Beauty of Myanmar (10 D)

Beauty of Myanmar (10 days/9 nights)

Description

  • Day 1: Arrival Yangon
  • Day 2: Yangon - Mandalay
  • Day 3: Mandalay - Sagaing - Amarapura
  • Day 4: Mandalay - Mingun
  • Day 5: Mandalay - Bagan
  • Day 6: Bagan
  • Day 7: Bagan - Heho - Inle Lake
  • Day 8: Inle Lake - Indein
  • Day 9: Inle Lake - Yangon
  • Day 10: Yangon, departure

Detailed Itinerary



Arrive in Yangon and check through immigration and customs. Welcomed by your English speaking guide. Exotic welcome with jasmine flowers garlands will be offered.

Welcome gift: A red Paoh one of the Shan tribe’s shoulder bag with a Myanmar map.

Transfer to your hotel and check in.

Visit to 68 meter long reclining Buddha.

Then proceed to Shwe Dagon Pagoda. Take the stairways of Northern entrance with the local people and pass by religious offertories shops such as Buddha statues, altars, flower pots and bowls.

At the entrance of the pagoda, you will receive a lotus flower or jasmine flowers garlands.

Visit the famous Shwe Dagon Pagoda, a breath-taking and peaceful sight with a Zen atmosphere, visited by Buddhists from all over Myanmar.

Return to your hotel and overnight in Yangon.


Breakfast at the hotel (or) breakfast box provide by your hotel depend on your domestic flight time.

Transfer to the airport for morning domestic flight from Yangon to Mandalay.

Arrive to Mandalay Airport and depart to Amarapura for explore the ancient city.

Then continue to Mahagandayon Monastery, where more than 450 monks & novices living and studying Buddhism there we going to catch their lunch time for monastic life photos.

Start visit to about 160 year’s old the world longest wooden Teak Bridge 1.2 km (U Bein Bridge) for a nice promenade on the teak bridge across on the lake of Taungthaman.

Transfer to your hotel and check in.

Afternoon, continue visit to the Mya Nan San Kyaw Palace and stroll around Mandalay old Palace area.

Then continue visit to the Shwe Nandaw monastery with its beautiful woodcarvings of 18th century.

Visit to Kuthodaw Pagoda with 729 stone slabs which are famous as World’s biggest book, which it recognized by UNESCO in 2013.

Transfer to a Mandalay Hill to enjoy the sunset with miraculous views of the city.

Return to your hotel and overnight in Mandalay.


Breakfast at your hotel.

Visit to gold-leaf making place, an impressive beating process to get extra thin gold leaves.

Continue visit to Maha Muni pagoda, one of the significant bronze Buddha statue thickly covered by gold leaves.

Then visit to the nunnery at Sagaing, to discover the ways of life of Buddhist nuns.

Continue visit to Uminthonesel, Sagaing Hill and enjoy stunning panoramic views.

Transfer to Ava for 45 minutes by car. Take a ferry boat for 5 minutes to across the river.

Visit to the ancient capital Ava by horse-carts, passing through the beautiful villages with wooden and bamboo houses.

Promenade in Ava village and Bagaya monastery, 18the century wooden monastery and Me Nu Oak Kyaung (Brick Monastery).

Return to your hotel and overnight in Mandalay.


Breakfast at the hotel.

Transfer to the Mandalay jetty and embark a local private boat for a cruise about an hour on the famous Ayeyarwaddy River to Mingun village, visit to the world largest brick pile unfinished Mingun Pahto Daw Gyi pagoda cracked down by earthquake, the world 3rd Biggest Bell (90 tons), Mya Thein Tan Pagoda, then walk back to jetty and downstream boat trip to Mandalay. On the way back interesting to discover the busy river life with boats, sometimes bamboo and teak rafts.

Transfer to the hotel and free leisure the rest of the day.

Overnight in Mandalay.


Breakfast at the hotel.

