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Tour Code :
MTS-MCT-091
Tour Duration : 09 days / 08 nights
Route : Yangon – Mandalay - Bagan – Yangon
Vacation Type : Tour and Cruise |
This program is presented to you for your visit around
Myanmar for its main tourist destinations. Explore from Yangon – the garden city
and the main gate way to Myanmar to Mandalay – the culture canter and its
environs, Sagaing – the Place of Meditation and Mingun - home of the world
biggest ringing bell and Bagan – the richest archaeological sights in Asia. You
will find the local peoples and landscape beyond your imagination.
Transportation between each destination by domestic flight on
Air Mandalay or Yangon Airways or Air Bagan (F-100 or ATR-72/42) can be done
throughout the year.
The RV Pandaw and other 5 similar so called "class P " design
vessels was commissioned after the end of the Second World War by the Inland
Water Transport Board of the Union of Burma government with the technical
expertise of the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company at that time acting as Agents to the
I.W.T. Board. RV Pandaw was built in Scotland on the Clyde by the famous ships
builder Yarrrow & Co on 1947 with the same design of the pre-war Quarter Wheeler
steamers of the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company. After being boarded up in order to
protect her from the sea waves, she left Scotland for the delivery voyage to
Burma on 1950. On the 12th January 1951 she started to serve the Inland Water
Transport (Irrawaddy Flotilla was nationalized on the 1st of June 1948) on the
route Mandalay-Bhamo for both cargo and passengers transportation. In the 1998
she was converted into a 16 cabins luxurious river cruise vessel by the revived
Irrawaddy Flotilla Company founded by the Historian Mr.Paul Strachan. IFC has
operated the vessel in the rivers of Myanmar for 5 years until 2003. In the
second half of the 2003 Interconnection Co. Ltd signed the charter agreement
with IWT and the RV PANDAW underwent a major renovation at the Yangon Dalla
Dockyards. As far as the Hotel side is concerned new furniture has been
specially designed and new Food and Beverage equipment have been bought. And the
program may be changed due to the cruise schedule.
Detailed Tour Program
Day 01: FRIDAY Arrival Yangon
Arrive Yangon international airport, welcome by tour guide.
Transfer to the hotel for check in. Visit Chauk Htatt Kyi (the six storied in
meaning but actually the huge reclining Buddha Image, Sule (the eight sided
stupa located at the center of Yangon, the Independent Monument. And study the
ways of living of Yangon citizens (which can observe the tradition and modern
costume) and Shwedagon Pagoda, famous worldwide – its golden stupa is the ‘
Heart ’ of Buddhism Myanmar. The Pagoda is believed to be 2,500 years old and
the central stupa in surrounded by dozens of intricately decorated buildings and
statues. There are always many Myanmar People praying and making offerings at
Shwedagon, and it’s a fascinating place to spend time watching the world go by.
And overnight stay at hotel in Yangon.
Day-2 SATURDAY Yangon
Mandalay (B)
Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to the airport for the flight to
Mandalay (domestic schedule flight, ~ 1 ½ hour flying). Transfer to the hotel.
And visit Mahamuni Buddha Image, Zegyo Market and some of Mandalay’s cottage
industries, such as weaving and tapestry making, Burmese candy making, Bamboo
fan making near Eindaw Yar Pagoda, Atumahsi Monastery and Shwenandaw Monastery
(Golden Palace Monastery), Kuthodaw (Maha Lawkamarazein Pagoda) which is famous
as the world largest book of many stone slabs on which is inscribed the whole
Buddhist Literature.. Enjoy the panoramic view of the city from Mandalay Hill.
Overnight stay at hotel in Mandalay.
Day 3-SUNDAY Mandalay
 Mingun with RV Pandaw
1947 (B, L, D)
Breakfast at hotel. Leisure at hotel and about
11:30, transfer to the Gawein Jetty and
embarking the RV Pandaw 1947. Welcome cocktail
in the saloon. Lunch on board. After lunch,
sailing to Mingun and visit Mingun with an
English speaking cruse manager. Moor overnight
at a sandbank mid-stream.
