Yangon – Mandalay – Bagan – Kalaw – Inle Lake – Pindaya – Yangon

10 Days / 9 Nights

Day 1: Yangon. Arrive Yangon Airport and transfer to hotel with afternoon at leisure. Evening visit to the Shwedagon Pagoda. Overnight in Yangon.

Day 2:  Yangon – Mandalay. Morning Tour Highlights: Yangon’s Chaukhtatkyi – the Reclining Buddha, Meditation Centre, Karaweik Hall and Royal Barge on the Kandawgyi Royal Lake. Afternoon Tour Highlights: Sule Pagoda, National Museum, and Bogyoke Aung San (Scott) Market. Evening transfer from your hotel to Yangon Railway Station. Overnight on train to Mandalay (14 hours).

Day 3: Mandalay. Arrive Mandalay Railway Station and transfer to hotel for breakfast. Morning Tour Highlights: Mahamuni Pagoda, marble caving, Buffalo Point and Zegyo Market. Afternoon Tour Highlights: Mandalay Royal Palace Moat, tradition silk weaving and handicrafts workshops. Shwenandaw (Golden Palace) Monastery, Atumashi Pagoda, Kuthodaw Pagoda and Mandalay Hill, Overnight in Mandalay.

Day 4: Mandalay, Sagaing & Amarapura. Morning Tour Highlights: Amarapura’s Maha Ghandayon Monastery, U Bein Wooden Bridge and silk and cotton longyi weaving workshops. Afternoon Tour Highlights: Cross the Ayeyarwaddy River over the Inwa (Ava) Bridge to silver craftsmen in Ywataung Village and Sagaing Hills, Visit Mandalay’s traditional handicraft workshops for marble work, gold leaf and tapestry. Overnight in Mandalay.

Day 5:  Mandalay – Bagan. Morning departure by road for Bagan (6 hours drive). Visit Mt. Popa and sanctuary at the summit. Arrive for evening sunset from Bagan’s Bupaya Pagoda on the banks of the Ayeyarwaddy River.
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Optional early morning departure by local river ferry to Bagan along the Ayeyarwaddy River. Overnight in Bagan.

Day 6: Bagan. Morning Tour Highlights: Temples and pagodas – Mingalazedi, Gawdawpalin, Shwezigon, Kyansittha Umin, Wetkyi- in Gubyaukkyi, Htilominlo, Ananda, Thatbyinnyu, the Tharaba Gate and lacquerware workshops. Afternoon Tour Highlights: Temples and pagodas – Shwesandaw, Shinpin Thalyaung, Myinkaba village, Manuha, Nanpaya and Lawkananda at sunset. Overnight in Bagan. 

Day 7:  Bagan – Kalaw. Morning departure by road for Kalaw (8 hours drive). Travellers who came to Bagan by river ferry will visit Mt. Popa and sanctuary at the summit on the way to Kalaw. Scenic drive up through the Shan Hills to Kalaw, a pine – clad hill station. Overnight in Kalaw.

Day 8:  Kalaw – Inle Lake. Tour Highlights: Scenic drive from Kalaw to Inle Lake for full day excursion by private boat to see the unique one- legged rowers, Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda, markets and gardens, traditional weaving workshops and village life on the lake. Overnight at Inle Lake.

Day 9: Inle Lake – Pindaya – Yangon. Tour Highlights: Early morning drive to Pindaya to visit Pindaya Caves, lake and local handicrafts. Afternoon drive to Thazi for overnight train to Yangon. Overnight on train.

Day 10: Yangon. Arrive Yangon Railway Station and transfer for breakfast and refreshments. Visit Kaba Aye Pagoda, Maha Pasana Guha Cave, Buddhist Art Museum. Transfer to Yangon Airport for departure flight. 

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