This tour offers a great discovery of most popular tourist places in Myanmar to experience how interesting, beautiful and pleasant the country and the people are.

Schedule: The first Saturday of the month

Code: ST-MM 03

Day 1: Yangon (L-D)
Arrival in Rangoon, Airport pick-up, hotel check-in
Afternoon city tour: Drive through colonial buildings, China town, Indian quarter , stop at Kandawgyi Park for taking photos, visit Shwedagon pagoda and admire the sunset from there.
Dinner at Karaweik Palace restaurant with a live dancing performance.

Day 2: Yangon-Bago-Golden Rock (B-L-D)
Early morning, drive out of Yangon to the ancient
capital of Bago (Pegu), visit Kyaikpun Pagoda,
the local market and then go to see Shwemawdaw
Pagoda, Bago's golden landmark. Then drive through
seemingly endless paddy fields to the small town of Kyaikto and on to the 'base camp' of Kinpun, where you will take a truck up a bumpy track about half way up the mountain. From here, walk up the path which climbs steeply to the legendary 'Golden Rock'. The climb offers
magnificent views over the surrounding
countryside and the opportunity to make friends
with the many local people who make the
pilgrimage to Kyaiktiyo.

Day 3: Golden Rock-Yangon (B-L-D)
Return to Yangon via Bago. Lunch is served at a local restaurant in Bago. Continue with sightseeing in Bago including the 55-metre-long reclining Shwe Tha Lyaung
Buddha image, one of the country's most revered objects. Visit the Maha Klyani Sima ordination all and Mahazedi ("Great Stupa") offering panoramic views. Upon arrival in Yangon, transfer to your hotel.

Day 4: Rangoon – Bagan (B-L-D)
Morning flight to Bagan , City tour by bus right after arrival: visit Nyaung U market, Shwezigon pagoda, Htilominlo temple, Ananda temple, Thabyinya temple. Lunch
After lunch, take horse-cart excursion for half day to the lacquer ware factory, follow sand paths through villages, groups of stupas, the countryside, stop at Minanthu village and Shwe San Daw temple for sunset. Back to the hotel

Day 5: Bagan - Inle Lake (by coach/boat) (B-L-D)
Flight to Heho, then drive down into the valley to Nyaung Shwe on the edge of Inle Lake and board your own local boat to take you to your hotel on the lake. Full day boat trip on Inle Lake – a photographer’s dream, its calm waters are dotted with floating vegetation and fishing canoes, see the lake’s unique “leg rowers”. After lunch continues to visit by boat Nga Phe Kyaung Monastery, famous for its “jumping cats”. Stop to see silk weaving on wooden handlooms, cigar making place, a blacksmith shop and other places as time allows.

Day 6: Inle Lake excursion (by boat) (B-L-D)
This day is cruising to an interesting market of that day. After Lunch, we enjoy another boat tour to Indaing, at 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.

Day 7: Inle Lake-Heho-Yangon (by flight) (B-L-D)
Check-out, then transfer by boat and drive down to Heho Airport to fly to Yangon. Arrival at Yangon Airport and then transfer to your hotel check in. After lunch, explore the city by local train about three or four station around 1 hour. Visit Yangon’s unique Glass Factory, continue to Bogyoke (Scott) Market to see Myanmar’s wide range of handicrafts. Later, take a walk along Yangon River to see the busy harbor area

Day 8: Departure (B)
Transfer to the airport for flight home.

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Price: USD/pax (valid till May 2006)

Inclusions:

• Hotel accommodation with breakfast (based on twin sharing, superior rooms)
• All meals indicated in the program
• All ground transport on tour with A/C vehicles , boats, motorbike, bicycle, rickshaw, tuk tuk, etc., all the domestic flights
• All entrance fees and domestic airport taxes
• Local English, French, German speaking guides
• Gifts and maps

Exclusions:

• International flight tickets to and from Myanmar
• Single entry Visa for Myanmar (35 USD/pax)
• Domestic and International Insurance surcharge
• Personal Insurance
• Personal expenses such as drinks, camera fees
• All other accounts not mentioned in the above inclusions.