WEDNESDAY
Bagan – Yandabo (Miles
60*Km 111 – 7.5 Hrs)
The cast off time is at
10.30 hrs (check-in
10.00 hrs). We cruise
upstream all day. Lunch
will be served at 13.00.
In the early evening we
arrive at Yandabo, a
picturesque village that
specializes in
Pot-Making, where the
peace treaty of the
First Anglo-Burmese war
signed on Feb. 24, 1826.
Dinner followed by a
Puppet Show performance
in the village or
sundeck.
THURSDAY
Yandabo – Ava/Inwa
(Miles 58*Km 107 – 7.5
Hrs)
Early Morning we go
ashore for a walk
through the village
stopping to some
pot-making workshops to
learn their unique
production technique,
the school and the
monastery. Back to the
ship for breakfast and
cast off (ETD 09.00
hrs). We continue
upstream to the ancient
city of Ava, capital of
the Burmese Kingdom from
1364 to 1841.
FRIDAY
Ava - Mandalay - Kyauk
Myaung (Miles 45*Km 83 –
6 Hrs)
We explore Ava by
horse-cart visiting the
beautiful 200 year old
teak Bagaya Kyaung
Monastery, Nanmyin
watchtower (27mt. high)
and the Me Nu Ok Kyaung
monastery. We travel by
sampan and coach to
Mandalay visiting
Mahamuni Pagoda, Shwe-in-bin
Monastery and if time
permits Mandalay Hill.
Back to the ship for
lunch and proceed
upstream (ETD
12.30/13.00). Moor
overnight nearby a river
village North of
Mandalay.
SATURDAY
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) to
visit U-Bein Bridge at
sunset.
Moor overnight at
Sagaing. Dance and
Theatre performance on
the Sundeck.
SUNDAY
Sagaing (Disembark)
Disembark at Sagaing
between 08.30 to 09.00
hrs.
