From Kampong Cham to Ho Chi Minh City · Europe (River) · 7 nights
From Kampong Cham to Ho Chi Minh City
The Viking Saigon, named after Vietnam’s former capital city, offers Viking’s classic Scandi style as it navigates along the Mekong River, one of the world’s most fascinating and beautiful regions.
Purpose-built for the Mekong River, this exciting ship named
after Vietnam’s former capital city, mixes Viking’s classic Scandi
elegance with hints of South East Asia. From Siem Reap and Angkor
Wat to Ho Chi Minh and Phnom Penh, discover one of the world’s most
fascinating and beautiful regions as you enjoy beautifully-designed
public areas including an Upper Deck with a pool offering
360-degree views, open-air Sky Bar with shaded seating area and a
restaurant with floor-to-ceiling windows for panoramic views, with
a French Balcony or veranda for all staterooms.
A visit to Kampong Cham will give you an insight into life in a provincial Cambodian city, well off the normal tourist trail. Situated on a bend in the Mekong river, the city is famous for its bamboo bridge which is rebuilt every year, and there are also some interesting temples nearby.
Cambodia’s lively, youthful capital has shown a remarkable resilience in bouncing back from the horrors of the Khmer Rouge regime. The beautiful Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda shouldn’t be missed, while the former Tuol Sleng prison is a harrowing reminder of Phnom Penh’s recent past.
The riverfront town of Sa Dec is one of the most appealing destinations in the Mekong Delta, a laid back and peaceful place where boats laden with flowers from the nearby markets ply the waterways, overlooked by beautiful old French colonial villas.
Cai Be is home to a fascinating floating market, and it’s a great place to observe life along the Mekong. You can learn about the production of rice paper, coconut candy and whisky, and take a trip along the backwaters on a little two-person rowing boat.
Saigon, as it was known then, was the capital of the South during the Vietnam War, and American-style capitalism has been embraced more enthusiastically here than in the North, with a clutch of shining skyscrapers standing as testament to Vietnam’s surging economic growth.
