Tagged: Pandaw Cruises

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…)

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

With the safe arrival of the KATHA PANDAW in Kolkata last week by tug tow from Burma, Pandaw are delighted to announce a third vessel will go out to India this month – being the eighteen cabin KINDAT PANDAW, that will join her identical sister the KALAW also sailing out this month. (more…)

Pandaw reports that the Katha Pandaw, a smaller, newly refurbished ship that had been slated to sail the Upper Ganges in India starting in January, has been postponed due to issues with exporting the vessel from Myanmar. These issues are now fully resolved, the cruise line said, and the Katha will sail from Yangon next week, while plans for the full launch on the Ganges of the Orient Pandaw in September remain unchanged. (travelagentcentral.com)

Pandaw’s third Laos ship, the Sabaidee, completed her ‘river trials’ this week and is running well and all in time for the inaugural voyage in early November. (more…)

Pandaw is excited to announce the new combination cruise itineraries. Explore the rivers of Southeast Asia and India in more depth with uninterrupted back-to-back cruise expeditions on our distinctive ships. (more…)

Pandaw has announced it will ramp up its cruise offerings in India following the demand for its new Lower Ganges sailing beginning in December 2018. Pandaw’s expansion plans for India include deploying two more ships to the region, adding three new itineraries or itinerary combinations and launching a range of new pre- and post-cruise tours of the country. (travelagentcentral.com)

Pandaw has announced the launch of an India river expedition that will take guests on an epic journey along The Lower Ganges, aboard the stately, “Orient Pandaw”. (etbtravelnews.global)

A charity, founded by CEO of Pandaw River Expeditions, Paul Strachan, is funding the building of the eighth free medical clinic in Myanmar. The new Pandaw Central Clinic in Bagan will help ease the burden on the existing seven Myanmar clinics opened by the charity in the 10 years since the country was struck by Cyclone Nargis. (more…)

The RV Sabei Pandaw, which will be the third ship to join Pandaw’s Laos Flotilla on the Mekong River will now set sail on her maiden voyage in November 2018 with an additional 2 stateroom cabins, bringing the number to 14 cabins in total. (etbtravelnews.global)