IN THE MIDDLE OF BURMA

Day 1 : Yangon. Arrival (- / L / D)

On arrival at the airport, you are met by your guide and transferred to your hotel.

Visit Yangon : Walking through the old colonial quarters, visit the Sule Pagoda, the Chauk Htat Gyi Reclining Buddha and the Scott Market. Late afternoon visit the Shwedagon Pagoda. Shwedagon is the most sacred pagoda as it enshrines the relics of the three earlier buddhas and the eight hairs of Gautama Buddha, it rises 99.4 meters and glittering in gold.

Overnight at hotel

Included meals : lunch and dinner.

Day 2 : Yangon – Golden Rock (B / L / D)

Departure to Kyaiktiyo in. On the way, visit the four large Buddha statues at Kyaikpun Pagoda near Pegu. The Arrival at the pilgrimage village is a starting point for the famous Golden Rock. We take a truck until the road Yathetaung platform (the only way to access the site). It will take about 1 hour walking up the hill of the golden rock Kyaiktiyo that rises to 1100 meters. The famous 'Golden Rock' is a sacred, massive gold-leafed boulder delicately balanced on the edge of a cliff near the top of Mt. Kyaik htie yoe and it is one of the most revered Buddhist shrines.

Discovery of the pavilions which burns incense brought by pilgrims from all over Burma on this high place of worship that brings the Burmese minorities and many converted to Buddhism and visit the shrines where there is great fervor that mixes Buddhist worship, the spirits, local superstitions and ancient traditional medicines You will enjoy the sunset at the Golden Rock that offers an exceptional view of the peaks Mon and Karen.

Overnight in hotel in Kyaktiyo.

Included meals : breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Day 3 : Golden Rock – Bago – Yangon (B / L / D)

After breakfast, you walk down the hill and take a truck to pilgrimage village. Then depart with vehicle for Bago, ancient capital of Mon Kingdom in 15th century, which knew a great prosperity during almost 300 years. Enjoy the Bago sightseeing including Shwethalyaung Reclining Buddha (54 meters long), the Kyatkatwine Teaching Monastery (one of the largest monasteries in Myanmar, thousands of monks receive their education at Kyatkatwine) and the Shwemawdaw Pagoda (the pagoda can be seen from as far as 10 km outside the city). Then drive back to Yangon.

Overnight at hotel.

Included meals : breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Note:

- It is possible to use a sedan chair to climb the golden rock - Kyaiktiyo (supplement on place)
- There is a big pilgrimage in December and a festival of Lights in Kyaiktiyo for the full moon (Tazaungmon) in November.

Day 4 : Yangon – Mandalay (B / L / D)

After breakfast, transfer to airport for the flight Yangon-Mandalay. On arrival in Mandalay, a vehicle is waiting for you to drive you to the city. The first visit of the second-largest city and the last royal capital of Burma depend on the arrival time. Visit the Mahamuni Buddha Temple, discovery of the Gold Leaf Manufacture, Shwenandaw Monastery, it’s a monastery made entire out of teak wood with beautiful intricate carvings. Visit the Kuthodaw Paya, Kyauktawgyi paya temple, Sandamuni paya and the Mandalay hill: it’s a 230-meters hill located near Mandalay. On the hill, you will have a panoramic view on the fortress and the whole city.

Overnight at hotel.

Included meals : breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Day 5 : Mandalay – Mingun – Ava – Amarapura – Mandalay (B / L / D)

After breakfast, cruise on the Irrawaddy River until Mingun village. The Mingun temple is a monumental uncompleted, due to an astrologer who claimed that, once the temple was finished, the king would die. Then a carriage tour in the old princely town of Ava. On the way back, stop in Amarapura and crosse the U Bein Bridge. Amarapura is a township of Mandalay, bounded by the Ayeyarwady River in the west.

Overnight at hotel.

Included meals : breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Day 6 : Mandalay – Bagan (B / L / D)

After breakfast, flight the beautiful site of Bagan, it’s an ancient city in the Mandalay Division of Burma: visit the most beautiful sites of Bagan - an ancient city in the Mandalay Division of Burma: Sche Zi Gone pagoda, Mingalazedi Pagoda, Sulamani Temple, Ananda, Myinkaba Gu Byauk Gyi, de Thatbyinnyu, Gawtawpalin, Dhammayan Gyi….Continue to visit the Burma Lacquer factory in New-Bagan and the Archaeological Museum.Sunset over the Pha That Kyi Temple. Overnight at hotel.

Included meals : breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Day 7 : Bagan. Free (B / - / -)

After breakfast at hotel, you have free time for visit Bagan as you wish. You can also rent a bike or carriages or make a balloon fly. Overnight at hotel.

Included meals : breakfast

Day 8 : Bagan – Heho – Pindaya - Inle (B / L / D)

Take a morning flight to Shan and the Inle Lake. On arrival at the Heho airport, your vehicle is waiting to take you to the village Pindaya. Discovery of the famous caves: the 8000 buddha's cave. Then you will visit a handicraft production of Shan Paper. Lunch at a local restaurant. Then you will take the road to Inle. Stop in Shwe Yan Pyay Monastery, it’s a red painted, teak-wood building is an interesting architectural structure on its own.

Overnight at hotel.

Included meals : breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Day 9 : Inle – Indein – Inle (B / L / D)

After breakfast, take a motorized pirogue to visit the Inle Lake. It’s a freshwater lake, situated over 800 meters above sea level and surrounded by mountains, it is mainly populated by Inthas "The son of Lake" living on the shores or in houses on stilts and cultivate many varieties of flowers and vegetables on floating islands made up of land and water hyacinth. Visit the Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda, the Jumping Cat Monastery, the Indein Village and the the silk-weaving village In Paw Khon.

Overnight at hotel.

Included meals : breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Day 10 : Inle – Sagar – Inle (B / L / D)

After breakfast, departure on boat to the south of the Inle Lake, with a local guide. Discover magnificent lake scenery surrounded by green hills along the route to access Sankar, also known as Sagar, who was a city Shan princes from the sixteenth century, the site visit. The lake is 13 miles long, and is densely inhabited by many different tribes.

Visit the market. Every 5 day all the hill tribe people come down from the mountains to buy and sell their goods, such as many different handmade items. The market place is alive with activity and the hill tribe people wear their colorful, uniquely woven national costumes decorated with artistically designed jewelry.

Return to your hotel in the late afternoon.

Overnight at hotel.

Included meals : breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Day 11 : Inle – Heho - Yangon (B / L / D)

Breakfast a hotel, then transfer at the airport (Heho) for the flight Heho-Yangon. Transfer from airport to your hotel.

Overnight at hotel.

Included meals : breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Day 12 : Yangon. Departure (B / - / -)

Free Day in Yangon. Lunch and dinner free. Transfer to the airport.

Included meals : breakfast

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