5-Day Mandalay and Inle Lake Tour with Pa'o Village Trekking

• Pick up from Mandalay International Airport and transfer to your hotel.

• Visit Mahamuni Pagoda, home to a spectacular Buddha image covered with thick layers of gold leaves.

• Head to local workshops to see Kalaga tapestries being made and gold leaves beaten into paper-thin pieces.

• Visit Kuthodaw Pagoda, where the Theravada Buddhist scriptures are inscribed on 729 marble slabs, giving it the nickname "The world's largest book".

• Visit the beautiful teak-carved Shwenandaw Monastery, the only Royal Palace building to survive the World War II bombing.

• Climb to the top of Mandalay Hill, where you will witness glittering glass-studded temple walls reflecting the evening glow as you watch the sunset.

• Visit U Bein Bridge, located over a kilometre from the hill and believed to be the longest teak bridge in the world.

• Return to your hotel in Mandalay.

Meals included: Breakfast

• Arrive at Heho, where your guide will pick you up from the CBT point.

• Leave from Samkar village and walk up the western slope of the Lwekhaw mountain range. At the peak, you can look out over Samkar Lake and see patches of seasonal crops in the mountains.

• Rest in the forest and continue walking down to Lwemoon village. The village population is made up of both Shan and Pa-O ethnic groups. The villagers speak both languages and still wear their traditional outfits.

• Continue east to Namtek village. The trek between Lwemoon and Namtek is flat and takes about one hour. You will walk across the paddy fields and see villagers working in the fields. The villages around the plain create marvellous scenery.

• Enjoy lunch in one of the local houses in Namtek village. Some homes are still built in their traditional style. You can learn about the local language, culture, building style, and way of life, while also enjoying the landscape in and around the village during lunch.

• Stop in Htikaung village for the night. The village is located in the valley of the Kaungnein mountain range, which holds an important memory concerning national and ethnic history.

Meals included: Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner

• Start your day with some sightseeing in the CBT village after breakfast in Htikaung.

• Begin walking to the top of the Kaungnaine mountain range at 8:00 AM. This is the highest mountain range in the eastern part of Inle Lake. The trek winds up from the foot to the top of the mountain. Once at the top, take a rest and enjoy views of Inle Valley to the west and Hopong-Seseng Valley to the east.

• Proceed to Pinton village through an area dense with pine and other valuable trees. You can also see young monks studying Buddhist literature.

• Relish a picnic lunch on the way to a panoramic viewpoint.

• Continue through the seasonal crops on the way to Maetine village.

• Stay overnight in the village.

Meals included: Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner

• Transfer from the CBT village to Inle Valley after breakfast at Maetine village.

• Visit Phatpon village and observe the lifestyle of the villagers.

• Enjoy a scrumptious lunch served with the traditional taste of Pa'o at Lwekan village.

• Proceed to Kantawdamwhich and watch the irrigation process of summer crops.

• Walk up to Thetlutt Mountain and down to Lwekhaw.

• Continue to Inpawkhon boat jetty. From here, take the boat back to your hotel on Inle Lake or to the Nyaung Shwe jetty.

Meals included: Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner

• Return to Heho International Airport and fly to Yangon International Airport.