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Long Xuyên - Tân Châu

Long Xuyên - Tân Châu

This is our default program along Long Xuyên - Tân Châu.

We have much freedom when it comes to charters. Contact us so we tune it together to meet your wishes.

Long Xuyên - Tân Châu

Long Xuyên, on the first day at noon

  • Boarding at Long Xuyen at noon. Welcome drink, introduction to the ship and crew, check-in into the cabins.
  • Departure towards Tiger Island on the middle of the Bassac river. Lunch is served on board while en route.
  • Upon arrival at Tiger Island, transfer onto the longboat for a visit of stilted houses, a typical local architecture, then tour the island on a bike cyclo.
  • Boarding back before dusk, a welcome drink and the dinner are served on board while en route.
  • The Bassac drops anchor near Châu Đốc for the night.

Day 2

  • Breakfast is served from 6:30 AM, as the Bassac is on its way upstream the river and through Chau Doc.
  • The Bassac casts anchor on the Tân Châu canal, a prolongation of the Vĩnh Tế canal, for the visit of a village. Wooden shipyards, rice fields.
  • Boarding back and the Bassac resumes her journey towards Tan Chau.
  • Check-out and disembarkation to shore at Tân Châu.

End of services by mid-morning on shore at Tân Châu.

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.

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  • Pick one port of call for each day of cruise. The cruise typically starts at noon on the first day and ends by mid-morning on the last day.
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  • Mistaken? Or would you like to start afresh? Just reset the form, or correct the port of call with its drop-down menu. Please note: connections to Phnom Penh are through a third party's speedboat.

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