Scenic Spirit February 27-March 14 2028 Cruise & Offers | Scenic Cruises

Welcome to vibrant Vietnam, a world of colour, culture and extraordinary food. Today is yours to settle in at your leisure, adjusting to the rhythms of this compelling city before your journey begins in earnest. Check-in to the Caravelle Saigon, located downtown in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City. Meet your Tour Director and fellow guests at your welcoming dinner.

The morning is spent at the Cu Chi Tunnels, where more than 250 kilometres of underground passages dug by hand during the war reveal themselves with staggering ingenuity. Return to the city for a Pho lunch, with the afternoon at leisure.

After breakfast, visit the War Museum and the Reunification Palace, whose gates were famously breached by tanks in April 1975. Then transfer to Saigon Port where the Scenic Spirit awaits. Lunch is on board as the ship departs down the Saigon River, the city giving way to the delta.

The day opens with a champagne breakfast as the Scenic Spirit transits the Cho Gao Canal, one of the Mekong Delta’s great arterial waterways, with upwards of 1,800 vessels navigating it every day. Cho Gao Canal to Cai Be is a published destination on Journey along the Mekong: Ho Chi Minh City to Bangkok aboard Scenic Spirit.

A sampan into Sa Dec’s lively wet market reveals two hours of local trade — live fish, frogs, produce and the grand home of Mr Huynh Thuy Le, whose love affair with a young French woman inspired Marguerite Duras’ celebrated novel L’Amant.

Start the morning with a yoga class, the gym or the sauna before heading ashore for Tan Chau and the Border Crossing is a published destination on Journey along the Mekong: Ho Chi Minh City to Bangkok aboard Scenic Spirit.

The Cambodian capital comes into view as the Scenic Spirit approaches in the early morning. Phnom Penh is a published destination on Journey along the Mekong: Ho Chi Minh City to Bangkok aboard Scenic Spirit.

A morning drive to Oudong, Cambodia’s ancient capital, to experience the rhythms of a working monastery — resident monks, peaceful courtyards and, if timing allows, a traditional festival. Back in Phnom Penh, the Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda command the afternoon, before a cultural performance by the Cambodian Student and Children’s Organisation...

A tuk tuk ride to the silk weaving farm on Oknha Tey reveals every stage of a craft that has defined this community for generations. After lunch, the ship calls at Angkor Ban, a small riverside settlement of century-old wooden houses that somehow survived the Khmer Rouge intact.

Step ashore at Wat Hanchey, an ancient hilltop pagoda offering some of the finest elevated river views of the entire journey. Wat Hanchey and Kampong Cham is a published destination on Journey along the Mekong: Ho Chi Minh City to Bangkok aboard Scenic Spirit.

After disembarkation this morning your journey moves to Siem Reap via Kampong Thom and the ancient Angkorian bridge at Kampong Kdei, with a stop at a traditional stone cutters’ village along the way. Check in to the Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor for three nights, a legendary colonial address with French-inspired architecture and service that feels entirely of another era.

The second day of your Siem Reap exploration starts with a delicious champagne buffet breakfast at the hotel. Siem Reap is a published destination on Journey along the Mekong: Ho Chi Minh City to Bangkok aboard Scenic Spirit.

Siem Reap is a published destination on Journey along the Mekong: Ho Chi Minh City to Bangkok aboard Scenic Spirit. It provides the setting for this stage of the journey; arrival, departure, berthing and excursion details are displayed only when they appear in the stored Scenic schedule, and final operating information should be reconfirmed before sailing.

A flight to Laos and arrival into Luang Prabang, the spiritual capital of the country and a UNESCO World Heritage-listed city where the Nam Khan and Mekong Rivers meet beneath forested mountains. Three nights at the Avani+ Luang Prabang, directly across from the celebrated night markets.

Visit Wat Xieng Thong, founded in 1560 and one of the most important temples in Laos, along with Wat Mai and the former Royal Palace, now the National Museum. This afternoon, a boat cruise along the Mekong calls at a rice wine village before arriving at the sacred Pak Ou Caves, where...

Well before dawn, the streets fill with the silent movement of monks collecting their daily alms — one of the most meditative and culturally significant moments of the entire journey. Luang Prabang is a published destination on Journey along the Mekong: Ho Chi Minh City to Bangkok aboard Scenic Spirit.

A final morning in the hotel before check-out. Then farewell to Laos with a flight to Bangkok where the journey concludes on arrival. Please book your flight to depart out of Bangkok after 07:00 PM. Rivers and waterways are subject to variations in water levels.