{"id":4989,"date":"2020-07-27T15:20:54","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T05:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/?p=4989"},"modified":"2023-11-22T17:09:25","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T06:09:25","slug":"victoria-mekong-review-steve-meacham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/victoria-mekong-review-steve-meacham\/","title":{"rendered":"All aboard: Experience the magic of the Mekong river, with unparalleled style on the Victoria Mekong"},"content":{"rendered":"

Journalist Steve Meacham<\/strong> travelled on the maiden voyage of the Victoria Mekong<\/strong><\/a> for Traveller<\/strong>. Wendy Wu Tours asked him to honestly answer these questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What makes the Victoria Mekong different to other Mekong river cruises on offer?<\/strong>
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The purpose-built ship sails along a part of the Mekong delta rarely visited by Western tourists but teaming with local life and colour.

The itineraries – between Can Tho in Vietnam<\/a> and Phnom Penh<\/a>, the capital of Cambodia<\/a> – are deliberately short (4 days upstream, 3 days downstream) to provide time-poor guests with an introductory taste of Mekong culture as part of a longer holiday in what the French called Indochine.
The ship itself, though officially four-star, wants for nothing: spa, gym, library, huge sun deck, pool and the Mekong\u2019s first onboard cinema.<\/p>\n\n\n\n