ON THE ROAD TO MANDALAY WITH GLOBAL JETSETTING 2018
16 DAY BURMESE PRICE INCLUDES • Return international flights from Brisbane • All accommodation TOUR DEPARTS • Breakfast daily, farewell dinner & all meals on cruise • All sightseeing and entrance fees as per itinerary • All transportation and transfers as per itinerary 6 NOVEMBER 2018 • English-speaking Escort • Meet and greet at Yangon airport On the road to Mandalay, where the flyin’-fishes play, an’ the dawn • Single entry visa fee for Australian passport holders comes up like thunder outer China ‘crost the bay! • Limo transfer from home to airport in Brisbane • Premium plaza lounge Brisbane airport (2hrs) In the immortal words of Rudyard Kipling, come join us for a • Domestic flight from Yangon to Bagan magical holiday in mystical Myanmar! This trip will be fully escorted from Brisbane by one of Global Jetsetting’s Senior Travel Consultants. EXCLUSIONS Personal expenditure such as drinks, meals, laundry Camera & Included in your package are return Economy Class airfares from video entry charges at monuments/forts *Discounted travel Brisbane, return limo pick up to the airport from your home, entry insurance will be offered to all passengers that book this tour. to the Premium Lounge at Brisbane airport, 2 nights in Yangon with touring and breakfast, 1 night in Bagan with touring and breakfast, 7 night cruise up the Irrawaddy to Mandalay, 2 nights in Mandalay with touring and 1 night in Pyin Oo Lwin with touring with breakfast and a farewell dinner
You will be sailing up the Irrawaddy with Pandaw, one of the leading cruise companies in Asia. Beautifully appointed cabins, delicious cuisine and touring, make up your 8 day sailing adventure. You will enjoy complimentary coffee, tea, local soft SHWEDAGON PAGODA, YANGON drinks, beer and spirits throughout your cruise.
You will attend a delicious “get to know your travelling companions” dinner along with the travel documentation distribution and explanation 3 weeks prior to your departure from Australia.
Hopefully, new friends will be made and questions answered before Global Jetsetting take you on a holiday you are sure to remember!
16 DAYS FROM
PER PERSON $6,999 TWIN SHARE
INCLUSIVE FLIGHTS FROM BRISBANE *Single supplement $750 *Business class upgrades available upon request *Subject to minimum numbers ITINERARY
6 NOV 18 18 NOV 18 Meet at Brisbane airport for a group checkin and then proceed to the We drive to the former British Hill station of Pyin Oo Lwin (formerly Premium Plaza Lounge for some drinks and nibbles before boarding our Maymyo). It is 42 miles northeast of Mandalay up a winding road, and flight to Singapore. at an elevation of 1070 meters, enjoys a cool and pleasant climate. Once the summer capital of the Raj in Burma, the town still retains much of the 7 NOV 18 ‘hill station’ look, including horse drawn carriages and the Purcell Tower, a gift from Queen Victoria. The town is especially noted for the National Arrive Yangon and our guide will be waiting to transfer us to our hotel. The Kandawgyi Gardens which cover nearly 400 acres. The gardens were laid rest of the day is free to explore. out in 1915 by Sir Alex Roger and Lady Cuffe, a botanist from Kew Gar- dens in England. In 1924 they were declared a national botanical garden 8 NOV 18 and forest reserve. A great variety of orchids and other flowers can be seen After breakfast visit beautiful Kandawgyi Lake with the huge mythical birds along with hundreds of tree varieties and many bird species. There is also of the Karaweik Barge in prominent view. On to the Botataung Pagoda, lo- an impressive butterfly museum and the Nan Myint viewing tower gives a cated on Yangon Harbour, where you will see many ancient Buddhist relics wonderful view over the town and BE waterfall. Other sights include the and artefacts. Then visit the downtown district and its many old colonial bustling morning market, colonial era churches and etc. (B) buildings still in use. There is also the Independence Monument in Ma- habandoola Gardens, dedicated to Burma’s independence from Great Brit- 19 NOV 18 ain in 1948. The streets are filled with colourful sidewalk markets selling Free time till we drive back to Mandalay. Afternoon sightseeing Kuthodaw various items both old and new. After our downtown ‘walkabout’, if time Pagoda which is renowned as the World’s largest book for its 729 stone allows, we may go to Wahdan jetty on the Yangon River to see the hustle slabs containing the entire Buddhist scriptures, Shwe Kyin Monastery and bustle of local life as goods and people transfer on and off the ships. which is one of the oldest monastery, Shwe In Bin Monastery which is a Afternoon sightseeing includes the colossal reclining Buddha Chaukhtatkyi, nice teak attractive monastery and If time permits we will go atop Man- and the National Museum filled with cultural exhibits of Myanmar. We end dalay Hill for a view over the city and Ayeyarwaddy River. Return to the the day with a visit to the awe inspiring Shwedagon Pagoda, perhaps the hotel. Farewell dinner at local restaurant. (B,D) most beautiful pagoda complex in all of Asia. (B) 20 NOV 18 9 NOV 18 Transfer to the Mandalay International Airport to take your flight back to We have an early breakfast at the hotel before our transfer to the Yangon your home. (B) airport for our flight to Bagan. Upon arrival, visit Shwezigon, a prototype of later Myanmar stupas and Wetkyi-in- Gubyaukgyi, a 13th century ‘cave 21 NOV 18 temple with fine wall paintings. One of the most outstanding is the magnif- Arrive Brisbane. icent Ananda Pagoda, one of the most revered pagodas in all Myanmar and containing four tall standing Buddhas within. After that we continue to the hotel. (B)
10 NOV 18 We have breakfast at the hotel before being transferred to the jetty to join the Pandaw cruise. (B,L,D)
11-16 NOV 18 Pandaw cruise Bagan – Mandalay. (B,L,D)
17 NOV 18 Disembark the ship and we will be transferred to our hotel in Mandalay. The rest of the day is free to explore this wonderful city. (B) TEMPLES OF BAGAN
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