8-Day Myanmar Highlights Tour from Mandalay to Yangon via Bagan

Your Mandalay tour guide will pick you up from the airport and take you to your hotel.

Start your day with breakfast at your hotel.

Meet your Mandalay tour guide at 8 AM and visit the 4-metre-high seated Buddha image at Mahamuni Pagoda, known as Phaya Gyi, which weighs 6.5 tons.

Visit a stone carving workshop and Mandalay Palace, which was started in 1855 and completed in 1861. It was built by King Mindon when he shifted his palace from Amarapura.

Have lunch at a restaurant.

Visit gold leaf making workshops.

Head to Kuthodaw Pagoda, known as the world's biggest book, and continue to Shwenandaw Monastery, a masterpiece of wood carving constructed from teak in the 19th century by King Mindon.

Visit Atumashi Kyaung, built by King Mindon in 1857, and Shwe In Bin Monastery, built in 1895.

Also visit Mandalay Hill, a landmark of Mandalay.

In the evening, continue to Amarapura and visit weaving workshops.

After that, walk along U Bein wooden bridge in the evening and transfer to your hotel.

After breakfast at your hotel, drive to the jetty and take a boat to Ava, one of the ancient capitals of Myanmar. Visit Bagaya Monastery, built with 267 teak posts that are 9 feet in circumference and 60 feet in height.

Then make your way to Maha Aung Mye Bon Zan Monastery, also known as Menu Oak Kyaung, built in 1822 by Nanmadaw Menu, a queen of King Bagyidaw.

From there, visit the 90-foot-high Nan Myint Watch Tower, built in 1822, by horse cart.

Then continue to Sagaing Hill by car.

Visit Kaung Mhu Daw Pagoda.

Head to Umin Thone Ze, also known as the Thirty Caves Pagoda, and Soon U Ponya Shin, a picturesque place.

After that, visit the Jade Pagoda, a newly built pagoda constructed from jade.

Head back to your hotel.

You will be picked up by your Mandalay tour guide from the hotel at 7:30 AM.

Drive to Monywa, which will take about three hours, and head to Bawditahtaung, where you can see the largest reclining Buddha image, which is 300 feet in height.

Proceed to Monyin Thanboddhae Pagoda, the only pagoda with a unique shape in the whole country. Unlike most pagodas in Myanmar, the entrance is not guarded by Chinthes, the mythical lions, but by statues of a pair of white elephants, which are sacred and auspicious in Buddhist symbolism.

After that, head to Kyaukka village, which is famous for its lacquerware workshop, and then visit Shweguni Pagoda.

Then drive for 3 hours to Bagan and check in to your hotel.

Have breakfast at your hotel.

Drive to the ancient pagodas in Nyaung Oo and Old Bagan, such as Shwezigon, Kyaukku Umin, Htilominlo, Ananda, Thatbyinnyu, and Kadawpalin.

Have lunch at a restaurant.

Head to your hotel for some rest.

In the afternoon, visit ancient temples around Old Bagan, such as Dhamayangyi, Alodawpyae, Bu Pagoda, and Shwesandaw Pagoda.

Enjoy a fantastic sunset at one of the pagodas and head back to your hotel.

After breakfast at your hotel, visit Nyaung U's bustling local markets to observe local ways of life.

Then visit 11th- to 13th-century ancient temples in the Myinkaba area, Pwasaw village, and a lacquerware workshop.

Drive to a restaurant for lunch.

Visit a black bean paste workshop, called Pone Yay Gyi in the Myanmar language, and a palm sugar workshop to learn about the process.

In the afternoon, your Bagan tour guide will take you to scenic places where you can take photos and walk around at one of the best pagodas.

In the evening, watch a fantastic sunset.

Drive to the airport and catch your flight to Yangon.

Upon arrival, your guide will take you to central Yangon to visit Mahabandula Garden, with monuments from the independence era, City Hall, the Supreme Court, and Immanuel Baptist Church.

Have lunch at a restaurant.

Visit the Post Office and the Minister's Office, where General Aung San was assassinated.

Then head to Chauk Htat Gyi reclining pagoda and Shwedagon Pagoda in the afternoon.

Return to your hotel and stay overnight in Yangon.

Today, your Yangon tour guide will transfer you to Yangon Airport for your departure flight.