Tagged: Pandaw Cruises

For the first time, Pandaw is offering an extended itinerary sailing the entire Chindwin river from Monywa to Nagaland. This limited 14-night expedition aboard the 10-cabin Zawgyi Pandaw combines the standard 7-night Nagaland itinerary with the 7-night Chindwin expedition giving guests a unique sailing along the Chindwin River. (more…)

Two exciting itineraries are being offered initially by Naga Cruises, operating every weekend from 4th September. (more…)

Pandaw Founder, Paul Strachan continues his series of blogs on the history of the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company and here tells the fascinating story of the evolution of the Irrawaddy steamer that had far reaching consequences for ship design at large and river navigation across the world. (more…)

“After a somewhat chaotic start, with many a navigational challenge, we are pleased to announce that our two Pandaws on the Upper Ganges are now running well with great feedback coming in from passengers”. (more…)

“No one said going back into India would be easy. Having pioneered Ganges cruising ten years ago we had some experience of the challenges of setting up in India.” (more…)

A Pandaw river vessel has crashed into a pontoon on the River Ganges forcing the evacuation of everyone onboard. Kindat Pandaw ripped a pontoon bridge off its hinges at Patna and passengers are currently on a sandbank nearby while crew remove their luggage and safes from cabins. (cruisecritic.co.uk)

The Katha Pandaw reached Varanasi last week sailing fourteen nights up the Ganges from Kolkata covering nearly 1000 km. It was a great moment for all on board to sail past the river ghats of this the world’s oldest city. (more…)

Pandaw are delighted to announce the completion of the KANEE PANDAW at our Mandalay ship yard. Completed in under six months by the Pandaw in-house construction team, she has 14 staterooms, an open plan saloon area and oodles of open deck space for alfresco wining and dining. (more…)

Pandaw passengers enjoy the inaugural voyage on the “Kindat” sailing out of Kolkata and sailing up the Hooghly or Lower Ganges. (more…)

One of Pandaw’s latest adventures is a voyage into the heart of the vibrant and varied delta “the rice basket of Asia” and home of the ancient Mon race. Enjoy sailing the labyrinth of waterways with their unique habitat, flora and fauna (potentially including the famous Irrawaddy dolphin and salt water crocodiles). (more…)

Pandaw are delighted to announce the opening of this twice weekly sailing from September 2019 onwards on the classic RV Indochina Pandaw. (more…)

Pandaw Cruises’ latest vessel, the 28-berth Sabaidee Pandaw, has successfully completed river trials ahead of her launch on the Laos to China route across Yunnan. The double-decker vessel is designed to meet the navigational challenges of shooting rapids in the Laos gorges and sailing through shallow waters all the way to China. The company has 17 beautifully crafted ships in operation that Pandaw built itself. (bairdmaritime.com)

Due to a sell out on the Upper Irrawaddy for the season Pandaw will deploy and additional vessel for this exciting routing: the gorgeous “Kha Byoo Pandaw” with only ten very comfy cabins and its own library. (more…)

Pandaw are delighted to announce the construction of a new fourteen cabin K-class ship for Burma, now renamed Myanmar. These ultra-shallow twin decked K-class vessels can go where other ships cannot and are perfect for Pandaw’s style of soft adventure river expeditions. (more…)

Pandaw are delighted to announce that yesterday (March 7) the KINDAT PANDAW arrived in India after safely crossing over the Bay of Bengal from Burma. The KINDAT joins her sisters the KALAW and KATHA making three Pandaw ships in India now. (more…)