Princess Cruises Southeast Asia Cruises

Taste some of the most unique cuisine in the world and discover ancient cultures that thrill with a cruise to Southeast Asia and India onboard a Princess Cruises vacation. Step into the “Venice of the East with a stop in Bangkok, where you can find beautiful and elegant silken clothes, custom-designed. Take your taste buds for a ride with some Dim Sum in Hong Kong, experience the thrilling historical grandeur of Ho Chi Minh City, interact with diverse peoples the Land of the Rising Sun—do it all during a cruise to Southeast Asia and India.

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Things to Do on a Southeast Asia Cruise with Princess Cruises

Southeast Asia is packed with cultures and cuisines you’ll want to dig into when cruising with Princess Cruises. In Vietnam you can learn to make spring rolls, in Lombok you can try your hand at ketak carving and in Bali mount a Sumatra elephant for a ride in the jungle. Featured below are some of our favorite things to do when cruising to Southeast Asia with Princess Cruises:

• Elephant Safari and Ubud Shopping (Bali, Indonesia)
  Visit the Elephant Safari Park where you’ll learn about these gentle giants before mounting one for a guided ride along the jungle. After your ride on one of these Sumatra elephants you’ll be able to feed them and then tour Ubud, a village in Bali known for its crafts.
   

• Bangkok’s Hidden Treasures with Tuk Tuk Experience (Bangkok, Thailand)
  Head outside the city by fields of Tapioca to get to the Wat Po and Wat Suthat temples, both known for their beauty and their Buddha statues. Wat Po has the Reclining Buddha and Wat Suthat has 156 golden Buddhas. You’ll head back to the city to ride on a tuk tuk, which is a motorized rickshaw.
   

• Da Nang and Marble Mountain Beach (Da Nang, Vietnam)
  Learn about the Champa Kingdom, which ruled this area from the 7th to the 19th centuries, at the Cham Museum. Then you’ll visit the Han market and a local embroidery workshop. Afterwards, visit the Marble Mountain Village and then China Beach.
   

• Local Life in Thanlyin (Yangon, Myanmar)
  Journey to Sesela, a village known for its ketak and cukli pearl and wood carvings. The locals have taken these carvings and transformed them into beautiful masks, frames, boxes and other curiosities. You’ll even have an opportunity to make your own ketak carving. The next stop is at a small village known for its pottery where you’ll see the locals working on their craft.
   

• Craft Villages of Lombok (Lombok, Indonesia)
  Journey to Sesela, a village known for its ketak and cukli pearl and wood carvings. The locals have taken these carvings and transformed them into beautiful masks, frames, boxes and other curiosities. You’ll even have an opportunity to make your own ketak carving. The next stop is at a small village known for its pottery where you’ll see the locals working on their craft.
   

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• Market Visit and Cooking Class (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
  Visit the Ben Thahn Market, a symbol of Ho Chi Minh, to find fresh ingredients that will be used in your creation of a Vietnamese spring roll. You’ll learn about the main tenets of the Vietnamese cuisine and then enjoy your creation.