We Love river cruising and nobody does it better than scenic!
My husband and I have recently returned from cruising the Irrawaddy through Myanmar, we chose the eleven day option, and added a couple of days of our own in Mandalay, and one in Yangon.
We chose to stay at the Mandalay Hill resort, which is the hotel that scenic uses for its longer trip option. It is a lovely hotel, and we were lucky enough to be upgraded to a top floor junior suite.
Response from FionaB, The Scenic Team
the cabin was great, best bed ever! loads of space your own lounge and balcony, two huge windows, walk through robe.
and lovely little extras, like canapés and fruit delivered daily, well stocked minibar refilled daily, no charge for anything. truly the best room I have had on a river cruise!
Mandalay was the starting point, visit stupas, markets and Mandalay Hill.
Bagan was great, the area with thousands of stupas was stupendous! travel by horse and cart was great. trip round the local market was good too, can be a little uncomfortable seeing a lot of poor people, but they all usually had a smile for you. missed out on the ballon ride, (wrong time of year)