08 DAYS ITINERARY
YANGON – HEHO – INLE LAKE – HEHO – MANDALAY – MINGUN –
MANDALAY – AMARAPURA – SAGAING – BAGAN – YANGON
Available:
throughout the year
Departure: please view details
Price based on 4 persons/per person:
01.05.08 – 30.09.08: US$ 775,--
01.10.08 – 01.11.08: US$ 984,--
02.11.08 – 28.02.09: US$ 1.022,--
01.03.09 – 31.03.09: US$ 984,--
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DAY 01 (Sat)
YANGON
/ arrival day (D)
Upon arrival at Yangon International Airport welcome by our
local tour guide and transfer to Grand Plaza Parkroyal Hotel
for check-in. Rest of the day free at your own leisure.
Welcome dinner and overnight at Grand Plaza Parkroyal Hotel.
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DAY 02 (Sun)
YANGON
– HEHO –
INLE LAKE
(B,L,D)
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). Dinner and overnight at Golden
Island Cottage.
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DAY 03 (Mon)
INLE LAKE
– HEHO –
MANDALAY
(B,L,D)
Morning excursion to Indein (appr. 1 hour drive) to see the
ancient Bagan + Shan style pagodas, built during Bagan
Period, passing the beautiful scenery with tall grasses and
little water steps. The ruin pagodas, hide in the bushes
will give you an impression of you were in the 12th - 13th
Centuries ago. In the afternoon transfer to Heho airport for
the flight to Mandalay, the city of the last Myanmar Kings.
Dinner at a local restaurant and overnight at Mandalay City
Hotel.
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DAY 04 (Tue)
MANDALAY
-
MINGUN -
MANDALAY
(B,L,D)
After breakfast drive to Kywezon jetty (appr. 1 hour)
to watch the busy riverside activity and take a local
riverboat to the ancient capital of Mingun (appr. 1 hour per
way). Visit the Settawya Pagoda, with a footprint of the
Buddha, walk to the huge Mingun Bell, see the nearby
unfinished Mingun Pagoda, built to be the world’s biggest
pagoda and visit the Hsinbyume Pagoda, a reproduction of the
mythological Mt. Meru. Then come back to Mandalay. Lunch at
a local restaurant. 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. Dinner at a
local restaurant and overnight at Mandalay City Hotel.
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DAY 05 (Wed)
MANDALAY
–
AMARAPURA –
SAGAING –
BAGAN
(B,L,D)
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. As it was the custom, most
of the important wooden palaces and monasteries were taken
down and transported to the new capital in Mandalay. 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. Then 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 and Soon U Ponya Shin Pagoda built in 1312. The
view of Sagaing from here is outstanding. Late afternoon
transfer to Mandalay International Airport for the flight to
Bagan. Overnight at Thazin Garden Hotel.
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DAY 06 (Thu)
BAGAN
(B,L,D)
Enjoy the whole day at the most extensive archeological site
in Asia. Bagan has over 2000 temples and pagodas of various
sizes in varying states of repair and spread across the
plain. Shwezigon Pagoda, built by King Anawrahta in the
early 11th century as a religious shrine; Gubyaukgyi, a
temple with exquisite murals of Jataka scene and Ananda
Temple with four huge standing Buddha images and numerous
seated figures and niches around the galleried interior.
Lunch at a local restaurant. In the afternoon visit lacquer
ware home industry, Manuha Temple built in Mon style from
1059 and Nanphaya Temple, said to have once been the
residence of King Manuha; Gu Byauk Gyi Temple (Wet Kyi Inn),
which has very nice frescoes inside. Enjoy sunset over
terraces of the Shwesandaw Pagoda. Dinner with puppet show
at a local restaurant and overnight at Thazin Garden Hotel.
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DAY 07 (Fri)
BAGAN
- YANGON
(B,L,D)
Transfer to the airport for the morning flight to Yangon.
Upon arrival visit the Dragon glass factory, producing
exquisite hand-blown glasses, the Mae La Mu Pagoda, popular
for all of its Buddha images, and a much more "folk
oriented" feeling than other Pagodas. Lunch at a local
restaurant. Afternoon sightseeing starts with Chaukhtatkyi
Pagoda (a huge reclining Buddha), Karaweik Hall, a Royal
floating barge on the Royal Lake for a photo stop and 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. Dinner at a local restaurant and
overnight at Grand Plaza Parkroyal Hotel.
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DAY 08 (Sat)
YANGON
/ departure day (B)
After breakfast continue sightseeing of Yangon: 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. Afternoon free at your own
leisure, till transfer to the airport for your departure
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PRICE IN US$ PER PERSON (MINIMUM 4 PERSONS AND
MAXIMUM 9 PERSONS) VALID FROM 01.05.08 – 30.09.08
US$ 775,-- per person in twin/double sharing room
Single supplement: US$ 110-
Dates:
In May 2008: 03.05.08 – 10.05.08 and 24.05.08 – 31.05.08
In June 2008: 07.06.08 – 14.06.08 and 21.06.08 – 28.06.08
In July 2008: 12.07.08 – 19.07.08 and 26.07.08 – 02.08.08
In August 2008: 09.08.08 – 16.08.08 and 23.08.08 – 30.08.08
In September 2008: 06.09.08 – 13.09.08 and 20.09.08 –
27.09.08
For small groups from 4 persons up we can also arrange
this trip to other dates.
PRICE IN US$ PER PERSON (MINIMUM 4 PERSONS AND MAXIMUM
9 PERSONS) VALID FROM 01.10.08 – 01.11.08 AND FROM 01.03.08 – 30.04.09
US$ 984,-- per person in twin/double sharing room
Single supplement: US$ 137-
Dates:
In October 2008: 04.10.08 – 11.10.08 and 25.10.08 – 01.11.08
In March 2009: 07.03.09 – 14.03.09 and 21.03.09 – 28.03.09
For small groups from 4 persons up we can also arrange
this trip to other dates.
PRICE IN US$ PER PERSON (MINIMUM 4 PERSONS AND MAXIMUM
9 PERSONS) VALID FROM 02.11.08 – 28.02.09
US$ 1.022,-- per person in twin/double sharing room
Single supplement: US$ 143-
In November 2008: 08.11.08 – 15.11.08 and 22.11.08 –
29.11.08
In December 2008: 13.12.08 – 20.12.08 and 27.12.08 –
03.01.09
In January 2009: 10.01.09 – 17.01.09 and 24.01.09 – 31.01.09
In February 2009: 07.02.09 – 14.02.09 and 21.02.09 –
28.02.09
For small groups from 4 persons up we can also arrange
this trip to other dates.
HOTELS:
Yangon: Parkroyal Hotel/superior room *** ½*
Website:
www.grandplaza.yangon.parkroyalhotels.com
Inle Lake: Golden Island Cottage/superior room * ½*
Website:
www.gic.myanmar.com
Mandalay: Mandalay City Hotel/superior room ** ½*
Website:
www.mandalaycity.com
Bagan: Thazin Garden Hotel/superior room **
Website:
www.thazingardenhotel.com
SERVICE:
- Bed & breakfast in double sharing room
- Lunch and dinner as indicated in our program
- English speaking local guide throughout the tour
- Domestic flights by Air Bagan, Air Mandalay or Yangon
Airways
- Air-con minibus/bus throughout the tour
- Entrance fees as indicated in our itinerary
- Boat on Inle Lake and to Mingun
- Porter fees at the airports and jetties
- 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
- Other meals not mentioned in our itinerary
- 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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