropical island living.

Drive past Hua Thanon fishing village where you can see locals go about their daily life. Then visit Kunaram temple, where the mummified remains of a revered monk is displayed. Continue to Khao Hua Juk temple to see how locals worship at the golden pagoda perched on the hill. From here, you can see airplanes taking off and landing at the airport. Stop by to see the Big Buddha temple and enjoy the scenic views before returning to the ship.

Inclusions: 
• Sightseeing and transfers in a private air-conditioned vehicle
• Professional English-speaking local guide
• Entrance fees for listed sites
• Local bottled water

Exclusions: 
• Expenses of a personal nature such as gratuities to guides and drivers
• Meals and beverages

Duration: 4 hours   

Koh Nang Yuan by Speedboat with lunch - 9 hours

Meet your private guide and driver and transfer to the pier to board a speedboat to explore beautiful seascapes and marine life in the Gulf of Thailand. Enjoy snorkeling at Muang Bay, a shallow area with an abundance of colorful fish and aquatic creatures. Continue cruising to the island of Koh Tao where you can enjoy lunch.

Next, experience the beauty of Koh Nang Yuan, just 15 minutes from Koh Tao. This unique island is made of three smaller islands connected by a sandbank which can only be seen during low tide. Enjoy some free time to enjoy this rare paradise before returning to Koh Samui.

Inclusions: 
• Sightseeing and transfers in a private air-conditioned vehicle
• Professional English-speaking local guide
• Private VIP speedboat
• Entrance fees for the national marine park
• Lunch at a local restaurant including one drink (soft drink or local beer)
• Local bottled water

Exclusions: 
• Expenses of a personal nature such as gratuities to guides and drivers
• Meals and beverages

Duration: 9 hours

At your Leisure in Samui (Car & Driver Only)

Enjoy a private chauffeur-driven luxury sedan with driver for “At Your Leisure” touring. You decide where you want to go and what you want to see.

Inclusions: 
• Transfers in private air-conditioned vehicle
• Professional English-speaking local guide 
• Local bottled water

Exclusions: 
• Expenses of a personal nature such as gratuities to guides and drivers

Koh Samui Port

Meet with guide at the ship docking and transfer to town. Car and guide is at disposal.
Limited area: Koh Samui
Duration:        Within 4 hours OR within 8 hours
Meals:       None
TOUR INCLUSIONS
 

Inclusive of:	Non-inclusive of:
·   Private transfers and transportation with Local English speaking guide ·   Cold towels and water on car ·   Dock permit ·   Tips & gratuities	·   Thailand visa (US/ CA Passport holders do not need visa to Thailand) ·   Accommodation with daily breakfast ·   Entrance fees ·   All meals ·   All flights ·   Personal expenses ·   Travel insurance ·   Other services not listed in inclusive column

 

Exploring Koh Samui Island

On arrival at the port of Koh Samui, disembark and meet your guide. Drive to Wat Khunaram, home to the mummified body of a monk named Luang Phaw Daeng, preserved sitting in a meditative pose with few signs of any major decay. Stop for refreshments at the impressive Na Muang 1 Waterfall which cascades 18m (59ft) into a natural pool below. Next, visit the Grandma and Grandpa rock formations before enjoying a Thai set lunch at a local restaurant. Continue to the Ladd Koh Viewpoint for panoramic views of famed Chaweng Beach, followed by a visit to Wat Phra Yai located on a hill on a small rocky island to see the 15m (49ft) high “Big Buddha” statue as well as a beautiful view of the surrounding area. Along the way back to Nathon, the capital of Koh Samui, there are many stands selling handicrafts such as batiks and products made from seashells and coconut shells as souvenirs. Time pending, stop at a local market in Nathon to browse the beachwear and other Koh Samui specialties before returning to the port and your ship.

NOTES:

• Tour aims to return to port before 16:00.
• Program may be shortened depending on the ship’s schedule and/or weather conditions.

