Cruise Description
16 Night Cruise sailing from Singapore to Dubai aboard Azamara Quest.
Incredibly rich cultural experiences or relaxing sea days? Choose both! Arrive early for shopping and terrific cuisine in modern, green Singapore. You’ll love the energy of George Town and its old colonial town, once a thriving trade center and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Sri Lanka combines great natural beauty with more UNESCO World Heritage Sites including sacred Buddhist temples, rainforest preserves, Galle Fort and more. You could also visit the Pinnewala Elephant orphanage. India is a feast for all the senses. Don’t miss a boat ride through the peaceful Kerala backwaters near Kochi, beaches and bird-watching in Goa, and the shopping bazaars, grand colonial architecture and Bollywood energy of Mumbai. For a complete change of scenery, we then cross the ocean to Muscat, a less-traveled destination where you’ll find the opulent Al Bustan Palace Hotel, mountainside forts, and wonderful old town souks. Your next stop in glittering, over-the-top Dubai is quite a contrast!
Highlights of this cruise:
Singapore, Singapore
Chinese, Malay and Indian traditions meld in this island-state at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. The site of the world’s busiest port, Singapore offers the Mustafa Centre, a 24-hour mall and Sunte, the world’s largest fountain. Play evening golf on lighted fairways; experience the nightlife on Mohamed Sultan Road; or relax at an outdoor spa. Be certain not to miss the savory seafood.
George Town (Penang), Malaysia
Renowned as both “the Pearl of the Orient” and “the Food Capital of Malaysia”, the island of Penang has it all: venerable history, a potpourri of multicultural influences, pristine beaches, and of course fantastic food. Shop to your heart’s content at Menara KOMTAR: At 65 stories, it’s both Penang’s largest shopping mall and tallest building. The bustling capital city of Georgetown features colonial architecture, old-fashioned shops, Chinese and Indian temples, and the Penang Museum, ideal for a stroll though the city’s history, cultures and festivals. Great day excursions include a visit to the underwater world of the Palau Payar Marine Park, a round of golf at Bukit Jambul Country Club, or a tour of Southeast Asia’s largest Buddhist temple, Kek Lok Si, and the Penang Botanical Gardens, located at the base of Penang Hill.
Kochi, India
Cochin provides a variety of unexpected experiences: A tiny synagogue, and a Jewish presence some claim dates back to the time of Solomon. St Francis Church, where Vasco de Gama was once buried. Mattancherry Palace, with a series of remarkable murals painted on its wooden walls. Cantilevered Chinese fishing nets, gracefully silhouetted against sky and sea. An opportunity to sail the “backwaters,” a network of rivers, streams, and canals, for a peek at traditional rural lifestyles. And of course the spellbinding Kathakali dance, with its highly stylized performances and elaborate makeup and costumes.
Mumbai (Bombay), India
The home of Bollywood and its now world-famous film industry, this is the glamour capital of India. Even more fascinating, however, are the aspects of daily life that constitute the real Mumbai – from the sublime to the mundane. The majority of Indians are Hindus, believing in a vast pantheon of deities. The most popular of these are visible everywhere, in large colorful temples, street corner shrines, shops, and on the dashboards of cars. And then there are the dhobi-wallahs with their laundry, and the tiffin-wallahs with their lunch delivery, both popular and seemingly anachronistic services, run with a razor sharp precision that the West might be hard pressed to duplicate.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Dubai can already be mistaken for a movie set featuring a futuristic metropolis, and there are big plans still in the works. In the middle of the desert where almost nothing existed 20 years ago, there are so many building projects that foreign construction crews vastly outnumber citizens. Everything is the biggest, tallest, and the first of its kind, including manmade islands shaped like palm trees and the world’s first underwater hotel. It’s a striking collection of styles, including modern interpretations of Islamic architecture. If the planet’s largest shopping mall doesn’t appeal, traditional souks do still exist, including a gold souk housing over 200 retail shops.
Cruise Itinerary
| Date | Activity | Arrive | Depart |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21/03 | Singapore, Singapore | 10.00pm | |
| 22/03 | At sea | – | – |
| 23/03 | Penang, Malaysia | 8.00am | 6.00pm |
| 24/03 | At sea | – | – |
| 25/03 | At sea | – | – |
| 26/03 | At sea | – | – |
| 27/03 | Colombo Sri Lanka | 6.00am | 11.00pm |
| 28/03 | At sea | – | – |
| 29/03 | Cochin (Kochi), India | 8.00am | 10.30pm |
| 30/03 | At sea | – | – |
| 31/03 | Mormugao, India | 7.00am | 4.00pm |
| 01/04 | Mumbai (Bombay), India | 9.15am | 10.00pm |
| 02/04 | At sea | – | – |
| 03/04 | At sea | – | – |
| 04/04 | Muscat, Oman | 7.00am | 5.00pm |
| 05/04 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 2.00pm | overnight |
| 05/04 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
Itinerary may vary by sailing date and itineraries may be changed at the cruise lines discretion. Please check itinerary details at time of booking and before booking other travel services such as airline tickets.