Wonderful Myanmar

(Yangon –Bagan – Popa ‐ Mandalay‐ Mingun –Sagaing ‐ Inle – Yangon)

Day 1 Yangon arrival by Int’l Flight ( morning )

On arrival, welcome by our tour guide at the Yangon Int’l airport and transfer to your hotel. Check – in at the hotel. Start to visit in the city tour including Chaukhtakyi Pagoda (Huge Reclining Buddha), Karaweik Royal Barge on the Kandawgyi Lake, Nanthida Jetty and then walking tour in the Colonial downtown of Yangon and Sunset at World Famous Shwedagon Pagoda.Overnight at Hotel.

Day 2 Yangon – Bagan ( By Flight )

After Breakfast at hotel, Transfer to airport fly to Bagan; represents the spiritual heritage and heartland of old Burma . Arrive Bagan and visit the major temples and monuments of the town, the local Nyaung‐U Market, monasteries and caves. And then visit lacquer‐ware making to learn about the fascinating technique of this art. Enjoy the beautiful sunset over Bagan from a temple. Overnight at Hotel.

Day 3 Bagan – Popa – Bagan

After Breakfast at hotel, drive to Mt. Popa , an extinct volcano which is the legendary home of the Nats ( or Spirits ). Stop en route at a local toddy palm farmers, hut and observe the techniques used in collecting and making the delicious toddy palm suger and toddy palm drink. Then at the foot of Mt. Popa we stop at a local market which has exotic fruits and then visit to Mt. Popa will be enchanced by detail explanations of the spirit beliefs ( Nats ) and how it blends in with traditional Buddhism . Then drive back to Bagan and continue to visit sightseeing. Overnight at Hotel.

Day 4 Bagan – Mandalay – Amarapura – Mandalay ( By Flight )

After Breakfast at hotel, Transfer to airport fly to Mandalay. Arrive Mandalay Int’l Airport. Drive to Amarapura to visit Mahagandayon monastery where more than a thousand disciplined monks & novices as they line up to receive their daily offering of alms & food from faithful Buddhists and to see their last meal fo the day in total silence . ( if you are lucky, you can see food offering ceremony there) And to enjoy the atmosphere of U Bein's bridge; a mandalay1picturesque teak wood bridge and then continue visit traditional hand loom factory. Drive to Mandalay . And continue visit Mahamuni Buddha Image (a bronze Buddha image ),Wood and Stone carvings , gold leaf beating workshop, ShweKyaung (golden palace monastery), Kuthodaw Pagoda which is famous as the World's Biggest Book. mandalay5Finally go up Mandalay Hill for beautiful sunset over the misty city.Overnight at Hotel .

Day 5 Mandalay – Sagaing – Mingun – Mandalay

After Breakfast at hotel, Proceed to Sagaing,a former royal capital and the sagaingspiritual center of Myanmar . Hundreds of stupas , monasteries temples and nunneries are to be found in Sagaing Hill. Thousands of monks and nuns retreat here for meditation and . Visit Kaungmudaw Pagoda ( with its huge egg – shaped dome in eylonese style ) and Soon sagaing2U Ponnya Shin pagoda on the Sagaing Hill and ercursion silver –smith industery and drive back to Mandalay. And proceed to Mingun by boat. Transfer to jetty and take the private boat to Mingun ( about 1 ½ hrs, upstream), , Explore the ruins of vast sagaing1Pahtodawgyi Pagoda (Unfinished Pagoda ), a monument to human ambition ,Mingun Bell which weights 110 tons , the World’s largest hanging un‐cracked bell ,Myatheindanzedi ,Home for ages.The relaxing trip , sagaing3it provides a great opportunity to see life on the river. Return downstream by boat to Mandalay. Overnight at Hotel .

Day 6 Mandalay – Heho ‐ Inle ( By Flight )

After Breakfast at hotel, transfer to Mandalay Int’l Airport to fly to Heho. Proceed by car till Nyaung Shwe (about 1 hr trip) where catch the boat to go and visit Lake Inle. Can joy Intha People's daily life, floating gardens and floating villages. And then visit PhaungDawOo Pagoda ,Ngaphaechaun Monastery , Local handicraft centers ( silk weaving & black smith ). Overnight at Hotel.

Day 7 Inle( Indein )

After Breakfast at hotel, transfer for excursion a nearby Indein village and visit its traditional 5 days market of Lake Inle area. The 5 – day – market rotate around the villages and towns of Shan State, where several tribal people in their colourful costume come from the nearby villages to sell their indigenous agricultural products After that you will guided to a near by village called Indein – a scenic trip up a narrow creek , the idyllic site of Indein with its 17th century ruins of pagodas in a an “ Indiana Jones“ type setting , strolloing along the trail among the bamboo grove and then a light Trekking to a near by tribal village. Overnight at Hotel.

Day 8 Inle ‐ Heho – Yangon ( By Flight )

After Breakfast at hotel, Transfer to Heho Airport to fly Yangon. Arrive Yangon .on the way visit Kabaaye Pagoda (World Peace Pagoda), Mahapasana Cave ( where sixth Buddhist synod took place ). And then Check in Hotel. Leisure & enjoy shopping at Scott Market ( Bogyoke Aung San Market ). And walking aroundChina Town at evening and Overnight at Hotel.

Day 9 Yangon Departure

Breakfast at hotel ,Transfer to airport for return flight.

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