TASTE OF MYANMAR
8 Days/ 7 Nights | Yangon, Heho, Inle Lake, Mandalay, Bagan, Yangon.
ITINERARY:
Day 01
Day 02
Day 03
Day 04
Day 05
Day 06
Day 07
Day 08
Arrival in Yangon
Yangon – Heho – Inle lake
Inle lake – Inn Dain
Heho-Inle Lake-Mandalay
Amarapura - Ava - Bagan
Bagan
Bagan – Yangon
Departure
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DAY 01 > ARRIVAL TO YANGON
[-/-/-]
Upon arrival to the YANGON airport, you will be welcomed by your English speaking station guide and our
journey begins with an afternoon tour through the colonial-style city center of Yangon. We visit the golden
SULE PAYA stupa – built over 2,000 years ago and the focal point of numerous historical events in the city –
CHAUK THAT GYI pagoda to view its magnificent reclining Buddha, and KARAWEIK HALL to marvel at the
uniquely decorated “hamsa-bird-shaped” floating barge on KANDAWGYI (ROYAL) LAKE. We visit
BOGYOKE (SCOTTS) MARKET, where hundreds of gemstone, handicrafts, art, clothes and food stores are
tucked in a maze of color. We complete the day with a visit to one of the world’s most spectacular
monuments, the SWEDAGON PAGODA, a gleaming bell dome structure that dominates the city’s skyline.
Legends state that the sacred hairs of the Buddha are enshrined here. The Shwedagon is an iconic symbol of
the country, a sight not to be missed.
*Please note that the market is closed on Mondays and on public holidays*
Meals included:
Overnight stay:
Hotel in Yangon
DAY 02 > YANGON – HEHO – INLE LAKE
[B/-/-]
After breakfast and then transfer to the airport for the flight to HEHO, a quiet transit town with one of the
few airport links in the beautiful hills of Shan State. Visit the bustling main HEHO MARKET, the meeting
point for different ethnic minority groups of the surrounding areas to trade handmade goods and locally
grown produce (on market days only). Enroute to Inle Lake, we stop at a LOCAL FAMILY WORK SHOP to
learn how Shan umbrellas and paper are made by traditional methods using the fibres of the mulberry tree.
Next, we take a 1-hour drive to Inle Lake that descends through the valley with views of the Shan mountains
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and rice paddy fields. After checking into the hotel, we embark on afternoon explorations of INLE LAKE, we
visit PHAUNGDAW OO PAGODA, the home of some of the country’s most sacred Buddha statues covered in
gold leaf by devout followers. We also make a visit to the INPAWKHON WEAVING VILLAGE to learn how
local silks, linens and lotus fabrics are handmade and crafted. As an extra treat, we stop at a house for
BURMESE CATS built over the lake, where we see the preservation efforts and reintroduction of this rare
pure breed of felines to Myanmar. At NAMPAN VILLAGE, local craftsmen show us how Burmese cigars, or
“cheroots,” are traditionally packed and rolled.
Meals included:
Overnight stay:
breakfast
Hotel in Inle Lake
DAY 03 > INLE LAKE & INDEIN
[B/-/-]
After breakfast we journey out by boat, following the currents of a small river to reach the INDEIN PAGODA
COMPLEX, a site that makes us feel as if we’ve stepped through a forgotten portal in time. To access the
complex, we walk through verdant bamboo groves that open up to a field covered with the ancient pagodas
constructed over 1,000 years ago. And then transfer to hotel.
Meals included:
Overnight stay:
breakfast
Hotel in Inle Lake
DAY 04 > INLE LAKE – HEHO – MANDALAY
[B/-/-]
After breakfast, transfer by boat to Nyaung Shwe and transferred to airport for domestic flight to
MANDALAY. Upon arrival, where you will meet our Expedition Myanmar guide and we proceed to the
highlights of Mandalay: the sacred MAHAMUNI PAGODA, housing one of the most significant Buddha
images in the country, covered in several tons of gold leaf and the crown prize in long past wars between
competing Myanmar kingdoms; the GOLDEN PALACE MONASTERY, the only surviving Royal Palace
building in Mandalay, offering a glimpse of the original style and architecture of the Myanmar royals; and
lastly, the KUTHODAW PAGODA, a compound housing Buddha’s teachings carved in the sacred Pali script
on stone tablets and regarded the world’s largest book in terms of surface area. We end our day with sunset
panoramic views over city skyline on MANDALAY HILL, the highest point of the city.
