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Tour Code : ACTMV-011012 (18 Days/17 Nights)

YANGON-MANDALAY-BAGAN-INLE-KYAIKTIYO-NGAPALI BEACH-YANGON

DAY 01 YANGON ARRIVAL   (-,L,D)

Arrival at Yangon Airport. Warmly welcome by our company guide and transfer to Hotel. Afternoon tour through Yangon's colonial-style city center. Visit Sule Pagoda, dating back over 2000 years ago; the magnificent reclining Buddha at Chaukhtat Gyi ; and after a photo stop at the Karaweik Hall(floating barge on Kandawgyi royal lake), and after shopping at the Bogyoke Market(Scotts) market with hundreds of food, clothes, handicrafts and gems stores, evening visit to one of the world’s most spectacular monuments “ Shwe Dagon Pagoda”. Welcome dinner and cultural show at Karaweik restaurant. Overnight at the hotel.

DAY 02 YANGON-MANDALAY-AMARAPURA-SAGAING-MANDALAY (B,L,D)

After breakfast transfer to Airport. Departure for Mandalay by Flight.Arrive Mandalay, proceed to Amarapura, 15 km from Mandalay. Visit Mahagandaryone;a famous Buddhist monastery (where more than a thousand monks live and study )continue to 200 –year-old U Bein teak wood bridge (built in 1782 at the time when Amarapura was Royal capital. Visit Bagaya monastery, with a superb collection of Buddha statues. After lunch excursion to the former royal Capital of Inwa (AVA), reached by a short boat trip. Visit by horse-drawn carriage to Nanmyint Watch Tower, continue to Sagaing Hills, a retreat for Buddhist devotees for sunset. Return to Mandalay, check in Hotel. Overnight at the hotel.

DAY 03 MANDALAY-MINGUN-MANDALAY      (B,L,D)                 

Breakfast at hotel. Morning transfer to jetty, cruise to Mingun by boat. Visit Mingun Bell; the world largest ringing bell, unfinished Pagoda, Myatheindan Zedi, home for aged. After sightseeing return back to Mandalay. After lunch visit Mandalay Royal Palace, Shwenandaw Kyaung (Golden Monastery), Kuthodaw Pagoda known as the  world biggest book, Kyauktawgyi marble image and sunset at Mandalay hill. Overnight stay at the hotel.

DAY 04

MANDALAY-BAGAN          (B,L,D)                                                                                                            

Breakfast at hotel. After breakfast early morning transfer to Jetty and depart for Bagan by boat. Arrive Bagan. Farming villages around Bagan will give you insight into the lives of the local people. A colorfully decorated ox-cart (if available) is waiting to show you more of Bagan's ancient temples in the traditional way of transportation used by people in Myanmar's countryside. Dinner at local restaurant. Overnight stay at the hotel.

DAY 05

BAGAN  (B,L,D)                                                                          

 

Breakfast at hotel. Visit Nyaung U Market, Shwezigon Pagoda, Kyansittha U Min, Gubyaukgyi (Wet -kyi-in ) &  Htilo Minlo Temple. Lunch at local restaurant. Visit Bagan Museum. Ananda Temple & Oakkyaung, Damayangyi Temple, Sulamani Temple, Thatbyinnyu Temple. Evening  visit Tayokepyay Temple in Min Nan Thu Village. Phayathone Zu and Nandamanya Temples noted for exquisite murals of 13th century, Kyat Kan Cave monastery, a famous meditation retreat in Bagan. Evening  excursion by boat on the Ayeyarwaddy River to watch the sunset over the plain of Bagan. Dinner at local restaurant. Overnight stay at hotel.

DAY 06 BAGAN-POPA-BAGAN   (B,L,D)                                                                                     

Breakfast at hotel. Morning visit to Mt. Popa ;(an extinct volcano) known as home of Spirits. Drive and climb up the hill. Enjoy panoramic view at the top of the hill. After lunch drive back to Bagan, visit Shwesandaw Pagoda, Gubyaukgyi Pagoda (Myinkaba) Mya Zedi, East  &  West Petleik Pagoda, Lawkananda Pagoda .Excursion to Lacquer ware home industry, Nagayone Temple, Abeyadana Temple, Nan Paya Temple, Manuha Temple and sunset  at Mingalar Zedi. Overnight stay at the hotel.

