The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) will launch the country’s first indigenous cruise liner from Saturday, in partnership with Cordelia Cruises – a private company.
The bookings can be done from the IRCTC web portal soon as the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) normalises and international cruises can resume their normal operations, reports the PTI news agency.
The luxury travel offering in the form of the indigenous cruise will take guests on-boards to some of the most popular Indian and international tourist destinations.
As of now, the IRCTC will travel to tourist spots like Goa, Diu, Lakshadweep, Kochi, and Sri Lanka with its base from Mumbai.
In the second phase, starting from May 2022, the cruise will be shifted to Chennai and it will sail to Sri Lankan destinations like Colombo, Galle, Trincomalee, and Jaffna.
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Cordelia Cruises is India’s premium cruise liner and aspires to promote and drive the cruise culture in India through experiences that are stylish, luxurious, and most importantly, inherently Indian. Cordelia Cruises offers opportunities for lots of recreational and leisure activities — such as restaurants, swimming pool, bar, open cinema, theatre, kids’ area, gymnasium, etc.
According to reviews, the kind of luxury opportunities provided aboard Cordelia Cruises matches the standard of international cruise liners.
The cruise packages will cost travellers anything starting from Rs 19,000. Those interested in making a booking could do so on the IRCTC web portal.
Tour destinations:
- Some of the most popular tour itineraries of Cordelia Cruises are:
- Mumbai – Goa – Mumbai (Two nights)
- Mumbai – Diu – Mumbai (Two nights)
- Mumbai – at sea – Mumbai (Two nights)
- Kochi – Lakshadweep – at sea – Mumbai (Three nights)
- Mumbai – at sea – Lakshadweep – at sea – Mumbai (Four nights)
- Goa – Mumbai – at sea Lakshadweep – at sea – Goa (Five nights)
- Chennai – at sea – Colombo (Two nights)
- Chennai – Jaffna – Chennai (Two nights)
- Chennai – at sea – Colombo – Galle – Trincomalee – Chennai (Five nights)
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