‘Cruise’ – sounds luxurious. Doesn’t the word cruise itself makes us excited and thrilled to explore ideal destinations through luxury? Yes, you heard it right. Indian Cruise now offers cruise traveling options for exploring ideal destinations of India.

Since India has a vast coastline, is taking advantage. It is offering various cruise packages and itineraries to visit these cruise destinations. Moreover, Cruises in India are coming up with many offers and destinations on cards. So, customers can go for exotic traveling and unusual experiences.  

Cruise travel destinations in India: Explore the Routes these Luxury Cruises take across India.

The cruises in India cover many destinations to and from India, such as Mumbai, Goa, Andaman Islands, Kochi, Sunderbans, Kerala ( backwaters), Lakshadweep, Maldives, Ganges river, and Brahmaputra river. 

📍Ganges River:

The travel route is between Kolkata and Farraka. There are many historical places and monuments on the way. The cruise takes you to experience the historical, picturesque villages and towns. It helps you create a cultural-historical spell. 

Location- Kolkata- Farakka 

Duration – 11 days/ 10 nights. 

Price- INR 4500 onwards. 

📍Brahmaputra River:

The Brahmaputra river cruise offers its guests to explore the rural seaside villages and the beautiful fauna. It also allows the guests to capture the beautiful landscapes and enjoy the onboard cuisine. 

Location- Guwahati 

Duration- 2-3 hours (Dinner cruise)

Price- INR 500 onwards 

📍Backwaters of Kerala:

Moreover, the cruise gives you the experience of peace and serenity of the lush green riverside villages. It’s an ideal cruise destination and offers you delicious South Indian cuisine. 

Location-Alleppey, Kerala 

Duration-  3 days/ 2 nights

Price- INR 5000 onwards   

📍Sunderbans :

So, the guests can view the stunning and magnificent beauty of the tiger reserve. It’s an adventure and nature-loving tour. Since it is right through the dense mangrove forests of the Sunderbans.

Location- Kolkata 

Duration- 4 days/ 3 nights 

Price- INR 2800 onwards  

📍Kochi :

The cruise tour of Kochi is impressive due to its weather and sailing through the shiny waves of the sea. In fact, plenty of cruise options are available, and meals are served and offered on all cruises onboard.

Location- Kochi 

Duration- 2 hours 

Price- INR 1000 onwards 

📍Goa:

Although, Goa is known for its seaside vacation and cruise tours. It’s a fun-filled cruise tour with entertainment shows, meals with drinks, dance, and enjoying the delicious seafood. 

Location- Goa 

Duration-  varies from cruise to cruise

Price- INR 6500 onwards. 

📍Andaman Island:

The Andaman Islands is the most breathtaking cruise tour in India. It’s a heaven for divers and beach lovers.

Moreover, the tourist attractions are glass-bottom boats, multicolored corals, and blue sea waves. This cruise ride takes the guests through unusual islands and adventures. 

Location- Andaman 

Duration-  5 days/ 4 nights

Price-  INR 17000 onwards  

Indian cruises and their services: diving deep into what the cruises have to offer.

There is a wide range of cruise options available in India. The following are some famous and popular amongst tourists preferences.  

Jalesh Cruises:

It serves international hospitality on the high sea and is India’s first multi-destination cruise. Provides cruise tours to and from Mumbai, Goa, Diu, Ganapatipule, and other seacoast locations. Moreover, it has many exotic travel experiences, entertainment shows, and adventurous activities.

Angriya Cruises:

Moroever, It’s the first Indian domestic cruise. It has delicious, and exotic entertainment shows that keep the voyagers occupied onboard. The cruise boards from Mumbai- to Goa and vice versa. 

Nefertiti Cruises:

Nefertiti promises an excellent cruise experience in India. It sails from Kochi to Kozhikode in Kerala. In fact it has the most sophisticated comfort and exclusive elegance, Nefertiti gives you the most fantastic experience through the waves of the Arabian Sea to the tranquil Kerala shores.

The Oberoi Vrinda luxury Kerala cruises:

In fact, It’s a five-star luxury cruise that takes the route through the backwaters of Kerala and the Vembanad lake, giving the tourists the most incredible experience.   

Mahabaabu Cruise:

The Mahabaabu cruise takes its route through the Brahmaputra river and offers an excellent opportunity to travel to Assam. The tourists experience the most magnificent sunset of the ‘Tea country,’ thus making it a unique cruise experience. 

Government-Run cruise:

Although there are many ships operating between Kolkata to Visakhapatnam or Port Blair. MV Harshvardhan is the best choice to make. Only these cruises can travel from the Indian mainland to Andaman and other luxury cruises such as MV Nicobar, MV Swaraj  Dweep, MV Nancowry. 

Sunderbans cruise:

MV Paramhamsa is the cruise liner that travels from Kolkata to Sunderbans with modern facilities and amenities. It’s a four-decked luxury cruise liner. 

Pandaw Ganges river cruise :

The passengers’ ships are the RV Katha Pandaw and RV Kindat Pandaw. These cruises travel from Kolkata to Varanasi in a 14-hour journey to the upper Ganges. In contrast, the lower Ganges trip is made via lush countryside in West Bengal in RV Kalaw Pandaw. 

In Conclusion

Summing the entire cruise experience in writing is not as satisfactory as physically experiencing it. The luxury and comfort that a cruise trip offers to its voyagers.

It is the next level of traveling experiences curated in India. Any other mode of transport can’t replace it. The exotic travels, shiny sea waves, the magnificent entertainment shows, delicious delicacies are all worth the wait. So let’s cruise up, travelers! For some breathtaking Indian Cruise destinations, sit back and relax as we put our lives on Cruise Control.

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