Duration: 9 Days/ 8 Nights
Tour Route: Yangon-Inle Lake-Bagan-Mt. Popa-Mandalay
Starting from $ 740 per Pax in twin sharing room (Based on 6 pax)
Upon your arrival, our staff welcomes you at the airport with your name board and transfer to hotel for check in. Spend your first night in Yangon for leisure. Overnight in Yangon.
Accommodation: Hotel in Yangon
Meals: NIL
After breakfast at hotel, transfer to Yangon Railway station to take local circular train journey to the outskirts of town (approx. 3 hours ride). A ride on the circular train will give you a unique perspective on daily life in the city and the area around it. During the short trip, you will see the scenery change from city to rural, and pass by ponds, villages and scenes of farm life. Disembark to visit Insein Market where a variety of street vendors sell colorful wares. Enjoy exploring the market and meeting the friendly locals before returning by road to Yangon.
In the afternoon, starts an orientation tour of downtown Yangon and visit Mahabandoola Park, and nearby Town Hall. Then, learn about the mixture of churches, mosques, Sule Pagoda and stroll along the old quarter and magnificent colonial buildings. Then, take a break and enjoy snack and tea at local tea shop. Next, visit Chaukhtatgyi Reclining Buddha. Then, visit Bogyoke Aung San Market (Scott Market), a pleasant covered market containing crafts from all corners of Myanmar, gems, fabrics and more. (The market is closed on Mondays and public holidays).
Finally, visit Shwedagon Pagoda, the finest of Yangon and perhaps the most stunning religious edifice in the world. Take your time to enjoy seeing this impressive feature and watching local people. As the sun sets, the reddish golden rays of Shwedagon reflect on everything around and turning into a magical arena. Great photo time & a moment to take away with you. Transfer to your hotel. Overnight in Yangon.
Accommodation: Hotel in Yangon
Meals: Breakfast
After breakfast at Hotel, transfer to Yangon airport for a flight to Heho. On arrival, drive to hotel in Nyaung Shwe with visit Shwe Yay Pyay Monastery one the way.
After refreshment at hotel, start an excursion by boat on Inle Lake admiring the view of famous leg-rowers, typical floating farms and gardens, local methods of fishing and village life. Don’t miss it; it’s a great photo time! Visit Phaungdawoo Pagoda which houses the five most revered Buddha Images in the southern Shan State, next the weaving village of Inpawkhon village then stop at Nampan village to observe the locals make cigars and boats, and Nga Phe Kyaung Monastery. Return to hotel. Overnight in Inle Lake.
Accommodation: Hotel in Inle
Meals: Breakfast
After breakfast at hotel, visit five-day rotation market (if it is taken place in Inle on that day), afterward, the boat takes you through a long channel and passing plenty of farms, local farmers and boatmen. Then leading to the hidden Indein Pagoda Complex. Located on the shore of the lake, this site consists of hundreds of small stupas overgrown by moss and greens. Take a relaxing stroll through a bamboo forest! Awe inspiring and so photogenic! The population density in Indein is very little and the villagers earn their living with agriculture and you will see their traditional lifestyle.
Continue on foot and pass rice fields to the village of Sae Ma, stopping to explore the village and the local school. In the afternoon, meet the people in the village on the lake and travel to one of the monasteries to observe the monastic activities.
Then, we travel to Mine Thauk floating village. Take a walk along wooden bridge @ a little U Bein and a canoe ride around Mine Thauk village among floating gardens and Intha houses. Also witness the local life of Inle Lake people. Afterwards, return by boat to hotel. Overnight in Inle.
Accommodation: Hotel in Inle
Meals: Breakfast
After breakfast at hotel, transfer to bus station for a public bus from Inle to Bagan. The journey takes approximately 7-8 hours, 339 km). You will arrive at Bagan in the late afternoon, transfer to hotel for check in and the rest of the day at leisure. Overnight in Bagan.
Accommodation: Hotel in Bagan
Meals: Breakfast
Today we discover Bagan – the land of thousands antiquated pagodas, one after another among green bushes. Start our trip by visiting Shwezigon Pagoda, the first gold pagoda built in Burma enshrining Gautama Buddha’s relics and Ananda Temple, the home of four huge Buddha standing statues – each face one of the four cardinal directions. Afterward, more temple visitations are carried out as we take you to Gubyaukgyi Temple at Myinkaba – an Indian style pagoda built in 1113 whose exteriors are still in good condition, Htilominlo Temple whose name means “blessings of the three worlds” containing four Buddha images facing four directions on its first floor, and Sulamini Temple – a Buddhist edifice rebuilt in 1994 from which Htilominlo Temple was built after.
