|
Day1.
YANGON (arrival with morning flight)
Upon arrival at Yangon, check into your hotel. A uniformed host
will invite you a welcome drink and collect your tour program
from our tour guide.
City tour includes downtown and Rangoon's riverfront. On the
way see many of the remarkable sites of the colonial and religious
past of this garden city. Old Rangoon was Dr. William Montgomery's
design. He was the army superintendent surgeon and learnt his
city planning skills from Sir Stanford Raffles in Singapore.
Buildings of heritage in Yangon are now listed for protection.
The old city centre includes:
Yangon City Hall, designed by U Tin in 1925, the Strand Road
with the Moorish arched General Post Office, The red brick Customs
House, the towered Port Authority, The Queen Anne style Civil
Court, the red brick General Hospital built in 1911 and the
Railway Station. Take a break at hotel.
In the afternoon,visit China Town area with various local foods,
Indian ward with various street sellers and drive to Mawtin
Jetty and take a rickshaw for a short trip along the Rangoon
River that offers a remarkable atmosphere with spectacular colors
for Kodak moment. Overnight at hotel.
Day2.
YANGON-MANDALAY-MINGUN-MANDALAY
Take a morning flight to Mandalay; the last capital of Myanmar
Kings. Mandalay still remains as a cultural centre. Upon arrival
check into your hotel and drive to Kywezon jetty to watch the
busy riverside activity and take a local riverboat to the ancient
capital of Mingun(app. 1 hour per way). Visit the Settawya pagoda,
walk to the huge Mingun Bell(90 tons), see the nearby unfinished
Mingun pagoda and visit the Hsinbyume pagoda, a reproduction
of the mythological Mt.Meru.Then come back to Mandalay and In
the afternoon, visit the down town area with the sprawling old
Zegyo Market, designed in 1903 by Count Caldari, the picturesque
open air market west of Zegyo, the Shwenandaw Golden Palace
monastery noted for its exquisite wood carving, Kuthodaw pagoda
with 729 stone tablets (known as the World's Biggest Book) and
finally drive up to Mandalay hill (Anti-ageing hill) and take
a panoramic view of Mandalay city. Overnight at Hotel.
Day3.
MANDALAY-SAGAING-MONYWA
After breakfast, drive to Sagaing passing through Amarapura
(the city of Immortals) and drop at famous U Bein Wooden Bridge;
over 150 years old, which is sill in use. Then drive to Sagaing
over crossing the Ayeyarwaddy River with famous Ava Bridge.
Upon arrival, drive up to Sagaing Hill (a retreat for Buddhist
devotees with numerous pagodas and monasteries including nunnery)
and visit Umin Thonese pagoda: which has 45 sitting Buddha images
in a row, and Son U Ponnyashin pagoda with outstanding panoramic
view over the city and majestic Ayeyarwaddy River.
Then proceed to Monywa. On the way, you can visit Kaunghmudaw
pagoda; a big dome shape which was built by King Tharlon in
1636. Then, drive to Monywa; located on the bank of Chindwin
River and one of the big capital in Myanmar. On the way, you
will see another discovery channel like in Australia. Check
into your hotel and overnight.
Day4.
MONYWA-PAKOKKU-BAGAN
Early morning, drive to Thanboddhay Temple, unique in all of
Myanmar, highly decorated with 500,000 Buddha images just like
Buddha museum dated back from the 17th century .Proceed to Alantayar
(big reclining Buddha image) and visit 1000 Bodhi trees.And
then drive to Pakokku (appr; 5 hours) passing through plain
zone. Visit Pakhangyi; a town with old city wall and a small
museum, Pakangyi wooden monastery with 332 teak pillars and
stop at Yaesagyo to learn the incense-sticks making. In the
afternoon, transfer to a private boat at the jetty and cross
the mighty Ayeyarwaddy river to Bagan (appr: 2 hours).Overnight
at Hotel.
Day5.
BAGAN
After breakfast, Bagan sightseeing starts with Nyaung Oo local
market, Shwezigon Pagoda, a prototype of real Myanmar stupa,
built in 1087.Wetgyiin Gyubyaukgyi for its famous Jatakas mural
painting, Htilominlo temple for its plaster carvings and famous
Ananda temple with four standing Buddha Images. In the afternoon,
visit the lacquer ware factory in New Bagan,Nan Phaya temple,
Manuha temple, Myingaba Gyubyaukgyi temple, Shwegyugyi temple
and Thabinnyu temple. And enjoy the sunset of Bagan from Shwesandaw
Pagoda. Overnight at Hotel.
Day6.
BAGAN-POPA-BAGAN-YANGON (by evening flight)
After breakfast, drive to Mt. Popa (appr.1 ½ hour). On the way
visit some villages and watch the collection of juice from the
toddy-palm trees, and its fermentation onto palm sugar, and
producing of peanut oil for cooking from the ox mill going round.
Upon arrival, visit Mt.Popa plug: Near the great extinct volcano,
the solitary volanic crag of Mt.Popa is home to Myanmar's most
powerful "Nats". At the bottom visit the Nat Museum
with its life-sized statues of the 37 Nats. Walk up 777 steps
to the top with shady stairway, seeing many pilgrams along the
way. In the afternoon, drive back to Bagan airport and fly back
to Yangon. Upon arrival, transfer to your hotel and check in
and overnight.
Day7.
YANGON (departure with evening flight)
Yangon sightseeing continues with the famous world renowned
pagoda; the highlight of Yangon. The Shwedagon pagoda described
by Somerset Maugham: "The Shwedagon rose superb, glistening
with its gold, like a sudden hope in the dark night of the soul
of which the mystics write, glistening against the fog and smoke
of the thriving city". This massive bell-shaped stupa rises
nearly 100 meters above its hill-top surroundings. Wander through
this magnificent structure and its courtyards, stupa, bells,
temples and Buddha images and see religious and secular visitors
from all parts of the globe. Shwedagon has become the symbol
of Myanmar. And visit Chaukhtatgyi Pagoda (72m long Buddha image),Karawaik
Hall(designed as a Royal Floating Barge on Royal Lake) for Kodak
moment and finally visit the famous shopping centre in Yangon;
the Scott Market and come back to hotel.
In the afternoon, you have time to repack all of your belonging
and you are ready to leave from Myanmar and we feel so sad to
say "Goodbye!"
And app. (17:00) transfer to Yangon International Airport for
your departure.
 
|
|