Phnom Penh Sightseeing Tour – 9 hours - Phnom Penh

Highlights:

• Royal Palace/Silver Pagoda
• National Museum
• Central Market (Traditional Market)
• Khmer set menu lunch at a local restaurant
• Toul Sleng Genocide Museum (S 21)
• Chheong Ek (Killing Field)

• Cold towel service onboard
• Bottle of water onboard
• Local English speaking guide
• All sightseeing with entrance fees as per your program
• Meals: Khmer set menu lunch at local restaurant

• Beverages or meals not mentioned
• Personal expenses
• Travel insurance
• Gratuities to your guide and driver

Cu Chi Tunnels & Sai Gon Highlights Tour – 10 hours - Saigon

Highlights:

• Visit Cu Chi Tunnels
• Visit Reunification Palace
• Stop at the Notre Dame Cathedral, Centre Post Office
• Visit Jade Emperor Pagoda
• Shopping at the Central Ben Thanh Market

• Pick up/ Drop off at Phu My Port
• Tours and transfers as specified including entry fees, on a private basis in modern air-conditioned vehicles.
• Service of English Speaking Local Guides.
• Ports permit arranged
• Meals (food only) as stated in the above itinerary
• One 0.5 litre of bottled water and cold towel in vehicle during sightseeing
• Vietnam Government tax and services charge

• All international and domestic air tickets
• Accommodation
• Vietnamese visa arrival
• Other meals than those specified
• Travel insurance
• Tips for tour guides, drivers, waiters at included meals, local assistants

Highlights of Ho Chi Minh City Tour – 10 hours - Saigon

Highlights:

• Visit Reunification Palace
• Photo stop at the Notre Dame Cathedral, Centre Post Office
• Visit History Museum & Jade Emperor Pagoda
• Visit China Town & Cao Dai Temple en-route
• Shopping at the Central Ben Thanh Market

• Pick up/ Drop off at Phu My Port
• Tours and transfers as specified including entry fees, on a private basis in modern air-conditioned vehicles.
• Service of English-speaking local guides
• Ports permit arranged
• Meals (food only) as stated in the above itinerary
• One 0.5 litre bottled water and cold towel in the vehicle during sightseeing
• Vietnam Government tax and services charge

• All international and domestic air tickets
• Accommodation
• Vietnamese visa on arrival
• Other meals than those specified.
• Travel Insurance.
• Tips for tour guides, drivers, waiters at included meals, local assistants, etc.

Mekong Delta Tour – 10 hours - Saigon

Highlights:

• Get on a motorized sampan to experience the life of local people, visit local brickwork, local fruit farms, family workshops Photo stop at the Notre Dame Cathedral, Centre Post Office
• Take rowing-boat along water palm creek and cruise back to the Pier
• If time permits, have a quick visit of Sai Gon or shopping at Ben Thanh Market

• Pick up/ Drop off at Phu My Port
• Tours and transfers as specified including entry fees, on a private basis in modern air-conditioned vehicles.
• Service of English-speaking local guides
• Private boat cruise on Mekong River
• Ports permit arranged
• Meals (food only) as stated in the above itinerary
• One 0.5 litre of bottled water and cold towel in the vehicle during sightseeing
• Vietnam Government tax and services charge

• All international and domestic air tickets
• Accommodation
• Vietnamese visa on arrival
• Other meals than those specified.
• Travel insurance
• Tips for tour guides, drivers, waiters at included meals, local assistants, etc.

Saigon Port

Meet with guide at the ship docking and transfer to town. Car and guide is at disposal.
 
