Yangon

 

You'll be welcomed by your guide upon arrival and transferred to your hotel. After lunch at a local restaurant,

your tour of Central Yangon featuring National Museum; Chaukhtatgyi, a colossal reclining Buddha;

Karaweik Hall, a concrete structure shaped like a royal barge amidst the waters of Royal Lake (Kandawgyi);

and the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, the most revered by all Buddhists in Myanmar. Then, enjoy your dinner at a

local restaurant and stay overnight at your hotel.

If you arrive by an evening flight, you will be welcomed by your tour guide and transferred to your hotel.

Meal: -/L/D

Day 2 Yangon-Bagan

After breakfast, you will be transferred to the Yangon Airport for your flight to Bagan. Upon arrival, visit

Nyaung U Market; Shwezigon Pagoda, built by King Anawrahta in the early 11th century; Wetkyi-inn

Gubyaukyi Temple with exquisite murals of Jataka scenes. Transfer to your hotel. Enjoy your lunch at a local

restaurant. Afternoon tour includes Manuha Temple, built in a Mon Style in 1059, Nampaya Temple, unique

sandstone edifice said to be the residence of King Manuha; and sunset viewing at Pyatthadagyi Pagoda.

Enjoy your dinner at a local restaurant. Stay overnight at your hotel.

Meal: B/L/D

Day 3 Bagan-Mt Popa-Bagan

Start your day watching the sunrise at Mee Nyein Gone Temple (The name "Mee Nyein Gone" means "the

hill where the fire extinguishes". Return by horse carriage to the hotel for breakfast. Then, take a car trip to

Mount Popa, an extinct volcano claimed to be abode of Nat spirits. On this mountaintop are the pagodas,

shrines and monasteries. Enjoy your lunch at Popa mountain resort. Return to Bagan and visit the

lacquerware industry; and sunset viewing at Shwe San Daw Pagoda. Enjoy your dinner at a local restaurant.

Stay overnight at your hotel.

Meal: B/L/D

Day 4 Bagan-Mandalay

After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your flight to Mandalay. Arrive at Tada Oo International Airport, and

proceed directly to Amarapura (just south of Mandalay); Mahagandayon, a famous Buddhist monastery with

more than a thousand student monks; and 200-year-old U Bein’s teak bridge. Then, continues to Mahamuni

Pagoda in Mandalay, one of the most revered Buddha Images; and a short visit to gold-foil cottage industry.

Check-in at your hotel and enjoy your lunch at a local restaurant. Afternoon sightseeing in Mandalay:

Shwenandaw Monastery with exquisite wood carvings; Kuthodaw Pagoda known as the World's Biggest

Book for its stone slabs of Buddhist scriptures; and Mandalay Hill dotted with pagodas and shrines and a

vantage point for panoramic views of the city and environs. Enjoy your dinner at a local restaurant. Stay

overnight at your hotel in Mandalay.

Meal: B/L/D

Day 5 Mandalay-Mingun

After breakfast, take (11 km; about 1 hour) a trip on a private boat up the Ayeyarwady River to visit Mingun,

a village on the western bank. Tour highlights: very huge but unfinished Pahtodawgyi Pagoda; Mingun Bell,

the world's largest undamaged ringing bell, which weighs 90 tons; Myatheintan Pagoda with seven

concentric terraces. Enjoy your lunch at a local restaurant. Return back to Mandalay. In the afternoon, have

your free time for relaxation and own exploration. Enjoy your dinner and stay overnight at your hotel in

Mandalay.

Meal: B/L/D

Day 6 Mandalay-Heho-Inle

After breakfast, transfer to the airport for flight to Heho. Visit by boat in Inle Lake includes observing unique

leg-rowers, fishing canoes, floating gardens and plantations. Then visit well known Nga Pe Chaung

(Jumping Cat) monastery and silversmith cottage industry. Enjoy your lunch at a local restaurant. Afternoon

visit includes: cheroot-making factory; boat-making carpentry workshop and silk and cotton-weaving

industry. In late afternoon visit famous Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda. Enjoy your dinner and an overnight stay at

your hotel.

Meal: B/L/D

Day 7 Inle-Yangon

After breakfast, start a morning visit to the floating market. After lunch, transfer to the Heho airport for flight

to Yangon. Enjoy your dinner at a local restaurant in Yangon and stay overnight at your hotel.

Meal: B/L/D

Day 8 Yangon-Home

After breakfast, you will be transferred to the airport for departure.

Meal: B/-/-