Cruise Line |
Silversea Cruises |
Ship |
Silver Spirit |
Destination |
India & Indian Ocean |
Nights |
15 |
Departure Date |
12 Mar 2021 |
Description |
15 Night Cruise sailing from Singapore to Mumbai onboard Silver Spirit.
If you like full destination immersion then this is the voyage for you! 3 days in Yangon gives you plenty of time to explore the city, not missing the spectacular Shwedagon temple by candlelight. Then it’s full steam ahead for overnights in Colombo and Cochin, two very different but equally edifying destinations. A final overnight in India’s most energetic city: Mumbai, will leave long-lasting memories.
Highlights of this cruise:
Singapore, Singapore
The main island of Singapore is shaped like a flattened diamond, 42 km (26 miles) east to west and 23 km (14 miles) north to south. Near the northern peak is the causeway leading to West Malaysia—Kuala Lumpur is less than four hours away by car. It is at the southern foot where you will find most of the city-state’s action, with its gleaming office towers, working docks, and futuristic "supertrees," which are solar-powered and serve as vertical gardens.
Yangon, Myanmar
The capital until 2006, Yangon (Rangoon) is Myanmar's largest city and its commercial center. It is truly developing, and full of juxtapositions: new high-rises abut traditional Southeast Asian shophouses while down the street from a frozen yogurt bar, a sidewalk dentist goes to work. Yangon's rich collection of colonial architecture is one of its biggest draws; The Strand and its surrounding side streets look today much as they did at the turn of the century, when Yangon—then Rangoon—was under British rule.
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka's capital and largest city, Colombo offers fine restaurants, a buzzing nightlife scene, and good museums, parks, and beautiful Buddhist temples that are all worth visiting. The beach resort of Mt. Lavinia is only a short taxi ride from the downtown area and offers a golden, sandy beach and sunset views to die for. As an exciting blur of colors and cultures, Colombo presents a neatly packaged microcosm of this island nation.
Cochin, India
Kochi, formerly and still commonly known as Cochin, is one of the west coast's largest and oldest ports. The streets behind the docks of the historic Fort Cochin and Mattancherry districts are lined with old merchant houses, godowns (warehouses), and open courtyards heaped with betel nuts, ginger, peppercorns, and tea. Throughout the second millennium this ancient city exported spices, coffee, and coir (the fiber made from coconut husks), and imported culture and religion from Europe, China, and the Middle East. Today Kochi has a synagogue, several mosques, Portuguese Catholic churches, Hindu temples, and the United Church of South India (an amalgamation of several Protestant denominations). The city is spread out over mainland, peninsula, and islands. Ernakulam, on the mainland 2 km (3 miles) from the harbor, is the commercial center and the one-time capital of the former state of Cochin.
Mumbai, India
Delhi may be the capital city, but it's Mumbai that encapsulates all the dynamic, chaotic parts that make up modern India. This is where you'll find everything from succulent street food to haute cuisine, bargain-basement bazaars to the finest haute couture, humbling poverty to staggering wealth, sacred temples to hedonist nightclubs. Mumbai is India—vibrant, hectic, frustrating, enervating, and exhilarating, warts and all. Mumbai is a city of extremes, where slum-dwelling strivers making dollars a day serve Bollywood stars and industrial billionaires.
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Itinerary |
Cruise Itinerary
Day | Date | Activity | Arrive | Depart |
1 |
12/03 |
Singapore, Singapore |
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07:00 PM |
2 |
13/03 |
At sea |
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3 |
14/03 |
At sea |
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4 |
15/03 |
Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar |
06.30 PM |
overnight |
5 |
16/03 |
Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar |
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overnight |
6 |
17/03 |
Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar |
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05:00 PM |
7 |
18/03 |
At sea |
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8 |
19/03 |
At sea |
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9 |
20/03 |
At sea |
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10 |
21/03 |
Colombo Sri Lanka |
02:00 PM |
overnight |
11 |
22/03 |
Colombo Sri Lanka |
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07:00 PM |
12 |
23/03 |
Cochin (Kochi), India |
03:30 PM |
overnight |
13 |
24/03 |
Cochin (Kochi), India |
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06:00 PM |
14 |
25/03 |
At sea |
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15 |
26/03 |
Mumbai (Bombay), India |
08:00 AM |
overnight |
16 |
27/03 |
Mumbai (Bombay), India |
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All itineraries and ports of call at the discretion of the cruise line subject to local weather conditions and may change without notice.
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