12 DAYS MYANMAR ITINERARY
YANGON – BAGO – YANGON - BAGAN – RV PANDAW II - MANDALAY - AMARAPURA – MANDALAY – AVA - SAGAING - MANDALAY - HEHO - INLE LAKE – HEHO - YANGON
Available: from 01.10.08 – 31.03.09
Departure: Tuesday
Price based on 2 persons/per person:
01.10.08 – 31.03.09: from US$ 1.889 up |
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DAY 01 (Tue.)
YANGON / arrival day
Upon arrival at Yangon International Airport welcome by
our local tour guide and transfer to your hotel for
check-in. In the afternoon drive to Mawtin Jetty and
take a rickshaws for a short trip along the Yangon
River, enjoy “High Tea” at the Strand Hotel built in
1896, once described as the "leading hotel of the East"
and proceed to Botataung Pagoda, where sacred hair relic
of Lord Buddha is enshrined in it. Overnight in Yangon.
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DAY 02 (Wed.)
YANGON –
BAGO –
YANGON (B)
After breakfast drive to Bago. En route stop at the
Shwenyaungpin Nat Shrine to ask for a safe journey,
visit the Allied World soldiers cemetery and Kyaikpun
Phaya with four sitting Buddha images. In Bago Ss
includes the interesting Bago Market with varieties of
vegetables, flower and commodity goods, the
Shwethalyaung Pagoda (Reclining Buddha), visit nearby
Monastic Education Center, and the Mon village, with its
array of Cotton weavers. Then to the 16 century Palace
excavation and reconstruction site and visit the small,
but excellent museum, the Shwemawdaw Pagoda and walk
from there to the Hintha Gon Pagoda, the place where
Bago was founded and bring some flowers to the Royal
Mother of Bago. Late afternoon come back to Yangon.
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DAY 03 (Thu.)
YAGON
- BAGAN
Early morning flight to Bagan. Full day sightseeing
tour of Bagan with a diverse selection of the most
important pagodas and temples, such as Shwezigon Pagoda,
built by King Anawrahta in the early 11th century as a
religious shrine; the Gu Byauk Gyi Temple, a temple with
exquisite murals of Jataka scenes; the Ananda Temple,
with four huge standing Buddha images and numerous
seated figures in niches around the galleried interior
and the Shwe Gu Gyi Temple, noted for its fine stucco
carvings and panoramic views of the area’s many
monuments. In the afternoon visit Myinkaba, two km south
of Bagan. This village is well known for its lacquerware
workshops and has also a number of interesting temples,
as Nanphaya Temple, said to have once been the residence
of King Manuha and Gu Byauk Gyi Temple, which has very
nice frescoes inside. Overnight in Bagan.
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DAY 04 (Fri.)
BAGAN (B)
Start your day with a magnificent flight by hot air
Balloon over Bagan. After breakfast visit Minnanthu,
walk around the village, talk with the people and learn
more about their daily live and visit also the
Dhammayazika Pagode in Pwasaw, built in 1196 by
Narapatisithu. In the afternoon visit Abeyadana Temple,
with very interesting paintings, showing a Mahayana
influence; the Nagayon Temple, an elegant and
well-preserved temple, built by King Kyanzittha; the
Ashe & Anauk Pagoda, with hundreds of unglazed
terracotta tiles illustrating scenes from the jatakas
and Lowkananda Pagoda, built in 1059 by King Anawrahta.
Overnight in Bagan.
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DAY 05 (Sat.)
BAGAN
- RV PANDAW II (B,L,D)
After breakfast you are transferred to the Shwe Kyat Yet
Jetty and board the RV. Pandaw II. The RV Pandaw II was
built in Yangon in 2001 after the historic vessel built
in Scotland in 1948 for the shallow conditions of the
Ayeyarwaddy. The Pandaw is a ship laden with charm,
atmosphere and character. With fine cuisine and high
standards of service a cruise on the Pandaw is a unique
travel experience. In the afternoon you arrive Thein
Gone Village, situated just 10 km south of Pakokku. The
village was established just 50 years ago on the fertile
river plain close to the great River. Everyone in the
village is a farmer and the main crops are corn,
peanuts, tobacco and small areas of paddy. There is a
pleasant Buddhist monastery with 5 monks and over 25
monastery boys and a state-run village school with 4
teachers, but they commute from nearby Pakokku. Dinner
and overnight on board.
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DAY 06 (Sun.) RV PANDAW II – YANDABO (B,L,D)
Yandabo is a rarely visited small village with no road
access to the world. Dependant on the riverine economy
this village is famous for the production of terracotta
pottery made from river bank mud. See the pottery making
process at various stages. You are invited into people’s
homes and visit the local monastery. Lunch, dinner and
overnight on the RV Pandaw II.