In the afternoon, what you will not miss today also include Thatbyinnyu – the tallest temple with the spire rising up to 61 meters. Afternoon time is spent to get face to face with the big temple dated back to 1170 AD, the Dhammayangyi. Then the Mingalazedi, the last of the large pagodas built in the 13th Century.
During this day trip, our tour guide shall help you to go through monasteries and temples where monks doing their normal life. Your chance to capture photos as much as you can. Finally, enjoy unforgettable sunset with the snacks and a glass of wine at sunset Garden Restaurant. Overnight in Bagan.
Accommodation: Hotel in Bagan
Meals: Breakfast
After breakfast at hotel, drive to Mt. Popa (58 km – appr. 1½ hrs. drive). On the way, visit some local villages and watch the collection of juice from the palm trees, and its conversion into palm sugar. Visit the great extinct volcano. Rising out of the shimmering heat, the solitary volcanic crag of Mt. Popa is home to Myanmar’s most powerful “nats “. Visit the Nat Museum with its life-sized statues of the 37 Nat Gods. Walk up the steps to the stupas and shrines that top the hill above the museum, seeing many pilgrims along the way.
Afterwards, continue drive to Mandalay (145 km – appr. 4 hrs drive). Enjoy the pleasant scenery along the way to Mandalay.
After refreshment at hotel, transfer to Mandalay Hill to enjoy the glorious sunset views of the city and the Irrawaddy River from the top of Mandalay Hill. Back to Hotel and overnight in Mandalay.
Accommodation: Hotel in Mandalay
Meals: Breakfast
After breakfast, head to ancient capital of Amarapura, a royal capital founded before Mandalay. Firstly, visit Mahagandayon Monastery; every day at mid-morning, monks and novices line up to receive their daily offering of alms and food from faithful Buddhists. Then, proceed to two-century old U-Bein Teak Bridge on the Taungtaman Lake. Take a leisurely walk over the bridge and enjoy the panoramic view of Taungthaman Lake and surrounding. Next visit Weaving Industries, a traditional silk & cotton weaving.
Afterwards, drive back to Mandalay and visit Mahamuni Paya, the most revered Buddha statue in entire Myanmar. The whole image, except, the face is covered with thick layers of gold foils; a token of the devotees’ intense faith to Buddha. Worshippers flock daily to the shrine at four in the morning to observe the unique face-washing ceremony.
Next, observe the laborious process of Gold-Leaf Beating, where gold is painstakingly hammered into tissue-thin squares. Before lunch, visit a Craft Workshop specializing in one of the arts for which the city is famous: bronze-casting, marble-carving, wood-carving, or puppetry.
In the afternoon, visit Shwenandaw Kyaung, a delicately carved wooden building and Kuthodaw Pagoda, consisting of 729 marble slabs engraved with Buddhist scriptures. Finally, visit Shwe Kyin Monastery, to witness the monks evening chanting. Every evening at 6 pm, the novices make a procession as they chant and following this, they sit for meditation. Shwe Kyin Monastery is one of the oldest and most important for the whole country. Overnight in Mandalay.
Accommodation: Hotel in Mandalay
Meals: Breakfast
Once you finish your breakfast, our staff will transfer you to Mandalay international airport. Goodbye Myanmar!
Before that, if you have any request, any support we can do before you say goodbye to Myanmar, we are glad to be with you.
Accommodation: NIL
Meals: Breakfast
(Day 01): Arrival Yangon (By car)
(Day 02): Yangon city heritage tour
(Day 03): Yangon-Heho-Inle. (By car, boat and flight)
(Day 04): Inle-Indein-Little U Bein Bridge. (By boat)
(Day 05): Inle-Bagan (By pubic bus)
(Day 06): Full day Bagan temples tour. (By car)
(Day 07): Bagan-Mt. Popa-Mandalay
(Day 08): Mandalay, Amarapura ancient capitals, & U Bein Bridge. (By car)
(Day 09): Mandalay International Departure
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