Myanmar 12 days package

Our tour guide will be pick – up you at the International air - port ( or ) your hotel .This tour is suitable for young and adult tourists. Yangon is only the city with more British architecture buildings in Southeast Asia .Being a capital for many decades, visit Sule Pagoda and downtown of Yangon which is suitable for walking tour and continue on visit to Strand Hotel , the first hotel in Myanmar and Botahtaung pagoda and proceed to Chaukhtatgyi reclining Buddha Image and in the Late afternoon , the most beautiful pagoda in Myanmar, visit Kyauktawgyi Pagoda and white elephants and continue on visit to Kabaraye pagoda and Scott Market , a shopping paradise for tourists . And proceed to China town to see Platform Market . Photo stop at the Karaweik Hall royal floating barge . Nothing will prepare you for Shwedagon Pagoda ,with its glittering gold Stupa .At the Pagoda , observe local pilgrims and monks offering their devotions and enjoy the amazing sunset view at Shwedagon Pagoda .After that overnight you stay in the hotel

Meals: L, D

Accommodation: Hotel in Yangon

You transfer to Yangon airport and then the domestic flight to Heho arrival .The station guide pick – up you at Air – port .From Pindaya drive down in to the valley to Nyaungshwe on the edge of Inle Lake, and board your private local boat to take you to your hotel. Inle Lake is simply magical. At 1000 metres elevation, the temperatures are pleasant, and the calm waters are dotted with Intha stilt house villages, floating vegetable gardens and fishing canoes, set against the back drop of the beautiful Shan hills. Motorised boats are the means of transport across the lake, although the Intha people get around in traditional flat bottomed boats using a unique and skillful form of leg rowing. In the afternoon, pick-up from your hotel and travel by long-tailed boat across the lake to Indaing, at the western end of Inle, for one of the most scenic trips on the Lake. Passing through the busy village of Ywama, the largest on the Lake, with many channels and tall teak houses on stilts; enter a long, often tree-lined canal, either side of which farmers cultivate their land against the backdrop of the Shan Hills. Disembark at the jetty and walk for 15 minutes through Indaing village to reach the 14th – 18th century pagoda ruins of Nyaung Ohak. Many pagodas here remain charmingly unrenovated, with plants and even small trees growing out of them, making the area very atmospheric. A covered walkway popular with souvenir stallholders leads up to Shwe Inn Thein Paya, a complex of weather-beaten 17th-18th century zedi; some newly reconstructed. Returning to the river you have the possivility of walking along a lovely shady path for 30 minutes to the intha village of Sema. From here contiunue by boat down stream past Yethar village, watching local life on the banks and birds in the trees until rejoining the Lake near Phaung Daw Oo Paya

Meals: B, L, D

Accommodation: Hotel in Inle/ Nyaung Shwe

Morning pick up from your hotel and travel by boat to Nyaung Shwe. Then, visit to Shwe Yaunghwe Kyaung (monastery) and Kan Gyi Kyaung Monastery in Myaung Shwe. From where you drive up through pine-clad hills to Taunggyi (about 1 hour, 31 km), the capital of southern Shan State and a former British hill station. Approximately 2 hours drive from Taunggyi in countryside inhabited by the Pa-O people lie the ‘lost’ ruins of Kakku, a pagoda encircled by dozens of small stupas. Little is known about the origins of this unusual place – the Pa-O believe that the original pagoda dates back some 2,000 years. Wander through the stupas which are decorated with fine stucco work and Buddha images – some in good repair, others not. Visit a Pa-O village and a large monastery on the way back to Taunggyi. Continue from here to Nyaung Shwe where you board your boat and return to Taunggyi. Continue from here to Nyaung Shwe where you board your boat and return to your hotel

Meals: B, L, D

Accommodation: Hotel in Inle/ Nyaung Shwe

You transfer to BAGAN airport and then the domestic flight to Inle Lake arrival .The station guide pick – up you at Air – port .In the morning, drive to the former royal capital of Innwa (Ava) located on an island between the Ayeyarwady and the Myitnge Rivers. A local ferry carries you to the island where your horse cart and driver await you – no cars are allowed here. Pass through the ancient city walls to visit the brick and stucco monastery of Maha Aungmye Bonzan (also known as Ok Kyaung) before continuing to the impressive wooden monastery of Bagaya Kyaung. In the afternoon, visit picturesque Sagaing, known as the living centre of Buddhist faith in Myanmar today. The hills here are dotted with numerous pagodas and monasteries. Return across the Ayeyarwady River to the third former capital, Amarapura, via the Ava Bridge, built by British engineers. Take a sunset stroll on U Bein Bridge, which at over a kilometer is believed to be the longest teak bridge in the world. Return to your hotel in Mandalay.

