You will meet with your guide at the Arrival Hall of Yangon airport. Transfer to your hotel check in. (Check in at 14;00 noon and early check in depends on room availability).

Take a time at a hidden little gem Café and try tasty local snacks for afternoon chill. Visit to the Kandawgyi Lake you will enjoy a short walk on the wooden bridge to line up along the lake, giving you a stunning view on the Shwedagon pagoda, but also on the royal barge, standing at the side of the lake, Karaweik. Continue your visit to the Kyauk Hta Gyi Pagoda, famous for its impressive reclining Buddha. End the tour at The Shwedagon pagoda for a unique experience to discover the most venerated religious place of Myanmar. In the evening, enjoy your welcome dinner.

In the early morning, transfer to airport and fly to Heho. Upon your arrival at Heho airport, you will be transferred to Nyaung Shwe the gateway of Inle Lake about 2.5 hours. From Nyaung Shwe jetty a take boat and travel along the canal and unique floating gardens. Arrive your hotel and check in.

Enjoy a traditional meal in an authentic Intha house at an island village on the lake. After your lunch, walk through a luxuriant bamboo forest next to the small stream and return to the waiting boat. Visit to famous Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda with its five Buddha images. Continue to Innpawkhone village to see silk weaving and lotus industries.

Have your breakfast and visit the floating market for a glimpse of daily life. Proceed your visit to the Pa-Oh village of Indein for 45 minutes by boat. Indein is one of the small villages of Inle Lake on the western bank. You’ll see hundreds of ancient stupas most are ruins overgrown with bushes. The pagoda hill is quiet, calm and mesmerizing view from the hill release the fatigue and refresh everybody who ascend to the peak. Enjoy a Shan picnic lunch and relax in a bamboo forest glade. Travel along the narrow creek, there are twists and turns. Since both the sides are paddy fields you can see the farmers ploughing and harrowing by water buffaloes. It is compulsory to see Novice monks; buffalo boys and village girls wash and swim in the creek.

In the morning, transfer to airport and fly to Bagan. Upon arrival Bagan airport, transfer to your hotel check in. (Check in at 14;00 noon and early check in depends on room availability).

The day is free and leisure in Bagan (Car and Guide service is available).

Balloon Experience Over Bagan:   Begin your morning with an incredible hot-air balloon flight over Bagan’s temple-studded plains. Have your morning snack on pastries and croissants, and sipping coffee and tea as the balloon is inflated.  Climb aboard before gently rising above thousands of gilded stupas and earthen temples all back-dropped by the impressive Irrawaddy River.  A truly unforgettable and unique experience. (Note: available only from 15th October to 31st March; all flights weather permitting).

Morning visit to Minnanthu village and explore some lesser known temples. Check in at 12:30pm and enjoy lunch on board. After lunch on board, you will visit Kayminga pagoda complex to see the different architecture of the stupas first-hand. After, visit the Ananda Temple, regarded by folklore as one of the most beautiful temples in Myanmar.

Enjoy the sunset over the Bagan plains and admire the light change on the pagodas as they exude antiquity and mystery. Finally, the sun sets behind the hills on the far side of the Ayeyarwady River, filling the sky with a reddish glow, a truly magic moment.

A welcome briefing and champagne reception will be hosted in the Kansi Panorama Lounge before a candlelit sandbank dinner is served with the backdrop of the twinkling lights of Bagan.

Visit the bustling local market of Nyaung U. The daily market is where the farmers meet to buy and sell a variety of goods, ranging from fruit and vegetables to china and lacquer-ware.

Next, on to the great golden Shwezigon Pagoda which is said to contain important relics of the Gautama Buddha, two bones and a copy of a tooth.

You will then return to the ship and start sailing upstream towards Sagaing during which a variety of on board activities will be offered including a longyi (sarong) and thanaka (cosmetic) demonstration, and a talk on Myanmar.

A delicious dinner in the Talifoo Restaurant will then follow.

Enjoy a back of house tour and cooking class with the ship’s Executive Chef as the ship cruise the Irrawaddy.

In the afternoon visit the pagoda sprinkled Sagaing Hill, an important religious and monastic centre, home to some 554 monasteries and 6,000 monks and nuns. Here you will visit a Monastic school where you will have the opportunity to meet some of the residents and understand the teachings of Buddhism. Afterwards, take in the views from the top of the hill on the terraces of the Soon U Ponya Shin Pagoda which are truly breathtaking.

Amarapura, was once known as ‘The City of Immortals’. Today, the leisurely ‘clack-clack’ from the looms of the cotton and silk weavers has replaced the noisy bustle of this former capital.

Visit the U Bein Bridge, a spectacular place to enjoy the sunset. This long teak bridge snakes across the Taungthaman Lake. After sunset, return to the Sanctuary Ananda.

Enjoy your breakfast before check out in Mandalay. Transfer to Mandalay airport for your flight to Yangon. If time permits, visit the famous Bogyoke Market or Scott market (closed on Mondays and Public Holidays). The complex houses hundreds of small stalls where local people use to buy jewelry, tailor made clothes is a good place to buy numerous souvenir items to be memorials of the visit Myanmar. Have lunch and relax at a beautiful oasis in town. After lunch, transfer to airport and depart from Myanmar.

Please Note: All timings shown on this website are for your guidance only.

The water level of the river is changing depending on the season. From the months of January to June, the water levels of the Ayeyarwady may drop for a period of a few weeks to a few months, creating a narrower channel for navigation. To accommodate for changes in water levels, Sanctuary Ananda may operate on an adjusted itinerary during these periods and the mooring locations may be amended.