Essential Vietnam and Cambodia

Arrive in Ho Chi Minh City, commonly known as Saigon, and transfer to your hotel. Enjoy a delicious Welcome Dinner tonight. Stay Two Nights: Ho Chi Minh City, Fusion Suites Saigon (D)

Insider Experience: Enjoy a two-night stay at the stylish Fusion Suites Saigon. Savour a Welcome Dinner at a local restaurant.

This morning, take a step back in time and visit the Cu Chi Tunnels, built by Vietnamese resistance fighters during the Vietnam War. Part of a larger network, the tunnels were used by Viet Cong guerrillas as hiding spots during combat. Enjoy the afternoon at leisure or tailor your day by choosing a select experience. (B)

After breakfast, drive to My Tho Port to board your unique river ship. Built to provide a gratifying onboard experience, enjoy the sophisticated design and premium facilities of the new RV Apsara. Exuding a true Asian ambience, the superb ship offers balconies with every suite to ensure a unique and scenic perspective on your Mekong River cruise. Stay Seven Nights: Mekong River, RV Apsara (B/L/D)

Cruise to the town of Cai Be. Go ashore to see Cai Be's French Gothic Cathedral and visit a local rice paper manufacturer to learn how rice paper is made. Continue to Sa Dec for a guided tour. Here, you'll visit a Cao Dai Temple and see the home of Huynh Thuy Le, once the lover of French writer Marguerite Duras, who penned her best-selling novel, The Lover, about their affair. (B/L/D)

Transfer to a small boat for a journey along the tiny tributaries that snake around Tan Chau, step ashore for a rickshaw tour and visit a local island. Spend the remainder of the day in comfort on board as your ship cruises to the Cambodian border. (B/L/D)

Today, join an excursion to the infamous Killing Fields and the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, on the site of the Khmer Rouge's notorious Security Prison 21.

Later in Phnom Penh, a tour takes you to visit the extravagant Royal Palace. (B/L/D)

This morning, an excursion takes you to Oudong, Cambodia's former royal capital. While here, enjoy an Insider Experience. En route back to Phnom Penh, explore Koh Chen, a village specialising in the manufacture of copperware. Here you'll visit some small family workshops and have the opportunity to buy some souvenirs. (B/L/D)

Disembark this morning for a tour of Oknha Tey, or ‘Silk Island', located on the lush banks of the Mekong River. Tour the village and see the traditional silk weaving that has been preserved for centuries. This afternoon, set sail for Angkor Ban. (B/L/D)

Disembark this morning for a walking tour of Angkor Ban, one of the few traditional villages left in Cambodia. Later cruise to Kampong Cham before an Insider Experience. (B/L/D)

Insider Experience: Embark on a tuk tuk ride around the island of Koh Pen. Travel along the shaded lanes and past wooden stilted houses, tucked amongst palm and sandalwood trees.

This morning, disembark in Kampong Cham and transfer to Siem Reap. Later, enjoy an Insider Experience then continue on to explore Ta Prohm and its verdant, intertwined trees. Stay Two Nights: Siem Reap, Shinta Mani Angkor (B)

Insider Experience: Visit Opportunities of Development thru Art (ODA) which supports local underprivileged children. Unwind at the Shinta Mani Angkor. An oasis of tranquillity, you'll relax amid the lush gardens and large swimming pool of your hotel.

After a morning at leisure in Siem Reap, visit the ancient Bayon Temple. Enjoy sunset at Angkor Wat before savouring local flavours during your Farewell Dinner. (B/D)

Insider Experience: Watch an Apsara dance and experience local Khmer culture.

Today you will be transferred to the airport for your onward flight. (B)