Culture & Cuisine Easy
Mekong: The Slow Boat South
Two weeks on the river that shaped a civilisation, from Yunnan to Luang Prabang.
11 days
Max 4–12
Nov–Feb
From
$3,100 pp
Laos · Thailand · Vietnam · Cambodia
Southeast Asia
River civilisations, Buddhist temples, and kitchens that changed food for ever.
The Mekong is Southeast Asia's thread: a river that rises in Tibet and feeds Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam — six countries, one current, a thousand dishes. We travel slowly here, by slow boat and on foot, because the kitchens and the temples deserve time. Angkor Wat at dawn before the tour buses. Luang Prabang's tak bat by silent observation. A family pho shop in Hanoi's Old Quarter at 6am, the only customers.
Why travel here
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Angkor Wat at sunrise: the world's largest religious monument
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Hoi An: lantern-lit ancient town with the best tailoring in Asia
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Ha Long Bay: limestone karsts rising from jade water
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Luang Prabang's morning alms ceremony: the most moving daily ritual in travel