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COLORFUL MYANMAR - YANGON - BAGAN - INLE LAKE - NGAPALI - YANGON
9 days
About this activity
Itinerary
Day 1: Yangon arrival
Stop At: Yangon Yangon, 339 Bogyoke Aung San Road Sakura Tower Rooftop, Yangon (Rangoon) Myanmar
Arrival at Yangon International Airport, welcome by our local guide and transfer to your hotel.
Rangoon, officially renamed Yangon in 1989, is the economic capital and the largest city of Burma (or Myanmar) with more than 6 million inhabitants. Located at the confluence of the Yangon and Bago Rivers, it is 30 km from the Gulf of Martaban, on the Andaman Sea.
Start sightseeing of Yangon: Sule Pagoda, dating back over 2000 years Pagoda to enjoy the bustling life of Yangon and its people. And then visit to Chaukhtatkyi Pagoda (a huge reclining Buddha).
Then visit Kandawgyi Lake to enjoy a Royal floating barge with Pagoda view for a photo stop.
Lunch at local restaurant.
Late in the afternoon, visit the Shwedagon Pagoda described by Somerset Maugham: “The Shwedagon rose superb, glistening with its gold, like a sudden hope in the dark night of the soul of which the mystics write, glistening against the fog and smoke of the thriving city.” This massive bell-shaped stupa rises nearly 100 meters above hill-top surroundings. Wander through this magnificent structure and its courtyards, stupas, bells, Temples, and Buddha images, and see religious and secular visitors from all parts of the globe. Shwedagon has become the symbol of Myanmar. Enjoy the sunset over the Pagoda.
Dinner free (by own arrangement).
Overnight in Yangon.
Duration: 8 hours
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in Yangon, a 3-star hotel
Day 2: Yangon - Flight to Bagan
Stop At: Bagan Temples, Bagan Archaeological Zone, Bagan Myanmar
Breakfast at hotel.
Transfer to the airport of Yangon, then flight to Bagan.
From the 11th to 13thcenturies, when Bagan was the capital of Myanmar, the rulers constructed thousands of huge stupas and temples, many of which are still standing today on the banks of the Irrawaddy River.
Upon arrival, start our visit to colourfulNyaungOo Market where every day the locals come to buy and sell fresh produce and other goods before visiting the golden stupa of Shwezigon Pagoda.
The Dhammayangyi Temple is famous for its massive structure and SulamaniTemple has the best stuccos in Bagan.
After lunch we will visit a traditional lacquerware workshop where we can observe the production of one of Myanmar’s best-known handicrafts. The rest of the afternoon is free for shopping or to enjoy the lovely surrounds of the resort.
At the end of the day we head out to the most impressive archaeological site – the Ananda. From here we can soak up an unforgettable sunset over the plains from the upper terrace of one of the temples.
Dinner free (by own arrangement)
Overnight at hotel.
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight at 3-star hotel
Day 3: Bagan sightseeing
Stop At: Bagan Temples, Bagan Archaeological Zone, Bagan Myanmar
Breakfast at hotel.
In the morning, a bicycle ride in the village of Myinkaba: the Nanpaya temple, the Manuha temple and its lying Buddha, and the Myazedi stupa, a real rosette stone engraved in 4 Burmese languages.
Lunch at local restaurant.
After lunch, discover the workshops of the artisans’ lacquerers then visit the temple Abeyadana and its frescoes representing bodhisattvas and gods of Indian mythology.
Evening travel by horse cart for a tour passing along ancient temples.
Dinner free (by own arrangement).
Overnight at hotel.
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight at 3-star hotel
Day 4: Bagan - Flight to Heho - Inle Lake
Stop At: Inle Lake, Nyaungshwe Myanmar
Breakfast at hotel.
Transfer to the airport of Yangon, then flight to Heho.
Departure by road to NyaungShwe, gateway to Inle Lake.Upon reaching the edges of Inle Lake, board a private motorboat to head out to Inle Lake, one of Myanmar’s most spectacular sights.