Limited area: Ho Chi Minh City
Duration:        Within 4 hours OR within 8 hours
 
Meals:       None

TOUR INCLUSIONS
 

Inclusive of:	Non-inclusive of:
·   Private transfers and transportation with Local English speaking guide ·   Cold towels and water on car ·   Dock permit ·   Tips & gratuities	·   Vietnam visa ·   Accommodation with daily breakfast ·   Entrance fees ·   All meals ·   All flights ·   Personal expenses ·   Travel insurance ·   Other services not listed in inclusive column

Full Day Saigon City Tour (8 hours)

On arrival to Saigon (Nha Rong Port), drive 20mins to the city centre for a tour of some of Saigon’s historic landmarks reflecting its French and Chinese influences. Visit the Notre Dame Cathedral, a red brick edifice with twin spires constructed from materials imported from France (entrance is only permitted when no services are being performed). Then head across the square to the Central Post Office, completed in 1891. Appreciate the restored exteriors of the Saigon Opera House and the elegant City Hall (the former Hotel de Ville), two of Saigon’s most stunning colonial monuments. If time permits, we will visit the iconic Ben Thanh Market, one of the earliest surviving structures in Saigon and popular wholesale market for local handicrafts, textiles, souvenirs and street food.
 
Drive to the former residence of the US Ambassador of South Vietnam in the early 1960s, Mr. Henry C. Lodge Jr., who supported the overthrowing of the South Vietnamese Government. Enjoy a cold drink while watching a 10min documentary film about Saigon during that time.
 
After lunch on your own, we then drive to Saigon’s Chinatown to visit the beautiful Thien Hau Pagoda, built by the Cantonese community in the early 19th century to honour the Goddess of the Sea. Take time to make a wish, write it on a small card and attach it to one of the incense coils according to local custom. Continue your visit to FITO, the first museum of traditional medicine in Vietnam, offering insight into the history and application of traditional medicine in everyday life before taking the scenic route through the city back to the ship.

NOTES:
·        There is an extra charge for the transfer at the other ports.
·       Outside visit only due  the renovation at Notre Dame Cathedral until further notice
·       Tour duration: 08 hours    
 
Meals: None
TOUR INCLUSIONS
 

Inclusive of:	Non-inclusive of:
·     Private transfers and transportation on tour ·     Sightseeing with Local English speaking guides ·     Entrance fees and boat rides if any ·     Cold towels and water on sightseeing days ·     Welcome pack ·     Dock permit ·     Tips & gratuities	·     Vietnam visa ·     Accommodation on board ·     All meals where not mentioned in the program ·     Drinks/water at included lunches and dinners ·     All flights & airport taxes ·     Hotel early check in/ Late check out ·     Overweight luggage ·     Personal expenses ·     Travel insurance ·   Other services not listed in inclusive column

Half-Day Saigon: History of Architecture with History Researcher (4 hours)

On arrival to Saigon (Nha Rong Port), drive 20mins to the city center for a tour of some of Saigon’s historic landmarks reflecting its French and Chinese influences. Meet with a local cultural and history researcher at your hotel lobby and take a short trip to local coffee shop for an overview of the impressive history of the city once known as “The Pearl of the Orient”. Then take a step back in time to visit several of the very best examples of “storytelling” architecture. Start at Jade pagoda established in the early 1900s to get a glimpse of ancient history when a group of Chinese fled the new regime to Saigon around the end of 17th century under the reign of Lord Nguyen.
 
Then wind your way to Archbishop's Palace – with a prayer house more than two hundred-years old (outside visit) as the home for the first French Catholic missionary. Gain an overview about the first approach of the French during the Cochinchina period in the early 18th century. Stroll around the University of Social Sciences & Humanities which used to be the 11th infantry regiment colonial military barracks for an insight into French campaigns against Viet Minh at the time. Your stop will be at the former residence of the US Ambassador, Henry C. Lodge in the 1960s for a drink and watch 10-min movie about Saigon back in the day.
 
NOTES:
·        There is an extra charge for the transfer at the other ports.
·       Total duration: 04 hours
 
Meals: None
TOUR INCLUSIONS
 

Inclusive of:	Non-inclusive of:
·     Private transfers and transportation on tour ·     Sightseeing with Local English speaking guides ·     Entrance fees and boat rides if any ·     Cold towels and water on sightseeing days ·     Welcome pack ·     Dock permit ·     Tips & gratuities	·     Vietnam visa ·     Accommodation on board ·     All meals where not mentioned in the program ·     Drinks/water at included lunches and dinners ·     All flights & airport taxes ·     Hotel early check in/ Late check out ·     Overweight luggage ·     Personal expenses ·     Travel insurance ·   Other services not listed in inclusive column

