Pandaw Cruise Mandalay & Pagan 7 nights

Transfer from airport to ship. Embark for lunch. Mandalay is not only the country’s second largest city, it is the religious and economical capital upper Burma’s and the centre of Burmese culture. In the afternoon we will visit the Mahamuni Pagoda and the teak Golden Palace Monastery. Later on learn how they hammer gold leaf and walk along the marble and stone carver’s street.

Embarkation Details
Embarkation – Mandalay Saggai Lay Kyun Man Aung Jetty at 11.30 am
Transfer – Transfer from Mandalay/Pagan airport to ship on the day of embarkation will be provided. Please note that it takes approximately 3.5 hours by drive for transfer from Pagan airport to ship (Mandalay) for embarkation.

Please Note: We are not able to accept early arrivals before 11.00am.

We sail to Mingun where we see the largest working bell in the world and the unfinished pagoda, being the largest single mass brick building on earth. We also visit the Mingun Old Peoples’ Home, originally established with the assistance of the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company in the 1930s. In the afternoon, we drive to Amarapura, the former capital of Myanmar where we enjoy a boat trip on the Taungthaman lake and watch the sunset behind the world’s longest teak bridge – U Bein Bridge. We will also see silk weavers at work in their shop.

Set sail at 8.30am for Yandabo village which is famous for its production of terracotta pottery using riverbank clay. The afternoon is spent in the village watching the tradesmen at work. Sail to Shwe Than Tint to spend the night.

Sail to Pakokku where we explore the colourful local market and town using the popular tuk tuk as our transport. In the afternoon we will moor at the foot of the Tan-Chi-Taung mountains and ascend by WWII jeep to visit a selection of the 3,000 listed monuments at this World Heritage Site. Overnight in Tan-Chi-Taung.

Between Tan-Chi-Taung and Salay we take a pause to make a rewarding visit to one of eight clinics in the Pagan area which is supported by the Pandaw Charity. Our next scheduled stop is at Salay, once a bustling trading port but is now a sleepy village filled with colonial architectural treasures and timeless teak monasteries and home to the best-known teak carved monastery in Burma.

We enjoy a day of sailing and sights along the way to Pagan where we tie up late afternoon for overnight stay.

Enjoy a full day exploring Pagan and visit lacquer workshops.

Disembarkation in Pagan at the Ayar Jetty and transfer to airport or hotel.
Please Note: There is no late check out possible.