Meals: B, L, D

Accommodation: Hotel in Mandalay

The tour guide picked up from your hotel and transferred to the jetty. En route, stop at the Zeycho vegetable market. Board your boat and travel upstream on the Ayeyarwady River from Mandalay to Mingun (11 km, about one hour). The river is always busy – small longtail boats, bamboo rafts and ferries carry goods up and down the river. Visit the Mingun Bell, which at 87 tons is the world’s largest intact bronze bell. Continue to the beautiful Hsinbyume (Ma thein Tan) Paya and the unfinished, mighty Mingun Pagoda (built to be the world’s biggest) before returning downriver to Mandalay. In the afternoon, visit Mahamuni Pagoda, home to a spectacular Buddha image covered with thick layers of gold leaves. Stop at local workshops to see Kalaga tapestries being made, gold leaf being beaten into paper-thin pieces. From here, we go to Kuthodaw Pagoda, where the Theravada Buddhist scriptures are inscribed on 729 marble slabs, giving rise to its nickname ‘the world’s largest book’. Next visit beautiful teak-carved Shwenandaw Monastery, the only Royal Palace building to survive World War II bombing. Atop Mandalay Hill lie glittering glass-studded temple walls which reflect the evening glow as you watch the sunset

Meals: B, L, D

Accommodation: Hotel in Mandalay

After breakfast, drive to Monywa by coach. On the way, visit Mohnyin Than Buddhay Pagoda which is said to accommodate 582,357 small Buddha images; Bodi Tahtaung Pagoda and the 90 meter long, reclining Buddha Image and the highest standing Buddha image (129 meter) in the world. Arrive Monywa and check in at the hotel. After lunch, visit Kyaukka lacquer ware village and Shwe Guni Pagoda. Overnight at hotel in Monywa

Meals: B, L, D

Accommodation: Hotel in Monywa

Check-out from hotel and drive to Po Win Taung, located on western banks of Chindwin River. Drive across the Chindwin Bridge for visiting Po Win Taung and Shwe Ba Taung Pagoda cave complex about 16 miles (26km) west of Monywa. These complexes of 492 cave temples are packed with 2588 Buddhas and there are beautiful 16th century wall paintings in some caves. Drive to Pakokku a flourishing trading town on western banks of Ayeyarwaddy River. On the way stop at one of the many tobacco plantations & cottage industries .Drive through Pakokku over the bridge to Bagan . Arrive Bagan and the hotel check-in. (If time permits, visit to one of the convenient places or pagodas to see sunset). Overnight at Hotel in Bagan

Meals: B, L, D

Accommodation: Hotel in Bagan

In the morning, visit a selection of the most important monuments such as Shwe Zigon Pagoda, which is the first and most important architectural pagoda. Visit Ananda Temple, which is the most beautiful, the best and the first Myanmar architectural temple and a masterpiece of 11th century architecture. Most of the artifacts are still original and preserved in the temple. Myinkabar Gubyauk Gyi is the best mural painting temple in Bagan. After that visit more monument, then enjoy the sunset at one of the monuments. Overnight at Hotel in Bagan

Meals: B, L, D

Accommodation: Hotel in Bagan

The tour guide picked up from your hotel . Full day to explore the countryside around Bagan. From your hotel, drive to Mount Popa (46 km, about 1hour), home to Myanmar’s intriguing ‘nats’ (spirits). The 777 steps to the top of Mount Popa provide an energetic climb rewarded by fabulous views from the top. In the afternoon, drive to the town of Kyaukpadaung and visit the local market before continuing to Salay. Visit Yokesone Monastery, built on 154 teak posts and known for its 130-year-old beautiful wooden carvings of the ‘Jataka Tales’ (stories from the Buddha’s life) which decorate the outer walls. (The monastery is closed on Mondays, Tuesdays and public holidays). Continue to Payathonzu, a complex of three brick shrines with mural paintings from the Bagan period, and see Man Paya – a Large Lacquer Buddha image, said to date from the 13th century. Return to Bagan through Chauk (53km, about 1hour), where you will see old Burma Oil installations (‘nodding donkeys’), and the banks of the Ayeyarwady River. Arrive in Bagan and transfer to hotel. 

Meals: B, L, D

Accommodation: Hotel in Bagan

Flight from Bagan to Thandwe. Transfer from Thandwe Airport to Ngapali Beach 20 minutes away. Here, in the Bay of Bengal is the beautiful beach of Ngapali with its charming fishing village and coconut trees. Enjoy two full days of leisure in Ngapali. Overnight in Ngapali

Meals: B, L, D

Accommodation: Hotel in Ngapali Beach

You can simply relax on the beach, swim in the sea or take a biking excursion to nearby villages to meet local fishermen and observe their daily lifestyles. If you are seeking a more adventurous experience, take a boat trip to swim, snorkel or dive around the Islands. Overnight in Ngapali

Meals: B, L, D

Accommodation: Hotel in Ngapali Beach

Day at leisure and transfer to airport for flight to Yangon international air port 

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