Colorful Myanmar Tour ( 11 Nights / 12 Days )

Tour Code :                          MV - 12 YMBS
Duration :                            11 Nights / 12 Days
Routing :                             Yangon – Mandalay – Mingun – Pyin Oo Lwin - Amarapura – Ava –
                                            Sagaing- Monywa – Pakkoku - Bagan- Mt. Popa - Heho- Pindaya -                                             Inle -Yangon
Recommend Season :          Year Round

Details Itinerary For Colorful Myanmar Tour (MVW : 10 / 06 )

Day 01: Yangon Arrival

Arrive Yangon Int'l Airport by Int'l flight. Meet and greet at airport and welcomed by our experienced English Speaking guide and transfer to hotel. Check – in Hotel. Start Yangon City tour with Experienced English or language Speaking Guide by Air-con Coach. First visit to Yangon Colonial Style city center. Visit Sule Pagoda dating back over 2,000 years ago. Heading to Chauk Htat Gyi Pagoda to see a huge reclining Buddha image and visit to the Shwedagon Pagoda: its golden stupa is the 'heart' of Myanmar. Enjoy sunset at Pagoda. Drive back to hotel and leisure. Transfer to the hotel and overnight at hotel.

Day 02 : Yangon – Mandalay- Mingun – Mandalay ( B )

Breakfast at Hotel. Check –out hotel and transfer to Airport. Depart for Mandalay by domestic (1 hr& 30 mins flying). Heading to Mandalay (1 hr driving) and check-in hotel. Start excursion tour, visit the Shwenandaw Palace also known as Former Royal Palace. Continue visit the famous Mahamuni Pagoda. Stop to see stone carving and later to see gold leaf being beaten into wafer thin pieces. Afternoon visit, transfer to Jetty and excursion to Mingun about 1hr Upper River from Mandalay. Visit Mingun Bell: the world largest uncracked bell, weighing 90 tons and continue Hsinbyume as well as unfinished Pagoda built as one of the world's largest cherish by king Bodaw Paya. After sightseeing sail back to Mandalay and enjoy sunset the beautiful river Ayeyarwaddy. Arrive Mandalay and transfer to hotel. Overnight at Hotel.

Day 03: Mandalay – MayMyo (Pyin Oo Lwin) – Mandalay (B)

Breakfast at Hotel. Drive to Pyin Oo Lwin (Former Hill Station) east of Mandalay (80 km, 2hrs drive). A delightful small town of colonial – style buildings, markets and a botanical garden. Excursions to Pwe Kauk water Falls, Kandawgyi botanical garden and horse cart riding. Drive back to Mandalay and Transfer to the hotel. Overnight at hotel

Day 04 : Mandalay – Amarapura – Ava – Sagaing – Monya ( B)

Breakfast at Hotel. Check out hotel and return back to Mandalay. Heading to Amarapura,visit to 200 years old U bein teak bridge, built in 1728. Continue visit traditional hand – woven silk workshop and visit to the former Royal Capital of Inwa (AVA) with local boat (10 minutes) located on an island between the Ayeyarwady and the Myitnge Rivers. Visit Inwa by charming horse, visit to the impressive wooden monastery of Maha Aungmye Bonzan. Visit to the Nanmyint Watch Tower,the remains of the palace building. After visit, the journey continues Khaung Mu Daw Pagoda at Sagaing and the Sagaing hills a retreat for Buddhist devotees. Proceed to “ Monywa” (4 hrs driving) pass through varied agricultural landscapes and villages. Arrive Monywa and check in hotel. Overnight at hotel. 

Day 05: Monywa – Pakkoku- Bagan ( B)

Breakfast at Hotel. Transfer to the jetty and cross the Chindwin River by local boat and drive to visit a sandstone cave system in the Phowin Hills and then visit Shwe Ba Taung. Return to Monywa. Drive to Pakokku (2 hr drive) and arrive Pakokku and visit local market to see people ways of life. Proceed to the north of Pakokku (20km), the remains of Pakhangyi, 19th century town with old city walls. Transfer to the jetty and will take local ferry boat trip to Bagan (Approx: 2 hrs crusing : depends on the tide and weather). Will arrive to Bagan before sunset. Transfer to the hotel and leisure.Overnight at hotel.

Day 06: Bagan ( B)

Breakfast at Hotel. Visit Nyaung U morning market. Continue visit to the most significant pagodas and temples of Bagan including Shwezigon Pagoda, Annada Temple, Thatbinnyu Temple, Gubyaukgyi (Wet Kyi –in) temple. Transfer to the hotel and leisure. Afternoon visit one of the Myanmar's most treasured handicrafts, a lacquer ware home Industry: near by Myingabar village. Continue visit to the Damayangyi Temple (the massive temple in Bagan). Experience by local Horse – cart way to Pyitthagyi Temple (15 mins). Transfer to the hotel and overnight at hotel.

Day 07: Bagan - Salay- Mt. Popa – Bagan (B)

Breakfast at hotel. Drive to the by passing through Chauk,old Burma Oil installations, Kyaukpadaung to visit the local market. Continue to Salay, to visit the Yokesone Monastery, which is the oldest surviving wooden monastery hall built on 154 teak posts with beautiful woodcarvings decorating the outer walls. Continue drive to Mount Popa enjoying the magnificent view over Mount Popa. Late afternoon, visit Mount Popa, a core of an extinct volcano, 1518 meters high and believed to be the abode of the legendary “Nats” (spirits). Return back to Bagan and transfer to the hotel.

Day 08: Baan - Heho- Pindaya ( B)

Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to the airport. Departure for Heho by flight. (30 min flying). Arrive Heho and drive to Pindaya (Approx: 2 hours) an interesting drive up into the hills and across the Shan Plateau through fields of mountain rice. Check in hotel and leisure. In the afternoon, visit magnificent Pindaya caves. Continue visit some local houses where families produce Shan paper and parasols. Evening stroll along underneath the old Banyan trees – which are said over 200 years old. Overnight at hotel.

Day 09 : Pindaya –Inle ( B )

Breakfast at Hotel. Starts drive down into the valley to Nyaungshwe on the edge of the Inle Lake: famous for its unique leg rower; by A/C coach (about 2 ½ hours). Arrive Nyaungshwe and proceed to Inle lake by local boat and Check - in Hotel. An excursion by boat on Inle Lake, heading to the middle of Inle lake including Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda, the holiest religious site in Southern Shan State. Floating Market Villages & Gardens where fruit and vegetables are grown. See traditional handicrafts – silk weaving on wooden handlooms and a blacksmith shop. Stop at Ngaphechaung Monastery which is famous for its (Jumping –Cats Show). Transfer to the hotel and overnight at hotel.

Day 10 : Inle – Indein – Inle ( B)

Breakfast at hotel. An excursion by boat to the Western Shore of Inle Lake to the beginning of a stair path leading to the hidden and unknown Inn Dein Pagoda complex. Return back to hotel. Free and leisure. Enjoy sunset at hotel. Overnight at hotel.

Day 11: Inle- Nyaung shwe- Heho-Yangon ( B)

Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to the Heho airport depart for Yangon by schedule flight. (Approx: 1 ½ hr flying) and arrive Yangon airport, visit to Yangon's Unique Glass Factory which has changed very little over the years. Continue visit to the the Bogyoke Market (Scotts market) with hundreds of food, clothes, handicrafts and gems store. Transfer to the hotel and leisure. Overnight at hotel.

Day 12 : Yangon Departure ( B)

Breakfast at hotel. Free and leisure until deperature. Transfer to airport depart for next destination.

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