Trip Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival to Yangoon and transfer to your hotel. Meet and greet your guide /representative and transfer to your hotel. Depend on hours of arrival and hotel you can take a downtown heritage tour to observe remaining of the colonial buildings or take a rest in the hotel.
Day 2: Sightseeing Yangoon and flight to Mandalay.Visit the golden Shwedagon pagoda, 99m tall, most sacred Buddhist pagoda in Myanmar which was constructed between 6th and 10th century. Later visit the Karaweik Hall, a palace on the eastern shore of Kandawgyi Lake and take a flight to Mandalay.
Day 3: Take a boat trip to Irrawaddy River to the rural village of Mingun. Visit the old capital Amarapuraand watch the sunset over U Bein Bridge, the longest teak bridge in the world, which is constructed 1200 meters of hand built teaks. Visit the historic Mahagandayon monastery.
Day 4: Sightseeing Mandalay. Trip to Maymyo, the summer capital of colonial British Burma. Afternoon visit to the Mahamuni temple, revered as the holiest pagoda in the Mandalay, built in 1784. Later visit to Mandalay hill considered as a holy mount since long time, has a magnificent view of the city and countryside.
Day 5-6: Take a cruise down to Bagan and sightseeing of Bagan. Cruise down the Irrawaddy River to Bagan. Bagan is the ancient capital of Pagan kingdom from 9th to 13th centuries. One of the spectacular archeological site with more than 4000 temples. Visit to beautiful and historically significant sites such as the Damayarzaka, Shweugyi and Thabyinnyu pagodas. Other highlights include Shwesandaw pagoda, which offers panoramic views of the surrounding temples, and the intricate Mahayana Buddhist mural paintings at Gubyukggyi and Abeyadana temples.
Day 7: Visit to Mount Popa. Take a drive heading southeast from Pagan to Burma’s famous volcano Mount Popa. Discover Popa and visit to PopaTaunkalat Monastery, constructed on a mountain slopes, is accessible making 777 steps.
Day 8: Flight to Heho and visit InleLake. Short flight to Heho and drive to InleLake.A landscape of floating villages.Inle Lake is the second largest lake in Myanmar with area of more than 115 sq. kms. Take a sightseeing trip of the floating villages and gardens on a long-tailed boat, where you can see even cultivation of tomato in the lake.
Day 9: sightseeing of InleLake. Trek to ethnic minority villages Kayan on the shanplateu. Interact with locals. This place also famous for Burma’s renowned sapphires and rubies.
Day 10: Drive to Heho and Flight to Rangoon. Take a short drive to Heho and take a flight to Rangoon. Afternoon free, discover on your own and prepare for departure to another destination.
Day 11: Bid farewell to Burmese team and your new friends and transfer to airport for the final departure.
