BIG 3 of MYANMAR : Feel & Touch Myanmar – 7 days/6 nights

Itinerary

Day 1: ARRIVE IN YANGON (1 NIGHT)

Pass By: Yangon International Airport, Yangon Airport Rd, Yangon, Myanmar (Burma)
Upon arrival at Yangon airport, meet your Yangon guide and transfer to your hotel. It is time for a brief Introduction to holiday and just relaxing to adjust the time zone.

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight at Lotte Hotel, a 5 star Hotel or Similar ranking hotel

Day 2: YANGON – FLY TO BAGAN (2 NIGHTS)

Stop At: Nyaung U Market, Village of Nyaung U, Bagan Myanmar
Gives you the great photo opt, and also time to mingle with locals or just watch their daily lives.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Shwezigon Paya, Bagan Myanmar
An ancient Myanmar architectural styles in the 11th to13th centuries, Shwezigon Pagoda, which is Bagan’s most important reliquary shrine – lookout for images of the 37 ‘nats’ housed in a small hall.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Gubyaukgyi temple Wetkyi, anawrahta Rd Wetkyi-in village Nyaung U North East of old Bagan, Nyaung U, Bagan Myanmar
A cave temple with fine frescoes of the ‘Jataka Tales’ (previous births of "Guatama Buddha").
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Ananda Temple, Beside Anawrahta Road, Bagan 05232 Myanmar
A whitewashed masterpiece of Mon architecture with four standing Buddhas, and the adjacent brick monastery from the early Bagan era with well-preserved murals.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Thatbyinnyu Phaya, Old Bagan, Myanmar (Burma)
Make a photo stop at the tallest temple measuring 61 meters – Thatbyinnyu known as ‘temple of omniscience’.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Dhammayan Gyi Temple, Old Bagan, Myanmar (Burma)
A massive-looking temple dating from 1170 that is famous for its interlocking mortarless brickwork.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Shwesandaw Pagoda, Bagan Myanmar
We’ll crown off the day by enjoying the lovely sunset.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at Amata Garden Resort Bagan, a 4 star Hotel or Similar ranking hotel

Day 3: CONTINUE TOURING IN BAGAN

Stop At: Dhammayazaka(Dhammayazika) Pagoda, Myanmar (Burma)
the biggest pentagonal base stupa in Bagan, built-in 1196 AD
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Paya Thone Zu Temple, Bagan Myanmar
Three shrines of Payathonzu with its small perforated windows allowing the light to come in. Good spot to photo around this area!
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Shwe la Yaung Lacquer Ware Workshop, New Bagan, Bagan Myanmar
OR we can visit another lacquer workshop where we can watch craftsmen skillfully making this most famous of Bagan’s renowned handicrafts.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: LawKa Nandar Monastery, Bagan Myanmar
(better arrive around 10h30) where all the monks about 100 are lined up to take their lunch.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Minnanthu Village, Bagan Myanmar
Alternatively, we can visit another village like Phwar Saw. Villages in Bagan are a perfect example of how locals live, and good photo opportunity.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Nanpaya, New Bagan, Bagan Myanmar
It was built in the Mon style with intricate stone carvings and said once to have been exile King Manuha’s residence.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Manuha Temple, Bagan Myanmar
Manuha who was a king from Thahton, lowere Burma, had been defeated and brought to Bagan as a captive by King Anawrahta of Bagan. .See the four huge Buddha images housed in very narrow shelter. Perhaps that detained king purposely put the images in such cramped positions to denote his feelings under detention in Bagan.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Nyaunglaphet Sunset Hill, Nyaung U, Bagan Myanmar
A good spot for either sunrise or sunset with the widest view of all the Bagan temples.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at Amata Garden Resort Bagan, a 4 star Hotel

Day 4: FLY TO HEHO – NYUANGSHWE – INLE SIGHTSEEING (2 NIGHTS)

