5 Days / 4 nights package to the main cities of Myanmar 624.- USD
Exploring Myanmar
CODE :
MM-05
DURATION :
07 Days / 06 nights Package
ROUTE :
YANGON - BAGAN - MINGUN - SAGIANG - AMARAPURA - BAGAN - YANGON, AND CRUISE ON AYEYARWADY RIVER
ITINERARY
DAY 01
ARRIVAL - YANGON - SHWEDAGON
Arrival in Yangon, meet your guide in Yangon international airport and transfer to hotel. Tour of Yangon City includes Chaukhtatgyi Pagoda - a colossal reclining Buddha Image, Sule Pagoda surrounded by colonial era buildings in the heart of city. See many different lives of people, Yangon jetty. Continue to Bogyoke Aung San (Scott) market and evening visit to Shwedagon Pogoda - over 2500 years old and world famous stupa. Your first night of stay at Royal lake side Kandawgyi Palace hotel in Yangon.
Meals : none
DAY 02
YANGON - MANDALAY
Early morning breakfast at hotel and car transfer to airport to fly to Mandalay. Meet local guide and car at Mandalay airport. Transfer to your hotel in Mandalay. Today sightseeing in Mandalay will be: Maha Myat-muni pagoda - a bronze Buddha Image cast during the life-time of Buddha himself, Atumshi monastry, and Mandalay palace. Afternoon and evening visit Kuthodaw pagoda - known as the world biggest book of Buddhist teachings, Shwe Inn Bin monastry - noted for its exquisite wood carvings and Mandalay famous local craft industries such as gold-leaf making, Embroidery work etc. Evening time will be on Mandalay hill to have panoramic views of Mandalay plain and its environ at sunset. Overnight hotel located at the foot of Mandalay hill.
Meals : B
DAY 03
MANDALAY - MIGUN - AMARAPURA - MANDALAY
Breakfast at hotel. In the morning we will arrange a private boat trip from Mandalay to Mingun
on the Ayeyarwaddy river (11km upriver boat trip from Mandalay). Visit one of the world's largest, Mingun bell, and the un-finished yet still massive Mingun Pahto-daw-gyi Pagoda, etc. Back to Mandalay by boat and continue by car to Sagaing on the western bank of the Ayreyarwaddy. Visit "Kaung Mu Daw" pagoda, silver workshops, and the Sagaing hill range dotted with pagodas and meditation centers. You can also have a panoramic view from the hill.
Late afternoon cross the Ayeyarwaddy river and visit Amarapura (an ancient capital of Kongbaung Dynasty in 1783). Visit Mahar-ga-na-yone monastry to observe the daily life of the monks studying Buddha's scriptures, Kyauktawgyi pagoda, local silk and cotton weaving industry. Then proceed to another old capital, Innwa, a small town close to Amarapura. Visit "Nan Myint" watch tower, "Maha-Aung-Mye-Bonzon" monastry and "Bagara monastry". Then stroll on the U Bein bridge (2km long wooden bridge across Taung Tha Man lake) at sunset time. Overnight at hotel in Mandalay.
Meals : B
DAY 04
MANDALAY - AMARAPURA - CRUISE DOWN TO BAGAN
(available on MON, TUE, THU, FRI or SAT)
Early breakfast, or pack the breakfast and lunch boxes and drinking water. Transfer to the boat jetty. Today is a boat trip on the Ayeyarwaddy river down to the 11th century buddhist archaeological site at Bagan. Back to the old times!! The boat is a double decker tourist and public boat, seats in halls, roofs, decks, common toilets, a restaurant. It leaves Mandalay jetty at 6 am, stops at a couple of places. You will see the local villages, fishing boats, small cargo boats, firms on the river banks, bull carts - the life on and along the largest river of Myanmar. Or read your famous book on the deck. Arrive Bagan jetty in the evening. Car transfer to your hotel in Old Bagan. Overnight at hotel in Old Bagan.
