Breakfast at hotel. Explore full day in downtown Yangon. First, drive through the colonial style buildings downtown, the Chinatown area and the Indian quarter to the river. Walk along Yangon River to see the busy harbor area, from where ferries leave for Pathein in the Delta and for upcountry town s along the Ayeyarwady River. Continue to Botathaung Pagoda, located close to Yangon River and said to contain Buddha relics. Walk on to 50th street, the “un-official” home of expatriates in Yangon for lunch. Proceed to Bogyoke (Scotts) Market (closed on Mondays and public holidays) with hundreds of food, clothes, handicrafts and gems stores.
In the afternoon, begins a tour through Yangon with the visit the magnificent Buddha at Chauk Htat Gyi, take a photo stop at the Karaweik Hall, a ‘Hamsa-bird’ shaped floating barge on Kandawgyi (Royal) Lake. Complete your first day in Myanmar with an extended visit to one of the world’s most spectacular monument, the Shwedagon Pagoda. Both lunch and dinner are your own account. Accommodation at Hotel in Yangon.

Breakfast at hotel. This morning, drive to Bago (84 km - 1½ hours). En route, visit a tree shrine dedicated to legendary animist spirits known as "Nats", a handicraft village that produces woven bamboo wares. Then, visit the Allied War Graves cemetery near Htauk Kyan. Continue to Kin Pun "base camp" (110 km - 3½ hours) and onward to Kyaiktiyo (the "Golden Rock"), a huge boulder completely covered by gold leaves and delicately balanced on the edge of a cliff. En route, stop for lunch at Kyaikhto.
From Kin Pun, a steep and rough 11-km dirt road leads to the upper staging point, a journey made in open trucks, which can be very crowded. In the afternoon, take a local truck up a bumpy track about half way up the mountain. (Private trucks are available at extra costs – please ask your guide to arrange). From the "upper area", travelers must walk the final stage (about 4 kilometers – 45 minutes) up steep paths, which ascend some 500 meters to the Golden Rock. As an easier alternative to walking, visitors can be carried in sedan chairs by four porters, at an extra cost of approximately US$ 10 per person. On arrival, watch the beauty of a sunset at this important pilgrimage site. Both lunch and dinner are your own account. Accommodation at Hotel, near Kyaikhtiyo (Golden Rock).

Breakfast at hotel. Early Risers: A great opportunity to see the sunrise! Return to Yangon via Bago. Continue with sightseeing in Bago including Shwemawdaw Pagoda, which is over a thousand years old. Its spire is even taller than that of Yangon's Shwedagon Pagoda, the 55-meter-long reclining Shwe Thalyaung Buddha image, one of the country's most revered objects. Visit Maha Kalayani Sima ordination hall and Mahazedi ("Great Stupa"), offering panoramic views.
Then, continue drive to Yangon, with a brief stop at Kyaik Pun Pagoda, famous for its four giant Buddha figures. Upon arrival in Yangon, transfer to your hotel. Both lunch and dinner are your own account. Accommodation at Hotel, in Yangon.

After breakfast at hotel, transfer to Airport for domestic flight to Mandalay. Upon arrival, drive up into the hills from Mandalay for a full day visit of Pyin Oo Lwin (Maymyo), a former British Hill Station. The road winds steeply through flower, fruit and vegetable gardens. In the afternoon, visit to Pyin Oo lwin Botanical Garden and Pyaw Kauk water fall . Drive through Maymyo on a horse drawn "stage coach", giving you the chance to admire the brick and timber houses, complete with English style gables, turrets and chimneys for sunset watching at Kyauk Taw Gyi Pagoda. Both lunch and dinner are your own account. Accommodation at Hotel in Pyin Oo Lwin.

