| Pandaw’s new Song

A new Pandaw ship Song Hong is set to launch mid next year, joining the highly successful Angkor on North Vietnam’s Red and Black River network.

Song Hong will feature 10 enlarged staterooms, which will be slightly larger than the classic Pandaw cabin.

The ship will also feature an ultra-shallow draft to enable it to cope with North Vietnam’s waterways.

Pandaw said Angkor is so popular it books out months in advance, necessitating a second ship on the route.

“Only on one of our very clever, smaller Pandaws could we do what we do in so navigationally challenged environment as the Red River,” said founder Paul Strachan.

“This fits with an increasing demand from our regulars for smaller ships.”