Start City: Yangon (Rangoon)
Departure city: Yangon City
Yangon – Bagan – Mandalay – Yangon
Duration: 6 Days 5 Nights
Private Tour. Departure: Daily, upon your request.
– Extendable with optional tours from Yangon.
Please let us know your international arrival and departure flight time, so that we can adjust your itinerary much better.
BRIEF ITINERARY
Day 1: Yangon Arrival
Day 2: Yangon – Fly to Bagan – Discovery
Day 3: Bagan sightseeings
Day 4: Bagan – Fly to Mandalay – Sagaing – Amarapura
Day 5: Mandalay – Mingun – Mandalay Hill – Fly to Yangon
Day 6: Yangon – Half Day Tour – Departure
TOUR PRICE: Price is quoted in US dollars per person based on double/twin room.
Group size | 2 persons | 4 pax | 6 pax | Single Supp |
Land Tour/pp | 730 | 592 | 544 | 212 |
3 domestic flights/pp | 345 | 345 | 345 | |
Total/pp | US $ 1,065 | 937 | 889 |
Tour Includes | Tour Excludes |
– 3 Domestic flights: Yangon – Bagan – Mandalay – Yangon – Accommodation with daily breakfast at selected hotels – Private tours, transfers and all services as mentioned in the itinerary – Services of a private driver and air-conditioned vehicle – Service of English speaking guides in every location – Entrance fees for all mentioned sights visited – Meals as mentioned in the itinerary |
– International flights – Meals other than those mentioned in the itinerary – Early check-in and late check-out at hotels. – Personal expenses (such as laundry, telephone, drinks, etc.) – Tips for guides and drivers – Personal travel insurance – Myanmar Visa fees (contact us for further information)
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DETAIL ITINERARY:
Day 1: Yangon Arrival
Our tour guide & driver will welcome you at the airport and transfer you to your hotel.
Yangon, formerly known as Rangoon, is still a relatively quiet and charming city. Its impressive colonial and spiritual heritage makes Yangon one of the most fascinating and authentic capitals of South-East Asia.
Your guided tour goes to Kandawagyi Park, one of central Yangon’s greenest spots. Here you will see the glittering Karaweik barge, a replica of the royal barge, and the vast lake with views of Shwedagon in the background. Enjoy breathtaking views of the golden stupa from this vantage point.
Your highlight for this evening is the dinner in Karaweik Palace, overlooking to the Royal Lake and Shwedagon tower. The dinner is served with fine Burmese food and amazing cultural show.
Meals: Welcome Dinner.
Accommodation: Hotel in Yangon
Day 2: Yangon – Fly to Bagan – Discovery
From the 11th to 13th centuries, when Bagan was the capital of Myanmar, the rulers constructed thousands of huge stupas and temples many of which are still standing today on the banks of the Irrawaddy River.
After breakfast, you will be picked up at your hotel, travel from Yangon to Bagan by a short morning flight, begin your first experience to visit Nyaung Oo Market where dozens of vendors come to sell their fresh products. The market is at its busiest early in the morning as the locals come to do their shopping. This is a great opportunity to observe the daily life of the friendly locals.
Continue the day with visits to the most beautiful pagodas and temples of Bagan including Shwezigon Pagoda, built by King Anawrahta in the early 11th century as a religious shrine; enrich your experience with a visit to Ananda Temple with four standing Buddha images. Continue to the elegant Htilominlo Temple, noted for its fine plaster carvings and glazed sandstone decorations, the next visit is Sulamani Temple.
In the afternoon, discover the traditional way of making lacquer wares by local people, you can stop over at one of the most treasured handicrafts workshops where craftsmen create fine lacquer ware which features a part the Bagan fame, nearby Myinkaba village.
As today comes to a close, proceed to Mingala Zedi Stupa or Bu Paya, travel to the boat jetty and embark on a sunset cruise. Enjoy a cocktail and a stunning view of Bagan as you cruise along the Irrawaddy River. Stay overnight at the hotel.
Meals: Breakfast.
