Virgin Myanmar

Day 1 : Yangon

Meet with our guide on arrival at the Yangon international Airport and transfer to the hotel. Today's sightseeing tour includes the old colonial style city center, the gilded Sule Pagoda, dating back over 2,000 years.Then proceed to ChaukHtatGyi, a huge reclining Buddha image, followed by a photo stop at Karaweik Hall royal floating barge. An extended visit to the Shwedagon Pagoda, one of the world's most spectacular religious monuments will conclude the tour of this picturesque Garden City. The golden dome of the Shwedagon Pagoda rises 98 meters above its base and is covered with 60 tons of pure gold. Accommodation at the hotel, in Yangon.

Day 2 : Yangon – Heho – Pindaya - Inle (Flight, Car, Boat)

After an early breakfast you will be transferred to the airport for a domestic flight to Heho. As soon as you arrive you will proceed by road to Pindaya and then visit the Shwe U Min cave with 8094 Buddha images and umbrella workshop. Then you will continue to NyaungShwe. And then transfer to your hotel.Accommodation at the hotel, in Inle.

Day 3 : Inle (Boat)

After breakfast, you will visit the PhaungDawOo Pagoda, one of the most sacred shrines in Myanmar, dating back to the 18th century; the NgaPheChaung Monastery, famous for its jumping cats trained by monks; the weaving village of Inpawkhon and one of the local markets in the Inle Lake region (on market days only). Accommodation at the hotel, in Inle.

Day 4 : Inle – Inndein - Inle (Boat)

After breakfast depending on the water level, you will board a boat to the Western Shore of Inle Lake, where you will find the beginning of a stair path leading to the well hidden Inn Dein pagoda complex. Visit some more villages to see their way of life. Accommodation at the hotel, in Inle.

Day 5 : Inle – Heho – Kyaing Tong (Boat)

After breakfast transfer to Heho Airport for flight to Kyaing Tong. Arrive Kyaing Tong and then visit to Palaung and Akha hill tribes villages if time permits.
Accommodation at the hotel, in Kyaing Tong.

Note : Kyaing Tong Flights are not available every day. The flights operate every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. So Day 5 must be Sunday or Wednesday.

Day 6 : Kyaing Tong

After breakfast trekking to see the human tribes, Akhi, etc.. Return to hotel and Accommodation at the hotel, in Kyaing Tong.

Day 7 : Kyaing Tong

After breakfast trekking to the villages around Kyaing Tong. Return to hotel and Accommodation at the hotel, in Kyaing Tong.

Day 8 : Kyaing Tong – Mandalay (Flight, Car)

Breakfast at the hotel. Morning visit the ZonWat Kham and the local market. In the afternoon, transfer to the airport for flight to Mandalay. Arrive Mandalay and then transfer to your hotel. Accommodation at the hotel, in Mandalay.

Day 9 : Mandalay – Amarapura – Ava – Sagaing - Mandalay (Car)

Breakfast at the hotel.Morning drive to Amarapura. You will visit Mahagandayon, a famous Buddhist monastery, where more than a thousand monks live and study. Then the visit will continue to the 150 years old U Bein teak bridge, built in 1851 at the time when Amarapura was the royal capital. Then you will proceed to Sagaing Hills, a retreat for Buddhist devotees, to enjoy a magnificent view over the surrounding area. You will the go to Inn Wa and visit Bagayar monastery with 247 teak wood pillars built in 19 century, Nan Myint watch tower and Menu Okkaung. Back to Mandalay.Accommodation at the hotel, in Mandalay.

Day 10 : Mandalay – Mingun – Mandalay (Boat, Car)

After breakfast excursion by boat on the Ayeyarwady river to Mingun about 11 km (1 hour) upriver from Mandalay. You will visit the magnificent 90 ton weighing Mingun Bell, Settawya Pagoda, Hsinbyume pagoda and the unfinished Mingun Pagoda, which was meant to become the largest stupa in Myanmar during the reign of King BodawPaya. Then, after the visit return Mandalay and visit Mahamuni Pagoda, Golden Palace Monastery: a superb example of a traditional wood work and KuthodawPagoda(UNESCO Memory of the World), made of marble. Mandalay is also a major arts and crafts center. You will visit a Kalaga tapestry craftsmen's shop to see the Kalaga tapestries being created. Finally enjoy the sunset from Mandalay Hill for sunset viewing. Accommodation at the hotel, in Mandalay.

Day 11 : Mandalay - Popa - Bagan (Car)

After breakfast you will proceed to Bagan. On the way visit to Mount Popa(50 km, about 1 ½ hours drive). Mount Popa is said to be abode of 37 Nats(spirits) and you can get panoramic view from Taungkalat after climbing 777 steps. And then proceed to Bagan.
Accommodation at the hotel, in Bagan.

Day 12 : Bagan (Flight, Car)

After breakfast, you will start your day with visits to the most significant pagodas and temples of Bagan. Shwezigon Pagoda, built by King Anawrahta in the early 11th century as a religious shrine; Kubyaukkyi, noted for its panoramic view of the area's numerous monuments and Ananda Temple, with four standing Buddha images. In the afternoon you will visit one of Myanmar's most treasured handicrafts, a lacquer ware craftsmen's workshop in the nearby Myinkaba village. You will continue to Manuha temple, built in the Mon style in 1059. Next you will explore the Myinkabargubyaukkyi temple, a temple noteworthy for its mural paintings under the protection of UNESCO. After this, you will continue to Shwesandaw to watch the sunset over the famous Ayeyarwaddy River. Accommodation at the hotel, in Bagan.

Day 13 : Bagan - Yangon (Flight, Car)

Breakfast at the hotel. After breakfast transfer to airport to take domestic flight to Yangon. Arrival Yangon where you will visit Bogyoke market, formerly known as Bogyoke (Scott's) Market (closed on Public Holidays & Mondays) and china town to enjoy a colorful vegetable market. Accommodation at the hotel, in Yangon.

Day 14 : Yangon - Kyaikhtiyo (Car)

Breakfast at the hotel. After breakfast drive to Bago (84 km – approximately 2 hours). En route, visit the Allied War Graves cemetery near HtaukKyan, a tree shrine dedicated to the legendary animist spirits known as "Nats". Then continue to Kin Pun "base camp" (110 km - approximately 3½ hours) and onward to Kyaiktiyo (the "Golden Rock"), a huge boulder completely covered by gold leaves and delicately balanced on the edge of a cliff. From Kin Pun take a local truck up a bumpy track (45 minutes drive) to arrive to the Golden Rock. On arrival, watch the beauty of a sunset at this important pilgrimage site.
Accommodation at the hotel near Kyaikhtiyo.

Note: If the weather is too worse, the local truck cannot be permitted to Golden Rock and can be stopped at Yathaytaung. From Yathaytaung travelers must walk the final stage (about 4 kilometers – 45 minutes) up steep paths, which ascend some 500 meters to the Golden Rock.

Day 15 : Kyaikhtiyo – Bago - Yangon (Car)

Breakfast at the hotel. Return to Bago (110 km - approximately 3½ hours). Sightseeing includes the Shwemawdaw Pagoda, which is over a thousand years old. Its spire is even taller than the one of Yangon's the Shwedagon Pagoda and the 55-meter-long reclining Shwethalyaung Buddha image and Bago Market. Continue to Yangon (84 km – approximately 2 hours). Accommodation at the hotel, in Yangon.

Day 16 : Yangon Departure

Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the Yangon International Airport for your departure flight.

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