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THE FAR NORTH OF MYANMAR
This round trip brings you first to Putao, the far north
of Myanmar. Here on the borders of Tibet and Northern
India, in one of the great wilderness areas in the
world, is this exclusive lodge, with its focus on
adventure, nature and cultural activities, offering a
unique and exhilarating insight into this area in style,
comfort and safety. From here fly to Myitkyina, the
capital of Kachin State, drive by car to Bhamo, a small
river town close to the Chinese border and drift on a
chartered boat the Ayeyarwaddy downstream to Mandalay,
the city of the last Myanmar Kings.
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DAY 01
YANGON / arrival Upon arrival at Yangon International Airport welcome by our local tour guide and transfer to Kandawgyi Palace 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 at Kandawgyi Palace Hotel. |
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DAY 02
YANGON –
PUTAO (every Tuesday &
Friday) (B,L,D) Transfer to the airport for your morning flight to Putao (via Myitkyina). Putao (460 meter) is a small town surrounded by ranges of snow-capped mountains. Discover Putao with its colourful market and visit also the famous Pann Hlaing Mahamuni Pagoda and the nearby Shan monastery. Lunch at a local restaurant. After lunch walk for approximately 2 hours, through cultivated rice fields, to Majaw Wa, a beautiful Lisu village, whose backdrop is dominated by the snow-covered mountain Simatdin. Dinner at a local restaurant and overnight at Putao Trekking House. |
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DAY 03
PUTAO- HTA WA DUM - NAM KHAM (B,L,D)
After breakfast drive to Htawada Village (app. 1 ½ hours) and visit the Kaung Hmu Lon Pagoda at the bank of Malihka River. Cross the river by boat and continue on foot to Nam Kham Village (app. 1 ½ hours), crossing through Shan & Rawang Villages. Nam Kham, a village of the Rawan, is situated at the foot of the Namhti Mountains and is characterized by a fascinating flora and fauna. The people in this area live among other things on the cultivation of different fruit. Dinner and overnight in local houses at Nam Kham Village.
DAY 04
NAM KHAM - MACHANBAW - MULASHIDI -
PUTAO (B,L,D) |
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DAY 05
PUTAO –
MYITKYINA (every
Tuesday & Friday) (B) Late morning flight to Myitkyina, the capital of the State with the Northern Command and the Administration Head Quarters, by Yangon Airways. Upon arrival visit vegetable and fruit market, where you can find various kinds of citrus, which, you can find only in Kachin State. Then transfer to Sumpra Hotel for check-in. In the afternoon wonder around the Myitkyina Market, which has numerous handcraft and fabric from Kachin State; visit the local weaving centre and silver smith industry, where you can find the native design and method in producing the goods; the traditional homeopathic medicine making home industry and the Shitapru Orphanage, giving home to 70 children. Overnight at Sumpra Hotel. |
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DAY 06
MYITKYINA –
BHAMO (B) After breakfast drive to Bhamo (appr. 6 hours), a small river town, 186 km south of Myitkina and close to the Chinese border. Late afternoon watch the daily river activities at the mighty Ayeyarwaddy River. Overnight at Friendship Hotel. |
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DAY 07
BHAMO – SHWE-GU (B,L,D) After breakfast visit the downtown area including the main market with its Lisu, Kachin and Shan tribes, an entire square walled in by modern shops, but with an interior and rear uniquely laid out. It opens for business every day at six in the morning. Then transfer to the jetty and by private boat to Shwe-Gu. The boat holds close to one or other of the banks to avoid the main strength of the current as your experienced crew take the ship past logging camps and on old colonial village at Zinbon. Late afternoon the boat passes through the magnificent 2nd Defile, with its green-clad mountains. Dinner and overnight on board. |
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DAY 08 SHWE-KU – KAHTA (B,L,D) Early morning explore the splendid island pagoda of Shwe Paw just north of the town of Shwe Ku. Then depart by for Katha, the largest port between Mandalay and Bhamo and it was home to Eric Blair, a young colonial police officer who later became George Orwell. In fact Katha was the setting for the events of Burmese days. It is possible to organize a literary tour of Katha visiting the places described in the book: the jail, court house, club and civil lines were Orwell would have had his dark bungalow. Kathar has change a little since Orwell days. If time permits you will also an Elephant Camp. Dinner and overnight on board. |
