• Introduction
• 1. Amazon
• 2. Danube
• 3. Hudson and St. Lawrence Seaway
• 4. Mekong
• 5. Mississippi
• 6. Murray
• 7. Nile
• 8. Seine
• 9. Volga and Russian Waterways
• 10. Yangtze

Mekong

The 12th largest river in the world, the Mekong is the lifeblood of Southeast Asia, snaking through China, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam before emptying into the South China Sea. High Country Passage Travel, a company specializing in small group educational tours, emphasizes the latter two countries in an eight-day journey that kicks off with a day in bustling Ho Chi Minh City before embarking on a luxe 1920s-style steamer, the Mekong Pandaw, up the Mekong Delta, stopping at colorful floating villages, passing remote rice paddies, and cruising on toward Phnom Penh in Cambodia. From there, the surrounding jungle becomes denser and denser until you reach the phenomenal ancient temples of Angkor Wat. Along the way, before retiring to your hardwood-clad stateroom, you’ll be treated to engaging lectures on Theravada Buddhist teachings and Khmer art and architecture. An optional pre-trip extension to Hanoi is also available. This special experience is available in late October.

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