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Circuit
Tours >> FASCINATING
MYANMAR
(8 days/ 7 nights)
Yangon - Bagan - Mandalay - Heho(Inle) - Yangon
Day 1 Yangon
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- Arrive at Yangon Airport. Welcome
and transfer to hotel by our guide.
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Afternoon visit Colonial District
of downtown Yangon including Bogyoke(Scott) market,
the most colorful and busiest bazaar in Yangon and
National Museum where Lion Throne and Royal Regalia
of last Burmese monarch and several objets de arts
are on display.
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Special evening visit to massive
Shwedagon Pagoda, one of the wonders of the world
for its religious significance, artistic beauty and
its association with Myanmar culture.
- Walk around the pagoda platform
and enjoy the wonders of the pagoda and Buddhist
devotees' way of worshipping.
- Overnight in Yangon.
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Day 2 Yangon - Bagan
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- Morning transfer to airport
for flight to Bagan.
- Upon arrival Bagan, transfer
to your hotel for check-in.
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Morning sightseeing tour
includes Nyaung Oo local market, Shwezigon
Pagoda; the prototype of later Myanmar stupa,
Kyansittha Umin; tunnel with an interesting
feature of painting, Wetkyiinn Gupyaykkyi Temple
with fine mural paintings of Jataka scenes,
Htilominlo Temple; noted for its plaster
curvings, Dhamayangyi Temple; a massive later
period temple with finest brick work in Bagan,
Ananda Temple; the best preserved masterpiece of
Mon Architecture and Tharaba Gate.
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Afternoon sightseeing tour
includes Bagan Archaeology Museum, Thatbyinnyu
Temple; the highest of Bagan Temples and witness
lacquer-ware workshops to see the process of
making lacquer-ware from the basic stage to
finished products ready for sale.
- This afternoon near sunset we
board a small boat to bask in that special
golden light the Irrawaddy, visit the island
village of Selen to savour the timeless
agricultural life, and then disembark to join
the monks in their evensong in the enigmatic Nat
Htaunt Monastery high above the river.
- Overnight in Bagan.
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Day 3 Bagan
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Morning sightseeing tour
includes Apayadana Temple; famous for its mural
paintings of Mahayana Buddhism, Manuha temple
with gigantic Buddha image; a captive king
impression of life in prison, Nanpaya; an early
style Temple with finest stone carvings, Mingala
Zedi, Myingaba Gubyaukkyi Temple and witness the
village life in Myinkabar village.
- Late this afternoon we ascend
the Shwe-hsan-daw Temple in East Bagan to enjoy
the magnificent sight of the temples rising from
the plain of Bagan silhouetted against the
setting sun and the Irrawaddy with its golden
glow.
- Overnight in Bagan.
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Day 4 Bagan - Mandalay
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- Transfer to airport for
flight to Mandalay.
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Upon arrival at Mandalay
airport, drive to Amarapura to visit 1.2km long
U Bein wooden bridge, to witness the daily life
of thousand of Buddhist Monks at Maha Gandayone
Monastery during their lunch time.
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Proceed to Mandalay and
check-in at the hotel.
- Afternoon sightseeing of
Mandalay starts with traditional handicrafts,
wood carving; gold leave making; embroidery;
intricate hand weaving etc.
- Visit Shwenandaw (Golden
Palace) Monastery, noted for its exquisite wood
carvings; Kuthodaw Pagoda, known as the world
biggest book for its 729 marble slabs of the
Buddhist scriptures; Kyauktawgyi Pagoda, a large
Buddha image carved out from a single block of
marble; and Mandalay Hill, a vantage point for
panoramic view of the city.
- In the evening, attend a
Myanmar Marionette theatre.
- Overnight in Mandalay.
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Day 5 Mandalay
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Day 6 Mandalaly - Heho(Inle)
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Day 7 Heho(Inle) - Yangon
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Day 8 Yangon
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