Sa Đéc - Cái Bè - Sa Đéc - Cao Lãnh : Bassac

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Pick one port of call for each day of cruise¹.

For instance, for a two-night cruise, pick the place of departure, the port of call on day two, and the destination. The trips between Chau Doc or Vinh Xuong and Phnom Penh are extensions on board speedboats.

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Program of the journey: Sa Đéc - Cái Bè - Sa Đéc - Cao Lãnh

[image] Sa Đéc - Cái Bè - Sa Đéc - Cao Lãnh

Sa Đéc, on the first day at noon

Boarding at Sa Dec at noon. Welcome drink, introduction to the ship and crew, check into the cabins.
Lunch is served on board.
In the afternoon, the longboat takes you to shore, for a visit of the plant nurseries.
Boarding back by the end of the afternoon, and the Bassac gets under way heading downstream on the First River.
The Bassac casts anchor for the night in view of the large My Thuan bridge, and dinner is served on board.

Day 2

07:00 Departure towards Cai Be. The passengers take their breakfast while enjoying the scenery on the banks.
The Bassac soon leaves the main river to enter between the Cu Lao Tan Phong island and Tien Giang province.
Arrival near Cai Be, transfer to a rowing boat for a quiet visit through a small canal if the tide allows.
Rendez-vous with a local boat, which will take you to shore for a visit of Cai Be's handicraft.
Boarding back at noon, with a welcome-back drink.
Departure from Cai Be to Binh Hoa Phuoc Island while lunch is served on board.
Transfer onto a local boat for a visit of the gardens and orchards on the bank of the peninsula.
Back on board, a refreshment awaits you.
Dinner is served as the Bassac gets under way towards the My Thuan bridge then towards Sa Dec.
The Bassac drops anchor at the entry of Sa Dec for the night.

Day 3

Breakfast is available from 6:30.
Transfer for a visit of the town of Sa Dec, following the tracks of French novelist Marguerite Duras.
Boarding back about noon at Sa Dec. Welcome back drink.
Lunch is served on board.
After lunch, transfer for a visit of the town of Sa Dec, following the tracks of French novelist Marguerite Duras: Home of "The Lover", the Trung Vuong primary school where French novel writer Marguerite Duras was a pupil.
Back on board, a refreshment awaits you.
Dinner is served as the Bassac gets under way towards Cao Lanh then drops anchor at the entry of Cao Lanh for overnight.

Day 4

Breakfast is available from 6h30 AM.
Check-out and transfer onto a local boat for a visit of a eucalyptus forest where the Xeo Quyt Viet Cong Base was nestled, a moving testimony to the harshness of the fights during the Vietnam war.
Disembarkment at Sa Dec.

End of services by mid-morning on shore at Cao Lãnh.

Please note you will leave the Bassac for good upon boarding the small boat for the last visit, typically about 8:30.
The details of the program and the visits may vary depending on logistics or technical constraints.

Site map & Footnotes

The cruise typically starts at noon on the first day and ends by mid-morning on the last day. ↩

Sa Đéc - Cái Bè - Sa Đéc - Cao Lãnh