9 Day Best of Myanmar

Yangon - Mandalay - Alaung Daw Kasspa (National Park) - Monywa - Mandalay - Yangon

(9 Days / 8 Nights)

All year round and can be tailored in accord with your travel plan

Day 01: Yangon Arrival

  • Arrive Yangon International Airport, welcomed by
    Beyond Myanmar representative and tour guide
  • Check into hotel
  • Afternoon tour of Yangon –
    • Karaweik Hall
    • Royal barge ride on the Royal Lake
    • Chaukhtatgyi (Reclining Buddha) Pagoda
    • Gilded 2,500 year old Sule Pagoda
    • Colonial style buildings surrounding Mahabandula Park
  • Stroll through China Town
    • Short visit to Tao Temple
  • Sunset viewing of golden stupa of Shwedagon Pagoda
  • Overnight at hotel in Yangon

Day 02: Yangon - Mandalay (by flight and car)

  • Breakfast at your hotel
  • Transfer to airport, fly to Mandalay
  • Arrive Mandalay, check into hotel
  • Mandalay full day sightseeing –
    • Mahamuni Image
    • Tapestry making home cottage
    • Marble carving workshop
    • Gold-leaf beating workshop
    • Silk weaving home cottage
    • Kyauktawgyi Pagoda with large Buddha carved single block of marble
    • Shwenandaw Monastery (Golden Palace) with exquisite wood carvings
    • Kuthodaw Pagoda with stone tablets of Buddhist scriptures
    • ulamani Pagoda
  • Mandalay Palace in the evening
    • Enjoy the sunset from Mandalay Hill
  • Overnight at hotel in Mandalay

Day 03: Mandalay - Yinmabin - Kabaing (by car)

  • Start your day with a visit to villages of Khun-hill tribe, Lahu – hill tribe and red dressed Palaung-tribe
  • After breakfast at hotel, tour proceeds to Kabaing through Yinmarbin, the tropical Myanmar village which takes approximately 2 hours from Mandalay
  • Overnight stay at the local camp at the village
Another day trekking

Day 04: Kabaing - Hilltop Camp (by flight and car)

  • In the early morning, have breakfast at the village and tour starts to the hilltop camp
  • There you can experience the nature of tropical rain forest, orchids and wildlife
  • The cool stream flows through the forest which creates a swimming paradise
  • Overnight stay at the hilltop camp

Day 05: Hilltop Camp

  • The whole day sightseeing includes elephants riding
  • The armed guards conduct the tours
  • In the forest, you can trek and explore the wildlife
  • Overnight stay at the hilltop camp

Day 06: Hilltop Camp – Monywa

  • Visit Monywa after breakfast at the Hilltop Camp
  • Monywa, once an ancient town attracts you with its various monuments especially the caves of the rocky mountain. In these caves, you could find the ancient religious statues
  • The Phowintaung and Shwebataung located near Monywa with over 400,000 14th to 15th century ancient Buddha images and mural paintings
  • Overnight at hotel in Monywa

Day 07: Monywa – Mandalay

  • Breakfast at your hotel
  • Tour starts to Thanbode - half million of Buddha images
  • Bode Tahtaung (where a thousand of Bo trees or Banyan trees and a 300 foot long reclining Buddha image)
  • Monywa is located in the Valley of Chindwin River
  • Drive to Mandalay and overnight in Mandalay.

Day 08: Mandalay – Yangon

  • Breakfast at your hotel
  • Free at leisure in Mandalay
  • In the evening, transfer to airport to fly back to Yangon
  • Overnight at hotel in Yangon.

Day 09: Shopping and departure (by car)

  • Breakfast at your hotel
  • Morning shopping at gems mart and handicraft shops
  • Visit to Bogyoke (Scott) Market for souvenirs
  • Transfer to airport for departure
Included in the price are –
  • Daily breakfast
  • All entrance fees
  • English speaking local Tour guide
  • Accommodation
  • Domestic air tickets + boat in accord with itinerary
  • All transfers and sightseeing by car and boat as per your itinerary
Not include in the price are –
  • Meals (lunch and dinner)
  • Tips to guide and drivers
  • Visa and travel insurance
Services Included Services Excluded
  • Meals included as per mentioned in the itinerary ( 2lunches and 6dinners )
  • All transportation(private car, boat, flight )
  • Accommodation as indicated ( twin / double sharing basis )
  • Welcome kit (traditional bags etc)
  • Domestic airfare for 4 sectors & domestic airport tax
  • Mineral water +snow towel are also provided during sightseeing.
  • Entrance fees for sightseeing (Archeological sites et..)
  • English speaking guide at every city( different guide)
  • Insurance
  • Services not mentioned in the program
  • Beverages
  • International air fare
  • Personal expenses such as Camera fees, Tips etc.
  • Balloon over bagan price ( 320 usd with standard service and 380 with premium service )

Above services shall be tailored in accord with your travel plan.

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