MYANMAR OVERLAND
Drive from Yangon to Bago, the ancient capital of the
Mon Kings from the 14th through the 16th century,
continue to Taungoo, the starting point to visit one of
the Elephant Camps towards the Bago mountain ranges and
further to Kalaw, a former British colonial town. After
a day on Inle Lake, famous for its unique one-leg
rowers, typical floating gardens, local methods of
fishing and village life, drive via Pindaya, a charming
village with its paper umbrella cottage industry, to
Mandalay, the city of the last Myanmar King’s. From
Mandalay via Mt. Popa, home to Myanmar's most powerful "
nats ", to Bagan where thousands of decaying pagodas
rises majestically from the plain to create a timeless
scene, saluting a glorious past. A whole day drive will
bring you to Pyay the ancient capital of Pyu Dynasty
Sriksetra, where you can find some of the oldest pagodas
in Myanmar and back to Yangon, "The Garden City of the
East" with the Shwedagon Pagoda, the most significant
pagoda and the pride of Myanmar.
Available: from October to April
Departure: daily
Price based on 2 persons/per person:
01.10.08 – 30.04.09: from US$ 1.485 up |
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18 DAYS MYANMAR ITINERARY
YANGON – BAGO – TAUNGOO – ELEPHANT CAMP – TAUNGOO –
KALAW – NYAUNG SHWE – INLE LAKE – NYAUNG SHWE – PINDAYA
– MANDALAY – MINGUN – MANDALAY – AMARAPURA – SAGAING –
MANDALAY - BAGAN – PYAY – YANGON
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DAY 01
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, proceed to Botataung Pagoda, where sacred hair
relic of Lord Buddha is enshrined in it and at 16:00 P.M
board the RV Mahaythi for a sunset cruise on the Yangon
River. After arrival at War-tan Jetty at 18:30 P.M.
transfer to your hotel for overnight.
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DAY 02
YANGON –
BAGO (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. Overnight in Bago.
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DAY 03
BAGO –
TAUNGOO (B)
After breakfast drive to Taungoo (appr. 5 hours), 175
miles from Yangon. En route stop at some villages to
study the daily life of the people in the rural area.
Upon arrival in Taungoo transfer to Myanmar Beauty Guest
House for check-in. Rest of the day free at your own
leisure. Overnight at Myanmar Beauty Guest House.
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DAY 04
TAUNGOO – ELEPHANT CAMP –
TAUNGOO (B,L)
Taungoo is also a good starting point to visit one of
the Elephant Camps towards the Bago Yoma, which means
Bago mountain ranges. It is the home of the best teak,
and the topography of Bago Yoma is a place of genuine
beauty. Depart from Taungoo at 05:30 and drive for appr.
2-3 hours to one of the Elephant camps and learn how
Elephants are working for the logging process (at the
real Elephant working site). Have lunch at the jungle
and come back to Yangon in the afternoon. Overnight at
Myanmar Beauty Guest House.
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DAY 05
TAUNGOO –
KALAW (B)
Early morning drive to Kalaw (appr. 8 hours drive), a
former British colonial town. Kalaw, another hill
station as well as peaceful summer resort nestled in
pine-clad mountains, is 1,400 meters above sea-level. It
is located 70 km west of Taunggyi. Many of the
Tudor-style houses and English gardens of colonial days
remain. In the neighborhood lie villages of Palaung and
other hill tribes who come to Kalaw market held every
five days in their colorful costumes, adding to the
quiet attraction of Kalaw. Overnight in Kalaw.
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DAY 06
KALAW (1/2 day trekking trip) – NYAUNG SHWE –
INLE LAKE (B)
After breakfast visit the market and downtown area. Then
drive for 15 minutes to the north-west and stop at the
junction A. From here take the footpath to the right.
The road and trail goes through beautiful scenery. After
1½ hrs you arrive Pane Hne Pin, a Palaung Tribal Village
with a population of 600 people. These people make their
living from agriculture and occasionally from hunting,
and live in long houses, with 4-5 families sharing the
single storied structures. From Pane Hne Pin you have to
walk for 2 hours to reach junction B from where the car
will bring you back to Kalaw (appr. ½ hr drive). In the
afternoon drive to Nyaung Shwe (appr. 2 hours), a small
town at the northern end of Inle Lake. From here take a
boat for the transfer to your hotel, for check-in and
overnight.