Accommodation: Hotel in Bagan
Day 3: Bagan Sightseeing
After breakfast, we start with the exotic horse cart to one of the biggest temple in Bagan: Nan Paya, a unique sandstone monument said to have been the palace of King Manuha. Proceed to Manuha Temple, which built in the Mon style in 1059, and follow on to many other interesting sites nearby such as Dhammayangyi, the largest built by King Narathu in the 12th Century, continue with sightseeing to Minkaba Gubyaukyi Temple, experience the architectural difference in MyaZedi pagoda.
A visit to Bagan archeaological museum is arranged later today, so you will have more information about the region and establishment history of Bagan.
The highlight of today is the panoramic sunset view from the second highest pagoda of Bagan the ShweSandaw pagoda.
Back to your hotel for overnight.
Note: Guests have the option of exploring some lesser known temples around the complex or tourguide can deduct some of temples as mentioned above depending on guests’ time and interest.
Meals: Breakfast.
Accommodation: Hotel in Bagan
Day 4: Bagan – Fly to Mandalay – Sagaing – Amarapura
After breakfast, you will be picked up at your hotel, travel from Bagan to Mandalay by a short morning flight. Your guide and car will pick you up at the airport and take you to Sagaing, a 45-minute drive. Located across the Irrawaddy River, Sagaing is considered by many to be the Buddhist centre of Myanmar.
Drive up to Sagaing Hill to Umin Thonzeh. The name translates as ’30 Caves Pagoda’ but in reality the temple is one long hallway built alongside a hill with thirty recessed entrances giving it the appearance of being filled with caves. Inside the building you will find 45 Buddha images, an auspicious number 45 reflecting the number of years that Gotama Buddha was enlightened as a Buddha. Then proceed to Swan Oo Pon Nya Shin pagoda and enjoy wonderful panoramic view of Sagaing Hill with hundreds of stupas. If you look up at the ceiling at Swan Oo Pon Nya Shin you will find the old paintings describing the 16 scene dream sequence of Kawthala King.
Your final stop today will be in Amarapura including Mahagandayon monastery, where over one-thousand monks reside. Amarapura is the best place to experience the monk life in Mandalay.
Before departing Amarapura go to U Bein Bridge for a walk along this 200 year-old teak bridge. The bridge was constructed of 984 teak posts that were once part of the deserted Inwa Palace and it is 1.2 kilometers in length making it the world’s longest teak span. Enjoy a stroll along the bridge and fabulous views of the surrounding farms and streams.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodations: Hotel in Mandalay
Day 5: Mandalay – Mingun – Mandalay Hill – Fly to Yangon
Drive to visit Mingun complex including Mingun Bell which is more than 87 tons in weight and more than 3.7 metres in height. This is the world’s largest uncracked bell. Just south of the bell you’ll also visit Mingun Pahtodawgyi, a giant brick structure built in the late 1700s and although it was unfinished due to economic troubles it is still an impressive site. Mingun’s other highlight is the Hisnbyume Pagoda, a white-washed temple built to resemble Mount Meru.
In the afternoon, begin with a walk up Mandalay Hill. Rising 240 metres above the city, the hill provides a great viewing platform of the surrounding countryside, Irrawaddy River and city centre. At the base of the hill you’ll stop to visit Shwe Nandaw Kyuang- or Golden Palace Monastery- which is noted for its intricate wood carvings and to Kayuktawgyi Pagoda to view the huge marble Buddha. The marble is from Sagyin quarry and took 10,000 men almost two weeks to transfer the rock from the riverside to its current location. Finally we’ll visit Kuthodaw Pagoda, home to ‘the world’s largest book’, a collection of more than 700 marble slabs inscribed with Buddhist teachings.
Continue to the famed Mahamuni Image – a bronze Buddha image castled during the lifetime of Buddha himself.
Travel from Mandalay back to Yangon and stay overnight at the hotel.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodations: Hotel in Yangon
Day 6: Yangon departure
Checking out from your hotel, travel by car to Yangon International Airport for your departure flight.
If time permits, you can explore Yangon and its highlights such as Shwedagon pagoda – the most prominent monument in Yangon which dominates the sky with golden flash, giant spires and holy relics.
Spend a little time for shopping at the Bogyoke Market, formerly known as Scott’s Market, – one of the biggest market in Yangon for handicrafts and other goods. (Note: Market is closed on Mondays and public holidays).
The guide and the car will remain at the client’s disposal for your convenience and to use as you please, until your international flight departure.
Meal: Breakfast
Accommodation: N/A