Pass villages built on stilts over the lake, inhabited by the local Intha people. Observe the leg-rowing fishermen and see their floating gardens built up from strips of water hyacinth and mud and anchored to the bottom with bamboo poles.
Visit NgaHpeChaung Monastery, which houses dozens of Shan Buddha Images, but is more famous for its unique ‘jumping cats’ that jump through hoops in the air! Continue to PhaungDawOo Pagoda, the lake’s main sanctuary, which contains five sacred Buddha images covered in gold leaf.
Lunch at local restaurant.
Explore the local crafts of Inle Lake with a stop at the weaving village of Inpawkhone and a cheroot factory, where the typical Burmese cigars are made by hand. If time permits, there may be time to enjoy a short walk through one of the lakeside villages.
Dinner free (by own arrangement)
Overnight at hotel.
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight at 3-star hotel
Day 5: Inle - Thalae Oo - Alae Myaung - Indein
Stop At: Indein Village, Inthein, Taunggyi Myanmar
Breakfast at hotel.
Today, you will escape the hordes of tourists from Inle Lake for an authentic experience in a village on the eastern shore of the lake. Stop in the village of Thalae U. Stop at the local school, where about forty children receive an education offered by elderly women from the village.
Continue on foot to the village of Alae Myaung, where agriculture is omnipresent, vegetables being cultivated there abundantly. You will have the chance to meet farmers and join them to pick up the vegetables. This is a unique opportunity to experience and soak up the lifestyle of Shan farmers while enjoying the stunning views of the rice fields, Inle Lake in the background.
Lunch at local restaurant.
In the afternoon, climb up a narrow channel clearing a path in the middle of the floating gardens to the village of Indein where you will walk for about 30/40 mn through the village and the surrounding forest to the magnificent Complex of AlaungSitthu and of these old stupas buried in the vegetation that you will reach for a long covered staircase lined with small stalls of merchants.
Panoramic view of the lake from the monastery of Indein.
Dinner free (by own arrangement)
Overnight at hotel.
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight at a 3-star hotel
Day 6: Inle Lake - Heho - Flight to Thandwe - Ngapali
Stop At: Ngapali Beach, Western coast of Myanmar, Ngapali Myanmar
Breakfast at hotel.
Transfer to Hehoairport.Flight to Thandwe. Reception at the airport by hotel staff. Transfer to the hotel.
Ngapali is beautiful beaches of fine sand , lined with coconut palms in the Bay of Bengal.
Free day at the beach.
Lunch and Dinner not included (by your own account).
Overnight at hotel.
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at a 3-star hotel
Day 7: Ngapali
Stop At: Ngapali Beach, Western coast of Myanmar, Ngapali Myanmar
Breakfast at hotel.
Free day at the beach.
Lunch and Dinner not included (by your own account).
Overnight at hotel.
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at 3-star hotel
Day 8: Ngapali
Stop At: Ngapali Beach, Western coast of Myanmar, Ngapali Myanmar
Breakfast at hotel.
Free day at the beach.
Lunch and Dinner not included (by your own account).
Overnight at hotel.
Duration: 9 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at a 3-star hotel
Day 9: Ngapali - Thandwe - Flight to Yangon
Stop At: Yangon Yangon, 339 Bogyoke Aung San Road Sakura Tower Rooftop, Yangon (Rangoon) Myanmar
Morning free time own leisure.
Lunch not included.
Transfer to Thandwe airport.
Flight to Yangon. Reception by your driver and transfer to Yangon International Airport for your flight towards to…
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
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Day 1: Yangon arrival
Stop At: Yangon Yangon, 339 Bogyoke Aung San Road Sakura Tower Rooftop, Yangon (Rangoon) Myanmar
Arrival at Yangon International Airport, welcome by our local guide and transfer to your hotel.
Rangoon, officially renamed Yangon in 1989, is the economic capital and the largest city of Burma (or Myanmar) with more than 6 million inhabitants. Located at the confluence of the Yangon and Bago Rivers, it is 30 km from the Gulf of Martaban, on the Andaman Sea.
