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Tour Program
Exciting Myanmar Tour with Partial Trekking (17 Days/16
Nights)
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Yangon – Kalaw – Pindaya – Inle – Mandalay –
Mingun – Pyin Oo Lwin – Amarapura – Monywa – Pho Win
Taung – Bagan – Popa – Sale – Ngapali – Yangon |
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17 Days/16 Nights |
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DAY 01: ARRIVAL YANGON
Upon arrival at Yangon International Airport
welcome by our local guide and transfer to your
hotel for check-in. In the afternoon visit to
Botahtaung Pagoda, where sacred hair relic of Lord
Buddha is enshrined in it and at 16:00 P.M board the
RV Mahaythi for a sunset cruise on the Yangon River.
After arrival at War-tan Jetty at 18:30 P.M,
transfer to your hotel. Overnight stay at the hotel
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DAY 02: YANGON – HEHO - KALAW
(TREKKING IN KALAW)
Morning flight to Heho in Shan State. Upon arrival drive
to Kalaw (approximately 1 hour), a beautiful pine-clad hill
station. In Kalaw visit the market and downtown area. In the
afternoon drive for 15 minutes to the north-west and stop at
the junction A. From here take the footpath to the right.
The road and trail goes through beautiful scenery. After 1½
hours you arrive Pane Hne Pin, a Palaung Tribal Village with
a population of 600 people. These people make their living
by agriculture and occasionally by hunting, and live in long
houses, with 4-5 families sharing the single storied
structures. From Pane Hne Pin you have to walk for 2 hours
to reach junction B from where the car will bring you back
to Kalaw (approximately ½ hr drive). Overnight at the hotel
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DAY 03: KALAW - PINTAYA - NYAUNG SHWE -
INLE LAKE
After breakfast drive to Pindaya (approximately 2 hours
drive), a charming village with its paper umbrella cottage
industry. Visit the Pindaya cave, famous for its thousands
of Buddha images and the paper umbrella cottage industry. In
the afternoon continue to Nyaung Shwe (approximately 3 ½
hours) drive, a small town at the northern end of Inle Lake.
From here take a boat for the transfer to your hotel, for
check-in and overnight at the hotel in Lake Inle.
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DAY 04: INLE LAKE
Full day excursion on Inle Lake (25 km) famous for its
unique 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. Proceed to the silk
weaving village of In Phaw Khon and visit Nga Phe Chaung
(the biggest and oldest monastery around Inle Lake), visit
the silver smith. Overnight at the hotel in Lake Inle.
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DAY 05: INLE LAKE - INDEIN
In the afternoon, continue to Indein (approximately 1 ½
hour drive) to see the ancient Bagan and Shan style pagodas,
built during Bagan Period, passing the beautiful scenery
with tall grasses and little water steps. The ruin pagodas,
hidden in the bushes bring you back to the 12th Century.
Overnight at the hotel in Lake Inle.
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DAY 06: INLE - MANDALAY
After breakfast transfer to Heho airport for the flight to
Mandalay, the city of the last Myanmar Kings. Sightseeing of
Mandalay starts with a visit to the Shwe In Bin Kyaung, one
of the most outstanding monasteries and the down town area.
In the afternoon visit to gold leaf making industry,
Mahamuni Pagoda, originally built by King Bodawpaya in 1784,
hosting the revered Mahamuni image, cast in the 1st Century
and now covered in thick gold leaves and arts and crafts
center (bronze casting; stone carving, etc.). Then drive to
Amarapura, the "City of Immortals" and enjoy the sunset at U
Bein wooden bridge, over 150 years old, which is still in
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DAY 07: MANDALAY – MINGUN - MANDALAY
After breakfast drive to jetty to watch the busy riverside
activity and take a local riverboat to the ancient capital
of Mingun (appr. 1 hour per way). Visit the Settawya Pagoda,
with a footprint of the Buddha, walk to the huge Mingun
Bell, see the nearby unfinished Mingun Pagoda, built to be
the world's biggest pagoda and visit the Hsinbyume Pagoda, a
reproduction of the mythological Mt. Meru. Then come back to
Mandalay. 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 and sunset on Mandalay Hill, a vantage-point for
panoramic view of the city. Overnight in Mandalay. |
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DAY 08: MANDALAY - MAYMYO - MANDALAY
After breakfast start your day excursion to Maymyo (appr. 2
hrs.). Maymyo (Pyin Oo Lwin) is the name after a British
Colonel May, who was there during the British annexation in
1887. Maymyo became British hill station from 1896. On
arrival at Maymyo, take a colonial style horse carriage to
explore the town with colonial houses. You should not miss
the downtown area with Purcell Tower, which was offered by
Queen Victoria as a present. Visit the National Botanical
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. In the afternoon
return to Mandalay. Overnight stay at the hotel in Mandalay. |
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DAY 09: MANDALAY - SAGAING - MONYWA
After breakfast drive to Sagaing Hill, a retreat for
Buddhist devotees with numerous pagodas and monasteries
(including nunnery, Oo Min Thonese and Swan Oo Pon Nya Shin
Pagoda), visit Kaunghmudaw Pagoda and proceed to Monywa, a
typical Myanmar town located on the bank of the Chindwin
River. Upon arrival visit the Hindu Style Than Buddha
Temple, unique in all of Myanmar, beautifully decorated with
the most beautiful stucco work in the country, dating from
the 17th century. In the Afternoon visit the cotton blanket
weavers; the traditional lacquer ware workers at Kyauk Kar
village and finally go for sunset to the Alantayar Pagoda,
sight of reclining Buddha image , over 300 feet in length.
