Exploring Myanmar In Depth

As you present in Yangon Airport, you will soon be welcomed and picked up by a tour guide to the Kandawgyi Palace Hotel. Take your time for refreshment and break before an afternoon walking tour around the city of Yangon.

Afternoon comes, at 03:30pm, your tour guide will guide you to the downtown to experience the different culture, language, region, people and history of Myanmar. Next up, you will leave to visit Botataung pagoda and capture a very eye-catching sunset over Yangon river nearby before driving back to the hotel for a good night at Kandawgyi Palace Hotel.
Lunch and dinner on your own account.

Breakfast served, your tour will start at 8:00 am. As the very first destination of the day, Shwedagon Pagoda will definitely impress you with its spectacular religious monuments. Also, take time to enter the Sule pagoda and Kalaywa Tawya Monastery if time permits. Kalaywa Tawya Monastery is the place where more than 1000 monks and nuns studying Buddhist scriptures and also operate a modern academic studies. Next up, you head straight to Chaukhtatgyi Pagoda and have lunch at local restaurant with specialty food. (Lunch at your own account) Later, you back to hotel and take a nap before an afternoon joyful travel.

In the afternoon, you will explore the outskirt area of Yangon on a city circular train at Yangon Central Railway Station and enjoy the one hour ride. Later, you end up riding train at Insein Train Station and meet with driver to head the hotel and have a good night at Kandawgyi Palace Hotel in Yangon.
Lunch and dinner on your own account.

Today, you will fly to Bagan – the city which is full of temples, pagodas, monuments, stupas in the world which makes Bagan be the most realistic witness of Burmese history and religion. As you present at the Nyaung U International Airport, you will soon start the enjoyable city tour with the first destination of local Nyaung Oo Market to experience the wonderful daily activities among people. Then pay a wonderful visit to the most famed pagoda of Shwezigon which was considered as a model for pagodas throughout Myanmar. Next up, you will leave for Htilominlo temple and Ananda temple and experience these two unique architectures before having joyful lunch at a standard local restaurant and check in the hotel for relaxing, getting ready for a desirable afternoon tour.

At 15:30, you will start exploring the rest of Bagan city on the horse drawn carriage, travelling through ancient temples complex of Pahtothamya, Thatbyinnyu, Dhammanyangy and Sulamani before enjoying the sunset over Pyathatgyi monastery. Later, you will drive back to hotel and have a good night at Bagan Ayeyar Hotel River View.
Lunch and dinner at your own account.

In the very early morning, you will get ready all the way to have a morning balloon ride and explore Bagan with its very many temples and pagodas complex from the above. Do not forget to capture the good views and take wonderful photos of mind-boggling scale or dreamlike mood before getting back to the hotel for an enjoyable breakfast.

Next up, the Mt. Popa is waiting for you to discover its highlights of toddy palm groves, jiggery cottage industry, the famous Popa Taungkalat and admire the phenomenal scenery around the Popa Mountain Resort. Then you will have a delightful lunch at Popa Mountain Resort and drive back to the hotel in Bagan. Afternoon comes, you can choose to explore Bagan on horse carriage or stay enjoying the room at hotel to relax and refresh for the rest of the day. And later, you enjoy a good night at Bagan Ayeyar Hotel River View.

Note: Please kindly note that due to the weather condition in Bagan, the Hot Air Balloon Over Bagan is only arranged from October to March as this is the perfect time of year for Balloon riding.
Lunch and Dinner at your own account.

Breakfast served, and then you check out the hotel and leave Bagan at noon for a beautiful RV Paukan cruise which offers good facilities and standard services along the river of Ayeyarwaddy.

The embarkation time is 11.30 hrs at Bagan Aye Yar jetty and cast off after half an hour. Welcome Cocktail and briefing in the Saloon or Sundeck followed by Lunch. In the late afternoon stop in a typical river village

Later, enjoy a good night at RV Paukan - Main Deck.

Today, you continue cruise all day with stop en route in the morning to visit Yandabo, a typical river village specializing in Pot-Making, where the peace treaty of the First Anglo-Burmese war was signed on Feb. 24, 1826. We visit the Pot workshops, the monastery and the school. Moor overnight nearby a village (Ywar Thit Gyi or Pauk Myaing Pauk Taw) few miles away from Ava Bridge.

Enjoy the sunrise. After an early breakfast on RV Paukan, you will disembark at Sagaing Jetty at around 09.30hrs.

Then you will reach to Mandalay for a sightseeing tour around this humble city, including Mahanumi, a gold leaf making center; marble sculpture and tapestry workshops. Next up, you will enjoy lunch and check in the hotel for relaxing and getting ready for the trip in the afternoon.

The Old Palace grounds: Kuthodaw Pagoda is the upcoming destination to go for. This is the largest book in the world, then leave for Golden Palace Monastery; Atumashi Monastery and Kyauktawgyi Pagoda before enjoying the sunset over the city hill of Mandalay. Later, you get back to the hotel and have a good night at Mandalay Sedona Hotel.

Lunch and dinner on your own account.

Breakfast served, and you will be picked up to the Mandalay International Airport to take a delightful flight to Heho. As Heho is at your sight, you will have another drive to the Nyaung Shwe town, and pay a short visit to Shwe Yan Pyay Wooden Monastery along the way. Next up, you take a boat and head out to Inle Lake, passing by villages on silts and taking chance to witness the unique technique of local’s one-leg rowing and see their floating gardens. Later, have a joyful lunch at a local restaurant in Inle Lake.

In the afternoon, you will travel the Inpawkhone village and Cherrot factory to see the specialty of Burmese hand-rolled cigars. Then leave for Pahung Daw Oo Pagoda and Nga Hpe Chaung Monastery with dozens of Shan Buddha Images. Later, you will head forward to tour around the floating gardens in the area of Inle Lake before getting back to the hotel of Inle Lake View Resort and have a good night.
Lunch and dinner on your own account.

Breakfast served, then you will have a very first amazing trip to the Inn Dein village on the narrow creek from the hotel. Next up, you will travel for the Shwe Inn Dein pagoda complex through a bamboo groove. And you will capture the ruin Shan style stupas which were missing for decades and those relics and images were stolen, ruined or destroyed. Next up, you will have lunch at Indein and get back to the hotel for the relaxing time left of the day. Have a good night at Inle Lake View Resort.
Lunch and dinner on your own account.

As the flight heading straight to the Sandoway city of Ngapali beach, you are in good chance of experiencing the most pristine, white sand and blue water, also enjoying the luxurious services after checking in your hotel in this land.

You also have a good time having delightful dinner on the beach and end up this good day at Amata Resort, Ngapali Beach

Lunch and dinner on your own account.

Have your own free time on the beach.
Lunch and dinner on your own account.

Spend your whole day on the beach and enjoy a good night at Amata Resort Ngapali Beach.
Lunch and dinner on your own account.

Spend one more day on beach and then you check out the hotel and get ready for a flight back to Yangon. Stay a night at Kandawgyi Palace Hotel.
Lunch and dinner on your own account.

Last day in Myanmar, you will be picked up at your hotel and carried to the international airport for a departing flight.