Start sightseeing of Yangon: Sule Pagoda, dating back over 2000 years Pagoda to enjoy the bustling life of Yangon and its people. And then visit to Chaukhtatkyi Pagoda (a huge reclining Buddha).
Then visit Kandawgyi Lake to enjoy a Royal floating barge with Pagoda view for a photo stop.
Lunch at local restaurant.
Late in the afternoon, visit the Shwedagon Pagoda described by Somerset Maugham: “The Shwedagon rose superb, glistening with its gold, like a sudden hope in the dark night of the soul of which the mystics write, glistening against the fog and smoke of the thriving city.” This massive bell-shaped stupa rises nearly 100 meters above hill-top surroundings. Wander through this magnificent structure and its courtyards, stupas, bells, Temples, and Buddha images, and see religious and secular visitors from all parts of the globe. Shwedagon has become the symbol of Myanmar. Enjoy the sunset over the Pagoda.
Dinner free (by own arrangement).
Overnight in Yangon.
Duration: 8 hours
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in Yangon, a 3-star hotel
Day 2: Yangon - Flight to Bagan
Stop At: Bagan Temples, Bagan Archaeological Zone, Bagan Myanmar
Breakfast at hotel.
Transfer to the airport of Yangon, then flight to Bagan.
From the 11th to 13thcenturies, when Bagan was the capital of Myanmar, the rulers constructed thousands of huge stupas and temples, many of which are still standing today on the banks of the Irrawaddy River.
Upon arrival, start our visit to colourfulNyaungOo Market where every day the locals come to buy and sell fresh produce and other goods before visiting the golden stupa of Shwezigon Pagoda.
The Dhammayangyi Temple is famous for its massive structure and SulamaniTemple has the best stuccos in Bagan.
After lunch we will visit a traditional lacquerware workshop where we can observe the production of one of Myanmar’s best-known handicrafts. The rest of the afternoon is free for shopping or to enjoy the lovely surrounds of the resort.
At the end of the day we head out to the most impressive archaeological site – the Ananda. From here we can soak up an unforgettable sunset over the plains from the upper terrace of one of the temples.
Dinner free (by own arrangement)
Overnight at hotel.
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight at 3-star hotel
Day 3: Bagan sightseeing
Stop At: Bagan Temples, Bagan Archaeological Zone, Bagan Myanmar
Breakfast at hotel.
In the morning, a bicycle ride in the village of Myinkaba: the Nanpaya temple, the Manuha temple and its lying Buddha, and the Myazedi stupa, a real rosette stone engraved in 4 Burmese languages.
Lunch at local restaurant.
After lunch, discover the workshops of the artisans’ lacquerers then visit the temple Abeyadana and its frescoes representing bodhisattvas and gods of Indian mythology.
Evening travel by horse cart for a tour passing along ancient temples.
Dinner free (by own arrangement).
Overnight at hotel.
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight at 3-star hotel
Day 4: Bagan - Flight to Heho - Inle Lake
Stop At: Inle Lake, Nyaungshwe Myanmar
Breakfast at hotel.
Transfer to the airport of Yangon, then flight to Heho.
Departure by road to NyaungShwe, gateway to Inle Lake.Upon reaching the edges of Inle Lake, board a private motorboat to head out to Inle Lake, one of Myanmar’s most spectacular sights.
Pass villages built on stilts over the lake, inhabited by the local Intha people. Observe the leg-rowing fishermen and see their floating gardens built up from strips of water hyacinth and mud and anchored to the bottom with bamboo poles.
Visit NgaHpeChaung Monastery, which houses dozens of Shan Buddha Images, but is more famous for its unique ‘jumping cats’ that jump through hoops in the air! Continue to PhaungDawOo Pagoda, the lake’s main sanctuary, which contains five sacred Buddha images covered in gold leaf.
Lunch at local restaurant.
Explore the local crafts of Inle Lake with a stop at the weaving village of Inpawkhone and a cheroot factory, where the typical Burmese cigars are made by hand. If time permits, there may be time to enjoy a short walk through one of the lakeside villages.
