Mandalay to Bagan

MANDALAY

• Activities:

  Check-in cruise

• Meal:

  Dinner]

• Included:

  111,

Embark your ship at Sagaing at 16.00 followed by dinner.

Moor overnight at Sagaing.

Embarkation - Mandalay Sagaing Jetty At 16.00.

Transfer is provided from either hotel or Mandalay airport to ship.

YANDABO

• Activities:

  Discover Yandabo village

• Meal:

  Breakfast],Lunch],Dinner]

• Included:

  111,

Explore Yandabo village, famous for its production of terracotta pottery from the river bank clay.

This village is well-known as the place where the first Anglo-Burmese war ended by the peace treaty signed in 1826. Morning walking tour and a visit to a pottery workshop to see first-hand the production process. This is a hands-on experience which you are welcome to try.

Visit the Pandaw supported Yandabo School (if no school holidays).

Moor overnight at Shwe Tan Tit village.

PAKOKKU - AYARDAW

• Activities:

  Sail to Pakokku, visit the local market and enjoy spectacular view at Tan-Chi-Taung mountains area

• Meal:

  Breakfast],Lunch],Dinner]

• Included:

  111,

Explore Pakokku, experiencing the local market and town centre by Tuk Tuk. Sail to the Ayardaw charity clinic supported by Pandaw. Afternoon walk around the village.

Pakkoku is a city of about 100,000 inhabitants located 30 km from Pagan. Main produce are tobacco, cotton, peanuts, Thanatkha (traditional make-up and sun lotion) and textiles. Visit Pakokku’s main market by Tuk Tuk.

Stop at a cheroot workshop and discover how traditional cheroot cigars are made.

Moor overnight at Tant Chi village.

TANT-CHI-TAUNG - SALAY

• Activities:

  Visit Tant-Chi-Taung mountain and stop to visit Salay

• Meal:

  Breakfast],Lunch],Dinner]

• Included:

  111,

Drive up the winding road of the Tant-Chi-Taung mountain to visit the hill top stupa. On the way back, watch a traditional paper-mache elephant dance performed by the villagers from Tant-Chi.

Sail to Salay, a small town which was once a bustling trading port, now a sleepy village filled with colonial architectural treasures and timeless teak monasteries.

Walk from the ship to Yoke-Sone Kyaung, the best-known teak carved monastery in Burma, stopping at Salay House on return.

Moor overnight at Salay.

SALAY - PAGAN

• Activities:

  Sail to Pagan

• Meal:

  Breakfast]

• Included:

  111,

Morning cruise upstream from Salay to Pagan.

Disembark after lunch.

Disembarkation in Pagan (Ayar Jetty) at 13.30 and transfer to Pagan airport or Pagan hotel is provided.