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Marvel at Shwedagon Pagoda, a 99 metre-high gilded pagoda and stupa that dominates the city skyline.

Arrive in Yangon where you’ll be met at the airport and transferred to the Irrawaddy River. Here you’ll board the RV Princess Panhwar, your home for the next 14 nights. Tonight, enjoy a Welcome Dinner on board.

Stay: 14 Nights: Irrawaddy River, RV Princess Panhwar

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Explore the sights of Yangon today including the 2,000-year-old Sule Pagoda and Kandawgyi Lake which glimmers with the reflection of Shwedagon Pagoda. Take a walk down Pansoden Street to see British colonial buildings before lunch onboard your river ship. Watch the countryside drift by this afternoon as you cruise up the Irrawaddy River.

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Today explore Danuphyu by trishaw.

Visit Danuphyu today and enjoy an Insider Experience. It was here that the revered General Maha Bandula 
led a famous Burmese defensive against British troops during the First Anglo-Burmese War. Disembark to visit the Monastery of Maha Bandula and a home cheroot-making workshop.

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Cruise to the sleepy township of Myanaung today where you’ll enjoy a guided walking tour. Stroll past colonial houses before visiting the local market.

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Absorb views of the Akauk Mountains as you cruise towards Pyay. On arrival, take a tour and see Shwesandaw Pagoda, one of Myanmar’s largest and most famous religious sites. You’ll also see the artefacts of Sri Ksetra, among the earliest Buddhist monuments in the world.

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Cruise to the British colonial town of Thayetmyo today and visit Myanmar’s oldest golf course, which was established in 1877.

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Stop in Minhla, the site of a significant battle during the Third Anglo-Burmese War. Visit Minhla Fort on a walking tour. Later, cruise to Magwe to visit its market and Myathalon Pagoda.

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Cruise to Salay, to visit Yoke Sone Kyaung, the region’s oldest wooden monastery, built in 1882. Continue to Shinbin Maha Laba Man Paya, home to Myanmar’s largest lacquer Buddha.

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Climb Tantkyi Hill to visit Tant Kyi Taung Pagoda. Back on board, capture your first glimpse of Bagan, one of the world’s truly awe-inspiring archaeological sites. Visit Ananda Temple, the best preserved of all the temples known as the ‘Westminster Abbey of Myanmar’. Enjoy a puppet show on board the ship tonight.

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At sunrise, perhaps ride a hot air balloon over the picturesque pagodas of Bagan. Enjoy a full day to discover Bagan, beginning with a visit to the golden Shwezigon Pagoda, famed for its link with Myanmar’s main nat (spirits). Visit the Nyaung-U market and mingle with the locals as you browse the wares sold at this trade hub. Discover Gubyaukgyi Temple, a 13th-century ‘cave temple’ with an Indian-style spire before visiting a lacquerware workshop.

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This morning enjoy a lecture on board before an afternoon tour of the village of Yandabo, the site where the Treaty of the First Anglo-Burmese War was signed. It’s also famous for its terracotta pots that have been hand-crafted in the same fashion for generations.

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Ride by horse-drawn cart through Inwa and take in all its main sights.

Arrive in Inwa, an ancient imperial capital of the Burmese kingdoms. Take in Maha Aung Mye Bon Zan Monastery and the teak-wood Bagaya Monastery. Then, see the ‘Leaning Tower of Inwa’ – a watch tower that was damaged by an earthquake in 1838. Later enjoy a cultural show by the Mandalay fine arts school.

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Visit a silversmith’s workshop in Sagaing, see the city’s central pagoda, Soon U Ponya Shin. Tour 18th-century Mingun Pahtodawgyi and see the world’s second largest ringing bell, Mingun Bell.

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Visit Mandalay’s Mahamuni Buddha Temple, where you can see sheets of gold leaf being added to a statue of the Mahamuni Buddha.

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Set off on a sunset boat ride at U-Bein Bridge, thought to be the world’s oldest and longest teak-wood bridge.

Enjoy an Insider Experience in Mandalay this morning. Afterwards, explore workshops in which thin sheets of gold, marble carvings and tapestries are made. Then head to Kuthodaw Pagoda and Shwenandaw Monastery. Later tonight, enjoy a delicious Farewell Dinner with your fellow travellers.

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Disembark your ship after breakfast and transfer to the airport for your onward flight.

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