Upstream A Voyage to Nagaland

Kalewa

• Activities:

  Fly to Kalewa, enter Kalay Pandaw, explore local market, enjoy the good views

• Meal:

  Lunch],Dinner]

• Included:

  111,

Transfer to the your Pandaw. Explore ashore visiting the local market and enjoying panoramic views over the Chindwin from top of a hill.

PLEASE NOTE: The itinerary for this expedition is indicative only and subject to reconnaissance. As we travel to remote areas, changes to the itinerary will inevitably occur. A flexible approach is required if you book this cruise.

Fly from Yangon or Mandalay to Kalay and transfer to your your ship in Kalewa.

For flight from Yangon: Registration at 10:30am at Sule Shangri-La Hotel.

For flight from Mandalay: We will pick you up from your hotel in Mandalay between 12:30 and 13:00.

Please note that flight times might change.

Yangon - Kalay K7-226 1300-1530 (Via MDL)
Mandalay - Kalay K7-226 1440-1530 (Direct)

Mawlaik

• Activities:

  Sail to Ma Sein village, head to Mawlaik and explore.

• Meal:

  Breakfast],Lunch],Dinner]

• Included:

  111,

Set sail to charming Ma Sein Village and continue to Mawlaik, the former seat of the Bombay Burma Corporation's timber extraction operations for the Chindwin Area. The old Headquarters building still stands here.

Kindat

• Activities:

  Sail to Kindat, visit Yuwa village

• Meal:

  Breakfast],Lunch],Dinner]

• Included:

  111,

Sail to Kindat (translated in Burmese meaning a military outpost), with its old colonial post office (now a school). Also visit the tiny village of Yuwa, where previous Pandaw travellers report a delightful atmosphere from friendly locals.

Sitthaung

• Activities:

  Sail to Sitthaung and explore the history, visit Paungpyin village, enter market and wooden houses.

• Meal:

  Breakfast],Lunch],Dinner]

• Included:

  111,

Continuing upstream we sail to Sitthaung, the final resting place of a number of Irrawaddy Flotilla Company steamers scuppered there in 1942 in an ‘act of denial’ from the advancing Japanese who were a matter of hours behind. Remains of these ships can be found here. It was from here that the survivors of the Japanese invasion marched out to Tamu on the India border. Pantha was an important oil refinery belonging to the Indo-Burma Petroleum Co (Steel Brothers). We also explore Paungpyin village and take a walking tour including a visit to the market and the attractive wooden houses.

Toungdoot

• Activities:

  Visit Toungdoot or Hsawng-hsup in Tai and explore Tai-Shan homelands and culture

• Meal:

  Breakfast],Lunch],Dinner]

• Included:

  111,

Morning visit to Toungdoot or Hsawng-hsup in Tai, is an ancient Shan enclave who in British times still had a ruling Sawbwa complete with palace and court. It will be interesting to see what has become of the royal family and their home and to see these Shan people so far from their Tai-Shan homelands. Alistair McCrae wrote of his visit there 1935 ‘I loved the atmosphere of quiet and peaceful living there. At night I could hear greylag geese as they came in to the flooded land around us from far away north’.

Khamti

• Activities:

  Arrive at Khamti, visit the town, the monastery and meet with local people

• Meal:

  Breakfast],Lunch],Dinner]

• Included:

  111,

Scenic explorations upstream into the remote Nagaland. Afternoon arrive at Khamti, known as ‘the land full of gold’ due to the prevalence of gold panning in the nearby tributary of the Chindwin. We visit the town, the monastery meet local Tai speaking peoples.

Nagaland

• Activities:

  Visit Khampti market, sail towards Homalin, stop at remote villages.

• Meal:

  Breakfast],Lunch],Dinner]

• Included:

  111,

Morning visit to Khampti market and sail the Chindwin today towards Homalin stopping at villages not used to western travellers.

Homalin

• Activities:

  Visit Homalin, fly to Yangon or Mandalay.

• Meal:

  Breakfast]

• Included:

  111,

Morning visit Homalin, an interesting town close to the Indian border with attractive forested mountains on either side – some rising to over 9,000 feet. Irrawaddy Flotilla Company used to visit here and during World War II, Homalin was occupied by the Japanese. In the afternoon transfer to the airport for your flight.

Morning transfer to the airport for the flight to Mandalay. Please note that flight times might change.

Homalin - Mandalay UB-616 0915-1050 (Via Monywa)