[4][5] From Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, the MV Ganga Vilas will travel around 3,200 km in 51 days to Dibrugarh in Assam via Bangladesh, passing through 27 river systems.
With a capacity of 36 tourists onboard, the MV Ganga Vilas has three decks and 18 suites.
The MV Ganga Vilas cruise itinerary includes World Heritage Sites, National Parks, and River Ghats to key cities such as Patna in Bihar, Sahibganj in Jharkhand, Kolkata in West Bengal, Dhaka in Bangladesh, and Guwahati in Assam.
[6] As the first cruise ship made in India, the MV Ganga Vilas began its journey from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh and reached Dibrugarh in Assam by way of Bangladesh.
Environmentalists and conservationists fear damage to the habitat of the Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica) as a result of the Ganga Vilas Cruise.