Half-Day Saigon: Retracing the Past (5 hours)

On arrival to Saigon (Nha Rong port), disembark the ship and meet your guide. Commence with a visit of the shrine outside of the US Consulate then continue to the former CIA building (outside visit only), where helicopters evacuated the remaining US citizens in 1975. Head to the rooftop café of the Rex hotel, a familiar landmark for Americans during the Vietnam War. Sit down for a drink, enjoy the view and this piece of history which your guide will help to explain. Then visit the Reunification Palace for a guided tour of the former headquarters of the South Vietnamese Government and residence of the presidents. Drive to the former residence of the US Ambassador of South Vietnam in the early 1960s, Mr. Henry C. Lodge, who conducted a mission to overthrow the South Vietnamese Government. Watch a 10 minutes documentary film about Saigon during that time while enjoying a cold drink. Then drive to a secret weapon chamber which VC used as a place to hide and store weapons during Vietnam War. Then weave through tiny back alleys and meet and chat with the locals who are living in tiny houses. Head to a historic venue for a late lunch of “pho” (noodle soup). The house number 07 on Ly Chinh Thang Street (former Yen Do street) is now known as Pho Binh restaurant which used to be the headquarters of Viet Cong Commanders where they gathered to plan for the 1968 Tet Offensive. Take a walk upstairs to learn more about the history through the family’s photo collection.  Then drive back to the port to embark the ship.
 
NOTES:
·        There is an extra charge for the transfer at the other ports.
·       Total duration: 05 hours
 
Meals: None
TOUR INCLUSIONS

Inclusive of:	Non-inclusive of:
·     Private transfers and transportation on tour ·     Sightseeing with Local English speaking guides ·     Entrance fees and boat rides if any ·     Cold towels and water on sightseeing days ·     Welcome pack ·     Dock permit ·     Tips & gratuities	·     Vietnam visa ·     Accommodation on board ·     All meals where not mentioned in the program ·     Drinks/water at included lunches and dinners ·     All flights & airport taxes ·     Hotel early check in/ Late check out ·     Overweight luggage ·     Personal expenses ·     Travel insurance ·     Other services not listed in inclusive column

Half-Day Saigon: Culinary Experience at Former Ambassador's Residence (4 hours)

On arrival to Saigon (Nha Rong port), disembark the ship and meet your guide. Drive 20 minutes to Ben Thanh market to buy all the fresh ingredients before continuing an historic Ambassador's home for a private hands-on cooking demonstration. The American Ambassador to South Vietnam in the 1960s, Mr. Henry Cabot Lodge, carried a mission of overthrowing the southern government at that time. When Lodge arrived in Saigon, an old villa in District 3 was converted into the Ambassador’s residence. Mr. Lodge lived in this home between1960-1965 and the architecture is a mix of Vietnamese, French and American. Today it remains a private residence owned by Trails of Indochina and it has been fully restored to its former glory. The guide will provide an orientation tour of the house while the chef prepares the ingredients. Learn typical Southern style dishes throughout the morning. The chef will show you how to serve each dish before the meal, and you will need to master the chopsticks before you can savor your own culinary creations in the old world ambiance of the villa.
 
After lunch, transfer back to your ship.
 
Note: There is an extra charge for the transfer at the other ports.
 
Meal: Lunch
 
TOUR INCLUSIONS

Inclusive of:	Non-inclusive of:
·     Private transfers and transportation on tour ·     Sightseeing with Local English speaking guides ·     Lunch ·     Entrance fees and boat rides if any ·     Cold towels and water on sightseeing days ·     Welcome pack ·     Dock permit ·     Tips & gratuities	·     Vietnam visa ·     Accommodation on board ·     All meals where not mentioned in the program ·     Drinks/water at included lunches and dinners ·     All flights & airport taxes ·     Hotel early check in/ Late check out ·     Overweight luggage ·     Personal expenses ·     Travel insurance ·     Other services not listed in inclusive column