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Myanmar Travel - Tour Program: GPT (12)
Duration:5 days / 4 nights itinerary
Coverage Areas: Yangon-Bagan(Nyaung Oo)-Mt.Popa-Bagan
(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 - 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 (3) Bagan - Mt. Popa - Bagan (by car)
After breakfast. Morning drive to Mt. Popa, the core of an extinct volcano
last active 25,000 years ago, known as the Mt. Olympus of Myanmar, the abode of
Myanmar's most powerful Nats (Spiritual beings), the most important nat worship
centre. Lunch at the local restaurant. Then return back to Bagan, visit Phwar
Saw and Myinkaba villages to see village lives, Tharapa Old Gate, lacquer ware
and handicraft shops and workshop. Dinner at local restaurant and O/N at the
hotel.
Day (4) Bagan (Nyaung Oo) - Yangon (by flight)
After breakfast, morning transfer to airport for flight to Yangon. Arrive
Yangon in the morning and transfer to hotel. After a short rest, lunch at local
restaurant. After lunch, visit Chauk Htut Gyi Reclining Buddha Image, Kaba Aye
(World Peace) Pagoda, Tooth relic Pagoda and Gem Museum. And then a short visit
to China town for strolling. Dinner at local restaurant and O/N at the hotel.
Day (5) Yangon Departure by morning flight
After breakfast, transfer to airport for morning departure flight.
