Its ports of call include Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon, Bagan, Mandalay and Bhamo.

It also visits remote villages and temples close to Myanmar’s border with China.

The launch took place on April 19, 1964, as a river cruiser on the Rhine in Europe.

It was completely redesigned and relaunched at Blohm+Voss in Hamburg by Orient-Express Hotels in 1995.

[1] As of May, 2023 the cruise service remains inoperative due to ongoing civil war in Myanmar.