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The Embodiment of Extravagance
Heritage Line’s Anawrahta is the embodiment of extravagance on Myanmar’s waterways and the most luxurious cruiser in our ship collection. Where delightful Burmese tradition meets British-Colonial elegance – this ultra-lavish ship be right out of one of the famous poems of Rudyard Kipling, as it marries bottomless passion with exhilarating adventure.
Anawrahta spoils its guests with spacious rooms and extraordinary suites, all with large private balcony, painstaking attention to details and design as well as resort-like facilities, such as the vast sun deck with outsized pool or the magnificent open-air bar & lounge. The ship plies the Upper and Central Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy) River as well as the remote Chindwin River with various length of itineraries.
No sailings are available until 08/2023. See schedule.
The Tale
Crafting A Faithful Saga
The saying goes that behind every great man there is a great woman, and so it was for King Anawratha, the father of the Burmese nation. In return for helping his royal neighbor, the King of Pegu, with what would nowadays be called a “business deal,” he was offered the hand of the Pegu king’s beautiful and headstrong daughter, Manisanda. When Manisanda learned her fate …
The saying goes that behind every great man there is a great woman, and so it was for King Anawratha, the father of the Burmese nation. In return for helping his royal neighbor, the King of Pegu, with what would nowadays be called a “business deal,” he was offered the hand of the Pegu king’s beautiful and headstrong daughter, Manisanda. When Manisanda learned her fate, she cried her eyes out and begged her father not to throw her into the arms of a total stranger. But she soon found herself on the way to Anawratha’s court when destiny stepped in, and her eye caught that of a young soldier in her escort. It was love at first sight. But the plot thickened when she discovered that the dashing young soldier was none other than Anawratha’s adopted son, Kyansittha.
“No hanky-panky at my court,” thundered Anawratha when he discovered the liaison between the young lovers, quickly banishing Kyansittha into exile. Then destiny once again kicked in and Anawratha, who was greatly admired but also much feared by his subjects for his ruthless and authoritarian ways, was ambushed and killed by conspirators. The widowed Manisanda, horrified at the thought of having to give up her opulent, stately life, lost no time in marrying Anawrahta’s successor, King Salwu. Besotted with his beautiful wife, Salwu soon gave in to her pleas and recalled Kyansittha from exile. Now, Salwu was not the sharpest crayon in the box.
But one day the penny finally dropped, and he realized that Manisanda and Kyansittha were in much more than a platonic, mother and son relationship. So Kyansittha was once again given the boot, and for the second time had to bid farewell to the inconsolable Manisanda. But fate had a soft spot for Kyansittha, because he quickly rose to the rank of general and, proving his valor on the battlefield, vanquished Salwu and crowned himself the new king of Pagan. His first act as king was to claim the beautiful queen as his own, and, as in all the best fairy tales, Manisanda, Kyansittha, and their many children lived happily ever after. Today Anawratha and Kyansittha are reunited, side by side at the prow of this marvelous vessel in the two magnificent suites named after them.
AT A GLANCE
Premier high-class facilities on Myanmar’s finest river cruise ship
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DECKS & FACILITIES
- Sun Deck
- Terrace Deck
- Upper Deck
- Main Deck
DECKS & FACILITIES
- Sun Deck
- Terrace Deck
- Upper Deck
- Main Deck
DECKS & FACILITIES
- Sun Deck
- Terrace Deck
- Upper Deck
- Main Deck
