YANGON – BAGAN – MANDALAY – INLE LAKE – YANGON
You are closely knit the Myanmar people’s life by this tour. Since it is made of multi transportation, it will lay open parts of exotic Myanmar not often visited by tourists.
Start City : Yangon
End City : Yangon
Duration : 14 days 13 nights
Private Tour : Departure daily upon your request
Transportation : Flight, Private Car, Private Boat, Trekking, Pony Cart, Train, Boat, Bus
Day 1: Departure
Welcomed by our guide and transfer to your hotel.
Overnight in Yangon.
Day 2
After breakfast at the hotel, start sightseeing by walking around the city center to enjoy the city being busy with the sellers on the street , the pedestrians and Colonial Style buildings.
The whole day is the brief tour to famous Landmarks
CHAUKHATKYI PAGODA , the colossal reclining Buddha and
BOTATHAUNG PAGODA overlooked the pleasant water front of the river
KARAWEIK HALL & ROYAL LAKE for Photo stop
Explore BOGYOKE MARKET (SCOTT MARKET) which is the best place for shopping in our country.
Then transfer to the train station to take overnight train to Mandalay (ETD5pm ETA10am).
Day 3
Arrival Mandalay.Welcomed by our guide at the train station and transfer to the local tea shop to take breakfast. Then transfer to your hotel. After refreshment, start sightseeing. Spend your whole afternoon by visiting major sites in Mandalay. Sightseeing for Mandalay will include most of the city’s outstanding historical and cultural sites
MAHAMUNI PAGODA, famous for its life like Buddha image
MARBLE SCULPTURE
GOLD LEAF MAKING CENTRE;
KU-THO-DAW PAGODA, known as the world’s biggest book;
SHWE-NANDAW MONASTERY (GOLDEN MONASTERY), famous for its wood carving; and
KYAUK-TAW-GYI PAGODA, with a huge image of Buddha carved out of a single marble boulder
Evening highlights is MANDALAY HILL where you can enjoy sunset and 360 degree view of Mandalay from the top.
Overnight in Mandalay.
Day 4
After breakfast at the hotel, start sightseeing. Immerse yourselves on a boat tour along Ayerwaddy River to visit Mingun. Then continue walking tour in Mingun . The main highlights are
PONDAW PAYA, a five meter high working model for gigantic structure;
SETTAWYA PAYA, the vaulted shrine with a footprint of the Buddha;
MINGUN PAHTOTAWGYI PAYA, one of the world’s largest chides built by BodawPaya.
MINGUN BELL, weighing 90 tons known as the world largest ringing bell;
HSINBYUME PAYA also known as MYA THEIN TAN PAGODA, a representation of the SulamaniPaya which stands atop Mt. Meru.
Then come back to Mandalay by boat.
After lunch, proceed to Sagaing. On the way, visit SILK WEAVING CENTER.
Sagaing main highlights are
KAUNG-MHU-DAW PAGODA, an enormous dome shaped pagoda ,
SAGAING HILLS, where lots of Buddhist monasteries are situated. From there, the view is spectacular – you will see the Ayeywarwady River, numerous pagodas and monasteries. Major tourist attraction in Sagaing Hill is U MIN THONZE Pagoda, one of the more distinctive complexes.
Next stop is MAHA-GANDAR-YONE MONASTERY.
Evening highlights is U BEIN BRIDGE – built of teak logs and planks over 200 years ago by the Mayor U Bein. You can enjoy sunset there.
Overnight in Mandalay.
Day 5
After breakfast at hotel, transfer to the Bagan jetty to take boat to Mandalay(ETD6:30 ETA16:00) along the Ayerwaddy River, the lifeblood of Myanmar people. It will be a relaxation trip for you. Spend most of your time by enjoying beautiful sceneries of Ayerwaddy. On arrival transfer to the hotel.
Overnight in Mandalay.
