Start City: Yangon (Rangoon)
Departure city: Yangon
Yangon – Bagan – Mt Popa – Inle Lake – Kakku – Kyaikhtiyo – Bago
Duration: 9 Days 8 Nights
Private Tour. Departure: Daily, upon your request. – Extendable with optional tours.
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 – Mt Popa
Day 4: Bagan – Fly to Heho – Inle Lake sightseeings
Day 5: Inle Lake – Kakku – Inle Lake
Day 6: Inle Lake – Indein – Inle Lake
Day 7: Inle Lake – Heho – Fly to Yangon – Kyaikhtiyo
Day 8: Kyaikhtiyo – Bago – Yangon
Day 9: Yangon departure
COST: 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 | 1,280 | 1,020 | 943 | 354 |
3 domestic flights/pp | 355 | 355 | 355 | |
Total/pp | US $ 1,635 | 1,375 | 1,298 |
Tour Includes | Tour Excludes |
– 3 Domestic flights: Yangon – Bagan – Heho – 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.
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).
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 – Mt Popa
After breakfast, enjoy a scenic drive to Mt. Popa(65 km and takes us 1.5 hour), an extinct volcano with spectacular views known as the most sarced site for meditation in Myanmar. You will have chance to challenge yourselves to climb the 777 steps to the shrine at the top of the peak. Its shrine is dedicated to animist spirits known as “Nats”. Our guide will lead you to Popa Kalat Monastery where you can enjoy the panoramic view of Popa national park.
On the way back to Bagan,we will experience the traditonal palm work, cigar maker and peanut oil distillation.
In the afternoon, we have an exotic horse cart ride 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.
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 Heho – Inle Lake sightseeings
This vast picturesque lake, 900m above sea level, 22 km long and 10km across, is the second largest lake in Myanmar. Inlay Lake is famous for its scenic beauty, floating gardens of vegetation and the unique leg rowing of the Intha, the native lake dwellers. The lake is also home to a wide array of bird-life including egrets, cranes, ducks, storks and birds of prey.
After breakfast, you will be picked up at your hotel, travel from Bagan to Heho for Inle Lake by a short morning flight. Your guide and car will pick you up at the airport and take you a scenic one-hour drive leads to Nyaung Shwe, the gateway village to Inle Lake. Along the way, stop at the wooden Shwe Yan Pyay Monastery which features beautiful carvings and a collection of Buddha images. We will also stop in Nyaung Shwe for a short walk around town and visit to the colorful market if it is being held that day.
Upon arrival, board on motorboat for a sightseeing tour to Phaungdawoo Pagoda, famed for its richly gilded five small Buddha images, also is believed the holiest in Inle Lake. Our next visit is Ngaphechaung monastery, known as jumping cat pagoda. As you travel further to Nam Pan village; cotton and lotus weaving factory, cigar making houses will impress you with a sense of traditional Intha life.
Meals: Breakfast.
Accommodation: Hotel in Inle Lake
Day 5: Inle Lake – Kakku – Inle Lake
After breakfast at your hotel, leave for Kakku. A short boat ride to Naung Shwe before getting on our private car for 2 hour drive to Kakku. Stop at Taung Gyi for a short visit en-route then head into the rolling hills toward the east of the lake. The drive is spectacular, crossing over the railway line and through small villages inhabited to the Pa-Oh people. This area was closed to visitors for many years and even now only a few intrepid tourists make their way through here.
The first view of Kakku is breathtaking: there are more than 5200 individual stupas, some of which are 20 metres high, and several Buddha images scattered throughout. There are no clear facts about the history of the stupas but most date back to the 11th-13th century, the same period when Bagan was thriving. Wander throughout the temples, taking your time to enjoy the wonder and awe of this site and discover the intricate carvings and details on the structures.
Late afternoon, back to Inle Lake to stay overnight at the hotel.
Meal: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel in Inle Lake
Day 6: Inle Lake – Indein – Inle Lake
This morning, you will visit the 5 days market which is hold in different villages surround the lake. This is definitely a fascinating place to enjoy the scene of local tribes in their colorful clothes and exotic market atmosphere.
After lunch, the boat will take you to beautiful temple of Indein, located on the hill overlooking the lake. It will be definitely relaxing to walk along the corridor and enjoy the giant columns which have been left to the nature for centuries.
There may be time to enjoy a short walk through one of the lakeside villages. Stay overnight at the hotel.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodations: Hotel in Inle Lake
Day 7: Inle Lake – Heho – Fly to Yangon – Kyaikhtiyo
After breakfast, you will be free at your own leisure until being picked up to travel from Inle Lake to Heho for a short flight back Yangon.
Upon arrival to Yangon, we get picked up and enjoy a scenic journey to Kyaiktiyo, 190km to the east.
En route, stop in Taukkyan Township to visit the Allied War Cemetery. This beautifully-landscaped, peaceful area is the final resting place for more than 27,000 Allied Soldiers who perished during the World War II campaign in Myanmar.
Late morning, arrive at Kyaikhtiyo base camp (approximately 5 hrs). Travel by local, open-air truck along a winding road (45 minutes) where you will be dropped off at Golden Rock.
A huge boulder covered by gold leaf and delicately balanced on the edge of a cliff, Golden Rock is one of Myanmar’s main pilgrimage sites. The pagoda here is said to hold a hair of the Buddha and Buddhists from across the country come here to pay homage.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodations: Hotel in Kyaikhtiyo
Day 8: Kyaikhtiyo – Bago – Yangon
After breakfast, return to the base camp by open-air truck and begin the return journey to Yangon. On the way back, stop in Bago. Bago, also known as Pegu, was the capital of the Mon Kingdom in the 15th century and is a town steeped in legend.
The sites in Bago are spread out around the town and you’ll spend time exploring with your guide, learning about the history and myths of the city. Stops include the 55-metre long reclining Shwethalyaung Buddha, the four seated Buddhas at Kyaikpun and the old palace of Kambozathadi. The Mon-style Shwemawdaw Pagoda is the most outstanding religious monument in Bago. This golden temple stands at 114 metres tall, higher than Yangon’s Shwedagon Pagoda, and can be seen from around 10 kilometres outside of the city.
While in Bago we’ll also take time to visit the city’s local sites, including the town market and a Mon neighborhood where the locals once produced woven textiles. Transfer back & stay overnight in Yangon.
Meals: Breakfast.
Accommodations: Hotel in Yangon
Day 9: Yangon departure
Breakfast at your hotel, you are free until checking out from your hotel, travel by car to Yangon International Airport for your departure flight.
Meal: Breakfast
Accommodation: N/A