Overnight in Monywa. |
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DAY 10: MONYWA - PHO WIN TAUNG - PAKOKKU -
BAGAN
"Rise early to take the ferry to the other side of the
Chindwin River where you board a pick-up to see the seldom
visited 15th Phowin Taung temple complex where more than
450,000 sandstone Buddha's were carved in the hillsides in
caves, alcoves, or tiny niches. The cave murals are still
intact with indigo blues and soft pastels. Many of the
Buddha's can be seen without entering the caves or niches
and footwear is permitted as long as one is not entering the
sanctuaries. A stunning Buddha not to be missed is the
reclining Buddha resting on a rectangular stone mosaic which
shimmers with cut glass." Then continue to Pankangyi, a 19th
century town with old city walls and an archaeological
museum. Visit to the Pakhan-ngai Kyaung, a 19th century
largest wooden monastery with 332 teak pillars. En route
stop at some villages to study the daily life of the people
in the rural area. After arrival in Pakokku, a bustling
tobacco trading centre, take a private boat and cross the
mighty Ayeyarwaddy River to Bagan (appr. 2 hours). Overnight
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DAY 11: BAGAN
Enjoy the whole day at the most extensive archeological site
in Asia. Bagan has over 2000 temples and pagodas of various
sizes in varying states of repair and spread across the
plain. Shwezigon Pagoda, built by King Anawrahta in the
early 11th century as a religious shrine; Gubyaukgyi, a
temple with exquisite murals of Jataka scene and Ananda
Temple with four huge standing Buddha images and numerous
seated figures and niches around the galleried interior. In
the afternoon visit lacquer ware home industry, Manuha
Temple built in Mon style from 1059 and Nanphaya Temple,
said to have once been the residence of King Manuha; Gu
Byauk Gyi Temple (Myinkabar), which has very nice frescoes
inside. Enjoy sunset over terraces of the Shwesandaw Pagoda.
Overnight in Bagan. |
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DAY 12: BAGAN - MT.POPA - SALE - BAGAN
After breakfast drive to Mt. Popa (appr. 1½ hrs drive). On
the way visit some 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. In the
afternoon drive to Sale (appr. 1 ½ hours), a religious
centre with many more working monasteries than found in
Bagan today. Visit the Payathonzu, with three shrines
containing mural paintings, Nan Paya, the largest lacquer
Buddha image in Myanmar, said to date to the 13th century
and the Yoke Sone Monastery, the oldest surviving wooden
monastery in Bagan area. In the afternoon drive back to
Bagan. Overnight in Bagan. |
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DAY 13: BAGAN - THANDWE - NGAPALI After
breakfast transfer to the airport for flight to Thandwe (Sandoway)
and upon arrival, the car from hotel will pick you up from
the airport and transfer you to the beach. Full day relax on
the beach. Overnight at hotel in Ngapali. |
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DAY 14 ~ 15: NGAPALI Relax on the beach.
Overnight at hotel in Ngapali.
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DAY 16: NGAPALI - THANDWE - YANGON After
breakfast transfer to the airport for the flight to Yangon.
Upon arrival visit the Mae La Mu Pagoda, popular for all of
its Buddha images, and a much more "folk oriented" feeling
than other Pagodas. Tourists rarely visit it. Afternoon
sightseeing starts with Chaukhtatkyi Pagoda (a huge
reclining Buddha), Karaweik Hall, a Royal floating barge on
the Royal Lake for a photo stop and late in the afternoon,
visit the Shwedagon Pagoda 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. |
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DAY 17: YANGON DEPARTURE After breakfast
continue sightseeing of Yangon: Sule Pagoda , dating back
over 2000 years, walk around the downtown area and don't
miss the sprawling Bogyoke Market! Wide streets, orderly
town planning and neglected public buildings revive visions
of British rule, while busy streets scenes and shimmering
pagodas, bursting through a leafy canopy, hint at the rich
local culture. Skyscrapers and glaring neon billboards have
yet to overtake the capital. Afternoon free at your own
leisure, till transfer to Yangon International Airport for
your departure flight. End of service. |
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