Inspired by the current BBC2 series The Mekong River with Sue Perkins? You can follow in the funny girl’s footsteps with a specialist Asia holiday company.
The programme features inspiring footage of The Great British Bakeoff presenter’s journey upstream through Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and China, and Travel Indochina, which offers a selection of small river boats, providing an authentic mode of transport along one of Asia’s most incredible main rivers.
The specialist tour operator’s 12-day ‘Saigon to Angkor – Saigon to Siem Reap‘ journey features an eight-day luxury river cruise on the Jayavarman – a ‘floating hotel’ with 27 spacious cabins all with private balconies and floor-to-ceiling sliding doors with views of the Mekong landscape – with the opportunity, among other touring highlights, to discover the colourful floating villages of Tonle Sap Lake in Cambodia. Prices start from £2,715 per person including international flights from Heathrow.
Additionally, the 21-day ‘Inside Vietnam & Cambodia‘ small group journey offers travellers an opportunity to scratch beneath the surface of Vietnam and Cambodia. Highlights include an eco fishing tour with a local fisherman in Hoi An to learn how to paddle a basket boat; a special stay with a hilltribe family in the upland valley of Mai Chau; and a journey through the Mekong Delta taking in Cai Rang’s boisterous floating market. The tour culminates with a sunrise experience at the little-visited eastern gate of Angkor Wat in Cambodia. Prices start from £2,835 per person including international flights from Heathrow.
The 14-day Laos Experience with 4,000 Islands holiday travels from Northern Thailand and glides down the Mekong on a private slow boat, before visiting the Unesco-heritage listed city of Luang Prabang and then on to the little-visited 4,000 Islands in the Mekong River in Southern Laos, where guests can glimpse the elusive Irrawaddy river dolphin. Prices start from just £2,550 per person including international flights from London Heathrow.
