{"id":9895,"date":"2019-08-12T09:10:31","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T09:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vexploretravel.com\/sites\/?p=9895"},"modified":"2019-08-13T04:52:04","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T04:52:04","slug":"amalotus-cruise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.vexploretravel.com\/sites\/2019\/08\/12\/amalotus-cruise\/","title":{"rendered":"AmaLotus Cruise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Class: Deluxe Class<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Address: Vietnam &amp; Cambodia.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">CRUISE DESCRIPTION<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">RV AmaLotus boat cruises on Mekong River in Vietnam and Cambodia, departing from Siem Reap,\u00a0My Tho and Saigon.\u00a0AmaLotus has similar design and itineraries as the 2015-built fleetmate AmaDara. Both ships are operated by AmaWaterways\u00a0&#8211; one of world&#8217;s\u00a0largest river cruise companies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">DECK PLAN<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Deck 0 &#8211; Mekong Deck: staff &amp; crew cabins<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Deck 1 &#8211; Tonle Deck: Mekong Restaurant, Reception, cabin category B from 101 to 122, all of which are Twin Balcony rooms <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Deck 2 &#8211; Saigon Deck:Saigon Lounge &amp; Bar, Library &amp; Internet, Panoramic Lounge, category A cabins from 201 to 222, all of which are dual Balcony rooms<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Deck 3 &#8211; Sadec Deck: Pool, Sundeck, Bar, Fitness Room and Spa &amp; Beauty Salon, Navigation Bridge (called \u201cWheelhouse\u201d on riverboats), cabins from 301 to 312, of which Deluxe Suites (10x category JR-Junior Suite) and the ship\u2019s two massive in size Owner\u2019s Suites (category LS-Luxury Suite).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">CABIN<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">AmaLotus has a total of 62 cabins (of which 56 Twin Balcony Suites \/with 2 Owner&#8217;s, and 6 with non-opening Porthole Windows) in 5 grades. The 124-passenger cruise ship features one of the most spacious suites in the industry, up to 624 sq. ft., with 90 % of the staterooms boasting outside verandas. Ship&#8217;s d\u00e9cor combines regional Khmer accents and Colonial elegance. <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Suites &#8211; Luxury\/SU (x2, deck3, size 58m2) and Junior\/JR (x10, deck3, size 27m2)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Balcony Staterooms &#8211; A (x22, deck2), B (x22, deck1) &#8211; size 21m2<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">RiverView Staterooms &#8211; C (x6, deck-lower) &#8211; size 21m2.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">90% of all rooms are outside balconies.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">CRUISES AMENITIES<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Individual air-conditioning<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Comfortable sitting areas<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Private bathroom (with glass-door shower, hairdryer, luxury bath amenities)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mini-bar<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">HD flat TV (satellite reception, movies-on-demand, Infotainment system)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Phone<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Complimentary bottled water and fresh fruits (both supplied daily)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Table with 2 chairs on the outside balcony<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Writing desk<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Safe<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Robes and slippers<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Bathtub<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ACTIVITIES &amp; SERVICES<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mekong Restaurant: serving Asian and Western specialties<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Saigon Lounge and relaxing chill out music<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Massage and Beauty Salon<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sun deck &amp; Swimming pool<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Intriguing &amp; Insightful Lectures<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Magical Musical Performances On Board<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Peaceful Movie Nights in Your Suite &amp; the Saigon Lounge<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Traditional &amp; Interactive Evening of Khmer Dance<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cooking Class &amp; Fruit-carving Demonstration<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ITINERARY<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The &#8220;VIETNAM, CAMBODIA and RICHES OF MEKONG&#8221; itinerary offers 15-days (sailing 7 days) Mekong Delta cruises from Hanoi to Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) with embarkation in Siem Reap, and the reverse from Saigon to Hanoi.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The 7-day Mekong river cruise itinerary covers the route from Siem Reap to Saigon \/Ho Chi Minh City and the reverse from Saigon to Siem Reap. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Class: Deluxe Class Address: Vietnam &amp; Cambodia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[70,165,257,104,234,56],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vexploretravel.com\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9895"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vexploretravel.com\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vexploretravel.com\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vexploretravel.com\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vexploretravel.com\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9895"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.vexploretravel.com\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9919,"href":"http:\/\/www.vexploretravel.com\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9895\/revisions\/9919"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vexploretravel.com\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vexploretravel.com\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vexploretravel.com\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vexploretravel.com\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}