RV Champa Pandaw ship was built in Thailand (launched in 2016) and has as sisterships the fleet mates Laos Pandaw (2015), Yunnan Pandaw (2016) and Sabaidee Pandaw (2018). Champa became Pandaw's second riverboat operating on Upper Mekong cruises. These itineraries visit the 3 countries of the Golden Triangle (Thailand, Burma/Myanmar, Laos) and also China.
该船有 14 个相同的客舱(面积 17 平方米/180 平方英尺)。所有客舱均提供标准设施:两张单人床(部分可转换为双人床,均配有优质床垫、优质床上用品、羽绒被、两种枕头)、法式窗户、空调、宽敞的衣柜、电子保险箱(衣柜内)、书写工具书桌(梳妆台、椅子和化妆镜)、床下储物空间(可存放行李箱)、套间浴室(卫生间、淋浴、洗脸盆、吹风机、毛巾、拖鞋、浴袍/和服、水疗品牌洗浴用品)、无限瓶装水水、瑜伽垫(供客舱内使用)、每晚夜床服务。船上还提供 24 小时洗衣服务。所有岸上游览均提供擦鞋和冷毛巾服务(之后)、瓶装水(Pandaw 品牌铝瓶作为赠品)、经过急救培训的助理导游。
下一个视频展示了船舶的一些建造阶段。
与类似的 Pandaw 船舶一样,Champa Pandaw 的乘客可以在带顶棚的上层甲板的船尾部分度过休闲时光。上层甲板上的室内和室外小酒馆风格的餐点供应。早餐为自助式,但之前为早起的客人提供便餐、茶和咖啡。午餐为自助式或堂食式(服务员提供,提供点菜菜单选择),晚餐为 4 道菜,由服务员提供。Pandaw 的食材均来自当地,且始终新鲜。
Domestic beers, spirits, soft drinks, coffee and tea are complimentary and served on the upper deck at the bar/library lounge. An open-bridge policy is in place. Wi-Fi is slow because of the remote regions travelled. However, some riverside ports in the cruise itinerary feature Internet shops. The ship provides quality mountain bikes available complimentary for passenger use on independent shore trips.
Pandaw Laos-Thailand-China river cruise itineraries
Champa Pandaw ship cruises on the following Mekong itineraries:
15-day "Laos to China Upstream" and the reverse "Laos to China Downstream" - prices start from USD 505 pp per day.11-day "The Laos Mekong Upstream" and the reverse "The Laos Mekong Downstream" - prices start from USD 475 pp per day.
Both cruise tour itineraries start and end in Bangkok (homeport) and visit as call ports Luang Prabang (overnight, bus tour to a butterfly park, stop at Kuang Si Falls), Pak Ou (overnight), Pak Beng (market town), Chiang Kong (Laos-Thailand border crossing), Chiang Saen (Thai tribe village visit, Wat Phangao Pagoda), Golden Triangle (bus transfer to Burma's Tachilek City, a visit to a Chinese temple and Shwedagon Pagoda), Ban Dom Moon (afternoon tour of Pok Lok), Sob Luoy Province (Ban Pak Keo, Ban Na Kor, overnight), Guan Lei China, Jinghong China (overnight, Manting Park visit, ship debarkation after breakfast, bus transfer to Kunming for overnight hotel stay, transfer to the airport and afternoon return flight to Bangkok).