Meals : B
DAY 05
BAGAN - PLAIN OF PAGODA
Breakfast at hotel. Today you will have full day sightseeing in and around of Bagan and Nyaung U together with Bagan local guide. There are thousands of ancient monuments. High lights for visit are
Shwezigon pagoda - the prototype for later Myanmar pagodas, Ananda temple - a master piece of King Kyansittha, Thatbyinnyu temple - the highest builiding in the Bagan plain, Dhamma Yangyi temple - the most massive temple, Htilo Minlo temple - the largest temple of Bagan and Gubyaukgyi temple in Myinkaba village, etc. Late afternoon, visit to Bagan famous lacquarware making cottage industry. In the evening, take a sunset view of Bagan and its environ from a high platform of Shwesandaw Pagoda. There will be ancient temples all around you, the ayeyarwaddy being behind them, and Tent Kyi hills are
on the western bank. Beyond that the sun sets. Overnight at hotel in Old Bagan.
Meals : B
DAY 06
BAGAN - MOUNT POPA - YANGON
Breakfast at hotel. In the morning, excursion to Mt. Popa at 50 km south-east of Bagan. On the way to Mt Popa, you will see lives in villages, toddy brewery. Mt. Popa is an extinct volcano of more than 1500 meters high above sea level. You will however visit the volanic plug (736 meters high cone shape small hill built up of lava and rocks) on the slope of the main Popa. There are many pagodas, monasteries and sprit houses there. In the afternoon back to Bagan. Evening transfer to Nyaung U airport to fly back to Yangon. In Yangon, car transfer to your hotel.
Meals : B
DAY 07
YANGON - DEPARTURE
After breakfast drive to Botataung jetty where you can watch ferry boats and oared water taxis cross the Yangon River. Proceed to Botataung Pagoda and Sule Pagoda. Wide streets, orderly town planning and neglected public buildings revive visions of British rule, while busy streets scenes and shimmering pagodas, bursting through a leafy canopy, hint at the rich local culture. Skyscrapers and glaring neon billboards have yet to overtake the capital. Late afternoon transfer to the airport for your flight onwards.
Meals : B
END OF TOURS
PRICE PER PERSON (USD)
CLASS
GROUP SIZE
SINGLE SUP
2 Pax
3-5 Pax
LUXURY
848.-
764.-
210.-
SUPERIOR
770.-
685.-
146.-
FIRST CLASS
720.-
634.-
84.-
STANDARD
675.-
592.-
50.-
HOTEL LIST
CLASS
YANGON
BAGAN
MANDALAY
INLE
LUXURY
Sedona Hotel
Thiripyitsayar
Mandalay Hill
Lake View Resort
SUPERIOR
Grand Plaza
Bagan Hotel
Mandalay Swan
Golden Island
FIRST CLASS
Summit Park View
Bagan Thande
Mandalay City
Paradise Inle
STANDARD
Panorama
Blue Bird
Silver Swan
Nadawun
TERMS & CONDITION
The package prices quoted per person in US Dollars base on twin share, including private a round trip airport transfer by airconditioned car or minibus and tollways
Group size minimum 2 persons
Accommodation are included goverment tax, services charges, and Breakfast
The prices valid until March 31, 2006
Single Supplement will be charged for stay in single room
Payment : pre-payment by credit card or bank transfer and must be made before arrival
PACKAGE PRICES ARE INCLUDES
Accommodation at hotel base on twin sharing basis
Air-conditioned vehicle transportation
Meals as indicated on the itinerary.
Sight seeing as the itinerary including admission fee.
English speaking local guide
Domestic air tickets Yangon
R/T boating Mandalay - Migun
Oneway cruise from Mandalay to Bagan
THE PRICES DOESN'T INCLUDE
Meals other than those mentioned in the program.
Personal items & hotel incidental charges.
Personal drinks at the meal times.
Gratuities to the guide, driver or hotel's porter.
International Airport tax in Bangkok (THB 500.-) and Yangon (USD 10.-)
CULTURE AND HISTORY
Exploring Myanmar