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River cruise ship RV Orient Pandaw is operated by the largest luxury river cruise company in Asia. Offering a real adventure experience, travellers are cushioned with comfort, fine dining, great cocktails and choice wines, while they explore the mighty Rajang River in the heart of Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. The Pandaw ships were built new and designed and finished as replicas of colonial river steamers. These small ships boast the highest space to passenger ratio of any ships - 170 square feet - and are finished in teak and brass. The Rajang River is the longest river in Malaysia, flowing across Borneo from Sarawak into Indonesian Kalimantan. Though well know to many from Redmon O'Hanlon's classic Into the Heart of Borneo, there is very little tourism here due to the river's remoteness and lack of facilities. The scenery is magnificent - a total jungle experience with the rainforest tumbling into the fast flowing river. The river is peopled with the Iban, headhunters till the 1950s, whose unique long house culture survives well to this day, blending well animist tradition with modernity. There will be opportunities to visit long houses traditional and to explore the architectural vestiges of the Brooke Raj. Jungle treks, for all levels, are a must as are long boat trips to the Pelagus rapids. Wildlife is in abundance and crocodiles, monitor lizards and the hornbill common sights.

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