For a real slice-of-life Cambodia style, take our TONLE SAP BOAT CRUISE on this immense freshwater sea. Normally 3, 000 square kilometers in size, melting ice from the Himalaya Mountains more than doubles the area of the lake each year from July through October.
Glory Cruise is proud of being the perfect product of luxury in Halong Bay, setting new standards with an Internationally leaded team, spacious and smart designed cabins, and panoramic view balcony on selected cabins and exceptional personalized on board services.
With six luxury ships exploring five countries, Pandaw is the largest luxury river cruise company in Asia. In 2003 we were the first on the Mekong River in Cambodia and the backwaters of the Mekong Delta in Vietnam.
The Mekong River running through the Indo-China Peninsula is the representative mega-river in Southeast Asia. The basin originate in Tibetan mountains of China, and includes other five countries, Myanmer, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Le Cochinchine Cruise will take you to discover more about the daily lives of the people in Mekong Delta and also enjoy the beautiful sceneries of this Delta.
This cruise trip in Vietnam will bring you to explore a diversity of Vietnam Mekong, including fishermen life on the Mekong Delta, Sampan tour into Xeo Quit, colourful Cai Rang floating market, the way of life of the Cham minority with their colorful traditional woven textiles, the Can Tho’s pleasant countryside via biking.
The Toum Tiou derives its name from a traditional Khmer tale of star-crossed lovers, the Cambodian equivalent of Romeo and Juliet, Toum being the boy and Tiou, the girl.
Inspired by the golden age cruise liner Normandie, "The Jayavarman" is a 20th century boutique style marvel marries avant-garde French colonial design with enchanting Indochine architecture to perfection.
River Vessel Amalotus is a new cruise and will open in September 2011. Amalotus cruise raises the bar in river cruising in the Mekong Delta. Amalotus offers unparalleled cruise experience, top notch excursions along the Mekong Delta between Saigon and Siem Reap.
On arrival in Cai Be, boarding your luxury wooden boat, the Mekong Queen to visit the colorful Cai Be floating market, one of the many well-known and the biggest floating markets in the western region of southern Vietnam, which was formed during the Nguyen Dynasty in the 19th century.
The "Cai Be Princess" are exclusive river Junks operating in the Mekong Delta. It is a good choice for whom more focus in ultimate privacy and still enjoy the traditional design style whilst the other cruising options fill up.
You embark the Toum Tiou in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) mid afternoon and set sail by late afternoon. As you head into the Mekong Delta towards My Tho you will enjoy you first of many glorious sunsets...