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DAY 07
INLE LAKE (B)
Full day 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 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. Overnight at Inle Lake.
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DAY 08
INLE LAKE – NYAUNG SHWE –
PINDAYA (B)
After breakfast drive to Pindaya (appr. 3 ½ hours), a
charming village with its paper umbrella cottage
industry. In the afternoon visit the Pindaya cave,
famous for its thousands of Buddha images and the paper
umbrella cottage industry. Overnight in Pindaya.
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DAY 09
PINDAYA –
MANDALAY (B)
After breakfast drive to Mandalay (appr. 6 hours), the
city of the last Myanmar Kings. In the afternoon 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.). Overnight in Mandalay.
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DAY 10 MANDALAY -
MINGUN –
MANDALAY (B)
After breakfast drive to Kywezon jetty 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. 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 11 MANDALAY -
AMARAPURA–
SAGAING -
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 12
MANDALAY
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MT.POPA – BAGAN (B)
Early morning drive to Mt. Popa (appr. 6 hrs drive).
Visit the great extinct volcano. Rising out of the
shimmering heat, the solitary volcanic crag of Mt. Popa
is home to Myanmar's most powerful " nats ". Visit the
Nat Museum with its life-sized statues of the 37 Nat
Gods. Walk up the steps to the stupas and shrines that
top the hill above the museum, seeing many pilgrims
along the way. In the afternoon continue to Bagan. On
the way visit some villages and watch the collection of
juice from the palm trees, and its conversion into palm
sugar. Upon arrival in Bagan transfer to your hotel for
check-in and overnight.
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DAY 13 BAGAN(B)
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 14 BAGAN –
PYAY (B)
Whole day drive to Pyay (appr. 9 hours drive), also
called PROME (the former name was Sri Ksetra) located on
the steep bank of Ayeyarwaddy River. Upon arrival
transfer to your hotel for check-in and overnight.
DAY 15
PYAY (B)
In the morning, visit to Pyay market, where you can find
the local products. Then drive to Htone Bo (appr. 2
hrs.). From there, take a boat trip along the
Ayeyarwaddy River to visit 'Akout Taung' (the hill of
levying taxes), named after the tradition of the
collection of taxes to the boat passing through the hill
during the colonial times. There you can find the
sculpture of many Buddha images along the cliff of the
mountainside. Near by are a waterfall and a monastery.
In the afternoon drive back to Pyay and visit the Shwe
San Daw Pagoda in the centre of Pyay (a hair relic
Pagoda, a combination of Myanmar and Mon architecture)
and the night market. Overnight in Pyay.
DAY 16
PYAY –
YANGON(B)
Early morning visit the ancient capital of Pyu Dynasty
Sriksetra, where you can find some of the oldest pagodas
in Myanmar and a small museum which shows the cultural
and architectural development of Pyu people during that
time. Then drive to Shwedaung, a small town appr.15
minutes and visit the Buddha with the Golden Spectacles
which is our logo. From here drive to Yangon (appr. 5
hours). Overnight in Yangon.
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DAY 17
YANGON (B)
Early morning take the City Circle Train for a 2 ½ hours
ride through rural areas, stopping at numerous stations
watching cigarette sellers, betelnut sellers, fortune
tellers and and and…. Then visit the Dragon glass
factory, producing exquisite hand-blown glasses and the
Mae La Mu Pagoda, popular for all of its Buddha images,
and a much more "folk oriented" feeling than other
Pagodas. Tourists rarely visit it. 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. Overnight in Yangon.
