Starting from Yangon, this trip will take you to all the unique places Myanmar has to offer. You will discover a world unlike any other, from the land of thousand pagodas in Bagan, the floating villages of Inle Lake and the beautiful crystal sand beach of Ngapali and many more.
Domestic Air fares (Yangon – Bagan –Heho – Thandwe-Yangon)
Upon arrival at the Yangon International Airport, you will be welcomed by our tour guide. You will be transfer to your hotel, for a chance to relax and refresh.
In the afternoon, visit first to the Chauk Htat Gyi Pagoda, famous for housing an enormous 65 meters long reclining Buddha statue.
From there, our tour through Yangon city with a visit to one of the world’s most spectacular monuments; the 2,600 years old Shwedagone Pagoda. You will offer the lotus and lightening candles to Buddha.
Once sunset arrives, glittering in the dark skyline, Shwedagone Pagoda is indeed a sight to behold.
Lunch and dinner will be served at a local restaurant.
Overnight stay at hotel in Yangon.
Meal included: Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel in Mandalay
After breakfast at your hotel, transfer to the airport for domestic flight to Bagan. We begin the tour with visit to the famous Shwezigone Pagoda, considered the most wonderful and shouldn’t miss pagoda in Bagan. Nearby Shwezigone, we will visit Wetkyi Inn Gubyauk, a cave temple with exquisite mural paintings and the elegant Htilominlo Temple, noted for its fine plaster carvings and glazed sandstone decorations.
Continuing the tour of famous pagodas in Bagan, we arrive at Ananda Temple, which is famous for an architectural masterpiece, and it has four standing giant Buddha Statues.
In the evening, we resume our journey on horse cart, Thatbyinnyu, the highest temple in Bagan, Dhammayangyi the largest temple in Bagan.
Finally, we will finish the evening with an unforgettable sunset over the plains from the one of the Sunset Hill viewpoints.
Remark: The government strictly prohibited to climb the entire temple in Bagan since February 2018.
Lunch and dinner will be served at a local restaurant.
Overnight stay at hotel in Bagan.
Meal included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel in Mandalay
After breakfast at your hotel, transfer to one of the monasteries in Bagan. First, you will start an introduction and chat with the monks and observe the religious side of monks. In here, you will also meet with the Kapiya, who are monks’ attendant. See how the monks practice their daily routine, monks who are very reserved and religious in Myanmar traditions.
Enjoy special catered Lunch at Monastery.
In the late afternoon, your bike is ready to explore the nearby villages of Bagan. You will pass through the ancient temples along the way and en-route stops walking around the local villages. You will meet and greet one of the local farmer’s house and his family. Your time will spend to discuss about their daily life with enjoy some traditional snacks with Burmese green tea.
Complete a day by cruising sunset over the majestic Ayeyarwaddy River. Return to hotel.
Dinner and overnight stay at hotel in Bagan.
Optional Tour
Balloon Experience Over Bagan - Experience the majestic landscape of Bagan with a soul-altering hot-air balloon ride over Bagan at sunrise -a thrill that promises to be a highlight of any trip to Myanmar. Dark and early in the morning, enjoy a snack of pastries, croissants, and coffee and watch as the balloons are filled -an experience itself. Then, after boarding the balloon, gently lift off above the temple-studded plains of Bagan just as the sun begins to rise above the horizon. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience that won’t soon be forgotten. (Note: available only from late- October to late-March; all flights weather permitting).
Meal included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel in Bagan
After breakfast at hotel, you will visit Sat Sat Yo village which is a 45 mins drive from Bagan where village children wear an ancient hairstyle called “Sanyitwyne”. Before colonial times, all of the country’s boys and girls wore their hair in this manner. This village is the only place left in Myanmar where children still have their hair tied in this traditional style.
The journey takes you to Mount Popa, 75-90 minutes away from Bagan, Mt. Popa is a place of great importance to the Burmese. It is believed to be the home to 37 Nats, ancient Burmese spirits. Climbing the 777 stairs will bring you to the top of Mt. Popa.
After the climb, we will be drive back to Bagan. Along the way, we stop at a local village to watch demonstrations of toddy and jaggery (palm wine and palm sugar) production. Free tastings are available but do hold on the palm wine as more is yet to come.
After around 30-40 minutes, we will stop at one of the famous the Palm production to enjoy the taste of the toddy juice (Sky Beer) with sunset over the plain of Bagan. Upon arrival, transfer back to hotel.
Lunch at Popa Mountain Resort.
Dinner and overnight stay at hotel in Bagan.
