Mandalay To Bagan (4 Days) - Down Stream

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Board the ship at Shwe Kyet Yet Village near Mandalay.
Enjoy an afternoon discovering the city’s key sites and traditional arts, including a visit to a family of bronze casters.
Dine on Asian and Western cuisine in the elegant restaurant, enjoying our excellent house wines or selecting an international label from our extensive list.
Stretch out and relax at an early-morning yoga session, followed by a refreshing treat from our Healthy Juice Bar.
Join a Buddhist almsgiving ceremony and experience village life near our jetty before the ship sets sail.
Alight in Ava to explore the ancient capital. Take a traditional horse and cart tour or discover the sights by bike.
As the ship sails to Bagan, enjoy a ranged of onboard activities. Attend a talk on Myanmar culture, sample local infusions in our Burmese Tea Shop, learn how to dress in a traditional longyi or have your fortune told by an astrologer.
You can also indulge in a treatment at the spa, work out in the gym or relax by the pool on the Observation Deck, the largest outdoor space of any river cruiser in Myanmar.
Rise early to attend a soothing meditation session before the ship arrives in Bagan.
A range of tour options is available today. Choose from “Introduction to Bagan” for temples and history, “A Day in the Life” for local culture, food and markets or “Bagan by Bicycle” for those seeking with a taste for action and adventure.
Before rejoining the ship for lunch, stroll through the small village that is home to Belmond’s private jetty near Old Bagan. You may wish to visit Belmond’s free clinic, where our onboard doctor will be treating local patients.
In the afternoon visit Ananda, one of Bagan’s most magnificent temples. Continue your tour as you explore an off-the-beaten-track temple by torchlight. End your visit by admiring the sunset over the plains. Dine under the stars at the Road to Mandalay Grill on the Observation Deck, before enjoying a classic marionette performance.
For an additional supplement, early risers can take a sunrise hot-air balloon flight over the pagodas. An early-bird breakfast is served before you disembark from Belmond Road to Mandalay for your onward travel arrangements.

Three nights aboard the Belmond Road to Mandalay luxury river cruise
All meals aboard the ship: buffet breakfast, lunch and table d’hote dinner featuring both eastern and western menus
Beverages, including local beer and house wine with lunch and dinner
Onboard activities such as expert lectures and presentations, longyi-tying demonstrations, sunrise yoga sessions, meditation classes and cookery demonstrations
Fully-qualified resident doctor
Guided tour of Mandalay
Choice of excursions in Ava and Bagan
Early almsgiving ceremony and village tour
Visit to Anada temple and a torchlight tour of a rarely-seen pagoda