PHAUNG DAW OO PAGODA FESTIVAL AT INLE LAKE
(Sep. 30 - Oct. 17, 2008)
The Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda Festival is one of the most
famous pagoda festival in Myanmar. 4 Buddha Images are
taken around the lake in a gilded barge pulled by
hundreds of leg-rowers in long canoes in front. These
images sometimes stay over night at some villages and
sometimes just stop over for a short while. Rowing
competitions are also held. Pilgrims from all over the
country come to this festival to pay homage to the
Buddha Images. Many are from the plains, some from the
mountains, while others are from small remote villages
but everybody is here to gain merit and enjoy the
festive air of the event.
Departure: 27.09.08 / 03.10.08 / 14.10.08
Price based on 2 persons/per person:
From US$ 1.540 up |
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15 DAYS MYANMAR ITINERARY
YANGON – HEHO – NYAUNG SHWE – INLE LAKE – NYAUNG
SHWE – MANDALAY – MINGUN – MANDALAY – AMARAPURA –
SAGAING – MANDALAY - BAGAN – YANGON – NGWE SAUNG –
YANGON
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DAY 01 (27.09 / 03.10 /
14.10)
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 bicycle rickshaw 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 (28.09 / 04.10 /
15.10) 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…. Back in downtown visit Sule Pagoda
, dating back over 2000 years, the Mahabandoola Park
with it's Independence Monument and walk around the
downtown area. 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 03 (29.09 / 05.10 /
16.10)
YANGON – HEHO – NYAUNG SHWE –
INLE LAKE
Morning flight to Heho in Shan State. Upon arrival drive
to Nyaung Shwe (appr. 1 hour), a small town at the
northern end of Inle Lake. From here take a boot 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. Overnight at Inle Lake.
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DAY 04 (30.09 / 06.10 /
17.10)
INLE LAKE & PHAUNG DAW OO FESTIVAL (B)
Watch the procession of leg-rowed boats, which are
ceremoniously tugging four Buddha statues situated on a
royal barge clockwise around Inle Lake. Throughout the
event leg-rowed boat races are being held and you will
come across them during the excursion on the lake.
Hundreds of other vessels travel in the entourage in a
general festive atmosphere. Thousands of people from
around the Shan State attend this most holy of all Shan
celebrations. 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 05 (01.10 / 07.10 /
18.10)
INLE LAKE – NYAUNG SHWE – HEHO –
MANDALAY (B)
Transfer to Heho airport for your flight to Mandalay,
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 06 (02.10 / 08.10 /
19.10)
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 07 (03.10 / 09.10 /
20.10)
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 08 (04.10 / 10.10 /
21.10) MANDALAY –BAGAN
(by express boat) (B)
Early morning transfer to Gaw Wein jetty to take the
express boat to Bagan (Etd: 05:30 / Eta: 16:00). After a
day river cruise on the mighty river of Ayeyarwaddy you
reach Bagan. Thousands of decaying pagodas rises
majestically from the plain to create a timeless scene,
saluting a glorious past. On arrival at Bagan Jetty
transfer to your hotel for check-in and overnight. |
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DAY 09 (05.10 / 11.10 /
22.10)
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 10 (06.10 / 12.10 /
23.10)
BAGAN (B)
After breakfast drive to Nyaung Oo and visit the lively
market and the down town area. From here continue to
Nyaung Oo jetty and take a private boat to Kyaukku U Min
Temple, which contains some very impressive sandstone
relief's. On the way back to Bagan, stop at the Bupaya
Pagoda, on the bank of majestic Ayeyarwady River and
visit the Mahabodhi Temple, resemble of Mahabodi Temple
in Bodaghaya. 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 11 (07.10 / 13.10 /
24.10)
BAGAN – YANGON – NGWE SAUNG BEACH (B)
After breakfast transfer to the airport for the flight
back to Yangon. Upon arrival drive to Ngwe Saung Beach (appr.
6 hours). After arrival transfer to your beach resort
for check-in. Overnight in Ngwe Saung.
DAY 12 & DAY 13 (08.10 &
09.10 / 14/10 & 15.10 / 25.10 & 26.10) NGWE
SAUNG (B)
Free at your own leisure. Overnight in Ngwe Saung.
