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Tour Code: T-HRT-001(A)
Extension with Kyaing Tong
14 Days / 13 Nights in Myanmar
YANGON-HEHO-PINDAYA-INLELAKE-KYAINGTONG-MANDALAY-MINGUN-MANDALAY-AMARAPURA-SAGAING-MONYWA-PAKOKKU-BAGAN-POPA-SALE-BAGAN-YANGON
Day1. YANGON (arrival 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.
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-HEHO-PINDAYA-INLE (by 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. In the afternoon, visit the paper umbrella and
traditional Shan paper cottage industry. In the evening, drive back
to Nyaung Shwe;a gateway town to the northern bank of Inle Lake (
appr: 3&1/2 hours ).Take a boat and check into your hotel and
overnight at Hotel.
Day3. 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 monateries) with jumping cats. Overnight at Hotel.
Day4. INLE LAKE-KYAING TONG (by morning flight)
After breakfast, the boat will bring you back to the Northern bank
of Inle Lake. Upon arrival, transfer to Heho airport and fly to
Kyaing Tong. Upon arrival, check into your hotel. In the afternoon,
Kyaing Tong sightseeing stats with Mahar Myat Muni Pagoda; beside of
this pagoda, you can visit a monastery where young novices are
chanting with one of old Shan Language. Visit the Shan Lacquer-ware
that varies from Bagn lacquer-ware and selling the finest items with
high-prices. Come back to hotel and overnight at Hotel.
Day5. KYAING TONG-PINDAUK-KYAING TONG
After breakfast take the car about 45 minutes for a hiking tour into
the Pin Tauk area. The area is lush mixed monsoon forest with a view
of the plain rice fields looking like a huge, green patchwork
blanket. Visit the villages of Akha and Enn tribes. Some are
baptized, some tribes still animists. The walk is not difficult and
can be done slowly. They live on the higher slopes. The local guide
will introduce you to the villagers. It will take about 4 hours to
visit the villages. Take linch at Pin Tauk water-fall. On the way
back, visit Palaung tribe village (Wan Pauk).Late afternoon come
back to Kyaing Tong and overnight at Hotel.
Day6. KYAING TONG-LOI TRIBE-KYAING TONG
After breakfast, drive (appr: 2 hours) on the road to Maila; which
is a border town at the Chinese Border. The car will stop at a
junction. From there it will take 1 hour hike to Wan Nyat village,
one of the Loi Tribe villages. The Loi prefer to live in huge long
houses, including at least 5 families. Before visiting the Lois
there is an old monastery, a very beautiful one and very different
fro the other monasteries .One hour from there is another Loi
village (Wang Seng). Scenery is beautiful and hiking is not
difficult. Return to Kyaing Tong (appr: 17:30).Overnight at Hotel.
Day7. KYAING TONG-MANDALAY (by afternoon flight)
Early morning, visit the lively central market offering a mixture of
local products, handicraft wares of the tribal folk and merchandise
from Thailand and China. Then drive to Naung Tong Lake; one of the
recreation centre for the young people in Kyaing Tong. Then,
transfer to airport and fly to Mandalay. Upon arrival, check into
your hotel and overnight.
Day8. 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 Mandalay Palace, Golden monastery, Kuthodaw pagoda
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.
Day9. MANDALAY-AMARAPURA-SAGAING-MONYWA
After breakfast, morning sightseeing starts with gold-leaf making
and visit the famous Maharmuni Image: you can see how pious Myanmar
people are; the thick layer of gold-leaves at the Image. And then,
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 for
breath-taking view. 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.
Day10. 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 walls 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.
DAY11. BAGAN
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.
Day12. 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&1/2 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.
Day13. BAGAN-YANGON (by morning flight)
After breakfast, transfer to Bagan airport 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
reclining 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. Enjoy your sunset from pagoda platform. Overnight at Hotel.
Day14. YANGON (departure with morning flight)
The tour ends with breakfast this morning and transfer to International
airport.
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