Burma Tour - 8 Day

DAY 01 Arrive in Yangon
Arrive in Yangon. Meet / assist at the airport and transfer to the hotel.
Lunch at hotel. Then visit the National Museum, Kyaukhtatgyi Pagoda's 70m long reclining Buddha and Myanmar’s holiest monument, and the Shwedagon Pagoda with its gold Covered stupa.
Dinner and overnight in Yangon.

DAY 02 Yangon / NyaungOo-Bagan by flight
Breakfast at hotel.
After breakfast transfer to Yangon's Mingaladon Airport for the flight to Bagan(Nyaung Oo).
On arrival, meet / assist at the airport and transfer to the hotel.
En route sightseeing visit Shwezigon Pagoda, Wetkyi-In Gubyaukgyi and Htilominlo Temple noted for its fine plaster carvings and glazed sandstone decorations.
Lunch at hotel.

DAY 03 Bagan
Breakfast at hotel.
After breakfast visit the colorful Nyaung Oo market before proceeding to Myinkaba and on the way back, look into the production process of lacquer ware, one of the best – known Myanmar handicrafts in one of the local family workshops.
Lunch at hotel
After lunch visit the countryside village of Minnanthu, the least visited are in Bagan with temples such as Payathonzu.
Then we board to a local boat for a slow cruise down the Ayeyarwaddy before sunset.
Transfer to hotel for dinner and overnight at hotel.

DAY 04 Bagan / Mandalay by flight
Breakfast at hotel.
After breakfast, transfer to Nyaung Oo Airport for the flight to Mandalay.
On arrival, meet / assist at the airport and transfer to the hotel.
En route sightseeing tour of Mandalay, Myanmar’s cultural capital features Mahamuni Pagoda, famous for its venerable statue of Buddha covered with gold leaf.
Then tour of traditional workshops includes crafts such as woodcarving, marble masonry, Kalaga tapestry and gold leaf making.

Lunch at hotel
Afternoon visit the Kuthodaw Pagoda with its 729 marble stone slabs of Buddhist scriptures and Shwenandaw Monastery, noted for its exquisite woodcarving.
Enjoy the sunset from Mandalay Hill.
Dinner and overnight at hotel

DAY 05 Mandalay / Amarapura / Ava / Sagaing / Mandalay
Breakfast at hotel.
After breakfast at the hotel, depart for full day trip to the former capitals of Amarapua, Ava and Sagaing. The day begins with a visit to the 18th century capital, Amarapura. Attend the daily meal of over a thousand monks at the country’s largest monastery, Mahagandayon. And visit a silk weaving workshop, the craft specialty of Amarapura.
Lunch at hotel.

After lunch cross the bridge over the Irrawaddy River and continue to Sagaing.
Finish the day with a walk at sunset over the 200 year-old U-Bein Bridge, constructed entirely from teak.
Dinner and Overnight in Mandalay.Stop at the wooden Shwe Yan Pyay Monastery on the way. Board a private motor boat to head out into Inle Lake, one of Myanmar’s most spectacular sights.
After lunch, visit the Nga Hpe Chaung (Jumping Cats) Monastery and its Shan Buddha’s and Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda the lakes main sanctuary. If the time allows we go for an improvised walk through one of the villages.
Dinner and overnight on Inle Lake.

DAY 07 In Dein / Inle Lake / Heho / Yangon by flight
Breakfast at hotel.
After breakfast visit Dein in the south of the lake by motorboat. 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.
Lunch at local restaurant.
Continue visits of the lake by boat and in the afternoon, transfer to Heho Airport for flight back to Yangon.
On arrival meet / assist at the airport and transfer to hotel.
Dinner and overnight in Yangon

DAY 08
Depart Yangon
Breakfast at hotel.
After breakfast finish the tour with a visit to downtown Yangon with its faded colonial atmosphere, Sule Pagoda, Mahabandoola Park, India town and bustling Chinatown.
Afternoon transferring to Mingaladon Airport for onward flight.