CODE#MR (19)
Yangon - Shan State - Mandalay - Bagan - Pyay (Prome) - Yangon
[10 Days / 9 Nights]
Day (1) Yangon
Arrive at Yangon Airport and transfer to hotel.
Day (2) Yangon-Heho-Pindaya
Morning flight to Heho. Upon arrival, transfer to
Pindaya cave, well known for its countless Buddha Images.
Then proceed to Kalaw. Evening walking tour in Kalaw.
Day (3) Kalaw-Inle Lake
Transfer to Nyaungshwe, on the edge of
Inle Lake
by coach and sight-seeing in Inle Lake by boat. Tour
highlights include Phaungdaw Oo Pangoda, housing five
sacret and almost shapeless Buddha Images; The Unique
Leg-rowers; Weaving Village Of Inpawgone;
Wounderful Floating Garden; Floating Market;
Method of fishing and Village Life on the lake.
Day (4) Inle-Taunggyi-Heho-Mandalay
After
Breakfast, transfer to Taunggyi, capital of Shan State
tour highlights include Taunggyi Market;
Wish-fulfilling Pagoda and cheroot making industry. Then
drive to Heho for flight to Mandalay. In
Mandalay, tour highlights include
Shwenanadaw Monastery,
noted for its exquiside wood curving;
Atumashi Monastery,
the Incomparable Brick Monastery;
Kuthodaw pagoda,
famous for its stone slab of Buddhist scriptures;
Kyauktawgyi
Pagoda, a large Buddha Images curve out of a single block of
marble; Mandalay Hill, 230 meters in elevation, commands
a magnificent view of the city and surrounding countryside;
Mandalay Palace, a golden city within a city, this was
King Mindon’s centre of glory- a truly magnificent palace;
Mahamuni Pagoda, the pleasant- looking image, ever being
proportionate though daily overlaid with gold- leaves and
Traditional Handicraft workshop and Traditional
Handicraft Workshop. Then proceed to the ancient capital
Amarapura to visit U Bein Bridge, 1.2 Km long
teakwood bridge (250 years old). Then drive over
Innwa (Ava)
Bridge across the Ayeyarwaddy to picturesque
Sagaing Hills, a retreat for Buddhist devotees with numerous
pagodas and monasteries.
Day (5) Mandalay-Bagan (Flight)
Morning
flight to Bagan. Tour highlights include
Shwezigon
Pagoda, the prototype of Myanmar stupas; 12th Century
frescoes adorning the corridors of Kyansittha Cave Temple;
Wet Gyi Inn Gu Byauk Gyi Temple with superb mural
paintings of Jataka scenes; Htilominlo Temple, noted for
its plaster carving and Ananda Temple with four standing
Buddha Images; Lacquerware Works and
Thatbyinnyu Temple,.the highest temple in Bagan.
Day (6) Bagan Mount Papa-Bagan
Morning
excursion to the enchanting Mount Popa, a great extinct
volcano situated of Bagan.Mount Popa is a place of
special important in Myanmar culture, history and legends
. Tour highlights include toddy palm groves and jiggery cottage
industry; Kyaukpadaung Market; Popa village and
the famous Taungkalat, a tower like volcanic plug lying
on the southwestern slope of Mount Popa. After lunch at
Popa Village, drive back to Bagan and overnight in
Bagan.
Day (7) Bagan-Pyay
Early
morning leave Bagan for a fully day's drive to Pyay,
thriving trading town situated at the confluence of
Ayeyarwaddy and Nawin River. On the way, the interesting
scenes of the dry zone, the land of peanuts, cotton, tobacco,
sesame seeds and toddy palm. Overnight in Pyay.
Day (8) Pyay
Morning
excursion to an ancient Pyu capital Thayekittaya (5th to
9th centuries AD), about 8km southeast of Pyay. Tour
highlights include Palace site; Lemyethna and East Zegu
Temples-the prototypes of Bagan vaulted temples; the
cylinder-shaped Bawbawgyi Pagoda; Payagyi and Payama
Stupas each with a high conical clone; and Archaeological
Museum. Afternoon sightseeing in Pyay featuring the
famous Shwesandaw Pagoda, one of the most sacred Buddhist
pilgrimage spots in Myanmar on Sudassana Hill;
Hsehtatkyi Pagoda, a mammoth sitting buddha Statue. Shwe
Phone Pwint Library and Museum with a good collection
of antiquities specially those from Thayekhittaya; and
Pyay Market. Overnight in Pyay.
Day (9) Pyay-Yangon
After breakfast, return to Yangon. Afternoon sightseeing;
Chaukhtatkyi Pagoda, reclining Buddha Image;
Kabaaye Pagoda, World Peace Pagoda ; Maha Pasana Cave
where Sixth Buddhist Synod took place;
Botataung Pagoda,
was a famous Land-mark on Yangon's waterfront.
Day Day (10) Yangon
Morning city sightseeing:
Shwedagon Pagoda, one of the
world's most spectacular monuments;
National Museum and
Bogyoke Aung San Market. After Lunch, transfer to Yangon
International Airport for departure flight. |