DAY 07  BAGAN -HEHO-PINDAYA  (B,L,D)

Breakfast at hotel. Morning transfer to airport. Departure for heho by flight. Arrive heho and proceed to Pindaya( 65km 1 ½ hours drive). Arrive Pindaya. Visit Pindaya stalactite and stalagmite caves in which countless Buddha images of different types and times exist. After that, trekking through the Pindaya mountain range to see the hill tribes, Danu, Pa-O and Palaung, their villages, their daily activities and their cultivation in the farm and tea plantation on the slope of the hill and the process of dry tea making from village of the mountain top, one can enjoy magnificent view over surroundings and return to hotel in the afternoon.Evening visit downtown to observe traditional hand – made paper and umbrella making workshops.  Dinner at local restaurant. Overnight stay at the hotel.

DAY 08

PINDAYA  - INLE LAKE (B,L,D)

Breakfast at hotel. Morning transfer to Inle Lake (92 km, 2 hours drive) from Pindaya, sightseeing to famous for its unique leg-rowers and scenic beauty. Tour highlights include Phaung daw Oo Pagoda, wonderful floating garden, floating market, native method of fishing, traditional hand-loom at Inpawkhon village. Return to hotel. Overnight stay at the hotel.

DAY 09

INLE-KAKKU-KALAW       (B,L,D)                      

Breakfast at hotel. After breakfast proceed to Taunggyi (30km –1hour drive ) and continue to Kakku. Visit the magnificent Kakku Pagoda complex of over 500 stupas which has just recently been opened for foreign visitors. Depart Kakku for a visit to Htan-Pha-Ya village and cave. Unknown Shan Buddha images of various sizes are kept on the wall of the small & shallow Htan-Pha-Ya cave. Visit a typical Pa O village including their plantations on the way back to Taunggyi and proceed to Kalaw. Dinner at restaurant. Overnight stay at hotel.

 

DAY 10

KALAW-HEHO-YANGON           (B,L,D)                                                             

Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to airport Departure for Yangon by flight. Arrive Yangon and leisure. Dinner at local restaurant. Overnight stay at hotel.

DAY 11 YANGON-BAGO-KYAIKTIYO (B,L,D)                                                                

Breakfast at hotel. After breakfast, a drive to Bago(84 km – 1 ½ hours). Sightseeing starts  Kya Khet Wain monastery, an eminent teaching center for hundreds of monks from neighboring regions to study Buddhism. The tour continues to the over a thousand years old Shwe Maw Daw Pagoda with its spire taller than the Shwe Dagon Pagoda. Proceed to Kin Pun base camp (110 km – 3 ½ hours), The tour will continue to one of Myanmar’s landmarks, which is famous for its precarious position and religious importance: Kyaikhtiyo, "the Golden Rock" a huge boulder completely covered by gold leaf and delicately balanced on the edge of a cliff. To reach the pagoda from Kin Pun a steep 11 km road lead to upper staging point .The journey is made in open trucks, which are very crowded. The upper area must be traveled by foot at present, and the walk is approximately 4 km up a steep path which ascends some 500 m to the Golden Rock. If you wish to take a more comfortable approach, you can sit back and be carried in sedan chairs by four porters. This will incur an extra cost of approx . US$ 10 p.p . On arrival you can enjoy the beautiful sunset. Overnight stay at the hotel.

DAY 12

KYAIKTIYO-BAGO-YANGON (B,L,D)

Breakfast at hotel. After breakfast return to Yangon (194 km –5 hours). Lunch at a local restaurant in Bago, continue sightseeing with the 55-meter long reclining Shwe Tha Lyaung Buddha , which is among the country’s most impressive image. Return to Yangon in the mid-afternoon and visit Htauk Kyant (Allied War Graves). Transfer to hotel.Overnight stay at the hotel.

DAY 13

YANGON-THANDWE –NGAPALAI BEACH (B)

Breakfast at hotel. After breakfast transfer to airport for domestic flight to Thandwe. (Air Mandalay). Arrive Thandwe and proceed to Ngapali Beach. Overnight stay at the hotel.

DAY 14 NGAPALAI BEACH (B)

Fullday at Ngapali beach

DAY 15 NGAPALI BEACH   (B)

Fullday at Ngapali beach.

DAY 16 NGAPALI BEACH  (B)

Fullday at Ngapali beach.

DAY 17 NGAPALI BEACH –YANGON  (B,L,D)

Breakfast at hotel. After breakfast transfer to airport. Departure for Yangon by flight. Leisure

at hotel. In the afternoon visit Botataung Pagoda near the river and the oldest Chinese Temple

in China town. You can see the sunset over the Yangon River at Nanthida Jetty. overnight at Hotel.

DAY 18 YANGON-DEPARTURE  (B)

Breakfast at hotel. Proceed to the famous "Strand Hotel"  From here you take a guided walk

through Yangon's old colonial city center (approx.1 ½ hours).Transfer  to Yangon Int'l Airport. Departure by flight.

 

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