5 days / 4 nights
Visit Yangon, explore every corner of the great Sule Pagoda and many other pagodas. Continue your exploring to Bagan, the capital of first Burmese Empire. It covers more than 49 square kilometers containing over 2000 pagodas and one of the richest archaeological sites in Asia. And enjoy boat trip on Inle Lake in Heho before getting back to Yangon for your departure.
Arrive at Yangon International Airport. We welcome and transfer you to hotel.
After a refreshment, the tour sightseeing includes visit the old colonial-style city center with the gilded SULE PAGODA, strand road and Yangon Jetty by Car. And visit Bogyoke Aung San (Scott) Market, is the most popular market (close on every Monday & Public holiday) and where you can buy luxury item, handicrafts, food stuff, clothing, jewelry, fashion and consumer goods.
Afternoon, continue to Chaukhtatgyi (Reclining Buddha) Pagoda a colossal reclining Buddha, Karaweik Hall Royal barge on the Royal lake for photo stop and world famous Shwedagon Pagoda. Witness the golden dome light up sunshine at the sunset.
Overnight at Yangon.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch
Breakfast at the hotel. Early flight to Bagan, the capital of first Burmese Empire. It covers more than 49 square kilometers containing over 2000 pagodas and one of the richest archaeological sites in Asia. Arrival at airport, we welcome and transfer you to hotel. Take a refreshment.
Sightseeing starts with Bagan Archaeological Museum and Shwezigon Pagoda – built by King Anawrahta, a prototype of later Myanmar stupas, Htilominlo Temple well-known for its old mural, fine plaster carving and glazed sandstone decoration.
Afternoon, continue to discover Old Bagan where most beautiful testimonies of the splendors and the richness of this site conceal. Anada Temple – one of the finest in architecture and most revered temples with its four standing Bagan style Buddha images and huge carved teak doors, Ananda Oakkyaung – simply a Monastery built with red bricks, located within the precincts of the Ananda Temple. It was built in 1137 AD and paintings of the 18th century are seen in the walls of the monastery, Thatbyinnyu Temple – 201ft tall, the tallest in Bagan and it is shaped like a cross, but is not symmetrical. The temple has two primaries storey, with the seated Buddha image located on the second storey.Dhammayangyi Temple – the widest temple in Bagan, and is built in a plan similar to that of Anada Temple. In the evening a horse-cart ride will take you among magnificent Temples about 2 hrs. Then, enjoy the memorable sunset over the world famous Archaeological complex from the upper terrace of one of the Bagan Temple.
Overnight at hotel in Bagan.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch
After breakfast, the tour starts to the one of Asia’s most popular archeological destination. We will visit colorful Naung U Market and visit some of Bagan most famous pagodas, including Shwezigon Pagoda, a prototype of later Myanmar stupas: Gupaukgyi, a 13th century cave temple with interesting fine frescoes of scences from the jatakas,and Anada Pagoda,one of the visit to a Lacquerware factory.
We will also visit Dhammayangyi Patho, a massive later period temple with the finest brickwork in Bagan. As the sun goes down we will be at one of the ideal viewing sites selected by our tour guide.
Overnight in Bagan.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch
After breakfast at hotel, transfer to domestic airport for flight to Heho. Upon arrival at Heho, transfer to hotel for check in. Then, take a boat trip on Inle Lake to visit In Dein, located in the south of the lake, by motor boat. From the middle of the lake, continue down a small canal leading to the village of In Dein, a recently opened area in Shan State. After a walk around the village, passing a local school, take the covered stairway to the beautiful Alaung Sitthou area where ancient stupas are partly covered by vegetation. From here there is a magnificent view over the lake.
At afternoon, sightseeing for magical Inle Lake, which is located 1328 meters above sea level and 22 km long and 11 km wide. Highlights include the fisherman rowing in the one-legged style characteristic of Inle Lake boatmen and the gardens of grass and earth floating on the surface of this shallow lake used for growing vegetables. Besides the enjoyment of the scenery we can also visit the jumping cats monastery ,Phaungdaw Oo Pagoda,silk weaving village of Inpawkhon,cheroot making and other cottage industries. Overnight at Hotel.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch
After breakfast, transfer to Heho airport for domestic flight back to Yangon.
Arrival at Yangon, if time permit, visit to Lawka Chanthar Arbayar Laba Muni Buddha Image (Kyauktawgyi) and Royal White Elephant camp and Kaba Aye Pagoda and Maha Pasana Cave.
After that, transfer you to Yangon international airport for your departure flight.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch