Myanmar Highlights Tour

Itinerary

• Day 1: International Arrival, Yangon

  Upon arrival in Yangon, your tour guide will meet you and escort you to your hotel. After a short rest, you will go to visit Shwedagon Pagoda and try to catch the fabulous sunset there. You will have a chance to watch the color changing over 40 tons of gold leaf.

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• Day 2: Yangon City Tour

  Today, you will explore the city of Yangon from the Chaukhtatgyi Pagoda and Sule Pagoda. After a stroll at the Maha Bandoola Park with Maha Bandoola Garden to see colonial-style high court and city hall, head to the lively Indian Town and China Town.

  In the afternoon, you will visit Bogyoke Aung San Museum and stroll along the bank of Inya Lake.

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  • Yangon

• Day 3: Yangon - Bagan

  In the morning, you will be escorted to the airport for your flight to Bagan. Upon arrival, you will be met and escorted to your hotel. Start to visit the Nyaung-U Market, the Shwezigon Pagoda, and Htilominlo Temple.

  In the afternoon, pay a visit to a lacquer-ware workshop to see Myanmar's most treasured handicrafts before exploring the amazing mural paintings at the Myingaba Gu Byaukgyi Temple. Later, watch the sunset over the Shwesandaw Pagoda.

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  • Bagan

• Day 4: Bagan Sightseeing

  This morning, you will start a scenic drive to Mount Popa. Along the way, stop by a local village to learn about local culture and lifestyle. For the energetic, there is time to climb up 777 steps to the shrine at the top of the volcanic plug. Have a lunch at a hill resort. Get back to Bagan to visit Ananda Temple and then relax in your hotel with a fabulous sunset view.

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  • Bagan

• Day 5: Bagan - Heho - Inle Lake

  After breakfast, fly to Heho and then drive around 1 hour to the pier for a private boat to your hotel in Inle Lake for check-in.

  Later, visit the Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda, one of the famous principal shrines in Myanmar. Before returning to the hotel, make a stopover at silk weaving on wooden handlooms and local blacksmiths workshops. Enjoy the sunset view at your hotel from the outlook sitting.

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  • Inle Lake

• Day 6: Inle Lake Discovery

  The whole day sightseeing to Inle Lake, including a local market and Indein Village, the western end of the Lake. The boat takes you through a long channel where you watch the farmers cultivate their produce. This ride is one of the most scenic boat tours on Lake Inle.

  Afternoon back to the hotel and the rest day is at leisure, just relax and enjoy the quiet atmosphere.

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  • Inle Lake

• Day 7: Inle Lake - Heho - Mandalay

  After breakfast, be free at leisure until heading to Heho airport for the flight to Mandalay. Upon arrival, proceed directly to enjoy a sunset on the boat to view the 1.2 km long U Bein Bridge which is 162 years old. After that, drive to your hotel for check-in.

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  • Mandalay

• Day 8: Mandalay Sightseeing

  Today, you will visit City Harbor Bridge and continue to Sagaing Hill. The afternoon's tour begins with Mahamuni Pagoda and Shwenandaw Monastery (Shwe Kyaung). Continue to Kuthodaw Pagoda, which contains the world's biggest book. Finally, enjoy the spectacular sunset at Mandalay Hill, 230 meters in elevation, commands a magnificent view of the city and surrounding countryside.

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  • Mandalay

• Day 9: Mandalay, Departure

  After breakfast, drive to Amarapura to visit Mahagandayon Monastery where more than a thousand monks live and study the Buddha scripture. If time allows, you will have the opportunity to observe the monks having their last meal of the day in total silence. After the tour, drive to the airport for your flight to next destination.

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