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DAY 14 (10.10 / 16.10 /
27.10) NGWE SAUNG – YANGON (B)
After breakfast drive back to Yangon. Upon arrival
transfer to your hotel for check-in and overnight.
DAY 15 (Tuesday) (11.10 /
17.10 / 28.10) YANGON/ departure (B)
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 15.09.2008 TO
31.10.2008
| First
class category |
English |
German |
Italian/Spanish |
French |
Russian |
| 1 person with station guides |
2.504,- |
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| 1 person with guide
throughout |
2.562,- |
2.744,- |
2.694,- |
2.804,- |
3.288,- |
| 2 persons |
1.540,- |
1.631,- |
1.606,- |
1.661,- |
1.903,- |
| 3 persons |
1.373,- |
1.434,- |
1.417,- |
1.454,- |
1.615,- |
| 4-6 persons |
1.342,- |
1.388,- |
1.375,- |
1.403,- |
1.524,- |
| 7-10 persons |
1.256,- |
1.282,- |
1.275,- |
1.291,- |
1.360,- |
| 11-15 persons |
1.135,- |
1.152,- |
1.147,- |
1.157,- |
1.201,- |
| 16-20 persons |
1.071,- |
1.084,- |
1.080,- |
1.088,- |
1.120,- |
| 21-25 persons |
1.011,- |
1.020,- |
1.018,- |
1.023,- |
1.048,- |
| Single supplement |
410,- |
Half board supplement
14 x dinner |
145,- |
Full board supplement
13 x lunch and 14 x dinner |
251,- |
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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 guides |
2.954,- |
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| 1 person with guide
throughout |
3.013,- |
3.195,- |
3.145,- |
3.255,- |
3.739,- |
| 2 persons |
1.785,- |
1.876,- |
1.851,- |
1.906,- |
2.148,- |
| 3 persons |
1.617,- |
1.678,- |
1.661,- |
1.698,- |
1.859,- |
| 4-6 persons |
1.586,- |
1.632,- |
1.619,- |
1.647,- |
1.768,- |
| 7-10 persons |
1.499,- |
1.525,- |
1.518,- |
1.534,- |
1.603,- |
| 11-15 persons |
1.377,- |
1.394,- |
1.389,- |
1.399,- |
1.443,- |
| 16-20 persons |
1.312,- |
1.325,- |
1.321,- |
1.329,- |
1.361,- |
| 21-25 persons |
1.252,- |
1.261,- |
1.259,- |
1.264,- |
1.289,- |
| Single supplement |
619,- |
Half board supplement
14 x dinner |
177,- |
Full board supplement
13 x lunch and 14 x dinner |
298,- |
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List of hotels
used for the deluxe category |
| 5*
category |
English |
German |
Italian/Spanish |
French |
Russian |
| 1 person with station guides |
4.464,- |
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| 1 person with guide
throughout |
4.524,- |
4.706,- |
4.656,- |
4.766,- |
5.250,- |
| 2 persons |
2.593,- |
2.684,- |
2.659,- |
2.714,- |
2.956,- |
| 3 persons |
2.423,- |
2.484,- |
2.467,- |
2.504,- |
2.665,- |
| 4-6 persons |
2.392,- |
2.438,- |
2.425,- |
2.453,- |
2.574,- |
| 7-10 persons |
2.304,- |
2.330,- |
2.323,- |
2.339,- |
2.408,- |
| 11-15 persons |
2.182,- |
2.199,- |
2.194,- |
2.204,- |
2.248,- |
| 16-20 persons |
2.116,- |
2.129,- |
2.125,- |
2.133,- |
2.165,- |
| 21-25 persons |
2.055,- |
2.064,- |
2.062,- |
2.067,- |
2.092,- |
| Single supplement |
1.350,- |
Half board supplement
14 x dinner |
267,- |
Full board supplement
13 x lunch and 14 x dinner |
429,- |
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List of hotels
used for the 5* 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 Yangon – Ngwe
Saung – Yangon)
- Domestic flights by Air Bagan, Air Mandalay or Yangon
Airways
- Air-con car/van/bus throughout the tour (not on day 4
for the full day sightseeing on Inle Lake and during
your stay in Ngwe Saung)
- Entrance fees as indicated in our itinerary
- Express boat from Mandalay to Bagan
- 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
- 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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