10-Day Myanmar Highlights Tour from Yangon with Bagan and Inle Lake

• Be welcomed at the airport by your guide and transfer to the hotel.

• Enjoy sightseeing in Yangon, the former capital of Myanmar, and walk around the city to see its old colonial buildings and the real life of local people.

• Start at Sule Pagoda, the hub of the city. While there, visit City Hall, the former Immigration Department, Immanuel Baptist Church, the High Court, and the central garden with the Independence Monument.

• Continue walking towards the Yangon River. Visit the former Yangon Region Office complex, the red-brick Custom House, Yangon Regional Court, Port Authority, Strand Hotel, and the Post Office along the way.

• Visit China Town, India Quarter, and Bogyoke Aung San Market.

• Head to Chauk Htat Gyi, home to the reclining Buddha image, and Kandawgyi Lake, where Karaweik Palace is located.

• Visit the majestic Shwedagon Pagoda, the landmark of Myanmar.

Overnight at Yangon.

• Drive to Golden Rock via Bago. On the way, stop at Htauk Kyant War Cemetery, where Commonwealth soldiers are commemorated.

• In Bago, study monastic life at Kyaikkhawaing Monastery.

• Visit Shwemawdaw Pagoda, the highest pagoda in Myanmar.

• Continue to Kanbawzathadi Palace.

• Stop for lunch in Bago city.

• Afterward, continue to Golden Rock and enjoy the sunset view.

Overnight at Golden Rock.

• After breakfast, take the local truck from the top of Mt. Kyaikhtiyo down to the base camp.

• Drive to Naypyitaw and enjoy sightseeing around the capital. The journey will take around 4 hours.

Overnight at Naypyitaw.

• Tour around Bagan by car.

• Explore the busy and colorful Nyaung U Market.

• Visit Shwezigon Pagoda and Ananda Temple, built in 1091 and considered the masterpiece of Bagan's surviving Mon architecture.

• Head to Dhammayangyi and Thatbyinnyu Temple, which are among the finest of Bagan's 3,000 stupas and temples.

• Continue to Htilominlo Temple, known for having some of the best plaster work on its walls.

• Visit Manuha Pagoda and Gubyaukgyi Temple, noted for its mural paintings.

• Explore the small village of Myinkaba to see the thriving lacquerware industry.

Overnight at Bagan.

• Have breakfast and drive to Mt. Popa.

• Stop at a farmer's house to learn about local life and work in the fields. Guests are usually served green tea. Taste local Sky Beer, peanuts, palm candy, coconut candy, and other local snacks.

• Continue to Mt. Popa, home of the spiritual beings.

• Climb to the top of Mt. Popa along the covered stairway with 777 steps.

• Drive back to Bagan in the afternoon.

• Enjoy a one-hour horse cart ride around Bagan.

• Take an Ayeyarwady sunset boat ride.

• Drive to Mandalay in the morning. The journey may take around 4 hours.

• Visit Mandalay Palace, which was built in 1857 by King Mindon, the second-last king of the Yadanabon Kingdom.

• Visit the Golden Palace Monastery, known for its gold leaf decoration and wood carvings.

• Head to Kuthodaw Pagoda, acknowledged by UNESCO as the world's biggest book.

• Drive up Mandalay Hill, 975 feet above sea level, and enjoy the sunset and fresh air.

Overnight at Mandalay.

• Visit the Maha Muni Buddha Image.

• Head to Mahagandayon Monastery, where over 1,500 monks reside, and observe life in the monastery.

• Continue to Ava. Hop on a horse cart and enjoy local life. In Ava, visit Bagaya Monastery with its 176 teak pillars.

• Continue to Maha Aungmye Bonzan Monastery, the brick monastery built in 1822 AD.

• Proceed to Sagaing Hill, located on the other bank of the Ayeyarwady River.

• See the Soon U Ponya Shin Pagoda and the Umin Thonze Buddha Images.

• View the sunset over U Pein Bridge, the world's longest teak bridge, with 1,086 teak pillars. It is 1.2 km long and over 160 years old, making it one of the most photographic sites in the area.

Overnight at Mandalay.

• Drive to Inle Lake via Pindaya Cave.

• Visit the winery yard along the way.

Overnight at Inle Lake.

• Get picked up at the hotel and set out for Inle Lake sightseeing by boat.

• Look around the lake to see the five-day floating market.

• See the floating villages.

• See the floating gardens.

• Visit the long-neck women working place.

• Continue to Shwe Indein, the ruined pagoda and its complex.

Overnight at Inle Lake.

• Relax at the hotel.

• Drive to the airport for your flight back to Yangon.

• Your guide and car will be waiting for you at the airport.