Transfer to the airport for early morning flight. Arrive at Bagan where over 3,000 temples and pagodas are scattered on an awe-inspiring plain beside the river.

First visit to Nyaung Oo local green vegetable and fruit market then heading to 10th century prototype of pagoda Shwezigon the most significant pagoda in Bagan then visit to the lacquer-ware factory, one of the best-known Myanmar handicrafts and a specialty of Bagan.

Transfer to your hotel for check in.

Late afternoon, continue visit to Ananda temple, the masterpiece temple of the Bagan period.

Transfer to the jetty for Ayeyarwaddy sunset river cruise. Enjoy the beautiful sunset.

Return to your hotel and overnight in Bagan.


Option : An incredible experience by hot air Balloons over the forest of pagodas to enjoy the magic beauty of Bagan at sunrise. A gentle landing will be followed by a glass of champagne.

***Necessary to do reservation many months ahead: ***

Breakfast at the hotel.

Visit to Pha Saw village the best way to discover daily of life of local people. Stroll around the local villages.

Visit Dhamayangyi Temple the most massive building in Bagan.

Then back to the hotel and time at leisure.

Late afternoon, horse cart ride passing through by marvelous of Bagan, including visit to the wonderful old wooden monastery of Taung Bi Nat Htaung Kyaung dating back to the 19th century.

Enjoy the magic beauty of Sunset Time from the View Mount (Nyaung Lat phat Kan).

Drive back to your hotel and overnight in Bagan.


Breakfast at the hotel.

Morning transfer to the airport and check-in for flight to Heho.

Arrive in Heho & transfer to Nyaung Shwe, the main entrance Town of Inle Lake.

On the way to Nyaung Shwe Photo stop at 160years old Shwe Yan Pyay wooden monastery.

Then check in your hotel.

Continue visit to the lake by long tail boats for a visit to local cheroot making house, wooden Boat making workshop, blacksmith workshop, a lotus and silk weaving centre, the one and only place in the world where we can find hand-made fabrics from the fibers of lotus stems.

Promenade by boats between Inthas Villages & floating gardens.

Overnight in Inle Lake.


Breakfast at the hotel.

Early morning visit to 5 days market, the rendezvous of tribes live around lake area.

Navigate to Indein village, village of Paohs tribes. It is a bit early departure from hotel to arrive to the site before the other tourists.

Visit to Indein archeological site with abandoned pagodas and its bamboo groves.

On the way back visit to Silversmith, mulberry paper (Shan Paper) & Umbrella workshop there you can see Ring Neck Lady (Padang Tribe) weaving too.

Return to hotel and overnight in Inle Lake.


Breakfast at the hotel.

Transfer to Heho airport. Check-in for the flight to Yangon.

Continue to the Scott’s market (Bogyoke Market), the biggest arts and crafts market in Myanmar. (***Open daily except Monday and public holidays)

Visit to Colonial quarter and down town area.

Transfer to your hotel for check in and overnight in Yangon.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Free time until transfer to the airport.

Transfer to the Yangon International airport for the return flight.

Inclusions

Include in the program:

Rooms double/twin sharing rooms with breakfast in the hotels mentioned in the program.

English speaking guide for the whole trip

All transfers in cars, boats and flights as mentioned in the program

Ava ferry fare and horse cart

Mingun boat fare

Private sunset boat

Promenade by bike or Horse cart at Bagan for 2 hours

The entrance fees for the visits mentioned in the program

4 domestic flights : Yangon - Mandalay, Mandalay - Bagan, Bagan- Heho (Inle lake), Heho - Yangon on either Air Mandalay or Air Bagan or Asian Wings or Air Kanbawza including the fuel and the insurance surcharge (Domestic flight times can change without any prior notices)

Exclusions

Not include in the program:

Meals

Drinks

Tips to guides, drivers, boatman, porters etc…

All other costs not mentioned in the program

Travel Insurance

The international air tickets

The visa fee