Destination Highlights

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The Mekong River is one of the world's major rivers. From the Tibetan Plateau this river runs through China'sYunnan province, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. There can be no tapestry of river life as fascinating and varied as the River Mekong. Indeed there can be no more striking a cultural contrast as that between the bustling Vietnam delta and the tranquility of Cambodia.

The Rajang River is located in northwest of Borneo, the third largest island in the world and has one of the most diverse eco systems on the planet, its primary rain forest home to a vast number of species of flora and fauna. There is very little tourism here due to the river’s remoteness and lack of facilities. The scenery is magnificent – a total jungle experience with the rainforest tumbling into the fast flowing river. The Rajang is navigable on a ship of Pandaw’s size for at least 250km until the Pelagus Rapids, and further on its main tributary the Baleh River.

The Irrawaddy River is the life-line of Myanmar (former Burma) that flows almost down the very centre of the country for 2000 km. It feeds the farmlands of the dry central zone and allows easy transportation of goods up and down the country and flows placidly past all the country wonders. It has seen it all. It has witnessed the wars of mighty kings striving to build their empires or to build up civil societies.

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The Ganges is one of the major rivers of the Indian subcontinent, and the eight hundred mile expedition is of fifteen days duration and takes in a number of the most important historical sites in India including the colonial splendours of Calcutta, the sacred places of Buddhism around Bodh Gaya and Benares, now called Varanasi, the great cultural centre of Hinduism.