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Aqua Mekong vs Oberoi Zahra

The verdict

Which should you choose?

Aqua Mekong is an intimate Tauck River Cruises ship carrying 40 passengers, in service since 2014. Oberoi Zahra is an intimate Tauck River Cruises ship carrying 54 passengers. Aqua Mekong has no Bliss scores yet, so the verdict rests on the figures we do hold. Oberoi Zahra has no Bliss scores or specs yet, so the verdict rests on the figures we do hold.

Choose Aqua Mekong if you want more crew per passenger: it has a crew member for every 1.0 passengers (vs 2.7).

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Specifications

marks the better figure where more, or less, is plainly better.

Aqua MekongOberoi Zahra
Cruise line Tauck River Cruises Tauck River Cruises
Ship size Intimate Intimate
Maiden voyagenewer highlighted 2014 —
Gross tonnage 1,555 —
Passengers 40 54
Crew 40 20
Passengers per crew memberfewer is better 1.0 (better) 2.7
Space per passengergross tons per passenger; more is roomier 38.9 —
Cabins 20 27
Decks 3 5
Length 205 ft —
Beam 38 ft 46 ft

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