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-BAGAN
In the morning, fly to Bagan and 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. Enjoy the sunset from the terraces
of Shwe Sandaw pagoda. Overnight at hotel.
Day3.BAGAN-POPA-BAGAN
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 and overnight at
hotel.
Day4.BAGAN-MANDALAY-AMARAPURA-SAGAING-MANDALAY
Take a morning flight to Mandalay; the last capital of Myanmar
Kings. Upon arrival, proceed to Amarapura (the city of Immortal);
visit the Mahagandayon monastery; famous for Buddhist learning
centre. It is home to a thousand monks, who will from a procession
as they to take their noon and final meal of the day. Amarapura
was the capital of upper Burma until 1850.
As it was the custom, most of the important wooden palaces and
monasteries were taken down and transported to the new capital
in Mandalay. Apart from pagodas that have survived, the ancient
art of silk and cotton weaving, using handlooms is very much
alive and visit U Bein wooden bridge, over 150 years old, which
is still in use.
In the afternoon, proceed to Sagaing and visit silverware making
at Ywahtaung village, Kaunghmudaw pagoda, drive up to Sagaing
hill and visit Umin-thonese pagoda and Son-U-Ponyashin pagoda.
Enjoy the sunset from this pagoda. Overnight at Hotel.
Day5.MANDALAY-MINGUN-MANDALAY
After breakfast, 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.
Day6.MANDALAY-HEHO-KHAUNG DINE-INLE LAKE
In the morning, fly to Heho with domestic airline. After arrival,
drive to Nyaung Shwe; a gateway to northern bank of Inle Lake
(the blue sea of Shan State). Take a long-tailed boat for excursion
on Inle Lake(22 km long and 11 km wide) famous for its unique
one-leg rowers, typical floating gardens, local method of fishing
and village life. Continue visit to Phaung Daw Oo pagoda housing
five sacred and almost shapeless Buddha images because of the
quantity of applied gold leaf, gifts from the believers. In
the afternoon, proceed to the silk weaving village of In Paw
Khon and visit Nga Phe Chaung (one of the oldest monastery around
Inle Lake) with jumping cats. After that, come back to hotel
and you can enjoy the sunset from the middle of the lake with
floating boat. Overnight at hotel.
Day7.INLE LAKE-INDEIN-INLE LAKE-HEHO-YANGON
Another beautifil day on the Lake. Today, visit one of rotating
market and proceed to Indein; upstream the Indein creek for
your excursion by boat. You are passing the beautiful scenery
with tall grasses and little water steps. There are over 1000
ruin pagodas, hide in the bushes will give you an impression
being back to old days. Come back with long shady stairway and
nearby village; you can see the giraffe-lady (we call "
Padaung people") with beautiful brass or silver rings at
their neck.
In the afternoon, come back to hotel and check out. The boat
will bring you back to Nyaung Shwe and transfer to Heho airport
and fly back to Yangon. Upon arrival, transfer to your hotel
for check in and overnight.
Day8.YANGON (departure with evening flight)
After breakfast, sightseeing will start with the famous world
renowned pagoda; the highlight of Yangon. 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 and free at leisure till
transfer to Yangon International Airport for your departure flight.
 
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