Meals included:
Overnight stay:
breakfast
Hotel in Mandalay
DAY 05 > AMARAPURA - AVA - BAGAN
[B/-/-]
After breakfast, We visit to beautiful ancient capital, AMARAPURA, famous for its textile industries. There,
we visit a cottage industry workshop to learn how Myanmar longyis and traditional fabrics are woven.
Continuing to the UBEIN BRIDGE, a simple yet remarkable teak structure that spans 1,2km over
Taungtaman Lake, we have the option to be rowed onto the calm waters. Ubein Bridge, silhouetted by the
setting sun, is a magical experience and a photographer’s dream. Continue visit to AVA (INWA), the ancient
capital of Shan and Burmese Kingdoms for over four centuries. Crossing the Myint Nge River by ferry, the
small roads of Ava are explored by horse cart. We visit the BAGAYA TEAK MONASTERY, over three
hundred years old yet well preserved and still in use by local monks; the NANMYIN WATCH TOWER, the
last standing structure of the Ava dynasty palace compound also known as the “Leaning Tower of Ava”. In
the late afternoon, transfer to airport for domestic flight to NYAUNG U/BAGAN. Upon arrival, transfer to
your hotel.
Meals included:
Overnight stay:
breakfast
Hotel in Bagan
DAY 06 > BAGAN
[B/-/-]
After breakfast, we begin our journey into the Ancient Kingdoms of Bagan. A visit to the NYAUNG U
MARKET, the largest market in the Bagan region, gives us a glimpse into local life. We also see how cottage
industries like brick making and are carried out with traditional methods. We continue to the gold gilded
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SWEZIGON STUPA, purported to contain a holy tooth relic of the Buddha. And then KYANSITHA UMIN.
Next, we visit GUBYAUKGYI (Wet-Kyi-Inn), this 13th-century ‘cave temple’ has an Indian-style spire like
the Mahabodhi Paya in Bagan. HTILOMINLO TEMPLE to learn how Burmese sand paintings are created. The
day’s temple tour ends with a visit to the beautifully symmetric and majestic ANANDA TEMPLE with its four
standing Buddha images that seem to gaze at the viewer with fixed serenity wherever the viewer stands.
And then DHAMAYANGYI TEMPLE, the largest and widest temple all of the temples in Bagan and
SULAMANI TEMPLE .Proceed to BUPAYA or SHWESANDAW PAGODA to watch the sunset over the famous
Ayeyarwaddy River.
Meals included:
Overnight stay:
breakfast
Hotel in Bagan
DAY 07 > BAGAN – YANGON
[B/-/-]
After breakfast, we learn how Bagan’s famous lacquerware crafts are produced in MYINGABA VILLAGE, and
then MYAZEDI TEMPLE Not far from the stupa, the MYINGABA GUBYAUKGYI TEMPLE is a sight to behold,
housing Bagan’s best preserved mural paintings of the Buddha’s Jataka reincarnations. MANUHA TEMPLE,
built by the Mon king in the 1300s to represent his time in captivity under the Bagan king. We visit on the
way some traditional family lacquer ware ‘factories’ and bamboo roof producers, where the skills and trade
have been passed on for generations. And then we visit the DHAMAYAZEKA ZEDI, providing panoramic
views of the temple studded plains of Bagan. We continue MINNANTHU VILLAGE in this region are of a later
period than thoses in the Central Bagan. The village is well worth a look around, bamboo and wood houses
built during the hay days have been long gone. NANDA-MAN-NYA TEMPLE, It is a single-chambered temple
has very fine frescoes and a ruined, seated Buddha image. In the evening, transfer to airport for domestic
flight to YANGON. Upon arrival, transfer to your hotel.
Meals included:
Overnight stay:
breakfast
Hotel in Yangon
DAY 08 > YANGON DEPARTURE
[B/-/-]
After breakfast, we visit the RIVER ART GALLERY, where the works of some of the most famous and skilled
Burmese artists are on display fitting of the grand surroundings. And then we visit BOTATAUNG PAGODA
located beside the Yangon River and enjoys nice fresh air from the river and visit to BOGYOKE (SCOTTS)
MARKET, where hundreds of gemstone, handicrafts, art, clothes and food stores are tucked in a maze of
color. In the afternoon, transfer to Yangon airport for your international departure flight.
(Please note that the market is closed on Mondays and on public holidays)
Meals included:
breakfast
*****END OF SERVICES*****
Expeditions Myanmar Co., Ltd.
Address: Room (1102), Tower (A), Diamond Condo, Kamayut Township, Yangon.
Tel: +95 1 538146, 9 73012150, 9 73112641 Fax: +95 1 538146
Email: sales@expeditionsmyanmartravel.com Website: www.expeditionsmyanmartravel.com