Four journeys across the delta’s heritage

The Khmer Delta, 5 days

For travellers who want depth over distance. Two nights in Tra Vinh and two in Soc Trang, the two former provinces where Khmer Theravada pagodas are part of everyday life. You see Chùa Âng beside Ao Bà Om, the egret pagoda of Nodol, the Bat pagoda and the mosaic walls of Sà Lôn, and end with a Cantonese assembly hall in Can Tho. Read the route.

The Festival Journey, 6 days

Timed to the Bà Chúa Xứ festival at Sam Mountain (22nd–27th day of the fourth lunar month, inscribed by UNESCO in 2024), with an alternative version for Ok Om Bok, the Khmer full-moon festival of the tenth lunar month. Only for travellers whose dates are fixed around the festival. Read the route.

The Four Cultures, 7 days

The full crossing: Khmer Tra Vinh and Soc Trang, Hoa and Kinh Can Tho, then three nights at Chau Doc for Sam Mountain, the Cham villages and a day at Oc Eo. It ends either with the morning speedboat up the Bassac to Phnom Penh or with a drive back to Ho Chi Minh City. Read the route.

Delta to the Sea, 8 days

West instead of south: Vinh Long’s Confucian temple, Can Tho, Chau Doc and Sam Mountain, the Funan site at Oc Eo, the Mạc family town of Ha Tien on the Gulf of Thailand, and a fast boat to two nights on Phu Quoc to finish. Read the route.

• A private air-conditioned vehicle and driver for the whole journey
• A private English-speaking guide from the first morning to the last transfer
• Hotels named on your quote, with daily breakfast
• Entrance fees where a site charges one, and a donation at each pagoda we visit with you
• The heritage table for your route, updated with anything we confirm before you travel
• Ferry or boat tickets that are part of the route (Ha Tien–Phu Quoc; Chau Doc–Phnom Penh where chosen)

Not included: international flights, visas, travel insurance, most lunches and dinners, drinks and tips. The pricing page sets out why, and how to book explains the steps from first message to confirmed journey.

The four routes are starting points. The most common changes we make are adding a night at Chau Doc so Sam Mountain and the Cham villages are not on the same day, swapping Phu Quoc for a flight home from Can Tho, and reversing a route so that it starts in Phnom Penh and comes down the river into Vietnam. Each change is priced as a whole new version so you can compare.

Some changes we will advise against. Fitting the Four Cultures route into five days means dropping either the Khmer south or the Cham north and spending most of the remaining time in the car. Cutting Chau Doc to one night means arriving in the afternoon and leaving the next morning, with Sam Mountain at its most crowded in between. We will tell you which parts suffer and let you decide.