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DAY 18
YANGON/ departure day
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 Yangon International Airport
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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
| Standard
category |
English
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German |
Italian/Spanish |
French
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Russian
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| 1 person |
2.520.- |
2.830,- |
2.727,- |
2.934,- |
3.348,- |
| 2 persons |
1.485,- |
1.647,- |
1.593,- |
1.701,- |
1.917,- |
| 3 persons |
1.304,- |
1.412,- |
1.376,- |
1.448,- |
1.592,- |
| 4-6 persons |
1.126,- |
1.207,- |
1.180,- |
1.234,- |
1.342,- |
| Single supplement |
105,- |
| Half board supplement |
122,- |
| Full board supplement |
252,- |
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List of Hotels
used for the standard category |
| Superior
category |
English
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German |
Italian/Spanish |
French
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Russian
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| 1 person |
2.753,- |
3.063,- |
2.960,- |
3.167,- |
3.581,- |
| 2 persons |
1.613,- |
1.775,- |
1.721,- |
1.829,- |
2.045,- |
| 3 persons |
1.401,- |
1.509,- |
1.473,- |
1.545,- |
1.689,- |
| 4-6 persons |
1.221,- |
1.302,- |
1.275,- |
1.329,- |
1.437,- |
| Single supplement |
189,- |
| Half board supplement |
122,- |
| Full board supplement |
252,- |
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List of Hotels
used for the superior category |
| First
Class
category |
English
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German |
Italian/Spanish |
French
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Russian
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| 1 person |
3.211,- |
3.521,- |
3.418,- |
3.625,- |
4.039,- |
| 2 persons |
1.855,- |
2.017,- |
1.963,- |
2.071,- |
2.287,- |
| 3 persons |
1.640,- |
1.748,- |
1.712,- |
1.784,- |
1.928,- |
| 4-6 persons |
1.459,- |
1.540,- |
1.513,- |
1.567,- |
1.675,- |
| Single supplement |
406,- |
| Half board supplement |
122,- |
| Full board supplement |
252,- |
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used for the first class category |
PRICE IN US$ PER PERSON
VALID FROM 01.11.2008 - 28.02.2009
| Standard
category |
English
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German |
Italian/Spanish |
French
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Russian
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| 1 person |
2.630.- |
2.940,- |
2.837,- |
3.044,- |
3.458,- |
| 2 persons |
1.547,- |
1.709,- |
1.655,- |
1.763,- |
1.979,- |
| 3 persons |
1.359,- |
1.467,- |
1.431,- |
1.503,- |
1.647,- |
| 4-6 persons |
1.173,- |
1.254,- |
1.227,- |
1.281,- |
1.389,- |
| Single supplement |
110,- |
| Half board supplement |
122,- |
| Full board supplement |
252,- |
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List of Hotels
used for the standard category |
| Superior
category |
English
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German |
Italian/Spanish |
French
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Russian
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| 1 person |
2.872,- |
3.182,- |
3.079,- |
3.286,- |
3.700,- |
| 2 persons |
1.680,- |
1.842,- |
1.788,- |
1.896,- |
2.112,- |
| 3 persons |
1.458,- |
1.566,- |
1.530,- |
1.602,- |
1.746,- |
| 4-6 persons |
1.271,- |
1.352,- |
1.325,- |
1.379,- |
1.487,- |
| Single supplement |
197,- |
| Half board supplement |
122,- |
| Full board supplement |
252,- |
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List of Hotels
used for the superior category |
| First
Class
category |
English
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German |
Italian/Spanish |
French
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Russian
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| 1 person |
3.348,- |
3.658,- |
3.555,- |
3.762,- |
4.176,- |
| 2 persons |
1.931,- |
2.093,- |
2.039,- |
2.147,- |
2.363,- |
| 3 persons |
1.708,- |
1.816,- |
1.780,- |
1.852,- |
1.996,- |
| 4-6 persons |
1.519,- |
1.600,- |
1.573,- |
1.627,- |
1.735,- |
| Single supplement |
423,- |
| Half board supplement |
122,- |
| Full board supplement |
252,- |
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List of Hotels
used for the first class category |
SERVICE:
- Bed & breakfast in double sharing room
- Local guide throughout the tour
- Air-con car/van/minibus throughout the tour
- Entrance fees as indicated in our itinerary
- 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
- 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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