Vĩnh Xương - Châu Đốc - Cần Thơ - Chợ Mới : Bassac

Choose your journey

In a few moments, our availabilities for tomorrow and the day after.

Pick your own itinerary if you would rather charter a boat and run along your own route.

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.

Mekong Delta Map

Just fill-in the form, or simply click on your chosen ports of call on the map on the right.

Mistaken? Or would you like to start afresh? Just reset the form, or correct the port of call with its drop-down menu.
Are you feeling lost? See our animated map of the Mekong Delta to get some hints about the possible destinations.

Program of the journey: Vĩnh Xương - Châu Đốc - Cần Thơ - Chợ Mới

[image] Vĩnh Xương - Châu Đốc - Cần Thơ - Chợ Mới

Vĩnh Xương, on the first day at noon

Boarding at Vĩnh Xương with a welcome drink. Checking into the cabins.
The Bassac casts off and lunch is served after a short presentation of the ship.
By mid-afternoon, the Bassac turns into the Tan Chau canal, then casts anchor for a visit of a village on the bank: rice fields, wooden ship building yards.
Boarding back in the late afternoon, and the Bassac resumes her trip to the end of the canal.
Dinner is served as the Bassac sets anchor for the night on the upstream branch of the Bassac river.

Day 2

Breakfast is ready from 7:00 AM on.
The Bassac resumes her journey towards Chau Doc.
Disembarkment for a visit of Chau Doc. Market, floating fish farms, Chàm muslim minority and worship places.
Boarding at noon at the Chau Doc pier, welcome drink.
Departure downstream on the Bassac river, as the crew serves lunch.
Upon arrival at Thot Not, transfer on the longboat for a visit of a village.
Boarding back before dusk, a welcome drink and the dinner are served on board while en route.
Rest on the deck before the night. The Bassac drops anchor near Can Tho for the night.

Day 3

Breakfast is served from 6:30 AM, as the Bassac is on its way downstream the river towards Can Tho.
Arrival in Can Tho, transfer onto a local boat to visit Cai Rang floating market, then a noodle factory and return to the Ninh Kieu pier.
Arrival at Ninh Kieu, Can Tho, by mid-morning.
Lunch on shore in an old French-era building of the Comptoirs d\'Indochine. Visit of the old Cần Thơ market. Boarding back, welcome drink and departure towards upstream river Bassac.
Upon arrival at Thốt Nốt, transfer on the longboat to take some walks at a village in Thốt Nốt.
Boarding back before dusk, a welcome drink and the dinner are served on board while en route towards Chợ Mới.
The bar is open, rest on the deck before the night. The Bassac drops anchor near Chợ Mới for the night.

Day 4

Breakfast is served from 6:30 AM, as the ship is on her way upstream the Bassac river, then on Vàm Nao river towards Chợ Mới.
Upon arrival to Chợ Mới, check-out and transfer onto a local boat for the visit of the cages of a floating fish-farm, then final disembarkation.

End of services by mid-morning on shore at Chợ Mới.

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.

Some possible extensions

Here are some extension possibilities about the journey you are preparing. These, for the most part, we manage ourselves. May you find here some inspiration.

Before boarding

Before boarding, you may come all the way from Cambodia's Phnom Penh if you charter a speedboat, a trip that takes you through the frontier in no more than 4 hours. This makes the best use of time and sets you right on the spot to start an odyssey down the Mekong. Think of preparing a visa to Vietnam beforehand.

To book an extension

You may simply ask us to book any of these extensions, just mention it when booking the Bassac. We can also help you with the pick-up.

Site map & Footnotes

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

Vĩnh Xương - Châu Đốc - Cần Thơ - Chợ Mới