Day 6
Today sightseeing offers a close observation to the daily life of Myanmar people at a market and the rich architecture at the most famous pagodas in Bagan. At first, Bagan Sightseeing starts with busy NYAUNG-U MARKET which is a local market in the village of Nyaung U to the northeast ofBagan. The Nyaung U Market provides great photo opportunity, and also the chance for tourists to mingle with the local Myanmar people, and watch how they conduct their daily lives. Then enjoy the rest of your time dedicated to discovering Bagan temples. The main highlights are
SHWE-ZIGON PAGODA, the prototype of later Myanmar stapes
KYAN-SIT-THA U-MIN, a tunnel with attractive mural paintings
ANANDA TEMPLE, the architectural masterpiece of a millennium
THAT-BYIN-NYU TEMPLE, the tallest in Bagan.
DHAMMA-YANGYI TEMPLE, famous for its fine brick works
LACQUARE WORKSHOP
Spend the evening at the top of SHWE-SAN-DAW PAGODA for a superb sunset view.
Overnight in Bagan.
Day 8
After breakfast at the hotel, transfer to the bus station to take bus to Kalaw (ETD8:00 ETA13:00). On the way to Kalaw , you can enjoy delightful scenery of hill station. On arrival, welcome by our guide and transfer to your hotel. The rest of afternoon will be filled with visit to
KALAW MARKET where you can enjoy various tribes of Shan selling their local products and
HNEE PAGODA.
One can also enjoy the beauty of Kalaw including ever green Pine Tree and Colonial Style Building.
Overnight in Kalaw.
Day 9
After breakfast at the hotel, transfer to the starting point. On arrival proceed trekking. This trekking will help you getting away from heat of downtown and can discover the tranquil beauty of real village lives and Shan tribes. During trekking, one needs to pass tea leaves and orange plantation grown on the slopes.
Overnight in a village with very simple facilities.
Trekking hour – 6 hour
Meals provided – Lunch, Dinner
Day 10
After breakfast at the village house, continue your trekking trip. One have a chance to visit the villages of Palaung, Danu, Pao and TaungYoe and enjoy their traditional ways of lives. And the whole trek will be filled with beautiful sceneries – an agricultural plateau with forested ridges and traditional farming in the valleys.
Overnight in a village with very simple facilities.
Trekking hour – 6 hours
Meals provided – Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 11
This morning enjoys breakfast at your host village house and observe the morning activities of the village. Then it’s time to set off on another great day of trekking. During trekking, you can enjoy rural lives of Shan tribes up close. On arrival to Inle, transfer to the hotel by boat. Evening as leisure.
Overnight in NyaungShwe or On the lake.
Trekking hour – 5 hours
Meals provided – Breakfast , Lunch
Day 12
After breakfast at hotel, start Inlelake sightseeing by boat. This sightseeing offers an excellent opportunity to observe Myanmar rural life up-close. Inle lake sightseeing will be filled with visit to the
PHAUNG-DAW-OO PAGODA, the most important symbol of religion of Shan State
NGA-PHE-CHAUNG MONASTERY , attractive wooden monastery
FLOATING VILLAGES (INNPAW KHONE, POUK PAR, YWA MA, KHAR TAW)
A visit to these sights provides deep insight into how the people on the lake make their livings. So you can enjoy Unique One Leg rower fisherman, Loctus and silk weaving, boat making, and cheroot making.
After lunch proceed to Indein. And take a short trek to Indein Pagoda. On the way, you can enjoy the serene atmosphere as you wander through artfully scattered 8th century Pagodas in ruins covered by trees and bushes. Then observe Intha tribes Village lives and enjoy the local market along the shore. And then transfer to the hotel by boat.
Overnight in NyaungShwe or On the lake.
Day 13
After breakfast , transfer to the airport to take flight to Yangon. On arrival, transfer to the hotel.After some refreshment, transfer to the city’s jetty to take short ferry boat ride to Dalah. On the boat you will stand among vendors selling fruit,fried snacks , knickknacks and fresh-rolled cheroots and cigarettes. On arrival to Dalah, sightseeing with trishaw and explore local lives of our Myanmar people. After that come back to Yangon to enjoy sunset at SHWEDAGON PAGODA, the soul of Yangon.
Day 14
Leisure and transfer to the airport for your International Departure.
