Tour Programs
Tour code – MD 11
Yangon, Mandalay, RV Pandaw 1947 or RV Paukan, Bagan
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| Shwedagon |
Tapestry making |
Marble carving |
Shwe Nandaw
Monastery |
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 Pagoda - the colossal
reclining Buddha; the Shwedagon Pagoda and sunset viewing from
there. Overnight Yangon.
Day 02 Yangon-Mandalay (Flight) /Amarapura & Mandalay
Sightseeing ( B / - / - )
Breakfast at the hotel. Fly to Mandalay. Upon arrival Mandalay,
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 also; 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 03 RV Pandaw 1947 or RV Paukan – Mandalay to Bagan (Sunday)
( B/ L / D )
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the jetty to be on board RV
Pandaw 1947 or RV Paukan to sail down to Bagan. The embarkation time
is at 12:00 hours at Gawein Jetty. Welcome Cocktail on board. Lunch
will be served on board and up stream to Mingun. Sightseeing at
Mingun and down stream along the river.
Dinner on board. Overnight on board.
Day 04 RV Pandaw 1947 or RV Paukan – Mandalay to Bagan ( B/ L / D )
Breakfast on board. Arrive Sagaing and visit
Sagaing. Then down stream all the way to Bagan. Overnight on board.
Day 05 Arrive Bagan – Bagan sightseeing ( B / -
/ - )
Breakfast on board. Arrive Bagan and disembark
the cruise. Transfer to the hotel for checking in. 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.
Day 06 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 to take the late afternoon flight to Yangon. Arrive Yangon
and transfer to the hotel.Overnight Yangon.
Day 07 Yangon full day sightseeing ( B / - / - )
Breakfast at the hotel. The full day tour of
Yangon commences with a visit to city center and Sule Pagoda, a
landmark in downtown Yangon, followed by a visit to National Museum,
a unique place to learn more about Myanmar, its culture and people.
Afternoon sightseeing to famous shopping center Bogyoke Market
(formerly called Scott Market), where you can see varieties of goods
ranging from handicrafts to clothing and local food/ snack. Our next
visit is to photo stop at Kandawgyi (Royal) Lake. We would then
visit Botahtaung Pagoda, and sunset viewing at the Botahtaung
Jetties. Overnight Yangon.
Day 08 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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