Downstream Cruising by the RV Pandaw - 5 Days/4 Nights
Prices: From US$760
Route: Siem Reap - Kampong Cham - Kampong Cham Area - Tonle River / Kampong Chhnang - Phnom Penh Duration: 5 Days/4 Nights Depart from: Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
Day 1: Transfer from Siem Reap to Kampong Cham
Passengers will transfer by coach from the Raffles Grand Hotel D'Angkor to Kampong Cham, stopping at Kampong Thom along the way.
Day 2: Kampong Cham Area
Passengers will visit the hilltop temple of Wat Hanchey in the morning. In the afternoon, travel by bus to visit a 12th century Angkorian temple called Wat Nokor, the eco village of Chenungkok and the Pandaw supported Kampong Cham orphanage.
Day 3: Tonle River / Kampong Chhnang
Excursion up the Tonle River to Kampong Chhnang either by ship or by coach depending on water levels. In Kampong Chhnang passengers will take a wonderful motor boat excursion into the lakeside wetlands that form the mouth of the river. Here a stunning variety of birdlife and many fishtraps may be seen.
Day 4: Phnom Penh
Passengers will visit Phnom Penh and will be provided with their own private cyclo*. The Cyclo Centre Phnom Penh which provides the cyclos is a charity that provides basic welfare and medical services to cyclo drivers (http://www.cyclo.org.uk/). Passengers disembark after lunch and check in at the historic colonial hotel Raffles Le Royal for an overnight stay. Dinner is at leisure. In the afternoon, optional excursion (by coach) to the Killing Fields and the Khmer Rouge's grim Tuol Sleng or S21 detention centre. This tour is included in the cost of your cruise but must be requested at the time of booking in the comments box.
Day 5: Phnom Penh
After a full buffet breakfast, check out of the Raffles Hotel Le Royal by 12.00 and depart.
Prices quoted in US$ nett per person in 2010
Cabin
Jan - Mar
Jun - Sep
Oct - Dec
Lower Deck Twin Sharing
US$ 1615
US$ 760
US$ 1615
Lower Deck Twin Single Use
US$ 2100
US$ 1065
US$ 2100
Main Deck Twin Sharing
US$ 1760
US$ 970
US$ 1467
Main Deck Twin Single Use
US$ 2265
US$ 1420
US$ 1890
Upper Deck Twin Sharing
US$ 1945
US$ 1100
US$ 1945
Upper Deck Twin Single Use
US$ 2450
US$ 1560
US$ 2450
The trip is inclusive of
Entrance fees
Gide services (English language)
Gatuities to crew, main meals ocally made soft and alcoholic beverages, ugged coffee and selection of teasand tisanes, mineral water.
Transfer to the meeting point in Saigon from the ship at the end of a voyage.
The trip is exclusive of
International flights
Port dues, laundry
All visa costs, fuel surcharges
Imported beverages such as wines, premium spirits and liqueurs
