Meet your Mandalay tour guide at your hotel, airport or train station and begin the tour.

Make your way to the Mandalay jetty for an early morning departure and make yourself comfortable in the climate-controlled teakwood cabin.

Relish a delicious breakfast if you have opted for the cruise with meals on the sunny upper deck. The breakfast includes fruit juice, coffee and tea.

Stop at Lekkapin, a traditional waterside village, where you will see traditional handicrafts, visit local houses and meet members of the small community.

Head back to the jetty and have lunch, which will be served on the upper deck. In the afternoon, the crew will demonstrate a typical Burmese dress and makeup tutorial.

Watch the sunset colours illuminate the river as you approach Bagan and sip a cocktail on the final stretch. 

Conclude the Irrawaddy cruise at the Bagan jetty.