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RV Paukan's Cruise Itinerary

 

TUESDAY
Mandalay (Gawein) – Kyauk Myaung (Miles 52*84 Km – 6.5 Hrs)
Embark the ship at 09.30 hrs. We cast off at 10.00 hrs and sail upstream to the spectacular potteries-making village of Kyauk Myaung, and see the manufacture stages of the famous 50 Gallons (200 litres) pots (1.5 hours visit). Moor overnight nearby a river village.

WEDNESDAY
Kyauk Myaung –Tigyaing (Miles 99*Km 160 – 12.5 Hrs)
Cast off early in the morning (ETD 05.30 hrs). We enter the Third Defile (Gorge) and sail upriver all day. Stop at Tagaung to explore the ancient city archaeological area and the fortifications.
Continue sailing North up to Tigyaing village where we stop for the night.
 
THURSDAY
Tigyaing – Katha (Miles 42*Km 68– 5.5 Hrs)
Early departure. Before lunch we arrive Katha, the setting of the George Orwell’s book “Burmese Days” and also the place where hundreds of the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company ships were scuttled in 1942 before the Japanese could seize them. We explore this pleasant colonial town surrounded by hills plenty of hardwood forests and if time permit we will also visit an elephant logging camp and the lake Indaw.
 
FRIDAY
Katha – Bhamo (Miles 84*Km 135 – 11Hrs)
We continue sailing upstream and after passing the little town of Shwegu we enter the dramatic 2nd defile with its magnificent cliffs reaching down the narrow channel. We arrive at Bhamo in the late afternoon (ETA 17.30). Evening walking tour of the town, an important trading post located just 50 miles from the Chinese border.
 
SATURDAY
Bhamo – Shwegu (Miles 40*Km 64 / 4 Hrs)
Early in the morning we will try to reach the village of Sinbo set below the 1st Defile by local boat. Back to the ship before lunch and cast off (ETD 11.30 hrs) for the downriver return journey to Mandalay. We pass Kyun Daw, an island with lot of monasteries and small pagodas and we moor overnight at Shwegu pottery village.
 
SUNDAY
Shwegu – Khan Nyat (Miles 130*Km 210/13 Hrs)
Sail downriver all day stopping at Khan Nyat Village with its many Buddhist monasteries.
 
MONDAY
Khan Nyat - Mingun (Miles 101*Km 163/10 Hrs)
Cruise all day. We arrive at Mingun in the late afternoon (ETA 16.00). Visit the unfinished pagoda, the largest working bell in the world and the “home for the ages”. Moor overnight in a sandbank opposite of Mingun Pagoda.
Dance and Theatre performance on the Sundeck.
 
TUESDAY
Mingun – Mandalay/Gawein (Miles 6*Km 10/40 Min.)
Disembark at Mandalay Gawein Jetty at 08.00 o’clock.

 

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