The Golden Land: Mandalay - Rangoon

AMARAPURA / MANDALAY

• Activities:

  Embark the ship, tour Mandalay, visit Mahamuni Pagoda, the teak Bagaya Kyaung, Menu Ok-kyaung and U Bein Bridge

• Meal:

  Lunch],Dinner]

• Included:

  111,

Embark the ship and after lunch on board, we tour central Mandalay visiting the Mahamuni Pagoda and Shwe-im-bin teak carved monastery and Amarapura with the teak Bagaya Kyaung, Menu Ok-kyaung and crossing the U Bein Bridge.
Embark on your ship between 10:30am - 11:45am at Sagaing Lay Kyun Man Aung Jetty Mandalay.

YANDABO

• Activities:

  Explore the ancient capitals of Ava, come to a small rural village of Yandabo

• Meal:

  Breakfast],Lunch],Dinner]

• Included:

  111,

We move on to explore the ancient capitals of Ava and cast off cruising downstream through lunch and in the late afternoon we explore Yandabo, a small rural village specialized in pot making. We visit the Pandaw School and the new dispensary both built with past donations from Pandaw passengers.

PAGAN

• Activities:

  Tour listed monuments in the World Heritage Site, visit lacquer workshops

• Meal:

  Breakfast],Lunch],Dinner]

• Included:

  111,

We tour a selection of the 3,000 listed monuments in this important World Heritage Site and visit lacquer workshops.

PAGAN

• Activities:

  Ascend Tan-chi-taung Mountain, travel around Yout-saun-kyaung

• Meal:

  Breakfast],Lunch],Dinner]

• Included:

  111,

Ascend Tan-Chi-Taung mountain by mini van for the spectacular sunrise over Pagan. In Salay we visit a number of teak monasteries including the Yout-Saun-Kyaung with its spectacular wood carvings and we explore an area of splendid colonial-style houses.

MAGWE

• Activities:

  Climb the river bank, reach Myat-thalon Pagoda

• Meal:

  Breakfast],Lunch],Dinner]

• Included:

  111,

We climb the river bank and wind our way through a labyrinth of passages and paths to reach the magnificent Myat-thalon Pagoda. This pagoda is constructed with solid gold bricks.

MINHLA AND GWECHAUNG

• Activities:

  Visit Minhla Italian built forts, explore Thayetmyo town

• Meal:

  Breakfast],Lunch],Dinner]

• Included:

  111,

We visit Minhla Italian built forts constructed to keep the British at bay from Royal Myanmar. Thayetmyo, this pleasant colonial town once guarded the border between Royal Myanmar and British Myanmar following the 2nd Anglo Myanmar War of 1855. Many of the buildings including the covered market date from this period. We visit the market, see the colonial houses and ride out by horsecart to see the countryside and golf club.

PROME (PYAY)

• Activities:

  View archaeological site of Thiri-ya-kittiya

• Meal:

  Breakfast],Lunch],Dinner]

• Included:

  111,

Visit the 5th-8th century archaeological site of Thiri-ya-kittiya, former centre of the Pyu civilization with a fascinating museum of early Buddhist artifacts and sculpture.

A KAUKTAUNG

• Activities:

  Discover AkaukTaung

• Meal:

  Breakfast],Lunch],Dinner]

• Included:

  111,

Stop at the famous A KaukTaung to explore the spectacular stone carving on the cliff.

DANUPYU

• Activities:

  Stop at Donabyu

• Meal:

  Breakfast],Lunch],Dinner]

• Included:

  111,

Continue our exploration of Delta creeks and stop at Donabyu, another little known town with a busy port and bustling markets.

TWANTE

• Activities:

  Sail through the Rangoon River, enter the Yangon river port

• Meal:

  Breakfast],Lunch],Dinner]

• Included:

  111,

Sail through the Rangoon River and enter the Twante Canal, which connects the Yangon River with the Irrawaddy Delta. We stop on route at the Twante in the afternoon. Enter to the Yangon river port.

RANGOON (YANGON)

• Activities:

  Moor at Rangoon river, disembark

• Meal:

  Breakfast]

• Included:

  111,

Disembark at Kyan Mar Yay Jetty (on Strand Road in Yangon opposite the Myanmar Custom Department, between Pansoedan Jetty and Sule Jetty) at 8.00am.