Tour Code – IM7815013

Yangon, Golden Rock, Kyaing Tong, Heho, Mandalay, Monywa, Bagan, Yangon

Day 01  Arrival Yangon (by morning/ midday flight ) ( - / - / - )

Arrive Yangon by morning/ midday flight. You will be welcome by your tour guide and transfer to the hotel. Have a rest at the hotel until the late afternoon sightseeing starts.
Late afternoon visit the Chaukhtatgyi - the colossal reclining Buddha; the Shwedagon Pagoda and sunset viewing from there.
Overnight Yangon.

Day 02  Excursion to Kyaikhtiyo (Golden Rock) – En-route visit Bago ( B / - / - )

Breakfast at the hotel. Drive to the camp Kimpun (about 5 hours), from where the uphill motor road to hermit’s hill starts. En-route visit Bago and sightseeing highlights include gigantic “Kyaikpun” Buddha Images; Shwemawdaw Pagoda - towering 375 feet and taller than Shwedagon; Shwethalyaung reclining Buddha Image – originally built in 994 AD and is a masterpiece of Myanmar stucco and symmetry.
Arrive Kimpun camp and take the uphill pick up truck to reach the hermit’s hill. A short trek, about an hour would take you to the top of the mountain where you can see the Golden Rock - a large boulder positioned well balanced on the cliff of that mountain - seems to be defying the force of gravity from the spur of the cliff. Enjoy sunset view over deep forested mountain.

Day 03  Kyaikhtiyo (Golden Rock) / Yangon ( B / - / - )

Early sunrise viewing and tour nearby golden rock to “Crow Beak” cave and hunter’s hill before breakfast. Breakfast at the hotel and descend the mountain to reach back to Kimpun camp from where we start our return journey back to Yangon. En-route visits the fisherman village near Waw town. Arrival back to Yangon.
Overnight Yangon.

Golden Rock		Uphill Truck

Day 04  Yangon – Kyaing Tong (Flight) – visit Wan-Pauk ( B/ - / - )

Breakfast at the hotel. Free at leisure until transfer to the airport to take the flight to Kyaing Tong. Arrive Kyaing Tong airport transfer to hotel. After check in at the hotel, visit Wan-Pauk, the village of the red clothed Palaung with silver and lacquered ware bands.
Overnight Kyaing Tong.

Some views from Kyaing Tong

Day 05  Kyaing Tong – Loi Mwe (car) ( B / - / - )

Breakfast at hotel. In the morning, walk to Kyaing Tong bazaar will take five minutes to see many minority people shopping in the morning. After visit bazaar drive to Loi-Mwe, the hill top palace with peaceful surroundings (5,542 ft above sea level) and have a look at old British colonial governor’s houses and old Church. Then to Ho Latt Akha small village, Naung Cho Wa small village and Pang-Y Lahu village.
Overnight Kyaing Tong.

Local life styles at Ho Latt Akha village

Day 06  Kyaing Tong – Hokyin Mountain ( B / - / - )

Breakfast at the hotel. One and half-hours drive to Tachileik direction, Pan Kwai village and continue upwards to visit Akha’s villages at Hokyin mountain where they stay together in different belief.
Overnight Kyaing Tong.

Day 07  Kyaing Tong – Heho (Flight) / Inle full day sightseeing ( B / - / - )

Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the airport to take the flight to Heho. Arrive Heho and drive to Inle Lake exists 900 meters above the sea level and the home land of Inthar tribe. Visit the regional once in every fifth day market takes place around the different area of the Inle Lake if today coincides with the market day. Phaungdawoo Pagoda – famous for its richly gilded five small Buddha images and its history; Ngaphechaung monastery (formerly also known as jumping cat monastery for trained jumping cats) – more than one and a half century old monastery with its collection of ancient Buddha Images. Other attractions include unique leg-rowing style and fishing method of the Innthar; floating gardens and vegetable plantations; and weaving factory and black smith.
Overnight Inle Lake.

Day 08  Indein sightseeing – Heho / Mandalay (Flight) ( B / - / - )

Breakfast at the hotel. Taking the boat to the down south and into a small twist and turn creek running into the lake, we would reach the Indein village – a small village located at the south western bank of the lake and famous for its ruined clusters of pagodas dated back to 16th century. The tranquility, peaceful ambience and ruins overgrown with bushes would bring you to centuries back. One can also have the chance to chat with villagers during the sightseeing time.
Transfer to the airport to take the flight to Mandalay. Arrive Mandalay and transfer to the hotel.
Overnight Mandalay.

