9 Day Classic Myanmar
Yangon - Bagan - MtPopa - Mandalay - Inle Lake – 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, welcome 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
- Sunset viewing of golden stupa of Shwedagon Pagoda
- Overnight at hotel in Yangon
Day 02: Yangon - Bagan (by flight and car)
- After breakfast at your hotel
- Transfer to airport, fly to Bagan (early flight 5 AM)
- Full day Bagan sightseeing –
- Visit colourful Nyaung U Maket
- Magnificent golden stupa of Shwezigon Pagoda
- Decorative Htilominlo Temple
- Superb mural paintings of Gubyaukgyi Temple
- Myinkabar village to observe lacquer ware process
- Architecturally impressive Ananda Temple
- Thabinnyu Temple, the highest temple in Bagan
- Dhammayangyi Temple, noted for its remarkable brickwork
- Enjoy sunset over the site from the supper terrace of Shwesandaw Pagoda
- Overnight at hotel in Bagan
Day 03: Bagan - Mt.Popa (by car)
- Breakfast at your hotel
- Drive to Mt. Popa
- Climb up Mt. Popa and view the surrounding area
- Drive back to Bagan and visit small Toddy Palm workshop on the way
- More sightseeing around Bagan and sunset by boat on the majestic Ayeyarwaddy river
- Overnight at hotel in Bagan
Day 04: Yangon – Amarapura - Mandalay (by flight and car)
- Breakfast at your hotel
- Transfer to airport, fly to Mandalay
- Arrive Mandalay, check into hotel
- Mandalay full day sightseeing –
- Visit typical village of Myanmar farmers
- Drive to Amarapura – an ancient capital of Myanmar date back to 17th century and famous for its U Bein wooden bridge
- Silk weaving home cottage
- Mahagandayon Monastery with its 1500 monks
- 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 (world’s largest book)
- Shwekyaung monastery which was King Mindon’s residence famous for its wood carvinf masterpiece
- Mandalay Palace in the evening
- Enjoy the sunset from Mandalay Hill
- Overnight at hotel in Mandalay
Day 05: Mandalay - Mingun – Innwa - Sagaing (by car, boat and Horse cart)
- Breakfast at your hotel
- Depart Mandalay on a private boat along the Ayeyarwaddy River to visit Mingun, a village on the west bank of the river
- Visit Settawya Pagoda with a marble foot print of Buddha, Pondawaya phaya
- Visit Mingun Pahtotawgyi, the world renowned ringing Mingun Bell – the largest Bell in the world weighing 90 tons
- At the end of the tour visit elegan Sinphyume Pagoda and its architecture masterpiece
- After the visit in Mingun, take the boat back to Mandalay and lunch at a local restaurant in Mandalay
- Proceed to Sagaing Hill – known as the centre for meditation. Hill sides are dotted with numerous pagodas and Monasteries
- Visit Innwa with a horse cart to the surrounding area
- Return to Mandalay
- Overnight at hotel in Mandalay
Day 06: Mandalay – Heho – Inle Lake (by flight, boat and car)
- Breakfast at your hotel
- Transfer to airport, fly to Heho in the Shan State
- Transfer to Nyaung Shwe by car which takes about 1 hour drive
- Arrive at Nyaung Shwe and full day sightseeing by a private boat to the Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda, floating garden vegetable, Ngaphae Chaung monastery where you can experience typical Shan monastery with encient Buddha statues.
- Lunch on the lake
- In the afternoon, visit traditional cheroot (cigars) and blacksmith workshop, kaylar village
- On the way back, visit umbrella and Shan paper workshops in the village Ywama
- Overnight at hotel in Inle Lake
Day 7: Inle – Intein
- Breakfast at your hotel
- All day sightseeing begins with excursion to Indein pagoda complex where one can see beautiful bamboo forest and over 1000 Shan pagodas from XVI century.
- Visit 5 day market and traditional fishing method
- Visit remote villages of Taungto and Kyaikan
- After lunch, visit lotus weaving factory and remote village on the lake
- Return to Inle Lake
- Overnight at hotel in Inle Lake
Day 8: Inle Lake - Yangon
- Breakfast at your hotel
- Transfer to Heho, fly to Yangon
- Arrive in Yangon and check in to Hotel then lunch at a local restaurant
- Half day sightseeing begins with British old colonial strand hotel, Bogyoke (Scott) market, port of Yangon and China town
Day 09: Yangon (by car)
- Breakfast at your hotel
- Leisure at guest request
- Transfer to airport for departure
Included in the price are –
- Daily breakfast
- Airport pick up and drop off
- 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
- Travel insurance and visa
Above services shall be tailored in accord with your travel plan