Stop At: Inle Lake, Nyaungshwe Myanmar
This morning we depart for the airport and board your flight to Heho, gateway to explore southern Shan State including Lake ILE. On arrival, meet your Inle guide and drive to NYAUNGSHWE, the gateway village to Inle Lake. See Shan traditional paper parasol handicraft shop on the way. Make a photo stop at the ancient wooden Shwe Yan Pyay Monastery on the way. We'll then transfer to jetty and board a private long boat to your hotel for check-in. Shortly afterwards, we’ll head out onto Inle Lake, the natural wonder of this magnificent vast waterway and one of Myanmar’s most spectacular sights. We pass villages built on stilts over the lake, inhabited by Intha people, the leg-rowing fishermen of the lake and see their floating gardens built up from strips of water hyacinth and mud and anchored to the bottom with bamboo poles. We’ll stops for visits at the ancient NGA PHE CHAUNG (formerly known as jumping cats) Monastery and its ancient Shan Buddhas and PHAUNG DAW OO PAGODA, the lake’s main sanctuary. Other visits include the weaving village of INPAWKHONE, A SILVERSMITTH WORK SHOP & SHOWROOM, a cheroot cottage where the typical Burmese cigars are made by hand. We’ll Return to the hotel and finish the visits of the lake for the day. The balance of the day can be spent at leisure.
Duration: 5 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at Amata Inle Resort, a 4 star Hotel or Similar ranking hotel

Day 5: INNDEIN EXCURSION

Stop At: Inle Lake, Nyaungshwe Myanmar
After breakfast, we head to the morning market on the lake. Rotating around villages on and near the lake in a 5-day rhythm, a colorful market visited by lake inhabitants and surrounding hill tribes is held daily (except on new and full moon days). From the middle of the lake, continue down a small canal leading to the Pa-oh village of Inndein. After a walk around the village, passing a local school, take the covered stairway to the beautiful Alaung Sitthou area where ancient stupas are partly covered by vegetation. From here there is a magnificent view over the lake. Return to the lake and finish the visits of the lake in the afternoon. Return to your hotel and the balance of the day is free.
Duration: 5 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at Amata Inle Resort, a 4 star Hotel

Day 6: FLY BACK TO YANGON - SIGHSEEING (1 NIGHT)

Stop At: Yangon Lokanat Building (Formerly Sofaer’s Building), 58-62 Pansodan Street, Yangon (Rangoon) Myanmar
Today we depart for the airport and our flight back to Yangon. Upon arrival in this capital city, we transfer to our hotel. We’ll then head off for a day of sightseeing in Yangon. Walk around Colonial architecture lining Strand Road - A walk along the Strand or Pansodan St is said like strolling down Pall Mall mixed with all the distressed grandeur of Havana! Infact Yangon has many large colonial buildings including high court, general post office, former secretariat building, St Paul boarding school, and the legendary Strand hotel, built in 1896, once described as the "leading hotel of the East", Originally called “Sofaer’s Building”, it was designed by Issace A Sofaer, a Jewish trader from Baghdad. Its' original tiles imported from Manchester over 100 years ago, still can be seen. It’s time to photo of Sule Pagoda, an octagonal golden stupa, dating back over 2,000 years; nearby city hall, a Baptist church and an Islam mosque.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Bogyoke Aung San Market, No 66 67, 68, 69, 78, 79 East D Pabedan, Yangon (Rangoon) 11141 Myanmar
A major bazaar located in central Yangon, Myanmar. Known for its colonial architecture and inner cobblestone streets, the market is a major tourist destination, dominated by antique, Burmese handicraft and jewelry shops, art galleries, and clothing stores.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Chauk Htat Kyi Pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar (Burma)
Houses one of the most revered reclining Buddha images, 66 meters (217 ft) long, and one of the largest in Burma.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon (Rangoon) Myanmar
Crown off the day with visiting the great Shwedagon Pagoda. Witness the golden dome, covered with 60 tons of pure gold, glistening as the sun sets
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at Lotte Hotel, a 5 star Hotel or Similar ranking hotel

Day 7: DEPART YANGON

Pass By: Yangon International Airport, Yangon Airport Rd, Yangon, Myanmar (Burma)
Today is at leisure until at appropriate time, you’ll be transferred to Yangon Airport.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.