Enjoy coffee at the Hai Scout Café and then proceed to Hoi An Market. At the Red Bridge Restaurant and Cooking School, enjoy a demonstration of fruit and vegetable carving and help prepare five traditional dishes for lunch. Your afternoon walking tour includes the Tran Family Chapel, Quan Thang House, and Phung Hung House. Next day, explore My Son, the capital and religious center of the former Champa Kingdom. Your afternoon is at leisure. HOTEL ROYAL HOI AN MGALLERY COLLECTION.

Fly to Ho Chi Minh City, where you’ll drive to the Cu Chi tunnels and visit the ‘underground city’. Return to HCMC and discover Saigon by night in the back of a vespa, sampling delicacies and meeting the locals. Next morning, tour HCMC, with visits to Notre Dame Cathedral, Unification Palace, Opera House, City Hall, the Central Post Office, and the War Remnants Museum. Enjoy dinner on board the Bonsai Cruise tonight for a sensational discovery of HCMC by night. HOTEL DES ARTS.

Board your luxury floating home for a unique experience on the mighty Mekong Delta. Enjoy a lunch buffet while the vessel glides upstream. Pass time on your private balcony or join the ships tea time at the open-air bar. Early evening, the ship reaches Cai Be, a charming town, famous for its Catholic French church and the manufacturing of traditional crafts and food products. Anchor mid-stream near Cai Be for dinner and moor there overnight. Discover the bygone elegance of travel aboard the majestic Jahan, built in 2011 and ushered in an era of opulent cruising. JAHAN.

Enjoy a buffet breakfast before heading out on a morning tour to Cai Be. Go on-shore to visit a workshop and learn how rice paste, rice paper, rice cookies and rice wine is manufactured. Explore the lush and green canal network and observe the farmers working in the fields. Back on-board lunch is served. You can enjoy time for yourself then to either enjoy a true Vietnamese coffee at the bar or simply watch the life on the riverbanks floating by. In the afternoon, board a traditional local boat to Binh Thanh Island, where you’ll experience rural life in the Mekong Delta and see the process of mat making and try weaving yourself. Meet an elderly local couple who shares their story on this island. Dinner is served and afterwards you can join the ship’s evening cinema session (offered every night) featuring selected classic movies. JAHAN.

Hop on “xelois” taxi to explore Tan Chau. Stop at the colorful local market near one of the town’s temples. This is the best time to interact with the vendors and practice bargaining skills. Board your local boat and cruise past floating houses and finally reach a floating fish farm. The afternoon is at your leisure, with ship’s amenities. Dinner is served before you arrive at the capital of Cambodia. Around seven o’clock the boat docks at the pier of Phnom Penh. You are free to go for your first exploration by yourself. Stroll along the river promenade and watch the locals chit-chatting, selling odds and ends or have a drink in one of the numerous bars. JAHAN.

Welcome to Phnom Penh – once called the Paris of the East. tour the city by cycle. Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant and continue with your tour and visit the Royal Palace, Silver Pagoda, and the National Museum. Visit the National Museum of Arts before heading back to your hotel. ROSEWOOD PHNOM PENH.

Visit the infamous Killing Fields and the Genocide Museum, also known as Prison S21. Continue to visit Tuol Sleng Museum, known as the Museum of Genocidal Crimes was used by the Khmer Rouge as a detention and torture center in the late 1970. Today the building houses exhibits, paintings and photographs of many of the victims. Visitors can see the crude cells built in the classrooms and the torture devices used to extract confessions in Stalinesque purges of the regime. After lunch, transfer to the airport for your flight to Siem Reap. SOFITEL ANGKOR PHOKEETHRA GOLF & SPA RESORT.

Explore the mysteries of the ancient temples and monuments of Siem Reap, including the largest temple in the world – Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom with its stunning Bayon temple, Ta Prohm, known as the ‘Kingdom of Trees,’ and Banteay Srei, the citadel of women, the most Indian of all temples in Angkor. On the way back from Banteay Srei temple, stop in a village to observe how Cambodian people prepare the sugar palm and do the rice field. Visit Kampong Khleang village, surrounded by a swamped forest where one of the largest communities on the lake is living mainly on fishing. Tonle Sap Lake is the largest fresh water lake in Southeast Asia and the lifeblood of the Cambodian fishing industry. Enjoy your farewell dinner with Apsara traditional show, the ultimate way of celebrating your amazing journey. SOFITEL ANGKOR PHOKEETHRA GOLF & SPA RESORT.

This morning, transfer to the airport for your flights back to the United States, arriving home the same day, taking with you the sights and sounds of Southeast Asia.

Explore the mysteries of the ancient temples and monuments of Siem Reap, including the largest temple in the world – Angkor Wat. Unlike other Khmer temples, it faces west and is inspired by 12th century Hinduism. Other ancient wonders include Angkor Thom with its stunning Bayon temple, Ta Prohm, known as the ‘Kingdom of Trees,’ and Banteay Srei, the citadel of women. Get an eye-popping experience as you discover Siem Reap by night in the back of a vespa, sampling local delicacies and meeting the locals. SOFITEL ANGKOR PHOKEETRA GOLF & SPA RESORT.

Fly to Sihanoukville, Cambodia’s popular coastal city and hop on a speedboat ferry to the shores of this gorgeous and relatively undeveloped island in the Koh Rung archipelago. It is a paradise, waiting for you to un-wrap its many surprises. This tropical island has it all – sandy beaches, jungles, crystal clear waters, and perhaps most importantly, a luxury resort for you to relax. Spend your days at Alila Koh Russey hopping between the pool and the beach. However, if you want to stay a little more active you can try to master the art of stand-up paddle boarding, kayaking, boating, or hiking in the beautiful surroundings.