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Please Check dates
with us |
Arrival Yangon
& City tour |
Arrival Yangon in the morning – full day city tour
to all major highlights including Shwedagon pagoda |
Car |
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Yangon – fly to
Bagan and tour |
Yangon – fly to Bagan in the morning around 6:30am
– tour of 11th century temples, local market, lacquerware industry |
Car / Flight |
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Bagan full day
tour |
Bagan – full day tour to the remaining highlights
of Bagan (or) take an optional half day tour to Mt Popa, the centre of
Spirit (Nat) worshipping |
Car |
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Bagan – fly to
Heho – visit
Pindaya – trsf.
to Inle
Lake |
Bagan – fly to Heho at about 8:15am – then about
2.5hr drive to Pindaya to visit the famous caves and the parasol industry |
Car / Flight / Boat |
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Inle Lake full
day tour |
Inle Lake full day visits on the boat to see local
marketplace, different villages on the stilts, some religious highlights,
and pagoda ruins of Inn Dein area |
Boat |
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Inle Lake – fly to
Mandalay
|
Visit another 5-day marketplace if times
permissible – fly to Mandalay from Heho in the afternoon and visit Mandalay |
Car / Boat / Flight |
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Amarapura,
Inwa, &
Sagaing |
Mandalay – full day excursion tour to three former
royal capital before Mandalay period: Amarapura, Inwa, and Sagaing
|
Car / ferry boat / horse cart |
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Mandalay –
northern
expedition
cruise
commence |
Transfer to the jetty and embark RV AMARA at
08:00am. Sail north and visit some incredible monuments of Mingun village –
continue sail north till the town of Sheinmaga for overnight stop [ L / D ] |
Car / Amara River Cruise |
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Sheinmaga –
sail to
Thabeikkyin |
Leave Sheinmaga at 0600hr – visit New Nyein (Kyauk
Myaung) the biggest pottery production site in Myanmar – and Experience
Third Defile and dense teak forests [ B / L / D ] |
Amara River Cruise |
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Thabeikkyin –
ancient capital
Tagaung |
Set sail at 0600hr leaving Thabeikkyin for Tagaung,
one of the oldest capitals of Myanmar dating back to the time of Pyu’s –
visit the ruins of Tagaung and overnight [ B / L / D ] |
Amara River Cruise |
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Tagaung –
Katha |
Set sail at 0600hr to reach Katha, a beautiful old
colonial town with colorful market, friendly people and a unique atmosphere.
The settings of the George Orwell’s book “Burmese Days” begun here and also
the place where hundreds of Irrawaddy Flotilla’s ships were scuttled in 1942
before Japanese could seize them [ B / L / D ] |
Amara River Cruise |
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Katha –
Shwegu |
At 0600hr, sail to reach Shwegu, a place renowned
for Ayarwaddy Dolphins, which is quite common to this area. Also visit to
Shwe Baw Kyunn pagoda complex where thousands of pagodas were built around
10th century [ B / L / D ] |
Amara River Cruise |
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Shwegu –
Bamaw |
Today, Amara will sail along the amazingly
beautiful landscape as she passes through the Second Defile. In the
afternoon, Amara will reach to her most northern place, Bamaw – overnight on
board after strolling around the town [ B / L / D ] |
Amara River Cruise |
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Bamaw –
Myitkyina |
Disembark RV Amara after breakfast – drive to
Kachin State capital Myitkyina for around 6:00hrs passing through
interesting villages along the infamous “Ledo-Burma Road” |
Amara River Cruise / Car |
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Myitkyina visits |
Full day tour of Myitkyina including the local
market place, and the beautiful Kareinaw, where the mighty Ayarwaddy River
begins by the confluences of two rivers, Maykha & Mali Kha |
Car |
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Myitkyina –
return to
Yangon |
Fly back to Yangon by Air Bagan flight – visit to
the remaining highlights of Yangon as time allow |
Car / Flight |
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Yangon
departure out |
Depending on your International arrival /
departure flight to/from Yangon, you’ll be either visiting the remaining
highlights (or) transfer to the Yangon airport for your departure flight to
next destination |
Car |