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DAY 09 KAHTA - TAGAUNG (B,L,D) After sunrise depart for Tagaung. In Burmese historiography Tagaung looms large as an ancient capital and home to a dynasty of early kings. Excavation by the Archaeology department have successfully on unearthed finding that date back to the ancient Pyu period (5th to 8th Centuries AD). Remains of an ancient walled city that most probably was of a later date, are evident on a visit. The town, though, is attractive with its market and busy street. There is Nat Shrine containing and old venerable image of Bo Bo Gyi. Dinner and overnight on board. |
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DAY 10 TAGAUNG – KYAUNG MYAUNG (B,L,D) After breakfast continue to Kyaung Myaung, 27 km east of Shwe Bo and is well known for its glazed pottery including the large "Martarban jars" used to hold water throughout rural Myanmar. The largest of these are four feet high and hold 50 gallons the smallest are toy tea cup for children. These villages hum with activity, wherever one turns people are engaged in one or other aspect of this industry. After the monsoon great pot rafts are constructed. These can be half an acre in area. The flotation system use is, not surprisingly, pots! You can explore how they product the big glazed pot and transport them down along the river. Dinner and overnight on board. |
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DAY 11 KYAUNG NYAUNG –
MINGUN –
MANDALAY (B,L) Early morning continue to Mandalay, the city of the last Myanmar Kings, passing Mingun famous for it’s unfinished Pagoda, built to be the world’s biggest pagoda. Upon arrival in Mandalay visit 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, arts and crafts center (bronze casting; stone carving, etc.), 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 at Mandalay Swan Hotel. |
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DAY 12
MANDALAY –
YANGON (B) Transfer to the airport for the flight back to Mandalay. 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 at Kandawgyi Palace Hotel. |
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DAY 13
YANGON / departure (B) Transfer to Yangon International Airport for your departure flight. |
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PRICE IN US$ PER PERSON VALID FROM 01.10.2010 - 31.01.2011
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English speaking station guides |
English speaking guide throughout |
German speaking guide throughout |
Italian or Spanish speaking guide throughout | |
| 2 persons | 4.495,- | 4.828,- | 4.941,- | 4.903,- |
| 3 persons | 3.679,- | 3.901,- | 3.976,- | 3.951,- |
| 4-6 persons | 3.103,- | 3.270,- | 3.326,- | 3.308,- |
| 7-10 persons | 2.511,- | 2.607,- | 2.639,- | 2.628,- |
| 11-14 persons | 2.143,- | 2.209,- | 2.232,- | 2.224,- |
| Single supplement |
263,- |
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| Half board supplement |
49,- |
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| Full board supplement | 79,- | |||
HOTELS:
YANGON
Kandawgyi Palace Hotel/Superior Zimmer *** ½*
Kan Yeik Tha Road, Yangon, Myanmar
Tel: 0095-1-249255-9 / 242613-21
Fax: 0095-1-371261 / 242776
E-mail:
kphotel@mptmail.net.mm
Website:
www.kandawgyipalace.com
PUTAO
Putao Trekking House * ½*
Putao, Myanmar
Tel: 0095-9-8400138 / 0095-9-8400209 /
0095-9-8401070
E-mail:
sales@putaotrekkinghouse.com
Website:
www.putaotrekkinghouse.com
MYITKYINA:
Sumpra Hotel/Superior Zimmer * ½*
Thida Aye (11), Shitapru, Myitkyina
Phone: 0095-74-25051 / 25052 / 25053
Fax: 0095-74-25053
BHAMO
Friedship
Hotel/Superior Zimmer * ½*
Mingone Quarter, Banmaw Kachin State, Myanmar
Phone: 0095-74-50095 / 50096 / 50655
Fax: 0095-74-50654
Email: yonekyi@baganmail.net.mm / mtkstore@mandalay.net.mm
Website: www.friendshiphotelkachin.com
MANDALAY
Mandalay Swan Hotel/superior room ** ½*
44 (B), 26th Street, Between 66th Street & 68th
Street, Mandalay, Myanmar
Tel: 0095-2-36578 / 31591
Fax: 0095-2-35677
E-mail:
mdyswan@mptmail.net.mm
Website:
www.mandalayswanhotel.com
SERVICE:
- Bed & breakfast in double sharing room
- Lunch and dinner as mentioned in our program
- Local guide
- Domestic flights by Air Bagan, Air Mandalay or
Yangon Airways
- Air-con car/minibus for Yangon and Mandalay
- Simple transportation no air-con for Putao,
Myitkyina & Bhamo
- Entrance fees as indicated in our itinerary
- Private boat TheinGar Nadi from Bhamo to Mandalay
- 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
- Compulsory dinners for Christmas & New Year
- 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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