This is the highlights tour in Myanmar and suits the taste of cruise lovers. The 10-day trip combines the highlights of popular destinations – Yangon, Inle Lake, Bagan, Mandalay and Amarapura, covering the historical heritages, natural landscapes and local hospitality. Our trips starts from the main gateway to Myanmar – Yangon, to the peaceful Inle Lake, to the ancient temples of Bagan and to the Myanmar’s cultural center – Mandalay. Especially, you will have relaxing cruise on the RV Paukan to discover the life of the mighty Irrawaddy River between Bagan and Mandalay.
TOUR CODE: 10D-MYM
PLACES VISIT: Yangon, Inle Lake, Bagan, Mandalay and Amarapura
DEPARTURE DATES: Dates are flexible and customizable for private departures.
Trip Highlights
- Day 1 Arrive in Yangon
- Day 2 Yangon City Tour
- Day 3 Flight to Heho, Inle Lake
- Day 4 Full Day Inle Lake Excursion
- Day 5 Flight to Bagan, Half Day City Tour
- Day 6 Embark on the Cruise boat RV Paukan
- Day 7 Cruising to Mandalay
- Day 8 Full Day Mandalay City Tour
- Day 9 Full Day Amarapura Tour
- Day 10 Departure from Mandalay
Day 1 Arrive in Yangon
Welcome to Myanmar, the country just opened itself to the world and now waiting people to discover its unique Buddhist culture and heritage.
Upon your arrival in Yangon, the former capital of Myanmar but nowadays one of the most developed city in Myanmar, your local guide will welcome you at the airport then escort you to hotel.
Day 2 Full Day Yangon City Tour
Rise early in the morning to visit the Shwedagon Pagoda which is the largest pagoda with painted real gold in Yangon. Benefit for visit the pagoda in early morning you will enjoy an quiet and extremely peaceful atmosphere to watch local people and monks pray in front of the Pagoda.
Transfer back to hotel for breakfast. After breakfast you will visit the Reclining Buddha (Chaok-Htat-Gyi) and Mahabandoola park.
Have some rest after lunch, in the afternoon, enjoy some free time wander around in Bogyoke Marketand the then Bogyoke Market busy treets of Yangon’s famous China Town and Yangon Jetty. Finish your day off at the riverside where the road flanked by colonize style builds which will give you the impression of Myanmar in old time.
Day 3 Flight to Heho, Inle Lake
Transfer to airport for onward flight to Heho where you will be picked up and transfer you to your hotel by the lakeside of Inle Lake.
Inle Lake locates in the highland of Myanmar in an altitude of around 3,000 feet above sea level. Here you will enjoy different atmosphere and ambience from middle part of Myanmar.
After check in hotel, enjoy your day at leisure to relax.
Day 4 Full Day Inle Lake Excursion
Your Excursion today will be made by long tail boat to see life of In-tha (name of local ethnic people live on the lake), to discover their unique floating farms and life on floating village. You will also see how the local fisher to fish with only one leg paddling the boat and the Long Neck Ladies who were relocated from the Myanmar and Thailand border.
Rest of the day is at leisure to relax.
Day 5 Flight to Bagan, Half Day City Tour
Transfer to airport for domestic flight to Bagan.
Upon arrival in Bagan, you will be welcomed by your local guide at the airport then transfer you to hotel.
Bagan, where you will be amazed by its thousands of Buddhists pagodas spread in the area of theAncient City of ‘Bagan’. These pagodas used to own by individual families during its prosperous time.
Your will visit the Nyaung Oo Market where local people buying food in daily life, visit the Shwezigon Pagoda which is the largest pagoda in Bagan painted with real gold.
Have a rest in hotel in the hottest time in afternoon. Then enjoy a Horse Cart Ride for the sun set, you will climb up to the top of the Shesandaw Pagoda for sun set then take the horse cart back to hotel. It is a unforgettable feeling of taking the horse cart ride on the off road treks through the pagodas when its quiet in dusk.
Day 6 Embark on the Cruise boat RV Paukan
Enjoy relaxing time in the morning until transfer to Aye Yar Jetty to board the RV Paukan. Enjoy the welcome cocktail in Saloon and check in.
Cast off time is at 11.30 hrs. Lunch will be served at 13.00.
In the late afternoon stop in a typical river village.
Day 7 Cruising to Mandalay
Cruise all day with stop enroute in the morning to visit Yandabo, a typical river village specialize inPot-Making, where the peace treaty of the First Anglo-Burmese war was signed on Feb. 24, 1826. Moor overnight nearby a village (Ywar Thit Gyi or Pauk Myaing Pauk Taw) few miles away from Ava Bridge.
Day 8 Full Day Mandalay City Tour
Enjoy the sunrise. After an early breakfast, the passengers will disembark at Sagaing Jetty (Thursday only) or Gawein jetty (Sunday Only) at around 09.30/10.00 hrs.
Your local guide and driver will pick you up from the cruise ship and bring you to a city excursion in Mandalay. You will visit Mahamuni Image where you will see local people pray and stick gold paper on the Buddha for blessing. You can also try to make your wish and donate money (buy) for gold paper to stick the gold paper on the statue (only man allowed to stick the gold). On the way to the Mahamuni Image, you will visit a gold paper factory to see how people made the gold leaf. Visit theShwenandaw Monastery which means ‘Golden Palace Monastery” and was built in 19th century and well known for its teak carving of Buddhist myths. Visit the Kuthodaw Pagoda which is a Buddhist stupa that contains the world’s largest book of Buddhism.
Finish your day at the top of Mandalay Hill for a stunning sun set.
Day 9 Full Day Amarapura Tour
In the morning, about 30 mins drive to Sagaing, the capital of Sagaing Division in Myanmar and located on the Ayeyarwady River, 20 km to the southwest of Mandalay on the opposite bank of the river. Cross Innwa Bridge, built by British in 1934. Firstly you will visit the Maha Ganayon Kyaung Monastery to see hundreds of monks line up for daily meals at 10:15am. Then visit the U Bein Bridge which is 1.2 kilometers long and is the longest teakwood bridge in the world.
Continue to visit Kaung Mu Taw Pagoda; the dome shaped pagoda rises up to 46 meters. At the base of the pagoda there are 812 stone pillars, each one with a hollow and an image of a Nat in it. Continue visit to Sagaing Hill, the hill has a number of small pagodas and with many meditation centers andSoon U Ponya Shin Pagoda; it is located on Sagaing Hill. You can stop at monasteries and nunneries and talk with them while taking green tea from hot tea pot and palm-sugar.
Lunch at local restaurant in Sagaing and take a short break, then continue visit Amarapura,”City of Immortality” situated 11 km to the south of Mandalay and the ancient temple of Pahtodawgyi which was built in 1820 in the Inva ancient town.
Drive back to Mandalay and rest of the day is at leasure.
Day 10 Departure from Mandalay
Enjoy free time in hotel until transfer to airport for your onward/homeward flight.
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