Breakfast at hotel. This morning, visit local market and at 0800 hours transfer to Pyin Oo Lwin (Maymyo) Railway Station for an adventurous train journey to Naung Pein. The train passes over the amazing Gokteik Railway Viaduct. When the Pennsylvania Steel Company built the viaduct across a 300-meter deep gorge a century ago, it was the second highest bridge in the world. The view from the train is fascinating and the scenery is beautiful. At Naung Pein Station, leave the train and drive back to Pyin Oo Lwin (driving hours: about 2 hours). On the way visit Peik Chin Myaung Cave. Both lunch and dinner to your own account. Accommodation at Hotel, in Pyin Oo Lwin (Maymyo).

After the breakfast, drive back to Mandalay about 2 hours and upon arrival at Mandalay, experience the sights and sounds of Mandalay including one of the most revered religious monument in Myanmar, the Mahamuni Pagoda; the Golden Palace Monastery, a supered example of traditional wooden building and Kuthodaw Pagoda; the world’s largest book, made of marble. Visit a traditional hand –woven silk workshop as well as Kalaga Tapestries craftsmen’s shop before proceeding to Mandalay Hill for sunset. Both Lunch and Dinner are your own account. Accommodation at Hotel in Mandalay.

After breakfast, drive to Amarapura, 15 km from Mandalay. Visit Mahagandayon, a famous Buddhist monastery, where more than a thousand monks live and study, then continue to voer 200-years-old U Bein teak bridge, built in 1782 at the time when Amarapura was Royal capital. Since then it is noted for silk & cotton weaving. Visit a traditional hand-woven silk workshop.
In the afternoon, excursion by boat on the Ayeyarwaddy River to Mingun about 11 km (1 hour ) upriver from Mandalay. Upon arrival, visit the Mingun Bell , a magnificent sight of world’s largest un-cracked bell weighing 90 tons. Visit Settawya Pagoda and will continue with Hsinbyume Paya as well as the unfinished Mingun Paya , built as one of the world’s largest chedis by King Bodawphaya. Both lunch and dinner are your own account. Accommodation at Hotel in Mandalay.

After breakfast at hotel, excursion to Royal Capital of Inwa (Ava), 20 km from Mandalay, reached by 45 minutes drive and a short boat trip. And then Visit by horse-drawn carriage include Nanmyint Watch Tower, the remain of the palace building nickname “the leaning tower of Ava ‘Maha Aungmye Bonzan Monastery, built of brick and stucco and Bargayar Monastery famous for its impressive ornate woodcarving and teak posts. And drive through to Sagaing and sightseeing at Sagaing Hill and drive back to Mandalay. Both lunch and dinner are your own account. Accommodation at Hotel in Mandalay.

After early breakfast, transfer to jetty and embark to Board Shwekeinnery Boat to sail Bagan. Lunch on the way on boat (Your own account). Upon arrival to Bagan at late evening ,transfer to your hotel. Dinner by own account and accommodation at Hotel in Bagan.

Note: depending on the river condition, the boat schedule can be changed. If group tour, we can be rent by charter with supplement. In case the boat does not operate boat, we can be changed by flight with Supplement.

After the breakfast, drive to Nyaung Oo and stroll through the colorful local market. Continue with visits to the most significant pagodas and temples of Bagan including Shwezigon Pagoda, built by King Anawrahta in the early 11th century as at religious shrine; Ku Byauk Gyi, a temple with superb murals of Jatak A scenes; Khay Min Ga Temple, noted for its panoramic view of the area’s numerous monuments and Ananda Temple, with four standing Buddha images.
After lunch at local restaurant (by own account), visit one of Myanmar’s most treasured handicrafts, a lacquer ware craftsmen’s workshop in nearby Myinkaba village. You will continue to Manuha Temple, built in Mon-Style in 1059 and you will explore the Nanbaya Temple, a unique sandstone monument said to have been the palace of King Manuha. Next you will explore the Myingaba Gu Byaukgyi Temple, a temple not worthy for its mural paintings under the protection of UNESCO. Proceed to Bupaya Pagoda to watch the sunset over the famous Ayaeyarwaddy River. Both lunch and dinner are your own account. Accommodation at Hotel in Bagan.

