To meet high demand for travel to Burma, Grand Circle Cruise Line has announced it will offer a small ship cruise tour in Burma for 2013: ?Burma & the Irrawaddy River: Bagan to Mandalay.?? Grand Circle Cruise Line joins sister company Overseas Adventure Travel (OAT), which sold out its small group adventures to Burma this year with 850 American travelers vs. initial projections of 456 travelers.
?The release of Aung San Suu Kyi from two decades of house arrest and her election to parliament has helped this once isolated country begin opening its doors to the West,? said Alan E. Lewis, chairman and CEO of Grand circle Corp. ?From calling for a boycott of travel to Burma, the Nobel Peace Prize winner is now encouraging responsible travelers to visit her country, and as result, Burma has become the ?hottest? travel destination of the year.? With our new cruise tour, we?ll be able to offer more Americans the chance to experience this intriguing country.?
Grand Circle Cruise Line?s ?Burma & the Irrawaddy River: Bagan to Mandalay? itinerary follows the Irrawaddy River through the heart of central Burma. The journey begins with a 4-night stay at the Montien Bangkok Hotel (or similar) in Bangkok, Thailand, and a 3-night stay at the Sedona Hotel Yangon (or similar) in Rangoon, Burma?s most populous city and former capital. Travelers then fly to Bagan, renowned for the 2,000 ancient temples that dot its 26-square-mile plain. There, they board the cruise line?s privately chartered, new, 34-passenger river cruise ship RV Paukan for a 7-night cruise, calling on remote villages, untouristed trading centers, and important Buddhist sites en route to Mandalay, one of the country?s major cultural centers. The cruise tour will be led by a resident program director.
Departures are available for March-May and September-December 2013. Prices begin at $3,795 for the small ship cruise only or 16 days from $4,895, including international air, airport transfers, government taxes, fees and airline fuel surcharges.? In addition to hotel accommodations in Bangkok and Rangoon, the 15-day cruise tour includes: 7 nights aboard the privately chartered, 34-passenger RV Paukan; 34 meals (14B, 10L, 10D), including a home-hosted dinner; 11 exclusive, included sightseeing tours with audio headset during the cruise portion of the trip; and a Burmese language lesson.
Travelers may choose optional 6-night extensions to Vientiane & Luang Prabang, Laos, and The Hill Station of Maymyo & Inle Lake, Burma, both priced at $1,395.
A reverse itinerary, which sails from Mandalay to Bagan following the Bangkok and Rangoon land tours, is also available. (www.gct.com)
Source: http://leisuregrouptravel.com/grand-circle-offers-burma-cruise-tour/
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