Day 3: Bagan – Mandalay – Maymyo – Mandalay (B/L/-)
Day 4: Mandalay
– Heho – Kalaw (B/L/-)
Day 5: Kalaw – Inle
(B/L/-)
Day 6: Inle - Heho - Yangon(B/L/-)
Day 7: Yangon – Bangkok
(B/L/-)
Day to day itinerary
Day 1: Bangkok - Yangon (-/L/-)
Upon arrival at Yangon International Airport welcome by our local guide
and transfer to your Hotel. In the afternoon drive to Mawtin Jetty and take a
rickshaws for a short trip along the YangonRiver and then visit ChinaTown
to see evening market. Late in the afternoon, visit the ShwedagonPagoda
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,
stupas, 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 the sunset over the
Pagoda. Overnight in Yangon.
Morning flight to Bagan.
Full day sightseeing tour of Bagan with a diverse selection of the most
important pagodas and temples, such as Shwezigon Pagoda, built by King
Anawrahta in the early 11th century as a religious shrine; the Gu
Byauk Gyi Temple (Wetkyi-in), a temple with exquisite murals of Jataka scenes;
the Ananda Temple, with four huge standing Buddha images and numerous seated
figures in niches around the galleried interior and the Shwe Gu Gyi Temple,
noted for its fine stucco carvings and panoramic views of the area’s many
monuments. In the afternoon visit to Mya Thitsa Workshop to see the
various stages of the technique-s of lacquer production. It's amazing to
watch 50 artists using many processes and this traditions of producing
lacquer ware is recorded 170 years ago... and continue sightseeing of village.
Then. enjoy sunset over terraces of the Shwesandaw Pagoda. Overnight in Bagan.
Flight: Included
Yangon
– Bagan (YH-917 06:30-07:50)
Day 3: Bagan – Mandalay – Maymyo – Mandalay (B/L/-)
After breakfast, transfer
to airport for Mandalay Flight. Arrive Mandalay
and then check in Hotel. Continue Maymyo (appr. 2 hrs.), a former British hill
station, 67 km east of Mandalay.
Upon arrival, transfer to the hotel. Then, take a horse carriage around
the town, quiet and green atmosphere with old colonial houses. Then visit, the NationalBotanical Garden which features wide
expanses of manicured grass, large flower beds, 20 hectres of natural forest
with walking trails, rose garden, an orchid house, a small stupa on an islet in
a pond and several other ponds. Proceed to the Peik Chin Myaung cave a 45
minutes drive away from the city centre. The stalactite & stalagmites
formed naturally cave has many springs with clear water running under the walk
way and also a lot of Buddha images. Then, back to Mandalay
and overnight in Mandalay.
Flight: Included
Bagan – Mandalay(YH-917
08:00-08:30)
Day 4: Mandalay – Heho –
Kalaw (B/L/-)
After breakfast, visit
Mandalay Hill, a vantage-point for panoramic view of the city. One famous song
in Myanmar
said “if you want to live long, you have to go Mandalay Hill”. Mahamuni
Pagoda, with its spectacular Buddha image covered in thick layers of gold leaf.
In the afternoon, visit the Shwenandaw Monastery, noted for its exquisite wood
carvings, Atumashi Monastery, the "Incomparable Monastery", the
Kuthodaw Pagoda, known as the world's Biggest Book for its stone slabs of
Buddhist scriptures. Then drive to airport to take Heho flight. Arrive at Heho,
drive (approx: 2:00) to Kalaw and overnight at Kalaw.
Flight: Included
Mandalay - Kalw (W9-116 16:00-16:30)
Day 5: Kalaw – Inle (B/L/-)
In Kalaw, visit the market
and downtown area and then a bit of hiking. Then drive to Nyaung Shwe, a town
at the north of InleLake. From there take
Inthar Style outboard to have excursion in Inle Lake (25 km) famous for its
unique one-leg rowers, typical floating gardens, local methods of fishing and
village life and the Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda housing five sacred and almost
shapeless Buddha images, contorted because of the quantity of applied gold
leaf, gifts from the believers. The Buddha images are purported to have come
here in the 12th Century. Overnight in InleLake.
Day 6: Inle - Heho - Yangon(B/L/-)
After breakfast, visit
Khaung Dine five day market and then proceed to the silk weaving village of In Phaw Khon
and visit Nga Phe Chaung (the biggest and oldest monastery around InleLake).
In the afternoon, drive back to heho airport to take Yangon Flight. Then,
overnight at Yangon.
Flight: Included
Heho
– Yangon(YH-15:35-17:45)
Day 7: Yangon – Bangkok (B/L/-)
After breakfast, you have
enough time to wander around the sprawling Bogyoke Market through fascinating
local neighborhoods. Transfer to the YangonInternationalAirport
for the departure flight.