Day
4-MONDAY Mandalay
Sagaing with RV Pandaw
1947 (B, L, D)
Early in the morning cruse down stream. During
the 2 hours journey, you can admire the natural
beauty of the river and the life of its banks
while relaxing on the sun desk or just sitting
outside your own cabin. Enjoy sunrise over
Sagaing Hill. After breakfast, visit Sagaing.
The cast off time is 11:15. Lunch on board. In
the afternoon, stop at Yandabo, a village
specialize in Pot –Making where the peace treaty
of the first Anglo – Burmese war was signed on
Feb 24, 1826. Cruise all day and moor overnight
near a river village.
 Day 5- TUESDAY Bagan
with RV Pandaw 1947
(B)
Early in the morning, proceed downriver to Bagan.
After breakfast (if time permit) visit another
typical river village. Enjoy sunrise near Bagan.
Disembark at Aye Yar Jetty around 10:15. Our
guide will welcome you at the jetty and transfer
to the hotel. Then full day visit included: Shwezigon Pagoda – built by King Anawrahta in
the early 11th century as a religious shrine,
then go to Ananda Temple – King Kyansittha’s
masterpiece and the crowning achievement of the
early style temple of architecture, next is Thatbyinnyu Temple – the highest building on the Bagan plain, after that visit to Htilominlo
Temple – the largest temple of Bagn – noted for
its fine plaster carvings and glazed sandstone
decorations. In the afternoon observe the
process of traditional lacquer ware, one of
Myanmar’s best known handicrafts and a specialty
of Bagan. Then visit Manuha Temple, Myingabar
Gubyaugyi Temple – an early period Pyu-style
temple of Hindu influence with some of the
oldest mutual paintings in Bagan and Dhamanyangyi Temple noted for its remarkable
brickwork. Lastly watch sunset over the Ayeyarwaddy River from Shwesandaw Pagoda.
Overnight at hotel in Bagan.
Day 6- WEDNESDAY Bagan (B)
Option: Balloon Over Bagan (BOB)
It is a unique opportunity to see the Bagan with
‘BALLOONS OVER BAGAN’. You get a magnificent
birds-eye view of thousand year-old pagodas,
temples and the mighty Ayeyarwaddy River as it
has never been seen before. The balloon is
guided by gentle winds not exceeding 24 km/h.
Eight/Six passengers plus a pilot fit into the
balloon’s basket. The champagne flights at
sunrise last just under an hour and take off
daily from October through March. Price is US $
230 / pax. Due to the limited capacity, advance
bookings at an early stage are highly
recommended.
Breakfast at hotel. Visit tropical village to
visit an old Noodle Cottage and observe the
daily life the people in Taung Bi Village.
Afternoon visit Kyaugu Umin Temple, which is an
interesting rock cave tunnel, and Nagayon, an
elegant and well preserved temple containing
many Buddha images, the main one which is twice
life size and shelters under the hood of a huge
serpent. Overnight at hotel.
Day 7- THURSDAY Bagan
 Mt. Popa
Bagan (B)
After breakfast, drive to Mt. Popa (~ 50 km, 1 ½
hour driving) where a house for Myanmar spirits.
On the way you can find the beauty of typical
villages and the ways of making Toddy Candy.
Return to Bagan. Afternoon, visit Bagan for the
rests of the famous pagodas. Overnight at hotel.
Day 8 – FRIDAY Bagan
Yangon (B)
 After an early breakfast, transfer to Nyaung U
airport for your onward flight to Yangon
(domestic schedule flight, ~ 1 ½ hour driving).
On the way to the hotel, visit Kabar Aye (the
World Peace pagoda) and Maha Pasana (the great
cave for Buddhist synod) and check in at the
hotel. After lunch, shopping at Bogyoke Market
(Scott’s Market) of hundreds of shops where you
can find local products such as Gems & Jewelry ,
slippers, cloth, and so on. Evening stroll along
the China Town and study the ways of living of
Yangon citizens (which can observe the tradition
and modern costume). Overnight stay at hotel in
Yangon.
Day 9 – SATURDAY Yangon departure (B)
Breakfast at hotel. Leisure till the flight
time. Transfer to Yangon International Airport
for your departure flight to conclude this
unique experience.
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