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Arrive at Yangon International airport, meet and greet by Go Myanmar’s Representative and transfer to your hotel.
After breakfast at your Hotel, morning visit starts with City Orientated tour.
Yangon downtown area, Sule Pagoda (the landmark of Yangon City Centre) and from there we walk along the Pansodan Street which has many large Colonial buildings (British colonial heritage) which are still in use.
Continue walk along to China Town and Little India with a long queue of Local Chinese food vendors and Indian spice shops.
Then visit to Bogyoke Aung San Market (Scott Market), a sprawling complex built in 1926 and noted for its variety of handicrafts and other items which provides an excellent opportunity for a shopping spree.
(The Market closes every Monday and public holidays.)
Lunch at Local Restaurant.
Afternoon sightseeing continues to Chaukhtatgyi Pagoda Image (Six-Storied Pagoda) (a huge reclining Buddha), 70-meter-long and one of Myanmar's largest and you can also get your fortune told by the fortune tellers who have shops nearby.
Evening visits to the awe-inspiring Shwedagon Pagoda which towers over all of Yangon. It is perhaps the most beautiful pagoda complex in all of Asia and is one sight that no visitor to Myanmar should miss. Enjoy the beautiful sunset form the Shwedagon Pagoda.
Dinner with cultural show at Karaweik Place (Replica of Burmese Royal Barge) has an impressive architecture and is fully painted in gold.
After breakfast at your Hotel, transfer to Yangon domestic airport to take a flight to Nyaung U.
Depends on arrival time, morning sightseeing tour stats with one of Asia’s most popular archeological destination highlights busy Nyaung Oo Market and Bagan’s distinctive pagodas such as
Shwezigon, a prototype of later Myanmar stupas;
Wetkyi-in- Gubyaukgyi, a 13th century ‘cave temple with interesting fine frescoes;
Ananda Pagoda, one of the finest, largest and best persevered in Old Bagan; and next to it we visit Ananda Ok Kyaung, one of the few surviving brick monastery buildings from the Early Bagan period and Htilominlo Temple which is known to be the last Myanmar Style temple built in Bagan.
After lunch time break, check in to the hotel before our afternoon visit to Lacquerware craft shop and see the skilled techniques used in making Bagan’s famed lacquerware.
Continue visit to Dhammayangyi Temple, a massive later period temple with the finest brickwork in Bagan and Thatbyinnyu Temple which towering above the other monuments of Bagan.
As the sun goes down we will be at one of the ideal viewing sites selected by your tour guide for a panoramic sunset view over the temples.
Enjoy breakfast at your Hotel, transfer to Nyaung U airport to take a flight to Mandalay, the last capital of the Burmese monarchy, and one of the most impressive market cities in Asia. Mandalay is the spiritual, cultural, and traditional capital, as well as the commercial heart of central Myanmar.
Depends on arrival time, check in to your hotel.
In the afternoon Mandalay city sightseeing includes the highly revered Mahamuni Pagoda; a gold leaf hammering craft shop, Shwenandaw Monastery, noted for its exquisite wood carvings; Kuthodaw Pagoda, renowned as the World's largest book for its 729 stone slabs containing the entire Buddhist scriptures, and if time permits enjoy the beautiful sunset form Mandalay Hill for a view over the city and Ayarwaddy River.
Enjoy dinner at local restaurant.
In the morning transfer to Mandalay jetty where we take a short and pleasant ride upriver to Mingun, the site of what would have been the world's largest pagoda had not King Bodawpaya died in 1819 thus halting all further work. Later an earthquake in 1838 split the monument and reduced it to partial rubble. Nonetheless, the mammoth base of the unfinished pagoda is still a very impressive sight as we approach from the river. Nearby we can also visit the Mingun Bell, moved from the zedi after the earthquake and now hung in a new shrine building. It is said to be the largest hanging un-cracked bell in the world.
On the way we return to Mandalay, we will travel to the ancient royal capital of Amarapura. Here we will visit U Bein Bridge; it is more than two centuries old and at 1.2 km is the longest teak wood span in the world. The monastery near the bridge is also good to visit.
Dinner at local restaurant.
After breakfast at your Hotel, transfer to the airport to take a flight to Heho.
Depends on arrival time, check in to your hotel and sightseeing start by long tailed boat to Innpawkhone Village where you can see lotus and silk weaving industries. Next visit Nanpan to see the traditional boat making, cheroot (Burmese cigar) making factory.
Lunch time break.
Afternoon, visit to Phaungdaw U Pagoda, Ngaphae Chaung Monastery and floating gardens.
Dinner at Local Restaurant.
This morning after breakfast we visit the Ancient Indein ruins near Inle Lake, whose pagodas and stupas were built in the 8th century. Even though these structures may be crumbling, the intricate details of the structures can still be seen. In some parts, the elaborate stucco carvings of celestial beings and mythical animals are still apparent. Following our visit here we enjoy a sumptuous private lunch in a bamboo forest nearby.
After breakfast at your Hotel, transfer to the Heho airport to take a flight to Yangon.
On arrival to Yangon domestic airport, transfer to International departure to take your return flight to your homeland.
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