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�Golden Pagodas� Tour - 7 Days
Yangon - Bagan - Mount Popa - Mandalay - Heho - Taunggyi - Nyaungshwe - Inle Lake - Yangon

 

The Land of golden Pagodas

This Myanmar tour can also be booked for a minimum of two persons or as a group trip. This tour can be considered a standard program for a Myanmar trip. It can be recommended for those who do not necessarily want to see every corner of the country but would be interested in seeing the most famous and important sights. 

Welcome into our World!
Day 01:  Arrival Yangon:
A one hour morning flight to the Burmese capital. Our local guide, who will take care of everything from now on, will meet you at the airport with a garland of flowers. You will be brought by minibus/bus to the hotel. If your arrival is in the morning, they will get to know our capital on the City Tour in the afternoon. This tour starts to drive along the shady parks of the beautiful Royal Lake which have earned its reputation as the "Garden city of the East". 

Floating Restaurant on Royal Lake

  Street scenery at Yangon

Continue visit to Chaukhtatkyi pagoda, a colossal reclining Buddha, Karaweik hall, a royal barge on the Royal Lake, where you could have a fantastic photo stop to the beautiful Shwedagon Pagoda. Then, shortly before sunset, the world-famous Shwe Dagon Pagoda with its 109 meter high solid gold stupa will glitter in the soft light of the early evening. Overnight.



The Glory of the Bagan Dynasty 

Day 02: Yangon Bagan: Early morning a 70 minutes flight to Bagan, the first and most beautiful capital of the Burmese, founded in the eleventh century by a great king. Along with Angkor in Cambodia, this is the most important temple and pagoda complex in Asia. An all-day visit to this huge area - a day full of culture. 
However, we will avoid hectic tourism and will show you the most beautiful representatives, leisurely and in detail. Visit to Shwezigon Pagoda where they can inspire the four-meter high bronze standing Buddha at the four cardinal points.Visit Kyansitttha Umin, Gubyaukgyi Temple in Wetkyi-in where you can enjoy the frescoes of scenes from the jatakas. And ends the morning sightseeing with Htilominlo Temple .  After lunch, the sightseeing starts with the Southeast of Bagan Tour including Dhamma-yan-gyi Temple, a much more massive looking temple in Bagan, Sulamani Temple known as the " Crowning jewel" stands beyond the Dhamma-yan-gyi Temple and Paya-thone-zu group Overnight.

Bagan Panorama









 


To the Olympia of the Deities

Day 03: Bagan Popa: In the morning, you will stroll through the marketplace of Nyaung U, with its spices, vegetables, and food stands and gets an glimpse into the lifestyle of our people.  You will then admire the Ananda temple, whose interior seems almost Gothic. Next, you will travel through the sun-parched plain with Palmyra palms to the Mountain of the Deities, Popa.You will climb the mountain on a staircase with its shrines to the deities and its Buddha temples.

 


Monks

Nats Shrine at Mount Popa


It is a 20-minute walk passing souvenir shops manned by young girls who are exhorting you to buy bouquets, which are to be placed at the base of the pagoda to " make merit ". Finally, back to Bagan and additional sightseeing to Bupaya pagoda, where you sit round and gazing during sun set the scenic beauty of Bagan along the bank of Ayeyarwaddy river. Overnight.

In the last Royal City of the Burmese
Day 04: Bagan Mandalay: In the morning a 30 minute �hop� by plane to Mandalay, there the Konbaung kings resided and eventually capitulated to the British. The sightseeing program will begin directly after arrival: the golden monastery Shwe Nandaw, the Kuthodaw Pagoda, the marble Buddha, the Mahamuni Temple with the famous Arakan Buddha of pure gold. In the late afternoon you will begin the short excursion to Amarapura where you can take a walk over the famous teak wood bridge U Bein. You then will experience sunset from a hill overlooking the Sagaing meditation center. Overnight.


Mandalay Panorama

Shan Plateau
Day 05: Mandalay Heho Taunggyi Nyaungshwe: The flight from the plain of Ayeyarwaddy to the Shan Plateau takes only 30 minutes. The Shan are a Thai ethnic group in Myanmar. You will see different styles of Buddhist pagodas and you can stroll through the Taunggyi market, where you will come across members of mountain peoples in their native costumes. On the way you visit the cherrot making cottage industry and Wish fulfilling pagoda. Late afternoon continuation drives to Nyaungshwe at Inle Lake. Overnight.                                             
                                                Burmese hilltribe people Smoking Hilltribe woman
The Leg-Rowers of Inle Lake
Day 06: Inle Lake Heho Yangon: The excursion to Inle Lake, the land of the Intha people, begins in the early morning. These people are known as leg-rowers and as the architects of floating villages and gardens. The life of the Intha, who originally came from the south of Burma, revolves completely around the lake. Visit the �floating market�; weaving village of Inpawkhon and the great Phaungdaw Oo Pagoda with the five holy Buddha's. In the early afternoon a one-and-a-half hour return flight to Yangon. Overnight. 
Inle Lake

To Shwedagon!

Day 07: Yangon Departure: If you have not been on a City Tour yet, we will provide on this day. As well as you will see the famous Shwedagon Pagoda, where you will experience the deep religiosity of our people, for example, at the water sacrifices for the weekday Buddha, Photo opportunity. Departure.

Rates net per person in US$/Tour - CodeSB-7MYA:

Rate: 2 Persons

3 - 5 Persons

6 - 9 Persons  Single 
Supplement
Summit Parkview 780 744 689 82
Additional Surcharge with Equatorial Hotel (Yangon) 15 15 15 15
Additional surcharge with Kandawgyi Hotel (Yangon) 25 25 25 20
Additional surcharge with 
Traders Hotel (Yangon)
40 40 40 30


Included: Domestic flights; tours & transfers by minibus/bus; luggage; transportation; accommodation; 6xlunch; 6xdinner; all fees; English speaking station guide.

Hotels: Summit Parkview Hotel in Yangon; Mandalay Swan Hotel in Mandalay; Thazin Garden Hotel in Bagan; Hupin Hotel in Nyaungshwe; ( Hotels mentioned : Good Middle Class ) Meals in outside restaurants. 

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