Optional morning program: We offer a unique opportunity to see the ancient city of Bagan from a different perspective. With ‘Balloons Over Bagan’ you get a magnificent birds-eye view of thousand year-old pagodas, temples and the mighty Ayeyarwaddy River. The champagne flights at sunrise last just under one hour and take off daily from October through March. The balloon is guided by gentle winds not exceeding 24 km/h. Eight passengers plus a pilot fit into the balloon’s basket.

After the breakfast, visits to Tayokepyay Temple in Min Nan Thu Villiage; Phaya Thone Zu and Nandamanya Temples noted for their exquisite murals of 13th century and Kyat Kan Cave monastery, a famous meditation retreat in Bagan. In the afternoon, an excursion to farming villages around Bagan will give you an insight to the rural life of the local people. Late afternoon, the horse cart will take you through some of the more off the beaten track temple sites. Experience the traditional way of travelling and transportation still commonly used by the rural people of Myanmar. Lunch and dinner are your own account. Accommodation at Hotel in Bagan.

After breakfast, transfer to Bagan Airport for domestic flight to Heho. Upon arrival in Heho, proceed by road to Pindaya (65 km - 1½ hours). After lunch, visit magnificent Pindaya Caves, set in a limestone ridge overlooking a picturesque lake, where thousands of different types of Buddha images are on display in the various cave chambers. Visit some local houses where families produce Shan paper and parasols. Both lunch and dinner are your own account. Overnight stay at a Hotel in Pindaya.

After breakfast, drive to Kalaw and check in your hotel and when you will reach Kalaw, visit the Kalaw Market. And then a fresh and delightful hill station, on the rim of the Shan Plateau, which is a market center for ethnic picturesque old houses and the view of the surrounding regions. Lunch at local restaurant (by own account) and after the lunch sightseeing around the Kalaw. In the evening, sunset at local monastery on the hill top. Both lunch and dinner are your own account. Accommodation at Hotel in Kalaw.

After breakfast, Drive to trekking point and trek to the Palaung village (about 1½ hours) the animists Palaung where the earliest inhabitants in the Myanmar and have kept tradition to live with several Families in long houses cultivating cash and Tanaphat for Burmese cheroot cigars. Packed lunch can be taken at a villager’s house. And then walk back to your car by different way. Lunch and dinner are your own account. Accommodation at Hotel in Kalaw.

After Breakfast, drive to Nyaung Shwe Jetty and transfer to Inle Lake by boat. Full day excursion by boat on the Inle Lake. En-route you encounter famous Leg rower, typical Floating garden, Local methods of Fishing, village life and magnificent scenery. Visit are made to Phaungdaw Oo Pagoda; the weaving village of Inpawkhon. Both Lunch and dinner by your own account. Accommodation at Hotel in Nyaung Shwe or Inle Lake.

After Breakfast, visit to one of the local market in the Inle Lake region (Remark; on market days only) and then board a boat to the western shore of Inle Lake, where you will find the beginning of a stair path leading to the well hidden Inn Dein Pagoda complex. After visited Inn Dein Pagoda, drive back to the Inle Lake and visit Nga Phe Kyaung Monastery, one of the oldest monasteries on the lake and where inside its large wooden meditation hall and are over 200 year old ancient Buddha statues. Returning back to the hotel the beauty of sunset over Inle Lake enchants all visitors. Both Lunch and dinner by your own account. Accommodation at Hoel in Nyaung Shwe or Inle Lake .

After the breakfast transfer to Heho Airport for domestic flight to Yangon. Our car and guide will be at your entire disposal for further shopping or sightseeing in Yangon. Both Lunch and dinner by your own account. Accommodation at Hotel in Yangon.

Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to Yangon Airport for the International Departure flight.

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