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Day Mystical Myanmar Departing  January  DAY MYSTICAL MYANMAR DEPARTING JANUARY Travel & Cruise Professionals Scenic° Deckplan All-Inclusive highlights 5-star ship with luxurious one-bedroom balcony suites 7 exclusive Enrich experiences Your choice of 9 Freechoice activities 2 Sundowners events A 2 memorable Special Stays Mystical 49 meals – 17 breakfasts, 16 lunches and 16 dinners Myanmar 18 Day Cruise & Tour Yangon > Yangon From royal Mandalay to entrancing Inle Lake Myanmar’s exquisite temples might hold pride of place in the heart of this mesmerising country, however Mother Nature’s awe-inspiring power has carved out a few spectacles of her own. Yangon is the perfect introduction to this incredible country. Navigate the vibrant streets seeking out keepsakes to take home or watch the golden sunset bounce off the Shwedagon Pagoda, there’s always plenty to appreciate in this hidden gem of a city. Take to the waters of the Irrawaddy in unprecedented luxury, as you journey from Pyay to Mandalay. Encounter traditional villages, visit the temples of Bagan and marvel at the untold number of pagodas, temples and monasteries. The majestic Inle Lake reveals the ancient practice of one-legged rowing, perfected over centuries this is one of the many unique Myanmar traditions you’ll come across during your time in this striking land. B C Mystical Myanmar Scenic° River cruise A Inle Lake Cruise start/finish B Sundowners at U-Bein Bridge Enrich C Lacquerware workshop, Old Bagan Freechoice Yangon > Yangon Mingun 1 Mandalay Sagaing Amarapura Inwa(Ava) Bagan Yandabo Salay Mount Popa Heho 10 3 Inle Lake Magwe Irrawaddy Thayetmyo Pyay (Prome) Myanmar Thailand 2 1 Yangon Day Destination Highlights 1 Yangon Welcome reception Enrich - Oil lamp lighting 2 Yangon Shwedagon Pagoda 3 Yangon > Irrawaddy Cruise Htaukkyant Allied War Cemetery 4 Pyay (Prome) > Sri Ksetra Discover Sri Ksetra 5 Thayetmyo Colonial architecture Enrich experience 6 Magwe Trishaw ride 7 Salay > Bagan Enrich - Colonial experience Freechoice, Enrich – Traditional 8 Bagan activity Enrich - Morning alms, cheroot 9 Bagan > Pakkoku and longyi factory 10 Yandabo Pottery village Enrich - Monastic school and 11 Sagaing > Inwa (Ava) nunnery visit 12 Mingun > Mandalay > Amarapura Sundowners at U-Bein Bridge 13 Irrawaddy Cruise > Mandalay Enrich - Gold leaf 14 Mandalay > Inle Lake Nyaung Shwe It’s time to uncover the secrets behind 15 Inle Lake Enrich - Home cooked Intha meal the aromatic cuisine of the region. Visit a 16 Inle Lake Freechoice, Sundowners local Intha family home and restaurant for overlooking Inle Lake a cooking demonstration. Learn about the 17 Inle Lake > Yangon Historic Yangon infusion of flavours and pick up some tips 18 Yangon Farewell on traditional Intha cooking. And the best bit? Lunch at the end. Scenic° South East Asia River Cruising Mystical Myanmar Mystical Myanmar 18 Day Itinerary Yangon > Yangon Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon Yangon Horse and cart ride, Inwa Day 1: Sunday 20 January 2019 Day 5: Thursday 24 January 2019 Freechoice: Venture to Mount Popa, Yangon t Thayetmyo home to Myanmar’s nats or nature spirits. Alternatively, explore the markets at Welcome to Myanmar. Settle into your In Thayetmyo, try your hand at putting Nyaung U before discovering the Temple executive floor room at Sule Shangri-La on the oldest golf course in Myanmar, Circuit, or enjoy a visit to Old Bagan. Hotel for a two night Special Stay. Your admire the region’s old colonial buildings Afterwards, visit the most iconic sight of welcome dinner is at the iconic colonial and explore the local market before this hypnotic region, the Ananda Temple. Strand Hotel. continuing to Magwe. Enrich Meals: D Meals: B.L.D This evening, be treated to a special Day 2: Monday 21 January 2019 Day 6: Friday 25 January 2019 occasion arranged especially for Yangon fe Magwe Scenic guests where you will be able to partake in a magical tradition of the Freechoice: Embark for a ride on the Explore Magwe by traditional trishaw, local train around Yangon’s suburbs. similar to a sidecar. Visit Mya Tha Lun Burmese people. Alternatively, be guided on a tour of Pagoda, a mesmerising architectural Meals: B.L.D Yangon’s thriving art scene, or ride a ferry vision set on Naguttama Hill. Enjoy the Day 9: Monday 28 January 2019 across the Yangon River to Dhala village. remainder of the day cruising to Salay. e Visit Chaukhtatgyi Paya, Yangon’s Meals: B.L.D Bagan > Pakkoku reclining Buddha. Enrich Enrich Day 7: Saturday 26 January 2019 Rise early to attend morning alms for At sunset, wander around Shwedagon Salay > Bagan e the local monks. Back on board try Pagoda and learn about the ritual of ‘oil On your walking tour of Salay admire a mohinga, a