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DAY 07 (Mon.) RV PANDAW II –
MANDALAY (B)
Upon arrival in Mandalay at appr. 10:00 visit gold leaf
making industry, Mahamuni Pagoda, originally built by
King Bodawpaya in 1784, hosting the revered Mahamuni
image, cast in the 1st Century and now covered in thick
gold leaves and arts and crafts center (bronze casting;
stone carving, etc.). In the afternoon visit the
Shwenandaw Monastery, noted for its exquisite wood
carvings, Atumashi Monastery, the "Incomparable
Monastery", the Kuthodaw Pagoda, known as the world's
Biggest Book for its stone slabs of Buddhist scriptures
and sunset on Mandalay Hill, a vantage-point for
panoramic view of the city. Overnight in Mandalay.
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DAY 08 (Tue.) MANDALAY
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AMARAPURA – SAGAING
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MANDALAY (B)
After breakfast drive to Amarapura the “City of
Immortals” and visit the 150 year old Mahagandayon
monastery, and famous Buddhist learning center. It is
home to a thousand monks, who will form a procession as
they go to take their noon and final meal of the day.
Apart from Pagodas that have survived, the ancient art
of silk and cotton weaving, using handlooms, is very
much alive and visit U Bein wooden bridge, over 150
years old, which is still in use. After lunch drive over
Ava bridge to Sagaing, 21 km southwest of Mandalay and
visit the Sagaing Hills, a retreat for Buddhist devotees
with numerous Pagodas, monasteries and nunneries. Visit
the village of Sagaing, at the foot of Sagaing Hill with
markets, shops and restaurants; one of the monasteries
on the hillside; the Tilawkaguru cave temple, with mural
paintings; Umin Thounzeh caves, containing 45 Buddha
images and Soon U Ponya Shin Pagoda built in 1312. The
view of Sagaing from here is outstanding. Late afternoon
come back to Mandalay. Overnight in Mandalay.
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DAY 09 (Wed.)
MANDALAY
- HEHO – NYAUNG SHWE -
INLE LAKE (B)
Morning flight to Heho in Shan State. Upon arrival drive
to Kaung Dine at the north-western shore of Inle Lake.
From here take a boat for the excursion on Inle Lake (25
km) famous for its unique one-leg rowers, typical
floating gardens, local methods of fishing and village
life and the Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda housing five sacred
and almost shapeless Buddha images, contorted because of
the quantity of applied gold leaf, gifts from the
believers. The Buddha images are purported to have come
here in the 12th Century. In the afternoon, proceed to
the silk weaving village of In Phaw Khon and visit Nga
Phe Chaung (the biggest and oldest monastery around Inle
Lake). Overnight at Inle Lake.
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DAY 10 (Thu.) INLE LAKE (B,L)
Early morning drive by boat for appr. 2 1/2 hours south
to explore the unspoiled culture and traditional
life-style of the ethnic groups of Pao and Inthas around
Sangha and Hmawbi area. Visit Kyauktaing, a Shan village
live on earthenware pottery works; visit Kyainkhan
village, to see the production of monk robes from
fabrics of thousands of lotos stems and the production
of high degree alcohol (CS-counrty spirit). Lunch at
Thakong Pagoda. Late afternoon come back to your hotel
for overnight.
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DAY 11 (Fri.) INLE LAKE – HEHO -
YANGON (B)
After breakfast transfer to the airport for the flight
to Yangon. Upon arrival visit Sule Pagoda , dating back
over 2000 years, the Mahabandoola Park with it's
Independence Monument and walk around the downtown area
and the sprawling Bogyoke Market. Wide streets, orderly
town planning and neglected public buildings revive
visions of British rule, while busy streets scenes and
shimmering pagodas, bursting through a leafy canopy,
hint at the rich local culture. Skyscrapers and glaring
neon billboards have yet to overtake the capital.Late in
the afternoon, visit the Shwedagon Pagoda described by
Somerset Maugham: "The Shwedagon rose superb, glistening
with its gold, like a sudden hope in the dark night of
the soul of which the mystics write, glistening against
the fog and smoke of the thriving city." This massive
bell-shaped stupa rises nearly 100 meters above its
hill-top surroundings. Wander through this magnificent
structure and its courtyards, stupas, bells, Temples,
and Buddha images, and see religious and secular
visitors from all parts of the globe. Shwedagon has
become the symbol of Myanmar. Enjoy the sunset over the
Pagoda. Overnight in Yangon.
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DAY 12 (Sat.)
YANGON
/ departure day
Free at your own leisure till transfer to Yangon
International Airport for your departure flight.
