Myanmar by River & Land
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- Step aboard the new and luxurious 28-suite AmaPura for our all-inclusive cruise on the Irrawaddy River and explore remote villages and ancient sites seen by few American travelers.
- Experience Yangon’s historic Strand Hotel and join our expert resident guide to discover its glittering ancient pagodas and splendid Colonial architecture.
- Spend two nights on the shores of Inle Lake and get to know its traditional ways as you explore a local market and dine with a resident family along the lakefront.
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- In-depth sightseeing and exclusive cultural encounters with never more than 16 guests including all entry fees
- A complete program of guided shore excursions throughout your river cruise
- All meals: 14 breakfasts, 13 lunches and 14 dinners
- 4 nights in our handpicked deluxe hotels
- 10 nights in an outside suite aboard the 5-star AmaPura
- All on-tour transportation including both internal flights
- Luggage handling, hotel taxes & service charges, port charges and all airline fees and fuel charges for your included flights
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Meals: Dinner
Check in to the historic Strand Hotel in the heart of town. Later this evening, gather with fellow guests for a welcome dinner.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Amidst ancient Pagodas, Yangon’s splendid Colonial buildings evoke the spirit of Burma’s British legacy and today’s sightseeing reveals both realms, including the glittering Shwedagon Pagoda, Chaukhtatgyi Reclining Buddha and bustling Scott Market.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Check out from your hotel after breakfast and travel northward from the city to visit a Buddha revered by local residents for its reputed healing powers. Continue overland to the former Burmese capital of Pyay where your luxur...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Today’s guided shore excursion explores this charming river town. Marvel at its well-preserved Colonial-era homes and other buildings dating from the mid 19th-century as your engaging guide shares insight into Thayetmyo’s history as a border town between Royal Burma and British Burma following the Second Anglo-Burmese War in 1855.
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. You will take a small local boat to visit Gwechaung Fort and Minhla Fort, built by Italian engineers in 1860 to ...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Your luxury voyage continues today to Salay, a small community with more than 50 monasteries built of teak. Once ashore, your guided exploration includes Yokesonekyaung; built in 1882, it’s the region’s oldest wooden monastery...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Join your fellow guests this morning for an excursion up Thantkyi Mountain to visit the impressive Thantkyi Pagoda. Then return to ship where the AmaPura’s expansive Sun Deck offers the perfect vantage point for your first gli...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Join your guide and local residents at the colorful Nyaungoo Market before continuing to Mt. Popa, legendary home of animist nat spirits. Later, you’ll continue your guided exploration of the Bagan Archeological Zone, filled w...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
This morning, you’ll have another opportunity to experience one more sunrise over the ancient temples of Bagan. Your voyage then continues as your ship charts an upstream course for Yandabo, a peaceful village where the Britis...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Today’s guided shore excursion showcases the ancient capital of the Burmese kingdom for more than 400 years. Exploring Inwa in a traditional horse-drawn cart, you’ll see impressive historic sites including the Mahaaungmyebonzan monastery, the “Leaning Tower of Inwa” and Bargaya monastery - built entirely of teak.
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Famous for its many lovely monasteries and tranquil atmosphere, your guided tour of Sagaing includes a silversmith’s workshop, Soonuponyashin Pagoda, Kaunghmudaw Pagoda and the colorful Buddhist statues which adorn Uminthonese...
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Your full-day guided sightseeing begins this morning with many of the city’s most iconic sights including the bronze Mahamuni Buddha, now covered by the faithful with a thick layer of gold leaf. You’ll also visit the workshops...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Step off ship this morning after breakfast and transfer to the airport for your included flight to Heho. Upon arrival, continue overland to Inle Lake, set on a mountain-ringed plateau. You’ll spend the rest of this day getting...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
This morning at a bustling market, you’ll meet colorfully dressed villagers of various ethnic tribes who are here on market day to barter and sell their goods. Your exploration of life along Inle Lake is highlighted by a conge...
Meals: Breakfast
After breakfast, you’ll be escorted to the airport in Heho for your included flight back to Yangon, where our tour services for your onward flights.
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Providing our guests with superior value has always been and will always remain at the heart of our company. That is why all of our trips include extensive expertly-guided sightseeeing, unique experiences you won’t find on other tours, and congenial meals that reflect authentic regional flavors. Everywhere we go, we search out the finest accommodations to enhance your journey… from the most evocative luxury hotels and historic boutique properties to the best safari camps and small ships.
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Strand Hotel
This 1901-built three story Victorian considered one of Southeast Asia’s grand colonial hotels and still one of its most awe inspiring. Once patronized exclusively by ‘royalty, nobility and distinguished personages’ according to Murray’s Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma and Ceylon, 1911, today this National Landmark in the heart of downtown Yangon confers a sense of its rich history to all who pass through its colonnaded exterior.
Inle Princess Resort
The Inle Princess Resort is located on an island a few minutes from Nyaung Shwe. All guests stay in rooms that are air-conditioning, minibar, telephone, and television. Additional amenities include lounge, bar, coffee shop, sauna, and spa
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