DAY 01 ARRIVAL
Arrive at Yangon Airport, after clearing customs and immigration formalities welcome by our guide and transfer to the Hotel.

Evening visit to SHWEDAGON Pagoda, one of the world’s most spectacular religious monuments.

Overnight at Hotel in Yangon.


DAY 02 YANGON - MANDALAY (by Night Train)
After Breakfast, sightseeing tour in Yangon includes, visit to the gilded SULE Pagoda marking the city centre, dating back over 2,500 years; see the old and quite impressive buildings surrounding Mahabandoola Park; admire octagonal BOTATAUNG Pagoda near Yangon River; pass famous strand road; stroll through a narrow street of China Town including a short visit to a Tao Temple.

Return back to Hotel for checkout and transfer to Yangon Railways Station to take a Night Train to Mandalay.

Overnight on the train.


DAY 03 MANDALAY
Arrive Mandalay and transfer to Hotel for check-in. Sightseeing tour in Mandalay including MAHAMUNI Pagoda, with its spectacular Buddha image covered with thick layers of gold leaves, SHWE INBIN, one of the most outstanding monasteries in the country, SHWE NAN DAW KYAUNG or GOLDEN PALACE Monastery, a superb example of a traditional wooden building, KUTHODAW Pagoda, known as the World Biggest Book for its 729 stone slabs of Buddhist Scriptures.

A visit is also made to a jetty to observe daily life at the river and to a craftsmen’s workshop to see Kalaga tapestries being created. Then visit to MANDALAY Hill, advantage-point for panoramic view of the city.

Overnight at Hotel in Mandalay.


DAY 04 AMARAPURA - INNWA (AVA) - SAGAING
After breakfast, excursion by road to ancient capital of AMARAPURA, 15 kilometers south of Mandalay, visit MAHAGANDAYON Monastery; a famous Buddhist Monastery, where more than a thousand monks live and study, continue to 1.2 Km long 200 years old U BEIN Bridge, built of huge teak logs salvaged form AVA Royal Palace.

Visit BAGAYA Monastery, with a superb collection of Buddha statues. Then excursion to the former Royal Capital of INNWA (AVA), tour highlights with horse cart to MAHA AUNGMYE BONZAN Monastery, ruins of ancient AVA, WATCH Tower, fort walls and brick causeway. Return to Sagaing. Afternoon, drive over 1 kilometer long bridge across the AYEYARWADDY River to SAGAING Hills, with numerous pagodas and monasteries and a retreat for Buddhist devotees for sunset. Return to Mandalay.

Overnight at Hotel in Mandalay.

DAY 05 EXCURSION TO PYIN OO LWIN
After breakfast, drive (80 km - 2 hours) on a scenic route to the cool hill station of PYIN OO LWIN (MAYMYO), with its lovely lake and waterfalls, botanical garden and colonial buildings.

Visit to PEIK CHIN MYAUNG Caves, since ancient times a Buddhist shrine and proceed to PWE KAUK Waterfalls, a favorite picnic spot for local people.

Return back to Mandalay and overnight at Hotel in Mandalay.


DAY 06 MANDALAY – BAGAN (BY FERRY BOAT)
After breakfast, early start of boat journey on the AYEYARWADDY River to BAGAN. This downriver trip takes about 8 hours (depending on river condition, it might take longer). On arrival, transfer to Hotel.

Overnight at Hotel in Bagan.

DAY 07 BAGAN
After Breakfast, stroll through the colorful local market continue the day with visits to the most significant pagodas and temples of Bagan including SHWEZIGON Pagoda, built by King Anawrahta in the early 11th century as a religious shrine; KU BYAUK GYI, a temple with superb murals of Jataka scenes; KHAY MIN GA Temple, noted for its panoramic view of the area’s numerous monuments and ANANDA Temple, with four standing Buddha images.

Afternoon, visit one of Myanmar’s most treasured handicrafts, a lacquerware craftsmen’s workshop in nearby MYINKABA village. You will continue to MANUHA Temple, built in the Mon-style in 1059 and follow on to NANBAYA Temple, a unique sandstone monument said to have been the palace of King Manuha. Next you will explore the MYINGABA GU BYAUKGYI Temple, a temple noteworthy for its mural paintings under the protection of UNESCO. Proceed to BUPAYA Pagoda or MINGALAZEDI Stupa to watch the sunset over the famous Ayeyarwaddy River.

Overnight at Hotel in Bagan.


DAY 08 BAGAN
After breakfast, visit the site of TAYOKEPYAY Temple in Min Nan Thu Village, PAYA THONE ZU and NANDAMANYA Temple noted for exquisite murals of 13th century and KYAT KAN CAVE Monastery, a famous meditation center in Bagan. Visit farming villages around Bagan.

Afternoon, an excursion to the nostalgic NAT HTAUNG KYAUNG, a wooden monastery built in 1781 by a group of monks, famous for woodcarvings, a collection of ancient Buddha statues and lacquer boxes.

Overnight at Hotel in Bagan.


DAY 09 BAGAN - MT. POPA – KALAW (BY CAR)
After early breakfast, a 300 km drive (8 hours) will take you to Kalaw. En route you will visit MOUNT POPA, an extinct volcano with spectacular views. Its shrine is dedicated to animist spirits known as “nats” and you will have time to climb the 777 steps to the shrine at the top of the peak.

After lunch at simple local restaurant en route, the journey continues on a narrow, winding and bumpy road through the Shan Hills. In the late afternoon you will reach KALAW, a fresh and delightful hill station, on the rim of the Shan Plateau, which is a market center for ethnic minorities from surrounding regions.

Overnight at Hotel in Kalaw.


DAY 10 KALAW - PINDAYA - INLE LAKE
After Breakfast, drive to PINDAYA (48 km - 1 1/2 hours) to the small quiet town of PINDAYA, where sight-seeing highlights include the PINDAYA Caves, unique for the thousands of Buddha images placed there by pilgrims over many centuries.

Proceed by road to NYAUNG SHWE (95 km - 2 1/2 hrs). Arrive and transfer to Hotel for check-in.

Overnight at Hotel in Nyaung Shwe.


DAY 11 INLE LAKE
After Breakfast, an excursion by boat on Inle Lake (about 4 hrs), to see the Intha-fishermen rowing with their legs, Pagoda on artificial islands in the lake, floating gardens and floating market (on market’s day only), continue to PHAUNG DAW OO Pagoda, one of the main principle shrines in Myanmar and dating back to the 18th century; the NGA PHE KYAUNG Monastery, famous for its jumping cats trained by monks and the weaving village of INPAWKHON.

Overnight at Hotel in Nyaung Shwe.


DAY 12 NYAUNG SHWE - HEHO – YANGON (BY EVENING FLIGHT)
After breakfast, excursion by boat to the Western Shore of Inle Lake to visit the INN THEIN Pagoda complex, found after following a stair path lined up with magnificent columns.

After Lunch, transfer to Heho airport for domestic flight to YANGON. Arrive in Yangon and transfer to Hotel.

Overnight at Hotel in Yangon.


DAY 13 DEPARTURE
Transfer to Yangon International Airport for departure flight.