MYM05: MYANMAR IMPRESSION(10D9N)

On arrival at Yangon, you will get picked up by our driver and local guide.

You are then driven to your hotel where you are assisted with your check in before arriving to hotel, we will stop at night market where you can find busy long street with many kinds of local foods can get in one place and you can also join for tasting your fist Burmese foods.

After discovering the night market, you will drive to hotel.

No meal included, night stay at Yangon.

After breakfast, we spend our day discover Yangon City – a sprawling city with a relatively small downtown area including several markets, colonial buildings, the Yangon River and a very green area with tree-lined streets and several lakes.

Visit the Sule Pagoda – a 2,000-year-old golden temple and stroll through streets lined with faded colonial-era architecture, making a stop at the 1908-built Central Post Office. Continue to Kyaukhtatgyi Pagoda, containing one of Myanmar’s most revered reclining Buddhas – and at 70m (230ft)-long, one of the country’s largest.

Next, visit the National Museum, one of Myanmar’s most important museums for Burmese art Shwedagon Pagoda, history and culture.

Spend time at Bogyoke Market, or ‘Scott Market’, built in the 1920s under British rule. Contained within a heritage-listed building, this sprawling bazaar is crammed with over 2,000 stalls.

Before sunset you will drive to Shwedagon Pagoda a visit to the iconic Shwedagon Pagoda and its world famous golden stupa.

You may also get to observe a class where young Buddhists are taught prayer techniques and/or other aspects of Buddhism. Enjoy your sunset from Pagoda and return to hotel.

Lunch and dinner not included, night stay at Yangon.

Breakfast at your hotel before our driver comes pick you up and transfer to airport for flight to Mandalay.
On arrival, an excursion around Mandalay to explore the former capitals of Amarapura and Ava.
Begin your morning attending a special ceremony in Amarapura.

Witness the alms collection at Mahagandayon monastery, when over one-thousand monks gather to collect their daily meal from the local Buddhists.

After this beautiful spectacle, continue to a nearby silk weaving workshop which produces exquisite handmade products.
Continue to Ava, the capital from 14th to 18th centuries, and travel by traditional horse and carriage to visit the old wooden Bagaya Monastery and the remains of the town’s Royal Palace and fort. Enjoy the sunset from Mandalay Hill.

Lunch and dinner not included, night stay at Mandalay.

After breakfast, transfer to the jetty and board private chartered boat for a cruise over the Irrawaddy River towards the former capital of Mingun.

After a 45-minute cruise, arrive in Mingun famous for its huge unfinished pagoda also home to the Mingun Bell, considered as the world’s largest uncracked ringing bell. Also visit the beautiful white Hsinbyume Pagoda. And the back to Mandalay.

After lunch visit the Kuthodaw Pagoda with its 729 marble stone slabs of Buddhist scriptures (known as the world’s biggest book) and Shwenandaw Monastery, noted for its exquisite woodcarving. At the end of the day transfer to visit the 200-year old U-Bein Bridge during sunset when the villagers are crossing the bridge to return back home.

Lunch and dinner not included, stay overnight in Bagan.

Breakfast is served at hotel.

Then we drive to Monywa (around 3-hour drive), located at the bank of Chindwin River. Upon arrival, visit the Hindu-styled Than Buddhay Temple, unique in all of Myanmar, and sunset at the Alantayar Pagoda, sight of the largest reclining Buddha image in all of South East Asia, over 600 feet in length.
Later, get back to hotel and enjoy free time.

Lunch and dinner not included, overnight stay in Bagan.

Breakfast at your hotel.

Then we visit the Cetral market of Monywa .
Heading to Pho Win Taung for one-hour drive where many Buddha images are shrined in the natural and man-made caves.

Proceed to Pakkoku, famous as a region of Thanakha (Natural Make-up for Myanmar Ladies), as a bustling tobacco trading town. Visit Thanakha Market and lunch at a local restaurant. In the afternoon, our boat will pick you up at Pakkoku to Bagan, the ancient city of Myanmar where you can find over 2,000 of ancient pagodas. Enjoy sunset at North Gu Ni temple, one of the ancient temples in Bagan. The view from the top of North Gu Ni is breath-taking.

Lunch and dinner not included, overnight stay in Bagan.

Breakfast at your hotel.

Today we explore Bagan’s lesser-visited temples by alternative means, automatic electric bike. Weave through jungle paths and off-the beaten trails on this modern form of transport, exploring ancient kingdoms hidden for centuries.

Our tour includes shrines such as Ananda, Htilominlo, Thatbyinnyu, Dhammayangyi, Sulamani, and Shwezigon Pagoda, plus secular sights such as Nyaung U market and traditional workshops.

Lunch and dinner not included, overnight stay in Bagan.

After early breakfast at hotel, transfer to airport for your flight to Heho.
Since arrive Heho airport proceed by drive to Shan state.

On arrival, continue by car and enjoy a scenic drive to Nyaung Shwe, then drive to jetty to take your boat a full day tour of Inle Lake by boat includes a chance to see the leg-rowing fishermen and the floating gardens, built up from strips of water hyacinth and mud and anchored to the bottom with bamboo poles.

Visit a floating village at Ywama, the lake’s downtown, where a floating market is held every 5 days. The tour also includes a visit to Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda, the weaving village of Inpawkhon and the jumping cat monastery, with beautiful antique Buddha statues.

Lunch and dinner not included, overnight stay in Inle Lake.

Breakfast at your hotel, we visit the lake’s morning market.

The market rotates its location around the lake’s villages in a 5-day rhythm and is visited by lake inhabitants and surrounding hill tribes who come to sell and trade their wares.

From the middle of the lake, continue down a small canal leading to the Pa-oh village of Indein. Explore the area on foot, strolling around the village, visiting a local school, and wander through the beautiful Alaung Sitthou area.

Alaung Sitthou is filled with picturesque ancient stupas and has magnificent views of the lake below. In the late afternoon return to Inle Lake and before sunset you will take canon for one hour and enjoy the sunset over the Lake. Return to hotel.

Lunch and dinner not included, overnight stay in Inle Lake.

DAY 10: INLE LAKE – HEHO/YANGON DEPARTURE (Breakfast)
Breakfast is served at your hotel.
You will have your free time until we transfer you to airport for your flight back to Yangon.
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HAVE A GREAT TRIP!