AYEYARWADDY EXPERIENCE BY CRUISE (6 DAYS/5 NIGHTS)
Yangon-Mandalay-Bagan-Yangon (by Cruise on the RV Pandaw)
Day 01 : ARRIVAL DAY
Welcome and meet on arrival at Yangon airport.
If arriving by morning or mid-day flight, transfer to hotel. Proceed for
sightseeing tour including Bogyoke (Scott's) market with hundreds of
stores and visit a gem shop. Extended visit to 70 m long reclining
Buddha image; at Chauk Htat Gyi Pagoda. The gilded Sule Pagoda at heart
of Yangon City, and the old colonial style city center. Sunset on
Shwedagon Pagoda one of the world's most spectacular religious
monuments.Dinner and overnight in Yangon.
Day 02 : MANDALAY
After breakfast at hotel, transfer to airport for domestic flight to
Mandalay. On arrival, transfer to hotel. Full day sightseeing including
Mahamuni Pagoda with its spectacular Buddha image covered with thick
layers of gold leaves; Shwe Inbin, one of the most outstanding
monasteries in the country; Shwenandaw Kyaung, a superb example of
traditional wooden building and Kuthodaw Pagoda known as the world's
largest book consist of 729 marble slabs engraved with Buddhist
scriptures.
After lunch, continue to 200-year old UBein teak bridge built in 1782,
at the time when Amarapura was the royal capital. Visit Bagaya Monastery
with a superb collection of Buddha statues and stop at a traditional
hand- woven silk workshop and return back to Mandalay. A visit made to a
jetty to observe daily life at the Ayeyarwaddy River and to a
craftsmen's workshop to see Kalaga tapestries being made. View the
sunset from Mandalay Hill.Dinner and overnight in Mandalay.
Day 03 : PANDAW
After breakfast at hotel, transfer to the bank of the Ayeyarwaddy
River, Gawein or Shwe Kyeyet Jetty to join RV Pandaw to experience the
classic cruise to Bagan. Dinner and overnight on Pandaw.
Day 04 : BAGAN
Breakfast on Pandaw and explore the village life by visiting Pakokku
situate on the bank of Ayeyarwaddy River. Arrive at Bagan in the
morning.
Half day sightseeing in Bagan including famous and interesting handcraft
industries such as lacquer ware industry. Sunset at Shwesandaw
pagoda.Dinner and overnight in Bagan.
Day 05 : BAGAN
Full day sightseeing starting with the busy Nyaung Oo market and
continuing with visit to a diverse selection of the most important
pagodas and temples. Included are-Shwe Zigon Pagoda built by King
Anawrahta in the early 11th century as a religious shrine; Kubyauk Gyi
temple and Kyansittha Umin (the famous meditation centre of Bagan period
). Tour procceds to Htilominlo Temple and Shwegugyi Temple.
After lunch, continue sightseeing to Manuha Temple, built in Mon Style
in 1059; Nanbaya Temple, a unique sandstone monument; Mya Zedi Pagoda
and Minkaba Kubyauk Gyi Temple noted for mural paintings. Visit to Anada
Temple with four huge standing Buddha images and numerous seated figures
in niches around the galleried interior and visit Archaeological Museum.
Proceed to Bupaya Pagoda or Mingala Zedi stupa to watch the sunset over
the Ayeyarwaddy River. Dinner and overnight in Bagan.
Day 06 : DEPARTURE DAY
After breakfast transfer to airport for domestic flight to Yangon.
Yangon sightseeing including Nanthida Jetty to see river life and either
shopping or sightseeing to some of the noted interesting places of
Yangon. Lunch at outside restaurant and transfer to airport for
departure by evening flight.
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