Tour Program 8
6 DAYS/ 5 NIGHTS (YANGON-BAGAN-MANDALAY-HEHO-TAUNGGYI
TOUR)
Day.01 : Yangon
Arrive at Yangon Airport by flight. Welcome by a
tour guide and transfer to Hotel.
Dinner at local restaurant and overnight in Yangon.
Day.02 : Yangon - Bagan
Breakfast at the Hotel.
Leave Yangon for Bagan by domestic flight. On arrival transfer to
Hotel and proceed for sightseeing, starting, with busy local market
and continuing with visits to a diverse selection of the most
important pagodas and temples. Included are SHWEZIGON PAGODA, built
by King ANAWRAHTA in the early 11th century as a religious shrine;
KU BYAUK GYI, a temple with exquisite murals of Jataka scenes;
ANANDA TEMPLE, with four huge standing Buddha images and numerous
seated figures in niches around the galleried interior.
Lunch at local restaurant.
After lunch, continue sightseeing, for visit to SHWESANDAW PAGODA
with five terraces, built in 1057; MANUHA TEMPLE from 1059, in the
Mon style; and NAPAYA TEMPLE, said to have once been the Palace of
King Manuha and Watch sunset over the AYEYARWADDY RIVER form BUPAYA
PAGODA.
Dinner at local restaurant and overnight in Bagan.
Day.03 : Bagan - Mandalay
Breakfast at the Hotel.
After breakfast, transfer to airport for domestic flight to
MANDALAY.
After transfer and hotel check-in proceed on a comprehensive
sightseeing tour, before and after lunch.
Highlights include visit to MANDALAY HILL, for a panoramic view of
the city; SHWENAN DAW KYAUNG or GOLDEN PALACE MONASTERY, a superb
example of traditional wooden building; KUTHODAW PAGODA, known as
the world’s largest book from its 720 marble slabs engraved with
Buddhist scriptures; MAHAMUNI PAGODA, with its spectacular Buddha
image covered in thick layers of gold leaf. a visit is also make to
a riverside jetty where massive teak logs are moved by buffalo power
and the tour continues to craftsmen’s workshop to see kalaga
tapestries being created.
Dinner at local restaurant and overnight in Mandalay.
Day.04 : Mandalay - Heho-Inle
Breakfast at the Hotel.
After breakfast, transfer to airport for domestic flight to HEHO. On
arrival Heho proceed by road to INLE LAKE (25KM). Lunch at local
restaurant.
After lunch, an excursion by boat on Inle Lake will include sights
of the famous leg-rowers, typical floating gardens, local methods of
fishing and village life. Visits are made to PHAUNGDAW OO PAGODA,
the weaving vill age of inpawkhon and floating market. Continue by
road to TUANGGYI, capital of Shan State, for hotel check in.
Dinner at lcoal restaurant and overnight in Taunggyi.
Day.05 : Taunggyi - Heho - Yangon
Breakfast at the Hotel.
After breakfast, transfer to Airport for domestic flight to Yangon.
Lunch at local restaurant.
After lunch, sightseeing to include SHWEDAGON PAGODA world famous
golden stupa. The golden dome rises 98 meters above its base and is
covered with 60tons of pure gold. CHAUK HTATKYI PAGODA, a colossal
reclining Buddha. Proceed to BOGYOKE (SCOTT) market, with time to
browse among the hundreds of stalls for souvenir bargain and SULE
PAGODA, a beautiful octagonal golden stupa, dating back over 2,000
years.
Dinner at local restaurant and overnight in Yangon.
Day.06 : Yangon
Breakfast at the Hotel.
Leave for airport to take the departure flight.
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