Itinerary

1. Day 1: Arrive at Mandalay Airport

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

2. Day 2: Mandalay - Amarapura

   • Start your day by having breakfast at your hotel. 

   • Meet your Mandalay tour guide at 8 AM and visit the four meters high Buddha image seated Mahamuni Pagoda known as Phaya Gyi which weighs 6.5 tons.

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

   • Have lunch at a restaurant.  

   • Visit gold leaf making workshops.

   • Head to the world's biggest book Kuthodaw Pagoda, a masterpiece of wood carving at Shwenandaw monastery constructed by 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, go to Mandalay Hill which is 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 lodging hotel.

3. Day 3: Ava - Sagaing

   • After breakfast at your hotel, drive to the jetty and take a boat to Ava, one of the ancient capital of Myanmar, and visit the Bagaya monastery built by 267 teak posts that are 9 feet in circumference and 60 feet in circumference height.

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

   • From there, visit the 90 feet high Nan Myint Watch Tower built in the year 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, the newly built pagoda constructed by Jade.

   • Head back to your hotel.

4. Day 4: Mandalay - Monywa - Bagan

   • 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 ft in height.

   • Proceed to Monyin Thanboddhae Pagoda which is the only pagoda with a unique shape in the whole country and unlike most of the 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 a hotel. 

5. Day 5: Bagan

   • 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.

6. Day 6: Bagan

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

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

   • Drive to a restaurant to have lunch.

   • Visit the black bean paste (called Pone Yay Gyi in Myanmar language) workshop and palm sugar workshop to learn its process. 

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

   • In the evening watch a fantastic sunset.

7. Day 7: Bagan - Yangon

   • Drive to the airport and catch your flight to Yangon.

   • Upon arrival, your guide will take you to central Yangon to visit the Mahabandula garden with monuments from the independence era, city hall, 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 the Shwedagon Pagoda in the afternoon. 

   • Return to your hotel and stay overnight in Yangon.

8. Day 8: Departure

   • Today your Yangon tour guide will transfer you to Yangon airport for your departure flight.