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Myanmar Travel - Tour Program: GPT (10)
Duration: 5 days / 4 nights itinerary
Coverage Areas: Yangon-Bago-Kyaik Hti Yoe-Yangon-Bangan (Nyaung Oo)-Yangon
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Day (1) Yangon Arrival by morning flight
Arrive Yangon airport by morning flight. Meet and welcome at the airport by
our Green Palace experienced guide. On way to hotel, visit Mindama Hill where
the world biggest white marble Buddha Image is situated and also to see the (3)
white elephants. Your Journey begins with an afternoon tour through Yangon's
colonial-style city center. Visit SULE PAGODA, dating back over 2,000 years ago;
the magnificent reclining Buddha at CHAUK HTAT GYI; and after a photo stop at
the KARAWEIK HALL, a 'hamsa-bird-shaped' floating barge on Kandawgyi (Royal)
Lake, stroll through the BOGYOKE (SCOTTS) MARKET with hundreds of food, clothes,
handicrafts and gems stores, Complete your first day in Myanmar with an extended
visit to one of the world's most spectacular monuments, the SHWEDAGON PAGODA.
Lunch and dinner to own account.
Overnight stay at Dusit Inya Lake Hotel (5*), Grand Plaza Park Royal Hotel (5*),
Traders Hotel (5*), Sedona Hotel (5*) or similar etc; in Yangon.
Day (2) Yangon - Bago - Kyaik Hti Yoe (by car)
After breakfast drive to Bago which is 80 km far from Yangon. Arrive Bago in
the morning. Visit to Kyaik Pun (Four Sisters) Pagoda, Shwe Thar Hlaung, Ma Ha
Zedi Pagoda, Ka Hlyar Ni Ordaining Hall, Kan Baw Za Tha Di Old Palace, now
excavated and Shwe Maw Daw Pagoda. Then proceed to Kim Pun Camp, 106 km from
Bago, the basic foot hill camp of Kyaik Hti Yoe mountain range. On way to base
camp lunch at local restaurant near the town of Kyaik Hto. Then climb up to
Ya-The-Taung, a sub-camp by light truck. Continue climbing from Ya-The-Taung to
hill top by foot which is about 1.5km far from and about one hour walk on the
hill top, transfer to hotel. And then visit to Kyaik Hti Yoe (Golden Rock)
Pagoda within 300 meters walking distance from the hotel, Kyikan Bazat (Crow's
mouth) Cave and take photographs, a market place for shopping and strolling.
Dinner and O/N at the hotel.
Day (3) Kyaik Hti yoe - Yangon (by car)
After breakfast, morning short trekking to the pagoda and its vicinity and
small hills. Then climb down to Ya-The-Taung sub-base camp by foot and from
Ya-The-Taung to Kinpun base camp at the foot hill by light truck. Drive back to
Yangon. Lunch on the way. On way to Yangon, visit Shwe Nyaung Pin Nat (Worship
centre of spiritual being live in banyan tree) and Htauk Kyant War Cemetery.
Arrive Yangon in the late evening. Dinner at local restaurant and O/N at the
hotel.
Day (4) Yangon - Bagan (Nyaung Oo) (by flight)
After breakfast you will be transferred to the airport for domestic flight
to BAGAN. Upon arrival, transfer to your hotel. After a stroll through the
colorful local Nyaung Oo Market continue the day with visits to the most
significant pagodas the temples of Bagan including SHWEZIGON PAGODA, built by
King Anawrahta in the early 11th century as a religious shrine; KU BYANUK GYI, a
temple with superb murals of Jataka scenes; ANANDA TEMPLE, with four standing
Buddha images.
After lunch, visit one of Myanmar's most treasured handicrafts, a lacquer ware
craftsmen's workshop in nearby MYINKABA village. You will continue to MNUHA
TEMPLE, built in the Mon-style in 1059 and follow on to 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 noteworthy for its mural
paintings under the protection of UNESCO. The ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM is also
visited to view the beautiful Buddha images of bronze, stone and lacquer.
Proceed to BUPAYA PAGODA or MINGALA ZEDI STUPA to watch the sunset over the
famous Ayeyarwaddy River.
Dinner at a riverside restaurant and overnight stay at Bagan Hotel or Thazin
Garden Hotel (3*) or similar in Bagan.
Day (5) Bagan (Nyaung Oo) - Yangon (by flight) & Departure by evening flight
After breakfast, morning visit to Phwar Saw and Myinkaba villages to see
village lives, Tharapa Old Gate, lacquer ware and handicraft shops and workshop.
And then transfer to airport for flight to Yangon. Arrive Yangon in the
afternoon. Lunch at local restaurant. After lunch leisure time till evening
departure flight.
