SUNDAY
Mandalay - Kyauk Myaung
(Miles 45*Km 83 – 6 Hrs)
Board the Ship at Gawein
Jetty (11.30-12.00 hrs),
welcome cocktail and
lunch. Sail upstream
(ETD 12.30/13.00) and
moor overnight at a
river village North of
Mandalay.
MONDAY
Kyauk Myaung - Mingun –Amarapura
(Miles 54*Km 100 – 5
Hrs)
Visit the spectacular
potteries-making village
of Kyauk Myaung, and see
the manufacture stages
of the famous 50 Gallons
(200 Litres) pots (1.5
hours visit). Cruise
back downstream to
Mingun (Eta 14.00 hrs).
Visit the unfinished
pagoda, the largest
working bell in the
world and the “home for
the aged”. Continue
downstream to Mandalay
and travel by coach to
Amarapura, the
penultimate Burmese
Royal Capital (1783)
visit U-Bein Bridge at
sunset on the way back
to ship we stop at one
of the several
silk-weaving factories.
Moor overnight at
Sagaing. Dance and
Theatre performance on
the Sundeck.
TUESDAY
Sagaing – Ava - Yandabo
(Miles58 *Km 107 – 5
Hrs)
Visit Sagaing, a hill
studded with many
Pagodas and Monasteries
rich in wood carving and
religious art. We travel
by coach to the ancient
city of Ava, capital of
the Burmese Kingdom from
1364 to 1841. We explore
the ruins by horse cart
visiting the beautiful
200 year’s old Bagaya
Kyaung teak Monastery,
Nanmyin watchtower
(27mt. high) and the Me
Nu Ok Kyaung monastery.
Return to the ship and
cast off. (ETD 11.00
hrs). Stop at Yandabo, a
picturesque river
village specializing in
Pot-Making, where the
peace treaty of the
First Anglo- Burmese war
signed on Feb. 24, 1826.
Explore the village
stopping to some
pot-making workshops to
learn their unique
production technique,
the school and the
monastery.
Continue sailing until
late night. Moor
overnight at a river
village.
WEDNESDAY
River Village – Bagan
(Miles 50*Km 92 – 4 Hrs)
Disembark at Bagan by
08.30 hrs.