Dinner free (by own arrangement)
Overnight at hotel.
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight at 3-star hotel
Day 5: Inle - Thalae Oo - Alae Myaung - Indein
Stop At: Indein Village, Inthein, Taunggyi Myanmar
Breakfast at hotel.
Today, you will escape the hordes of tourists from Inle Lake for an authentic experience in a village on the eastern shore of the lake. Stop in the village of Thalae U. Stop at the local school, where about forty children receive an education offered by elderly women from the village.
Continue on foot to the village of Alae Myaung, where agriculture is omnipresent, vegetables being cultivated there abundantly. You will have the chance to meet farmers and join them to pick up the vegetables. This is a unique opportunity to experience and soak up the lifestyle of Shan farmers while enjoying the stunning views of the rice fields, Inle Lake in the background.
Lunch at local restaurant.
In the afternoon, climb up a narrow channel clearing a path in the middle of the floating gardens to the village of Indein where you will walk for about 30/40 mn through the village and the surrounding forest to the magnificent Complex of AlaungSitthu and of these old stupas buried in the vegetation that you will reach for a long covered staircase lined with small stalls of merchants.
Panoramic view of the lake from the monastery of Indein.
Dinner free (by own arrangement)
Overnight at hotel.
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight at a 3-star hotel
Day 6: Inle Lake - Heho - Flight to Thandwe - Ngapali
Stop At: Ngapali Beach, Western coast of Myanmar, Ngapali Myanmar
Breakfast at hotel.
Transfer to Hehoairport.Flight to Thandwe. Reception at the airport by hotel staff. Transfer to the hotel.
Ngapali is beautiful beaches of fine sand , lined with coconut palms in the Bay of Bengal.
Free day at the beach.
Lunch and Dinner not included (by your own account).
Overnight at hotel.
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at a 3-star hotel
Day 7: Ngapali
Stop At: Ngapali Beach, Western coast of Myanmar, Ngapali Myanmar
Breakfast at hotel.
Free day at the beach.
Lunch and Dinner not included (by your own account).
Overnight at hotel.
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at 3-star hotel
Day 8: Ngapali
Stop At: Ngapali Beach, Western coast of Myanmar, Ngapali Myanmar
Breakfast at hotel.
Free day at the beach.
Lunch and Dinner not included (by your own account).
Overnight at hotel.
Duration: 9 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at a 3-star hotel
Day 9: Ngapali - Thandwe - Flight to Yangon
Stop At: Yangon Yangon, 339 Bogyoke Aung San Road Sakura Tower Rooftop, Yangon (Rangoon) Myanmar
Morning free time own leisure.
Lunch not included.
Transfer to Thandwe airport.
Flight to Yangon. Reception by your driver and transfer to Yangon International Airport for your flight towards to…
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
Included
- 8x Breakfast
- 4x Lunch
- Accommodation included: 8 nights
- Private transfer (air conditioned modern vehicle)
- Prices are per person based on adult in sharing twin/ double room with daily breakfast
- English speaking stationary guide ( change per station)
- Air tickets / economy class (Yangon – Bagan – Heho – Thandwe – Yangon)
- Domestic airport services charges
- All entrance fees as per itinerary
- Daily bottle of mineral water
- All activities mentioned
- All service charge and government tax
- Entry/Admission - Yangon Yangon
- Entry/Admission - Bagan Temples
- Entry/Admission - Inle Lake
- Entry/Admission - Indein Village
- Entry/Admission - Ngapali Beach
Not included
- Insurance (Highly recommend to take your own insurance before your departure)
- International Airport departure tax, USD 10 per person
- International flight to/from Myanmar
- Personal expenses
- Visa Handling Fee
- Tips to tour guide and driver
- Others not mentioned in the program
- Surcharge for single room
Additional
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Not recommended for travelers with back problems
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Most travelers can participate
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
Features
Tourism
60%
Sport
35%
Cultural
30%
Nightlife
25%
