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New Mekong cruiser launches
#expeditioncruising Luxurious Mekong River cruises between Vietnam and Cambodia aboard the new cruiser, Mekong Prestige II, are available from Australian tour company, Active Travel. Mekong Prestige II Seven-night cruises from Saigon to Siem Reap, or vice versa, are available from October, 2014, to April, 2015, with fares including local beer and wine with meals, onboard […]
Pandaw Special Offers April
#expeditioncruising Check our diverse range of travel offerings at: www.activetravel.com.au Active Travel First Floor Garema Centre, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. T: 02 6249 6122. F: 02 6249 6788 The Chindwin and Upper Irrawaddy, 20 nights into remotest Burma RV Pandaw 2 on September 4th, 2014 – 20% off!Price starting at USD 6,271 – per person […]
RV Rajamahal on the Hooghly. Welcome to Krishna Land
#expeditioncruising Hoarding showing final vision of the Hare temple. Even by Indian standards, this was one of the most bizarre shore excursions. It was easy to dub the site ‘Krsna Land’ when confronted by this enormous structure growing from the humble shores of the Hooghly River at Mayapur. Surrounded by satellite buildings, temples, stalls, halls, […]
RV Rajmahal on the Hooghly River, West Bengal. Shore excursions
#expeditioncruising Street scene along the Hooghly River in Murshidabad, India. (R Eime) Shore excursions: 23 March, 2014 As one day blends seamlessly to the next, Rajmahal follows the ancient Hooghly River downstream from Farakka, through the historic lands of the Nawabs, Moghuls and British Raj. Ornate terracotta temples and crumbling colonial palaces interspersed with vast irrigated […]
RV Rajmahal at a glance
#expeditioncruising Brand new RV Rajmahal at anchor on the Hooghly River, West Bengal (R Eime) A modern, comprehensively equipped river cruise vessel operating on the Ganges and Hooghly Rivers in West Bengal, India. Owner: Assam Bengal Navigation (ABN)Entered service: 2014Length: 51mWidth: 10.4mDraught: 1.5mPassenger Decks: 3Crew: 29Passengers: 40 maxCabins: 22. 18 convertible twin cabins. Four single […]
RV Rajmahal. Hoogli River, West Bengal.
#expeditioncruising Train passes the famous flower market in Calcutta Day 1, 22 March 2014 Even before we arrived to board the brand new RV Rajmahal tied up at a remote wharf along India’s holy Hoogli River, we’d been immersed in the sub-continent’s famous chaotic transport system. Yesterday’s hotel transfer to Howrah railway station was but […]
Special Deals on Toum Tiou I and Toum Tiou II
Toum Tiou Special Deals on Toum Tiou I and Toum Tiou II Here is a summary of the sizzling hot deals discounts for Toum Tiou and Toum Tiou II Do Hurry before the cabins are taken up. Toum Tiou I – Feb 21 – 28, 2014 REP-SGN – (5 cabins available) – […]
Launch of Indian river cruise vessel, ABN Rajmahal
The latest addition to our fleet, ABN Rajmahal, was launched in Calcutta last week. The 22-cabin vessel has been specially designed with extra-shallow draught, triple engines and low air draught, for our pioneering City of Light cruises between Patna and Varanasi. These innovative 7-night cruises will operate in August and September 2014, the only months […]
Pandaw’s New Pagan Mandalay Short Cruises
For those without the time for a longer classic Pandaw cruise join one of the cult short cruises between the two ancient capitals of Burma. Pandaw started these in 1998 and they are a great component in a tailored land tour. You will see the best of river life with stops in the bustling monastery […]
Pandaw, Kipling and Orwell revive the Road to Mandalay
“On the road to Mandalay, Where the flyin’-fishes play, An’ the dawn comes up like thunder outer China ‘crost the Bay!” – Rudyard Kipling It’s an intoxicating cocktail of equal parts nostalgia and pomposity sitting here on the expansive teak deck of the RV Katha Pandaw. It’s taken me almost ten years of trying to […]
