Yangon-Bagan-Mandalay-Inle Lake-Yangon 8 Days Tour

You will be met at the airport by our guide and transfer to the hotel by our private car. You will have the following sightseeing:

* Visit the 2600 years old Sule Pagoda marking of the city centre;

* see the old and quite impressive buildings surrounding Mahabandoola Park;

* Admire octagonal Botataung Pagoda near Yangon River; pass famous Strand Road;

* China Town including a short visit to a over 150 years old Chinese Temple;

* In the evening, the highlight: You will visit world famous Shwe Dagon pagoda with its 109 meters high solid gold stupa glittering in the soft light of the afternoon sun. This golden wonder has become the symbol of the capital. There you will experience the deep religiosity of the local people, for example, the water sacrifices for the weekday Buddhas.

* Take a photo with Karaweik Palace Restaurant Building floating on the Royal Lake. If you have the buffet dinner in the restaurant and you can enjoy the traditional dance. Overnight in Yangon.

Take 80 minutes early morning flight to Bagan, the first beautiful capital of the Myanmar ( Burmese) , founded in the 11 century. Along with Angkor in Cambodia, this is the most important temple and pagoda complex in Asia. The whole day you will visit the archeological culture zone.

* Shwezigon Pagoda, the only one in Bagan originally covered with gold;

* The cave-temple Kyanzittha Umin housing precious and very old murals;

* Gubyaukgyi Temple built in classical Indian architecture;

* Upali Thein, ordination hall of Buddhist monks showing famous murals;

* Visit the Bagans famous lacquerware manufacturing

* The Ananda Temple, architectural masterpiece of all temple buildings in Bagan: the interior seems almost Gothic, and they will surely be impressed by ancient wall murals in the meditation chamber.

* Enjoy sunset from Shwesandaw Pagoda.

Overnight in Bagan.

Early morning check out from hotel and visit the Sunrise Pagoda for Beautiful sunrise experience. Full day excursion through the sun-parched plains with Palmyra palms to the Mountain of the Deities, Popa. There you will climb on a staircase the mountain with its shrines to the deities and its Buddha temples.

After lunch continues to Sale, there will be impressed by Yoke Son Monestry ( a wooden monastery) with wood carvings showing court life in 19th century and housing the largest lacquerware Buddha of Buddha, dating back to 13th century.

Drive  back to Bagan late afternoon. Overlight in Bagan.

After breakfast, then directly transfer to the Nyaung U airport and take the 30 minutes flight to Mandalay, where the kings of Konbaung Dynasty resided – and capitulated to the British at the end of last century

*Amarapura, formerly another king’s residency; there they will see the over 100 years old world’s largest teak wood bridge-U Bein bridge.

* Visit the Mahagandayone Monastery : over ten thousand monks studying in this monastery.

* Mahamuni Temple housing the sacred gold Buddha;

* Shwe Kyaung : the gold-plated teakwood monastery Shwe Nandaw carrying precious wood carvings;

* Kuthodaw Pagoda , as “ largest book on earth” due to hundreds of marble slabs engraved with Buddhist sutras;

* Kyauk Taw Gyi Buddha : the huge Marble Buddha in a temple nearby;

* Late evening visit the Mandalay Hill for a bird’s eye view of the city.

Overnight in Mandalay.

After breakfast, be transferred to airport and take 30 minutes flight to Inle Lake on Shan Plateau. The Shan are a Thai ethnic group in Myanmar.

Then one hour driving to Taunggyi and you will see different styles of Buddhist pagodas on the way. There you can stroll through the market and might meet mountain people in their native dress. Then you will visit a cheroot (cigar) production and the Museum showing traditional Shan arts and dresses. Early afternoon continuation drives (1 hr) to Nyaungshwe at Inle Lake and on the way you can visit Winery Garden.

Overnight in Inle Lake .

In the morning, take a small boats on Lake Inle (about 5 hrs.) . You can admire Intha-fishermen rowing with their legs, pagodas on artificial islands in the lake, floating gardens and floating market; visit In Dein overlooking hundreds of Shan-style pagodas, Padaung Athiec,  etc. Overnight in Inle Lake.

After breakfast , take 30-40 minutes boat trip from hotel to jetty, then take one hour driving to Heho Airport and take the flight back to Yangon. Free at leisure at the rest of the day.

Overnight in Yangon.

Transfer to airport

Enjoy free at leisure till tour guide pick up from hotel and transfer to airport for your onward flight.