AM-06D/05N-2024-2025

Yangon-Mandalay-Bagan-Heho-Inle-Indein-Heho-Yangon

Inle Lake is in the Shan Hills of Myanmar. At its southwestern edge, Phaung Daw Oo Paya is a tiered pagoda with gilded Buddha statues. In the hills, near the market town of Indein, the stupas of Shwe Inn Dein Pagoda resemble a field of gold spires. The ruined stupas at nearby Nyaung Shwe have reclaimed by the forest. Maing Thauk village split between land and water, with a wooden bridge connecting the two halves.

SEA LEVEL

INLE : 885 M

Itinerary At a Glance

DAY DEPART VISIT ARRIVE RANK
DAY-01 BANGKOK YANGON ***
DAY-02 YANGON SGN/AVA/AMA MANDALAY ***
DAY-03 MANDALAY BAGAN ***
DAY-04 BAGAN HEHO INLE ***
DAY-05 INDEIN HEHO YANGON ***
DAY-06 YANGON BANGKOK ***
DAY 01

BANGKOK OR OTHER DESTINATION

YANGON

Welcomed by our guide and transfer to hotel and leisure. Green city marked out lakes with the carefully landscaped banks, Yangon dissimulates under its peaceful airs a vibrating animation. Visit Chaukhtetgyi pagoda and of its great Buddha laying whose colossal stature is fortunately softened by the good-naturalness of its expression!

After lunch, an extended visit to the Shwedagon pagoda, one of the world’s most spectacular religious monuments, will conclude the tour of this pictures garden city. The golden dome of the Shwedagon Pagoda rises 98 meters.

Lunch at a local restaurant.
Dinner and overnight at hotel.
DAY 02

YANGON

MANDALAY- SAGAING- AVA-AMARAPURA-MANDALAY

Breakfast. Transfer to Yangon airport for domestic flight to Mandalay. Upon arrival, proceed to Sagaing, a retreat for Buddhist devotees, to enjoy a magnificent view over the surrounding area. Then stop with the Pagoda Soon UPonnya Shin to benefit from the panorama.

After lunch, continue a visit to the former royal capital of Ava, reached by a short boat trip. Visits by horse-drawn carriage to the Nanmyint Watch Tower, the remains of the palace building nicknamed “leaning tower of Ava”, MahaAungmye beautiful monastery built of brick and stucco and Bagayar Monastery, famous for its impressive ornate woodcarvings and teak posts. Return to Mandalay. Departure for Amarapura and continue to the 200- years –old U Bein Bridge, built-in 1782 at the time of Amarapura was the royal capital, entirely constructed of teak wood.

Lunch at a local restaurant.
Dinner and overnight at hotel.
DAY 03

MANDALAY

BAGAN

Breakfast. Transfer to Mandalay airport for domestic flight to Bagan. A devoted day to discover Bagan "the mystic" extraordinary archaeological site which does not have anything to envy that of Angkor with its 3000 temples and pilot pink brick stupas of the apogee of the Buddhist architecture of Myanmar. Starting a sightseeing tour with a diverse selection of the most important pagodas and temples such as ShwezigonPagoda, built by King Anawrahta in the early 11th century, and discovered temples Shwegugyi, Gawdawpalin and coloured market located in Old Bagan. Afterwards, lunch at a local restaurant.

We will meet the religious tradition of donating food and materials for the monks of the surrounding monasteries. Near the Law Ka Nanda pagoda, we will witness the great procession of monks coming out of the monastery to accept the offering of the local population. The locals meet together in a gesture of prayer to receive a blessing from the monks. You can join the local community to offer our material donations to the monks. Visit Ananda Temple, with its four substantial standing-Buddha images and numerous seated figures that arrange around the interior gallery and GuByaukGyi Temple (under the protection of UNESCO), noted for its ancient mural paintings. Observe a sunset in the vicinity of Bagan’s ancient monuments.

Lunch at a local restaurant.
Dinner and overnight at hotel.
DAY 04

BAGAN

HEHO

INLE LAKE

Breakfast. Transfer to Nyaung U airport for domestic flight to Heho. Drive-by road to NyaungShwe.

Visit monastery NgaPhe, also called "monastery of the jumping cats" since its monks drew up cats to jump inside the rings. This monastery out of wood, built on piles, and contains an astonishing collection of statues of Buddha.

Visit Pagoda PhaungDawOo, one of the most sacred shrines in Myanmar, dating back to the 18th century, and visits some of its many artisan factories of weaving of silk, cigars, etc. Enjoy the canoe-kayak ride to admire the beautiful surrounding landscape surrounding Inle Lake and the culture of the local people of this region. This small boat trip will offer you a quieter sailing experience, rowed and guided by the ladies of the "Inthar" ethnic group. Return to the dugout to the setting sunset.

Lunch at a local restaurant.
Dinner and overnight at hotel.
DAY 05

INLE LAKE

INDEIN

HEHO

YANGON

Breakfast at the hotel. The idyllic framework blotted around the mountains, and the Inle Lake is a punctuated blue oasis of villages on pile, temples and monasteries. You can discover the life of the lake. It's surprising floating vegetable gardens fixed on the bottom of the lake by extensive collections of bamboo. It's fishermen into, principal ethnic of the lake, which ancestral mode of fishing, with a bow net and while rowing with a leg, is unique in the world.

You can walk in the village and visit the old pagodas which built in the 12th century.

Inn Dein, located on the southwestern bank of the principal lake, is the most picturesque part of the Inle lake. The brook which leads to the village animate with various activities on its banks. In-Dein village is used as the main door to approach the western part of the lake and to discover the close villages situated on the hills.

Transfer by the road to Heho airport and fly back to Yangon.

Overnight at the hotel.

Lunch at a local restaurant.
Dinner at a local restaurant. Overnight at the hotel.
DAY 06

YANGON

BANGKOK OR OTHER DESTINATION

Breakfast. Leisure time until the transfer to the airport. Transfer to the international airport, take-off bound for Bangkok.

END OF THE SERVICE

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