traditional breakfast of the lamp lighting’ before partaking in this beautiful teak monastery and look inside local people. local tradition. the largest lacquer Buddha in Myanmar. Travel by horse and cart through a local This evening enjoy the included facilities Enrich village then through the surrounding of your executive club access. Soak up the ambience of the river and plain and it’s temple ruins before learning Meals: B.L the colonial feel of the town whilst all about the production of Burmese lacquerware. Depart Bagan and stop off Day 3: Tuesday 22 January 2019 enjoying traditional Burmese tea and snacks in a restored colonial villa dating at the Pakkoku to visit a cheroot cigar Yangon > Pyay (Prome) > workshop and longyi and blanket factory from 1906. before continuing to Yandabo. Irrawaddy Cruise Relax on the sundeck with a cocktail in Meals: B.L.D On your drive to Pyay, pay your respects hand as you approach Bagan. at Htaukkyant Allied War Cemetery Meals: B.L.D Day 10: Tuesday 29 January 2019 before arriving at the luxurious Scenic Day 8: Sunday 27 January 2019 Yandabo Aura. Settle in and relax at the welcome cocktail reception. Bagan fe In 1826 the peace treaty ending the Meals: B.L.D First Anglo-Burmese war was signed in Yandabo. Now famous for its pottery, Day 4: Wednesday 23 January 2019 Optional Hot Air Balloon Flight stroll through the village and witness the Pyay (Prome) > Sri Ksetra artisans honing their craft. Start with a visit to Shwesandaw Meals: B.L.D Pagoda before heading to Sri Ksetra, the Day 11: Wednesday 30 January 2019 ancient Pyu Kingdom’s capital and also e Myanmar’s first World Heritage-listed Sagaing > Inwa (Ava) Site. Later set sail upstream into the Take a chance to ride in a hot air balloon Enrich heart of Myanmar. flight over the majestic temples of Bagan. In the ancient capital of Sagaing Meals: B.L.D Must be purchased prior to your cruise. interact with novice monks, nuns Mystical Myanmar Scenic° Hsinbyume Pagoda ‘World’s Largest Book’, Kuthodaw Pagoda Morning alms, Bagan and orphans during a special visit to Day 14: Saturday 2 February 2019 Day 17: Tuesday 5 February 2019 a monastic supported school before Mandalay > Inle Lake Inle Lake > Yangon continuing to a quiet nunnery where Guests can opt to depart the tour this Fly to Yangon for lunch at the historical you will partake in the ritual and our morning. Please enquire for details. House of Memories Restaurant, once the donation to the resident nuns before office of General Aung San. Later check their midday meal. Fly to Heho and drive to Nyaung Shwe. After lunch in town, glide across the into your hotel for your last night. Savour Across the river, explore by horse and your farewell dinner at the Le Planteur cart the sites within the ruins of Inwa’s waters of Inle Lake in private long tail boats towards your resort for a three Restaurant on Inya Lake. palace, for more than 400 years the Meals: B.L.D capital of the Ava Kingdom. night Special Stay. This afternoon relax Meals: B.L.D at your hotel and take in your serene Day 18: Wednesday 6 February 2019 surroundings. Day 12: Thursday 31 January 2019 Meals: B.L.D Yangon Mingun > Mandalay > Say farewell to Myanmar and your South Day 15: Sunday 3 February 2019 East Asian adventure. Amarapura s Inle Lake Cruise to Mingun and see the unfinished Cruise to Inle Lake’s floating market, Key brick pagoda, the un-cracked Mingun Bell which moves location every five days. and the all-white Hsinbyume Pagoda. Later, visit Phuang Daw Oo Pagoda, one of t Scenic Special Stay Sundowners the region’s holiest sites. s Scenic Sundowners In Amarapura, relax with evening drinks Enrich e Scenic Enrich Experience in boats under U-Bein Bridge, the Learn about life at home on the lake with f Freechoice - see page 130-133 world’s longest teak bridge. a visit to a local Intha family where your of the full brochure Back on board enjoy Scenic Aura’s crew host will cook and demonstrate to you on Meals: Breakfast (B). Lunch (L). Dinner (D) special farewell. how to prepare your traditional lunch. Meals: B.L.D In the afternoon, traverse a small canal Day 13: Friday 1 February 2019 leading to the Pa-Oh village of Indein. Irrawaddy Cruise > Mandalay e Meals: B.L.D Marvel at Shwenandaw, a wooden Day 16: Monday 4 February 2019 monastery covered internally in gold leaf. Inle Lake Equally impressive is Kuthodaw Pagoda, home to the ‘World’s Largest Book’. Freechoice: Visit Pindaya Caves and try Later walk through the rebuilt Mandalay cooking local cuisine, or visit Tauggyi Palace, destroyed during World War II. for lunch at Myanmar’s oldest winery. Alternatively take a local village trek close Enrich by to your hotel. Learn how to produce gold leaf at a local Sundowners workshop.
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