Day 09  Amarapura & Mandalay Sightseeing ( B / - / - )

Breakfast at the hotel. Drive to Amarapura, former Royal capital of Myanmar but the suburb of Mandalay nowadays. Highlights include Mahargandaryone monastery - a typical monastic school; U Bein bridge – the world’s longest teak wood bridge across the Taungthaman lake – an ideal place to view the sunset; and silk weaving factory.
Afternoon sightseeing includes Shwenandaw monastery – still existing masterpiece of last Myanmar kingdom’s architecture in teak and wood carving; Kuthodaw Pagoda – renowned as the world’s largest book; and Mandalay Hill – regarded a natural watch tower in the plain region of Mandalay – to view the sunset.
Overnight Mandalay.

Day 10  Visit Mingun (Half Day) and Mandalay sightseeing ( B / - / - )

Breakfast at the hotel. From the Mandalay Gawwein jetty, we would take a short boat ride up river to reach Mingun, located at the other side of the Ayeyarwaddy river and north of Mandalay. The boat ride is always pleasant as one can learn the ways of local life along the river. Sightseeing highlights includes Pathodawgyi – believed to be one of the largest brick base in the world and it would be one of the wonders of the world in case if it was completed; Mingun bell – said to be world’s biggest un-cracked and ringing bell and Myatheindan pagoda represents for Buddhist cosmology. Return to Mandalay for the flight to Bagan.
Afternoon, Sightseeing at Mandalay, the last capital of Myanmar kingdom, includes Mahamuni Buddha Image – believed to be cast in bronze in front of Buddha himself and nowadays gilded with thick gold leaf; gold leaf hammering, marble carving, and tapestry making.
Overnight Mandalay.

Day 11  Mandalay – Monywa – Poe Win hill ( B / - / - )

Breakfast at the hotel. Drive to Monywa, 157 km north of Mandalay (about 3 ½ hrs by car) by the east bank of the Chindwin river. Afternoon, we would cross the Chindwin river and take the jeep or pick up truck drive to reach Po Win hill caves – an interesting area with the caves containing ancient sculptures, mural paintings dating from 17th and 18th centuries . Back to Monywa.
Overnight Monywa.

Day 12  Monywa – Pakkoku (Car) – Boat ride to Bagan ( B / - / - )

Breakfast at the hotel. Leave Monywa. After 13 km we would stop at Thanbodday Pagoda – an unusual Buddhist temple with over 500,000 Buddha images. Visit one thousand Bodhi trees complex where you will see the elegant standing, reclining and lying Buddha statues are being built. An over looking view from a temple looks nice
From there another 3 ½ drive to Pakkoku, another big town of Ahnyar, could observe Ahnyar people, their land and climate, culture and product. Take a boat sailing down to Bagan for two hours.
Overnight Bagan.

Day 13  Bagan full day sightseeing ( B / - / - )

Breakfast at the hotel. Bagan, one of Asia’s most popular archaeological destinations and one out of two most pre-eminent religious old cities in South East Asia. The sightseeing starts with a visit to Nyaung Oo market – a typical local market; followed by visits to most distinctive pagodas such as Shwezigon Pagoda – the holiest one believed to be enshrined with Buddha tooth and hair; Gubyaukgyi Temple ( Wetkyiinn village) – the 13th century ‘cave temple’ with fine frescoes of scenes from Jakatas; Ananda Temple – one of the masterpieces surviving and remaining in Bagan and considered to be in the Mon architecture style. A visit to the lacquer ware factory followed by a visit to local village. Before sunset, we would take a boat ride along the Ayeyarwaddy river to discover the local life and view the sunset.
Overnight Bagan.

Nyaung Oo Market	Shwezigon Pagoda	Gubyaukgyi Temple
Lacquer ware production and shop

Day 14  Bagan full day sightseeing / Bagan – Yangon (flight) ( B / - / - )

Breakfast at the hotel. The second day sightseeing at Asia’s best kept archaeological destination includes a visit to Dhamayangyi Temple – the most massive, significant monument in Bagan with finest mortar-less brickwork; Sulamani Temple – close to the Dhamayangyi temple with more sophisticated style of later Bagan temple; another Gubyaukgyi Temple at Myinkaba village – believed to be built for Rajakumar on the death of his father, King Kyansitta, and famous nowadays for its well preserved wall paintings; Manuha Temple – built by detained Mon King Manuha; Nagayon Temple – similar to the plan of Anada Temple and the main attraction is that the twice life size Buddha Image shelters under the hood of the naga or serpent inside the temple. Transfer to the airport for the flight back to Yangon.
Overnight Yangon.

Day 15  Free at leisure until departure transfer ( B / - / - )

Breakfast at the hotel. Free at leisure until your transfer to the airport and depart Yangon.
 

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