This tour offers a good glance at the most popular places in Myanmar in a short time.

Schedule: Every Monday

Code: ST-MM 04

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: 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 3: Bagan – Mandalay (By Flight)-Amarapura-Mandalay (by coach)
Transfer to Bagan Airport, take a flight to
Mandalay. Upon arrival at Mandalay Airport
proceed directly to Amarapura. Visit
Mahagandayon, a famous Buddhist monastery,
where more than a thousand monks live and study. A full day of sightseeing starts with a visit to the ancient city of Amarapura and to nearby U Bein Bridgeof teak wood, visit to Mahamuni Pagoda, home to Mandalay’s holiest Buddha statue, stops to see stone carving and gold leaf being beaten into wafer thin pieces.
After lunch, continues to visit Shwenandaw Monastery, an ancient wooden building with intricate carvings. Continue to see the ‘world’s largest book’, being the Buddhist Scriptures inscribed on marble slabs, at Kuthodaw Pagoda. Enjoy spectacular views at sunset from Mandalay Hill, where there are interesting glass-studded temples.

Day 4: Mandalay - Inle Lake (by coach/boat) (B-L-D)
Flight to Heho, 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, to which scenic high hills provide the perfect backdrop, cruising to an interesting market of that day. See the lake’s unique “leg rowers” – the Intha people row standing up with one leg wrapped around an oar. You will see the floating gardens, growing vegetables and flowers, visit by boat Nga Phe Kyaung Monastery, famous for its “jumping cats”. Stop to see silk weaving on wooden handlooms, cigar making place. Stop at a blacksmith shop and other places as time allows. Dinnera at local restaurant in Inle Lake. Overnight at Inle Lake. (TIME PERMITTING)

Day 5: 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 6: Departure (B)
Transfer to the airport for flight home.

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Price: USD/pax (valid till June 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 entryVisa 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.