Day1.YANGON (with morning flight)
After your arrival in Yangon, check into your hotel. A uniformed
host will invite you a welcome drink and collect your tour program
from our tour guide.
Morning sightseeing includes all the famous landmarks: Sule Pagoda,
City Hall, Mahar Bandula Park, Queen Anne style high-court and
downtown area. In the afternoon, visit China Town area with various
local foods, Indian ward with various street sellers and drive
to Mawtin Jetty. Take a walk along the busy Yangon River and enjoy
the sunset. Overnight at Hotel.
Day2. YANGON-BAGAN (by morning flight)
In early morning, domestic flight will take you to Bagan. Sightseeing
start 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 Nan Phaya temple, Manuha
temple, Myingaba Gyubyaukgyi temple, Shwegyugyi temple and Thabinnyu
temple. Enjoy the sunset of Bagan from Shwesandaw Pagoda. Overnight
at Hotel.
Day3. BAGAN
After breakfast, Bagan sightseeing continue to Minnanthu village
and visit 13th A.D style pagodas and see the daily activities
of local people at Pwa-saw village. Visit Lawkananda pagoda
and Ashae-Pet-leik and Anauk-Pet-leik Pagadas. In the afternoon,
visit the lacquer ware factory, Sulamani temple, Dhamayangyi
temple and enjoy the sunset of Bagan. Overnight at Hotel.
Day4. BAGAN-POPA-SALE-BAGAN
After breakfast, 1 hour drive to Popa (home for the 37 nats).At
the bottom of the Mt.Popa, visit the enshrining place of 37
nats in life-sized statues. And then, climb up 737m high Popa
Mountain plug with shady stairway.On top, you will see very
pleasant panoramic view of surrounding areas. In the afternoon,
drive to Sale about 1& ½ hours. Upon arrival, visit famous
Sale Yoke Sone monastery with nice woodcarving and collection
of palm-leaf manuscripts, Buddha images and lacquer-ware boxes.
You can also visit large Hni-Phaya (Buddha image made of saw-dust).In
the evening, drive back to Bagan and enjoy the sunset. Overnight
at Hotel.
Day5. BAGAN-MANDALAY-AMARAPURA-SAGAING-MANDALAY (by morning
flight)
Take a morning flight to Mandalay. Upon arrival, proceed to
Amarapura(the city of Immortal)and visit Mahargandayon monastery
,famous U Bein Bridge and silk-weaving factory. 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.
Day6. MANDALAY-MINGUN-MANDALAY
After breakfast, excursion to Mingun, 12km away from Mandalay
and a very pleasant boat trip with plenty to see along the Ayarwaddy
River. Tour highlight with Mingun bell(90 tons),Myatheindan
pagoda and Phahtodawgyi Pagoda: an enormous unfinished temple.
In the afternoon, visit King Mindon's Myanansankyaw Palace site
of Konbaung dynasty, Golden monastery, Kuthodaw pagods with
729 stone tablets(known as World's Biggest Book).Finally, drive
up to Mandalay hill(Anti-ageing hill)and take a panoramic view
of Mandalay city. Overnight at Hotel.
Day7. MANDALAY-HEHO-PINDAYA (with morning flight)
Morning flight will take you to Heho airport and drive to Pindaya
(appr: 2&1/2 hours).Upon arrival, visit famous Pindaya Cave
with 8049 Buddha images. You can also visit paper umbrella and
traditional Shan paper cottage industry. In the afternoon, start
the half-day trekking to Htut-Ni (Pa-O village). You can see
tealeaf plantation, banana, papaya, cauliflower, oranges and
other vegetables. You can visit to a local house and chat with
the people and children. In the evening, back to the hotel and
overnight at Hotel.
Day8. PINDAYA-INLE LAKE-INDEIN-INLE LAKE
After breakfast, drive back to Nyaung Shwe; a gateway town to
the Northern bank of Inle Lake (appr: 3&1/2 hours).Upon
arrival, check into your hotel. And then, proceed to Indein
village upstream to Indein creek. You can visit over 1000 ruined
pagodas with a long stairway. In the evening, drive back to
hotel and overnight at Hotel.
Day9.INLE LAKE
After your breakfast, visit 22km long and 11km wide Inle Lake(the
blue sea of Shan State).visit Inpaw Khon village for its traditional
silk-weaving, Nan-Pan village for its cheroot making, blacksmith
and boat making. In the afternoon, visit the famous Phaung-Daw-Oo
pagoda, Ywa-ma village for its silversmith, floating farms and
gardens, floating huts and famous Nga-Pe-Chaung monastery (one
of the oldest one in Inle Lake) with jumping cats. Overnight
at Hotel.
Day10.INLE LAKE-HEHO-YANGON (with morning flight)
After breakfast, transfer to Heho and fly back to Yangon. Upon
arrival, check into your hotel and visit Scott Market one of
the famous shopping centre in Yangon, 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 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. Overnight
at Hotel.
Day11. YANGON (departure with morning flight)
The tour ends with breakfast this morning and transfer to International
airport.
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