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4 Days 3 Nights
Daily Tour
20 people
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In this tour, you will visit the most important places in Yangon (The commercial City) in South Myanmar, Bagan (The first Capital of the Myanmar Kingdom as well as World’s Heritage site), Mandalay (the last Capital of Myanmar Kingdom) in Central Myanmar. You will be fully satisfied as your experienced guide shares not only the history but also the culture and religion of the city and its people.
Arrive Yangon International Airport by morning flight. Upon arrival at Yangon Airport, you will be welcomed by our guide and transferred to your hotel (Hotel check-in time is 1400 hrs). On the way to hotel, begin your sightseeing with the magnificent Reclining Buddha Image at Chauk Htat Gyi Pagoda. Take a photo stop at the Karaweik Hall, a ‘Hamsa-bird’ shaped floating barge on Kandawgyi (Royal) Lake.
After check in, start your afternoon sightseeing by driving through the colonial style building downtown, as well as Chinatown, the Indian quarter and photo stop at City Hall & the Sule Pagoda with its golden chedi – a useful landmark in downtown Yangon. Visit Bogyoke (Scott) Market (closed on Mondays and Public Holidays) gives you the opportunity to see Myanmar's wide range of handicrafts. Conclude your day with the most worthwhile visit to one of the world’s most spectacular monument, the Shwedagon Pagoda. The golden dome of the Shwedagon Pagoda rises 98 meters above its base and is covered with 60 tons of pure gold. After enjoying sunset from the pagoda, transfer back to your hotel. Both lunch and dinner are your own account. Accommodation at Hotel in Yangon.
After the breakfast at hotel, transfer to Yangon Airport for the domestic flight to Bagan (approx. 0700/0820 – direct). Upon arrival, drive to Nyaung Oo and stroll through the colorful local market where you can see the trading of local people. Then sightseeing includes: Shwezigon Pagoda – the prototype for later Myanmar pagodas built by King Anawrahta, Ananda Temple – King Kyansittha’s masterpiece and the crowning achievement of the early style temple of architecture. Htilominlo Temple – the largest temples. After lunch at local restaurant (by own account), check in to the hotel.
In the afternoon, visit to Lacquer-ware making home cottage, Manuha Temple, Myinkaba Gubyaukgyi Temple – known for its wall paintings depicting scenes from the Jataka and Dhamanyangyi Temple. In the evening, you can enjoy the magnificent sun-set view of Bagan from one of the mounds of Bagan. Both lunch and dinner are your own account. Accommodation at Hotel in Bagan.
After the breakfast, transfer to Bagan Airport for the domestic flight to Mandalay (approx. 0735/0810 – direct). Upon arrival at Mandalay Airport, drive to Amarapura, the penultimate Royal Capital and lying 11 km south of Mandalay. Here we visit a Monastery, where many monks live and study (photographing is not allowed) and then proceed to 150-year-old U Bein teak bridge, built in 1851 at the time when Amarapura was the royal capital by staking 1060 teak posts over the wide Taungthaman Lake to connect two villages. One of the most photographed spots in Myanmar and well worth spending time walking across the bridge. Transfer to your hotel for check-in.
In the afternoon, proceed a comprehensive sightseeing tour of Mandalay includes Mahamuni Pagoda with its spectacular Buddha image covered with thick layers of gold leaves, a visit to a craftsman’s workshop to see Kalaga tapestries being created, Shwe Nan Daw Kyaung (Golden Palace Monastery), a superb example of a traditional wooden building and Kuthodaw Pagoda (known as the world’s largest book), consisting of 729 marble slabs engraved with Buddhist scriptures. Concludes your tour with the visit to Mandalay Hill at Sunset to enjoy the panoramic beauty of the city. Both lunch and dinner are your own account. Accommodation at Hotel in Mandalay.
After breakfast, transfer to Mandalay Airport for domestic flight to Yangon (approx. 1020/1225 – via Heho). Upon arrival, full day car & guide at disposal in Yangon for further sightseeing or shopping until transfer back to Yangon Airport for your latest evening departure flight or midnight flight.
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