Myanmar Travel
- Tour
Program: GPT (2)
Duration: 7 days / 6 nights itinerary
Coverage Areas: Yangon- Bago- Kyaik Hti Yoe-Yangon- Bagan (Nyaung Oo)-
Mandalay- Yangon. |
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) - Mandalay (by flight)
After breakfast transfer to airport for flight to Mandalay. Arrive Mandalay in
the morning and transfer to hotel. Morning sightseeing will include visit to
Mahamuni Image covered with very thick layer of pure gold leaves weighing
between 3-5 tons on the body except face, Maha Aung Mye Bonzan Oak Kyaung, a
brick and stucco monastery. Lunch at local restaurant. After lunch visit to
Zey-gyo-daw Market, Mandalay's famous and biggest market, Golden palace (ex
palace of former Myanmar kings newly built as the original style and design),
Atumashi (the unrivalled) Monastery, Kuthodaw Pagoda know as the world biggest
book with the collection of 729 stone slabs on which are inscribed the whole of
Buddhist scripture at the foot of Mandalay Hill, then climb up to the Mandalay
Hill Top to see sunset on the Ayeyawaddy River and Mandalay city view. Dinner at
local restaurant and O/N at the hotel.
Day (6) Mandalay - Yangon (by flight)
After breakfast, morning sightseeing includes Shwe Inbin Monastery, one of the
rare specimens of typical Myanmar architecture; and Tapestry Workshop;
Shwenandaw Kyaung or Golden Palace Monastery, a superb traditional wooden
building; continue to Marble carving and Bronze carving workshops. And then
transfer to airport for evening flight to Yangon. Arrive Yangon in the late
evening and transfer to hotel. Dinner at local restaurant and O/N at the hotel.
Day (7) Yangon Departure by morning (by flight)
After breakfast, transfer to airport for morning departure flight.