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PRICE IN US$ PER PERSON VALID FROM 01.10.2008 - 31.10.2008 AND FROM 01.03.09 – 30.04.09
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First class category |
English |
German |
Italian/Spanish |
French |
Russian |
| 1 person with station guide |
2.459,- |
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| 1 person with guide throughout |
2.625.- |
2.823,- |
2.757,- |
2.889,- |
3.153,- |
| 2 persons |
1.889,- |
1.988,- |
1.955,- |
2.021,- |
2.153,- |
| 3 persons |
1.751,- |
1.817,- |
1.795,- |
1.839,- |
1.927,- |
| 4-6 persons |
1.709,- |
1.759,- |
1.742,- |
1.775,- |
1.841,- |
| 7-10 persons |
1.632,- |
1.661,- |
1.651,- |
1.670,- |
1.708,- |
| 11-15 persons |
1.548,- |
1.566,- |
1.560,- |
1.572,- |
1.596,- |
| 16-20 persons |
1.488,- |
1.501,- |
1.497,- |
1.505,- |
1.521,- |
| 21-25 persons |
1.449,- |
1.459,- |
1.456,- |
1.462,- |
1.475,- |
| Single supplement |
355,- |
| Half board supplement |
77,- |
| Full board supplement |
148,- |
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List of Hotels used for the
first class category |
| Deluxe category |
English |
German |
Italian/Spanish
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French |
Russian |
| 1 person with station guide |
2.904,- |
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| 1 person with guide throughout |
3.071,- |
3.269,- |
3.203,- |
3.335,- |
3.599,- |
| 2 persons |
2.133,- |
2.232,- |
2.199,- |
2.265,- |
2.397,- |
| 3 persons |
1.995,- |
2.061,- |
2.039,- |
2.083,- |
2.171,- |
| 4-6 persons |
1.953,- |
2.003,- |
1.986,- |
2.019,- |
2.085,- |
| 7-10 persons |
1.875,- |
1.904,- |
1.894,- |
1.913,- |
1.951,- |
| 11-15 persons |
1.790,- |
1.808,- |
1.802,- |
1.814,- |
1.838,- |
| 16-20 persons |
1.729,- |
1.742,- |
1.738,- |
1.746,- |
1.762,- |
| 21-25 persons |
1.690,- |
1.700,- |
1.697,- |
1.703,- |
1.716,- |
| Single supplement |
562,- |
| Half board supplement |
77,- |
| Full board supplement |
148,- |
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List of Hotels used for the deluxe category |
PRICE IN US$ PER PERSON VALID FROM 01.11.2008 - 28.02.2009
| First class category |
English |
German |
Italian/Spanish |
French |
Russian |
| 1 person with station guide |
2.553,- |
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| 1 person with guide throughout |
2.726.- |
2.924,- |
2.858,- |
2.990,- |
3.254,- |
| 2 persons |
1.956,- |
2.055,- |
2.022,- |
2.088,- |
2.220,- |
| 3 persons |
1.813,- |
1.879,- |
1.857,- |
1.901,- |
1.989,- |
| 4-6 persons |
1.769,- |
1.819,- |
1.802,- |
1.835,- |
1.901,- |
| 7-10 persons |
1.689,- |
1.718,- |
1.708,- |
1.727,- |
1.765,- |
| 11-15 persons |
1.601,- |
1.619,- |
1.613,- |
1.625,- |
1.649,- |
| 16-20 persons |
1.539,- |
1.552,- |
1.548,- |
1.556,- |
1.572,- |
| 21-25 persons |
1.499,- |
1.509,- |
1.506,- |
1.512,- |
1.525,- |
| Single supplement |
370,- |
| Half board supplement |
77,- |
| Full board supplement |
148,- |
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List of Hotels used for the first class category |
| Deluxe category |
English |
German |
Italian/Spanish |
French |
Russian |
| 1 person with station guide |
3.016,- |
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| 1 person with guide throughout |
3.190,- |
3.388,- |
3.322,- |
3.454,- |
3.718,- |
| 2 persons |
2.210,- |
2.309,- |
2.276,- |
2.342,- |
2.474,- |
| 3 persons |
2.066,- |
2.132,- |
2.110,- |
2.154,- |
2.242,- |
| 4-6 persons |
2.022,- |
2.072,- |
2.055,- |
2.088,- |
2.154,- |
| 7-10 persons |
1.941,- |
1.970,- |
1.960,- |
1.979,- |
2.017,- |
| 11-15 persons |
1.853,- |
1.871,- |
1.865,- |
1.877,- |
1.901,- |
| 16-20 persons |
1.790,- |
1.803,- |
1.799,- |
1.807,- |
1.823,- |
| 21-25 persons |
1.749,- |
1.759,- |
1.756,- |
1.762,- |
1.775,- |
| Single supplement |
586,- |
| Half board supplement |
77,- |
| Full board supplement |
148,- |
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List of Hotels
used for the deluxe category |
SERVICE:
- Bed & breakfast in double sharing room
- 16th person FOC in single room
- Lunch and dinner as mentioned in our program
- Local guide throughout the tour (not for the river
cruise from Bagan to Mandalay)
- Domestic flights by Air Bagan, Air Mandalay or Yangon
Airways
- Air-con car/van/bus throughout the tour (not on day 10
for the full day sightseeing on Inle Lake,
during the river cruise from Bagan to Mandalay)
- Entrance fees as indicated in our itinerary
- Balloon over Bagan
- RV Pandaw from Bagan to Mandalay
- All boat excursions as mentioned in our itinerary
- Porter fees at the airports
- Drinking water and refreshment tissues during the
sightseeing
NOT INCLUDED:
- International air fare to/from Yangon
- Visa fees
- Intl. airport tax of US$ 10 per person
- Supplements and compulsory dinners for Christmas & New
Year
- Lunch & dinners not mentioned in our program
- Beverage
- Early check-in and late check-out
- Personal expenses such as camera fees, tips, laundry
service, ect
- Porter fees at the hotels
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