Discover Myanmar (13 D)

Discover Myanmar (13 days/12 nights)

Description

  • Day 1 : Arrival Yangon
  • Day 2 : Yangon - Mandalay
  • Day 3 : Mandalay - Sagaing - Amarapura
  • Day 4 : Mandalay - Monywa
  • Day 5 : Monywa - Bagan
  • Day 6 : Bagan
  • Day 7 : Bagan - Heho - Pindaya - Kalaw
  • Day 8 : Kalaw Elephant Camp
  • Day 9 : Kalaw (day trekking)
  • Day 10 : Kalaw - Inle Lake
  • Day 11 : Inle Lake
  • Day 12 : Inle Lake - Heho - Yangon
  • Day 13 : Yangon

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.

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 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 the hotel.

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).

Continue 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.

Enjoy your sunset by boat on the Lake.

Return to your hotel and overnight in Mandalay.


Breakfast at the hotel.

Checkout from your hotel.

Early transfer to Monwya by car for 3 hours’ drive.

You can stop some villages to see the authentic Myanmar ways of life.

Visit to Than-Bok-Day Pagoda, well-known for 500,000 Buddha statues.

Photo stop for the biggest reclining Buddha statue, 300 ft in length.

Afternoon, transfer to Pho Win Taung & Shwe Ba Taung archeological site.

The Phowin Taung archeological site and discovery of its 900 small caves, digged by pilgrims.

These caves are covered with paintings and standing Buddha statues from the 16th to the 19th century.

And continue the visit to Shwe Ba Taung, the walkways with high walls curved on Rock Mountains seems like a very small PETRA.

Return to Monywa and check in your hotel and overnight in Monywa.


Breakfast at the hotel.

Road to Bagan for 4 hours by passing the beautiful road with palm trees and rice fields.

On the way you can visit to Ma U village. There stroll around the old wooden bridge nick name call (small U Bein Bridge) and visit incense stick making houses in the village.

Then heading to Bagan arrive to your hotel in Bagan. Welcome drink will be served and deliver the room key.

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).

Return to 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.

First visit to Nyaung Oo local green vegetables and fruits market then heading to 10th century prototype of pagoda Shwezigon the most significant pagoda in Bagan.

Visit to the lacquer-ware factory, one of the best-known Myanmar handicrafts and a specialty of Bagan, Manuhar Temple, Nan phayar.

Then transfer back to your hotel and afternoon leisure at hotel.

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.


Breakfast at the hotel.

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

Arrive in Heho then transfer to Pindaya by passing colorful hills of Shan Plateau.

Visit to Pindaya’s limestone caves with its maze of chambers displaying more than 8,000 Buddha statues and local handicraft workshops producing Shan Paper made from mulberry bark and traditional umbrellas.

Next drive to Kalaw; a former British hill station. Continue on the mountainous road with beautiful scenery.

Arrive to Kalaw. Welcome drinks on arrival to your hotel.

Overnight in Kalaw.


Breakfast at the hotel.

Transfer to Magwe elephant camp Kalaw (estimate: about 45mins drive); discovery the Elephants’ nature, you will plant a teak tree.

Walk to elephant camp where you see the elephants coming through the river. Clients may feed and bath the elephants with their Mahouts (care takers of our elephants).

Lunch will be served at the main camp with delicious Indian lunch.

Next drive to Kalaw; a former British hill station, also home to a variety of ethnic minorities. If time permit, walk around downtown Kalaw and Kalaw colonial Train Station.

Back to the hotel and overnight at Kalaw.


Breakfast at the hotel.

Visit kalaw market, transfer for 5 minutes by car to the “Myinka” starting point of trekking.

Today you will do the trekking for 4-5hours till Pane-Ne-Pin village by passing some fields and Paohs tribe’s villages.

On the way will see beautiful landscape, seasonal fruits and vegetables plantation, rice field and daily life of Tribes people.

Lunch will served at local house on the trekking route.

Car will wait for you at the end of trekking route then transfer to kalaw.

Back to hotel and overnight in Kalaw.

Breakfast at the hotel transfer to Nyaung Shwe by car about 2 and half hour driving , 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.

Visit famous Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda.

Promenade by boats between Inthas Villages & floating gardens.

Transfer to your hotel for check in and 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.

Promenade by Horse cart at Bagan for 2 hours at Day 5.

Sunset cruise at Day 6.

Elephant Camp visit with 1 lunch at Day 8.

Boat trip in Inle Lake.

The entrance fees for the visits mentioned in the program.

3 domestic flights : Yangon - Mandalay, 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 not mention in the program

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