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RV Kindat Pandaw

RV Kindat Pandaw

Pandaw

Explore remote rivers with authentic river expedition luxury

Passengers
36
Crew
20
Tonnage
691
Built
2014
Refurbished
Region
Southeast Asia

Ship details

Segment
Boutique River Ship
Ship size category
Length
57 m
Beam
10 m
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About RV Kindat Pandaw

The original Kindat was built in 1886 by Yarrows in London and sank in 1920. She was named after a small Upper Chindwin town. Following experiments with the Katha and Angkor Pandaws, in this build we perfected this concept of a two deck shallow draft vessel and repeated the formula again with her sister the Kalaw.

What we managed to produce in 2014 was a very shallow draft vessel that could go just about anywhere anytime that was big enough to carry 30-40 passengers with lots of outdoor deck space. We did this by reducing weight and stripping both hull and superstructure down to the bare essentials.

We had found with the experimental Katha that about half our passengers want to eat outside and the other half inside so we created a flexible bistro space offering passenger indoor or outdoor dining depending on inclination, often prompted by the season. This makes for a very happy ship!

The ship has quality mountain bikes for your independent exploration.