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PANDAW CRUISES 

With six luxury ships exploring five countries, Pandaw is the largest luxury river cruise company in Asia.In 1995 they were the first since the war to pioneer the great Irrawaddy and Chindwin rivers in Burma. In 2003 they were the first on the Mekong River in Cambodia and the backwaters of the Mekong Delta in Vietnam. These small ships can penetrate remote and otherwise inaccessible areas. In 2009 they open new routes on the Ganges in India and the Rajang in Borneo. Whilst they offer a real adventure experience, travellers are cushioned with incredible, comfort, fine dining, great cocktails and choice wines, not to mention extraordinary levels of service. Their six ships were built new and designed and finished as authentic replicas of colonial river steamers. These small ships have the highest passenger to space ratio of any ships afloat. Their much loved, staterooms are 170 square feet and finished in teak and brass.

A feature of all their river cruises is the once or twice daily shore excursions led by expert local guides to explore temples, historical sites, markets and handicraft workshops.The Pandaws have an ultra shallow draft enabling them to moor where larger ships could not stop. Inland water navigation in these regions is challenging, and the Pandaws have been specially designed to cope with constantly changing river conditions.