Looking for review on Constellation to India

[champagne lover]

Last week I read a very detailed and interesting review from someone who was on Connie and visited the 4 ports on west coast of India. I now cant find the review, can anyone help please? I think they embarked in Singapore but not 100% sure.

[wishfulone]

Can't help with that particular review but we did this cruise on the Constellation in February/March. Only just home. AWe sailed SIngapore to Abu Dhabi. New Mangalore was removed from our itinerary long before sailing for some reason. It was a fantastic cruise, no complaints. Happy to answer any questions if I can.

[champagne lover]

We were on Millenium in February from Singapore to Hong Kong and loved it and now booked Constellation for next March, Abu Dhabi and back, via India. On our recent cruise we mostly did ship tours but this time we would love to do private tours - the person who did the review I am trying to find included info for private tour companies in the ports in India.

[wishfulone]

A lot of people on our roll call chose to do tours with Muruzis. You can book a package for all ports. There was equal praise and complaint with the service from people on our cruise. We did a mixture of ship's excursions and other, but feel the money spent on the rice boat cruise in Cochin was worth every penny.

[kruzgal]

We did the cruise over Christmas and new year and also enjoyed it very much. We would agree, the boat trip from cochin around the backwaters was amazing and well worth it. We booked a private mini bus for our party of 7 and it worked out at less than £40 per person for the drive there and back, plus our own private boat for 2 1/2 hours....brilliant value from Just Taxi Holidays, Cochin.

[RJHNorthyorks]

We sailed on the Constellation from Abu Dhabi to Singapore in February 2017 calling at 4 ports in India. We really enjoyed the cruise and used private companies for all our excursions. I put together a small group and we used Mumbai Magic in Mumbai. In the other 3 ports we used Lijo from Muzaris Tours https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g297633-d2078429-Reviews-Muziris_Heritage_Day_Tours-Kochi_Cochin_Kerala.html

Both companies were excellent.

There were a couple of issues with India. The visas are very expensive- over £100 each for U.K. visitors. Also immigration was different in each port and sometimes very slow. At the last port ( docked) it took us 2 hours before we were able to leave the ship. Thankfully Lijo was still waiting for us and the tour took place with a few adjustments.