9-Day Culture and Religious Tour Of Myanmar from Yangon
Highlights
Yangon, Bagan, Mandalay, Inle Lake, Inwa, Amarapura
Locations Covered
Yangon, Bagan, Mandalay, Inle Lake, Inwa, Amarapura
archaeological, cultural, historical
Group Tour
9 Days
Easy
English
Description
Embark on this tour to explore the ancient capitals of Myanmar, take the ferry boat on the Irrawaddy River and visit the Mingun Bell, which moved from the zedi after the earthquake. Sail on the Inle Lake, shop around the Bogyoke Aung San Market and marvel at the architecture of colonial buildings in the Yangon downtown area.
Itinerary
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Day 1: Yangon
- Meet your guide and driver upon arrival at Yangon International Airport and get transferred to your hotel for leisure.
Accommodation: Superior Hotel
Meals Provided: None
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Day 2: Enjoy sightseeing in Yangon
- Meet your Myanmar tour guide at your hotel in the morning.
- Visit the Bogyoke Aung San Market, where you have a chance to browse Myanmar crafts.
- Head over to Mahabandoola Park to take a photo shot for a panoramic view of the city, and then you can see the colonial building in Yangon's downtown area.
- Then transfer to the train station for a small tour with the circular Yangon train. During the trip, you will have a unique perspective on the city's daily life and its surroundings.
- Then disembark the train at Hledan station and visit the local food market.
- Finish your tour with a visit to the awe-inspiring Shwe Dagon Pagoda, which towers over all of Yangon. It is perhaps the most beautiful pagoda complex in Asia and is one sight that no visitor to Myanmar should miss.
Accommodation: Superior Hotel
Meals Provided: Breakfast at the hotel.
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Day 3: Nyaung U - Bagan Archeological sites
- After breakfast, drive to Yangon airport for your flight to Nyaung U for the Bagan Archaeological Tour.
- Upon arrival, enjoy the highlight, including Damayarzaka Pagoda, Shwegugyi and Thabyinnyu. Other highlights include the mural paintings at Gubyukggyi and Abeyadana Temple, famed for their mural paintings about Mahayana Buddhism.
- Enjoy Bagan's famous sunset at the excellent place selected by your guide.
Accommodation: Superior Hotel
Meals Provided: Breakfast at the hotel
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Day 4: Bagan
- Enjoy your free time or explore on your own.
Accommodation: Superior Hotel
Meals Provided: Breakfast at the hotel.
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Day 5: Mandalay - Inwa - Amarapura
- After breakfast, drive to Mandalay for around 4 hours.
- Visit another former royal capital, Inwa, founded in 1364 and lasted nearly 400 years as a royal capital. Highlights include the leaning tower of Ava', Maha Aung Mye Bonzan, a brick-and-stucco monastery, and the elegant teakwood monastery Bagaya Kyaung.
- In the evening, visit Amarapura and take a sunset boat on the Taungtaman Lake (around U Bein Bridge), where you will have a chance to enjoy the beautiful sunset (one bottle of Myanmar beer on the boat). You may walk across the beautiful and unique U Bein Bridge, the longest teakwood bridge in the world.
Accommodation: Superior Hotel
Meals Provided: Breakfast at the hotel.
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Day 6: Mingun - Mandalay
- Visit the market of Jadestone downtown, the most important in a country that owns more than 80% of the World's reserves of this precious stone.
- Then go to Mandalay jetty and ride upriver to Mingun, best known for its gigantic, unfinished stupa. The Mingun Pahtodawgyi, meant to be the largest in the World (at a projected height of 150 meters), now lies ravaged by earthquakes on the western banks of The Irrawaddy.
- Visit the Mingun Bell, which moved from the zedi after the earthquake. Mingun Bell is now at a new shrine building and is said to be the largest hanging un-cracked bell in the World.
- Return to Mandalay. The afternoon sightseeing tour of Mandalay includes:
- the highly revered Mahamuni Pagoda
- a gold leaf hammering craft shop
- Shwenandaw Monastery, noted for its exquisite wood carvings
- Kuthodaw Pagoda is renowned as the World's largest book for its 729 stone slabs containing the entire Buddhist scriptures. If time permits, Mandalay Hill for a view over the city and Ayeyarwaddy River.
Accommodation: Superior Hotel
Meals Provided: Breakfast at the hotel.
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Day 7: Heho - Inle Lake - Thale Oo village
- Fly to Heho and upon arrival, drive to Nyaung Shwe jetty to start your sightseeing by long-tailed boat to Inn Paw Khone Village, where you can see lotus and silk weaving industries.
- Then continue your visit to the Phaung Daw Oo pagoda, the most highly revered monastery in the Inle Lake area. It houses five ancient images of the Buddha that are completely covered in gold leaf.
- Visit Thale Oo village, which is nothing more than an authentic agricultural village on the shore of the lake. Abundant rice fields, and you can observe the difference in the vegetation.
Accommodation: Superior Hotel
Meals Provided: Breakfast at the hotel.
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Day 8: Indeinon
- In the morning, your boat will take you to the crumbling 17th-century pagodas at Indeinon on the western shore of Inle Lake, weaving up narrow creeks as you make your way to the pagodas.
- Explore Ethnic Pao villages and then return to Nyaung Shwe.
Accommodation: Superior Hotel
Meals Provided: Breakfast at the hotel
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Day 9: Yangon
Transfer to Heho Airport for your flight to Yangon.
Transfer to the international terminal airport for your departure onwards flight (OR) transfer to the hotel in Yangon.
Meals Provided: Breakfast at the hotel
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(Note: The itinerary described above may change depending on weather conditions, domestic flight time changes and cancellation.)
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Cancellation Policy
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For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -
Refund of 80% of the tour price.