Downstream New Royal Myanmar Mandalay - Bagan

Mandalay

• Activities:

  Embark the ship, sail upstream

• Meal:

  Breakfast]On board,Dinner]On board

• Included:

  107,

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.

Kyauk Myaung,Mingun

• Activities:

  Visit Kyauk Myaung village, Mingun pagoda and giant bell, enjoy night performance on board

• Meal:

  Breakfast]On board,Lunch]On board,Dinner]On board

• Included:

  107,

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). At early evening, visit the unfinished pagoda, the largest working bell in the world and the “home for the aged”. Dance and Theatre performance on the Sundeck.

Ava,Yandabo village

• Activities:

  Arrive Ava, explore the ancient sites by horse cart, sail to Yandabo village, visit pot-making workshops, local school and monastery

• Meal:

  Breakfast]On board,Lunch]On board,Dinner]On board

• Included:

  107,

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. 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 midriver.

Bagan

• Activities:

  Disembark

• Meal:

  Breakfast]On board

• Included:

  107,

Disembark at Aye Yar Jetty in Bagan by 09.00 hrs.