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After visiting the pagodas of Bagan, guests will board the luxurious Sanctuary Ananda to be taken up the Ayeyarwaddy River to the royal city of Mandalay. You will visit the ancient capitals of Amarapura and Ava, the court of the latter renown for its barbarity in Victorian drawing rooms.
At Pyin Oo Lwin guests will board the train to the Gokteik Viaduct which was the largest railway trestle bridge in the world when constructed in 1899. At the Green Hill Valley Camp outside Kalaw you can feed and bathe elephants retired from the timber trade.
On the banks of Inle Lake travellers can wander through markets populated by the colourfully clad ethnic groups from the Shan Hills, reminiscent of, as one spellbound enthusiast put it, ‘wind-stirred tulip beds or a stir about of rainbows’.
The holiday concludes on the white sand beaches of Ngapali looking out over the Bay of Bengal.
From Kandawgyi Park watch sunset fall over Shwedagon Pagoda before visiting the ‘shimmering wonder’ itself.
Wander through the tumult of a Chinatown morning market before visiting the house of national hero General Aung San. Embark upon a colonial walking tour after lunch.
Take the Circle Line train through the paddy fields that surround the city. Enjoy sunset at a rooftop bar overlooking the Shwedagon Pagoda.
Visit Htilominlo, one of the finest temples in Bagan, and later savour sunset from a boat on the Ayeyarwaddy River.
Take a dawn hot air balloon ride over the plain of Bagan. Check-in to the Sanctuary Ananda cruise ship and enjoy the champagne reception on board in the evening.
After wandering through the Nyaung U morning market visit the Ananda Temple, as white as if it had been doused in talcum powder and rightly regarded as one of the most beautiful temples in the country.
Visit the pagoda speckled Sagaing Hill before reaching Amarapura, ‘City of Immortals’, to savour sunset at the U Bein Bridge.
After visiting the tranquil village of Sin Kyun you will be taken into Mandalay. Explore the monasteries and pagodas of the City of Gems before scaling Mandalay Hill for sunset.
This morning you will be taken to Paleik Inn, a protected wetlands where biodiversity thrives. In the afternoon, catch a boat across the Ayeyarwaddy to see the giant Mingun Pagoda and Bell.
Visit the town Pyin Oo Lwin, ‘City of Flowers’. Formerly known as Maymyo, this hill station boasts Royal Botanical Gardens and the Candacraig Hotel, once a notorious ‘raj chummery’.
Take the local train over the Gokteik viaduct. The bridge is 100 metres high above the Gokteik gorge and was the largest trestle bridge in the world when it was completed at the end of the 19th Century.
Sanctuary Ananda
Fly to Heho and visit the Golden Cave at Pindaya. Transfer to Inle Lake to enjoy a glass or two of wine at the Red Mountain Estate vineyard.
After browsing the 5-day rotating market at Indein you will be taken to visit the town’s crumbling pagoda complex followed by a Shan picnic in the woods.
Travel to the hill station of Kalaw and take a colonial tour around the town, stopping by the ‘bamboo Buddha’ at the Nee Paya.
After visiting the Kalaw morning market (and perhaps taking breakfast there) you will visit the Green Hill Valley camp to feed and bathe elephants retired from the timber trade.
Fly to Ngapali on the coast of the Bay of Bengal. Ngapali is the finest beach in Myanmar and offers guests the chance to sample Rakhine’s fiery cuisine.
Enjoy your day of leisure at the beach.
Enjoy your day of leisure at the beach.
Enjoy your day of leisure at the beach.
Return to Yangon and settle in at the grand Governor’s Residence Hotel, formerly the home of the British Commissioner for Southern Burma.
Before your flight out of the Golden Land, you will be taken to Bogyoke Aung San Market (Scott Market). The extensive selection of stalls here will allow you to pick up any last mementos from Myanmar.
Overlooking the town from the west, this boutique hotel is the finest in Hsipaw.
Set amongst the pine tree hills, this proud hotel with verdant gardens looks over the town.
Heritage House celebrates the diverse ethnic culture of the lake with handcrafted fabrics and “Grandmother’s recipes.”
Surrounded by the famed Banyan trees of Pindaya, this is the town’s most comfortable and cosy hotel.