Meal included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel in Bagan
After breakfast at your hotel, transfer to the Nyaung U airport for domestic flight to Heho. Upon arrival, proceed to the beautiful Shan Hills to Taunggyi (52 km – 1 ½ hrs) and on the way, stops visiting to the driving up to visit the Ayetharyar Wine Estate, the sites of very first vinery in Myanmar.
You will learn about wine, grape harvesting and enjoy the differences taste of grape varieties. Also, see the view of the beautiful scenery from the upper place of vine yard. Then, drive back to Nyaung Shwe and transfer by boat to Inle Lake.
Lunch will be served at Ayetharyar Wine Yard with wine tasting.
Dinner and overnight stay at hotel on Inle Lake.
Meal included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel in Inle Lake
After breakfast at your hotel, today we attend a Cooking Class in Nyaung Shwe. This half day activity is run by friendly locals in their simple Shan style kitchen. You will be picked up from your hotel at 9 am and brought to a local market where you will buy ingredients for the food you will prepare in the class. After shopping, head to kitchen and prepare a delicious local style lunch with the guidance of your cooking mentor. You can choose to cook a couple of dishes from a list of many. You will embark on this culinary journey with fellow travellers like yourself.
At 13:00, after a delicious lunch which you cooked, we make an excursion by boat on Inle Lake to capture the magnificent scenery one last time before we send you to Nyaung Shwe Jetty. Moving across the lake, we will pass through villages with stilted houses, floating gardens built up from strips of land and anchored to the bottom with bamboo poles. Be on the lookout for fishermen uses unique leg-rowing technique to propel their boats while casting their nets.
Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda, one of our stops, is the main sanctuary of Inle Lake and it has five glittering small Buddha statues which covered with gold.
Other stops include Nga Phe Chaung Monastery, a traditional Shan Style monastery with its famous for ancient Buddha images and proceed visiting to the Nam Pan village to observe the cheroot making factory and wooden boat making.
Finally, we head to the hotel in time to catch a beautiful sunset.
Cooking lesson with lunch (catered by local restaurant in Nyaung Shwe).
Dinner and overnight stay at hotel on Inle Lake.
Meal included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel in Kalaw
After breakfast at your hotel, transfer to the Heho airport for domestic flight to Thandwe. Upon arrival, provided share airport transfer by hotel in Ngapali.
Ngapali, which is a fantastic and most beautiful beach in Myanmar. It has crystal clear water with blue colouring with white sands, the fresh breeze air makes you to be healthy. It has many small nearer islands such as Pearl Island, Maung Shwe lay, Kyauk Kalat Islands that you can visit by boat in day trip.
Day is leisure.
Lunch and Dinner at hotel.
Overnight stay at hotel in Ngapali.
Remark: Hotels in Ngapali will close from May to September, monsoon period in Myanmar.
Meal included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel in Inle Lake
Breakfast at hotel.
Free at leisure on the beach.
Lunch and Dinner at hotel.
Overnight stay at hotel in Ngapali.
Remark: Hotels in Ngapali will close from May to September, monsoon period in Myanmar.
Meal included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel in Inle Lake
After breakfast at your hotel, transfer to Thandwe airport for domestic flight to Yangon. Upon arrival, we spend the day visiting Yangon. Visit to the Sule Pagoda, which is located at the heart of Yangon down town area.
Proceed stroll through to the Bogyoke Aung San Market also known as Scott Market (closed on Mondays and Public Holidays). A must visits for tourist; here you can see rows of stalls selling hundreds of gemstone, handicrafts, art, clothes and food stores.
You are heading to the central train station of Pansodan, you will take a circular commuter train ride (about 45 mins), around Yangon city. Please note that train in Myanmar are very basic and simple, and their schedule are not reliable (sometime it can occur delay). You will drop off and transfer back to your hotel.
In the evening, we stop visiting by Karaweik Hall, a unique golden barge on Kandwgyi (Royal Lake) for taking photos. It is a perfect place for watching Shwedagon Pagoda.
Lunch and dinner will be served at local restaurant.
Overnight stay at hotel in Yangon.
Meal included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel in Yangon
After breakfast, you can enjoy some free and easy time until the time of your departure for the Yangon International Airport.
Meal included: Breakfast
Trip ends.
Destinations | Duration of stay | Hotels |
---|---|---|
Yangon |
2 nights |
Jasmine Palace Hotel 4**** or Similar (Deluxe room) |
Bagan |
3 nights |
Bagan Thande Hotel 3*** or Similar (Superior Bungalow) |
INLE |
2 nights |
Inle Resort Hotel 4**** or Similar (Deluxe room) |
Ngapali |
2 nights |
Thande Beach Hotel 3*** or Similar (Deluxe Bungalow Partial Sea View) |
Note: The rating of the accommodation we mentioned is based on the Ministry of Hotels & Tourism’s rating.