Golden Treasures of Myanmar
Overview
Highlights
- Spend two nights in Yangon, transfer to Pyay and embark upon your 10-night cruise to Mandalay. Conclude your journey with a short flight back to Yangon for another overnight stay.
- Explore Yangon
- Visit Yokesonekyaung, built in 1882
- Explore Tant Kyi Taung Mountain to visit its famous pagoda
- Discover Bagan opportunity to see Archaeological Zone, like Shwezigan Pagoda and the Ananda temple
- Tour through Sagaing visit the famous monasteries
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Trip includes
- 2 nights pre-cruise hotel accommodations in Yangon at the Sule Shangri-La (or similar), including breakfast
- Transfer from the hotel in Yangon to the ship in Pyay
- 10 nights deluxe cruise accommodations in a Full Balcony, French Balcony or Twin Balcony suite
- Life-enriching tours
- Fine dining with all meals included during your cruise
- Welcome Dinner & Farewell Dinner
- Complimentary house wine, local beer and soft drinks with every lunch and dinner on board
- Special onboard highlights, including cultural show, puppet show, and lectures/discussions pertaining to Burmese culture
- 1-night post-cruise hotel accommodations in Yangon, including breakfast
- Non-smoking environment (smoking permitted only on the Sun Deck)
- All transfers with the purchase of cruise, land & air package
Itinerary
Welcome to Yangon, a former royal capital known as the “Garden City of the East” for its lush tropical setting. Transfer to your hotel for check-in and spend the rest of the day at your leisure.
Meals: Breakfast
Your full-day tour includes: a visit to the city center and the unusually shaped Sule Pagoda; a photo stop at Kandawgyi Lake; Bogyoke Aung San Market (Scott’s Market), where you can shop for handicrafts, clothing and local delicacies; the massive reclining Buddha at Chaukhtautgyi Temple; and Shwedagon Pagoda, one of Myanmar’s most iconic religious sites.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Enjoy breakfast at your hotel before boarding a motor coach for the drive to Pyay for embarkation. Tonight, meet your fellow travelers at a Welcome Dinner.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Take a walking tour of Pyay, the former capital that once served as an important junction between Lower and Upper Burma and home to more than 80 gilded pagodas. During your city tour you will see the ancient Sri Kestra City Gate, enjoy a visit to the Sri Kestra Museum and the Payagi Pagoda.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Further upstream today, the ship will stop at Minhla, site of a great battle during the Second Anglo-Burmese War. A short walk brings you to a Colonial Fort, built by Italian engineers in 1860 to keep British forces out of Bur...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Your ship cruises to Salay today, a small community that boasts more than 50 monasteries built of teak. Visit Yokesonekyaung, built in 1882 and the region’s oldest surviving wooden monastery, famous for its wood carvings and c...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Join your fellow passengers for an excursion up Tant Kyi Taung Mountain to visit its famous pagoda, built in the year 1059 by King Anawrahta and known to house a sacred Buddha relic. Later, your ship’s Sun Deck offers the perf...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Your full day in Bagan offers you three sightseeing choices. The first is climbing to the observation deck (250 steps) or the top (777 steps) of Mount Popa, legendary home of animist nat spirits. Afterwards, stop for lunch and...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Admire one last sunrise over Bagan before the ship departs for Yandabo, a peaceful village where the British and Burmese signed a treaty ending the First Anglo-Burmese War in 1826. Yandabo is widely known for its finely crafte...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
This afternoon you will visit Inwa, the capital of the Burmese kingdom for more than four centuries. Explore the ancient ruins of the city by horse-drawn carriage and see the splendid Bagaya monastery, built entirely of teak. ...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
This morning ship stops today at the former royal capital of Sagaing, famous for its hundreds of monasteries and its tranquil atmosphere. In Sagaing, you’ll visit a local monastic school and the Soonuponyashin Pagoda. Continue...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
After arriving in Mandalay, head ashore for a full-day tour that includes many of the city’s most iconic sights, including the bronze Mahamuni Buddha, covered by the faithful with a thick layer of gold leaf. Visit the workshop...
Meals: Breakfast
After breakfast aboard the AmaPura, fly back to Yangon and check in to your hotel. The rest of the day is at your leisure.
Meals: Breakfast
Bid farewell to Myanmar and prepare for your homeward journey or your optional post-cruise extension to Inle Lake.
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Accommodation
The custom-built AmaPura takes its name from the former royal capital of Amarapura (Sanskrit for “City of Immortality”). Designed to provide an ultra-comfortable experience along Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady River, this vessel is beautifully furnished with a combination of modern and traditional motifs and its shallow draft allows it to navigate the river nearly year-round. The AmaPura has 28 suites featuring either a French Balcony, an Outside Balcony or Twin Balconies, as well as a well-appointed en suite bathroom. The ship’s elegant public areas include a restaurant and main lounge and bar. There’s also a gift shop, spa, and a Sun Deck perfect for lounging, enjoying a cocktail, or simply gazing out at the ever-changing scenery. The AmaPura was designed to provide you with a serene home away from home for the duration of your Myanmar voyage. After a full day of sightseeing, there is no greater luxury than to return to a peaceful, comfortable ship and be welcomed aboard with a cool drink and chilled towel. The friendly and resourceful staff will be at your service throughout your entire Ayeyarwady river cruise.
Built: 2014 Built in: Myanmar Length: 188 ft. Width: 40 ft. Crew: 36 Suites: 28 Registry: Myanmar
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More than 121 days prior to departure
Cruise & Land Cancellation Charge: $200 (Europe & Asia) $1,200 (Africa)
Airfare Cancellation Charge (Economy Contract fares): $350 penalty
Airfare Cancellation Charge (Business/First Class Contract fares): $600 penalty
13 Breakfasts, 10 Lunches and 10 Dinners
Inle Lake Post-Cruise Extension: We highly recommend that you extend your stay with this land program, which includes 3 nights in Inle Lake and 1 night in Yangon. Experience a unique and beautiful way of life on the lake with included hotel accommodations and guided tours for $1,120 per person. This extension requires roundtrip intra-Myanmar airfare, which is an additional $380 per person including taxes and fuel surcharges.
Bangkok Extension: Optional 2-night Bangkok extension from $560 per person. Requires intra-Asia airfare at an additional cost.
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