Myanmar Golden Ways
14 Days (Private Tour)
Yangon – Mandalay – Monywa – Bagan – Pindaya – Inle Lake – Yangon

DAY 1 Arrive Yangon

Arrive at Yangon Airport and transfer to your hotel.
In the afternoon, drive down to the downtown area, colonial styles building and India quarter. Visit Sule Pagoda, lies smack in the middle of the city. Then visit to the Bogyoke Aung San Market (Scott Market) is the largest market in Yangon and it is one of the best for souvenir shopping. Enjoy spectacular sunset at Shwedagon Pagoda, towering almost 100 meters above the green cityscape of Yangon. One of the wonders of the world it was believed to have built over 2500 years ago where the Buddha’s relics were enshrined. Transfer back to your hotel. Accommodation at hotel.
 

Day 2 Yangon – Mandalay (BF)

Breakfast. This morning, transfer to Yangon Airport. Air Mandalay or Yangon Airways flight from Yangon to Mandalay (ETD: 0645/ ETA: 0810 – direct). From the airport, start your fullday Mandalay sightseeing with a visit to Mahamuni Pagoda, home to Mandalay’s holiest Buddha statue. In the late morning check into your hotel.
In the afternoon, visit to the finely carved Shwenandaw Monastery, which was once famous King Mindon's home. Then visit to the Kuthodaw Pagoda, famous for its world largest book, surrounding it with 725 marble slabs inscribed with the Tipitaka text (the Three Baskets of the Buddhist Pali canon). Continue to the Kyaukdawgyi Pagoda, famous for its large Buddha statue carved out of a single block of local marble. Enjoy the spectacular sunset at Mandalay Hill, 230 metres in elevation, commands a magnificent view of the city and surrounding countryside. Accommodation at hotel, Mandalay.

Day 3 Mandalay – Maymyo – Mandalay (BF)

Breakfast.This morning, drive up to Maymyo (Pyin Oo Lwin), a cool hill station, over 1,000 m above sea level, founded during colonial times and a worthwhile 64 km side trip from Mandalay. Here visitors can enjoy beautiful scenery, a cool climate and nostalgic atmosphere of former days with its old buildings and botanical gardens. Late afternoon, drive down to Mandalay. Accommodation at hotel, Mandalay.
Day 4 Mandalay – Mingun – Sagaing – Ava – Mandalay (BF)
Breakfast. This morning visit Mingun by boat, located about 11 km upriver from Mandalay on the western banks of the Ayeyarwaddy River. Arrive at Mingun visit around Mingun. It is a town well-known for its 90 tons Mingun Bell, the largest ringing bell in the world, a mammoth unfinished Mingun Pagoda, Settawya Pagoda and Hsinbyume Pagoda. Then, continue by boat to Sagaing, Sagaing was an ancient capital, Sagaing lies 21 km south west of Mandalay, beside the Ayeyarwaddy River. Visit Sagaing Hill, Sagaing Hills are dotted with pagodas and there are over 500 monasteries, a retreat for some 6000 monks and nuns. Visit Kaunghmudaw Pagoda (a copy of the Mahaceti Pagoda in Sri Lanka).
In the afternoon, sail along the Ayeyarwaddy River to In-Wa (Ava), Ava was the ancient capital, known as the Kingdom of In-wa during the Second Myanmar Empire. Visit Maha Aungmye Bonzan Monastery, Bagaya Monastery and if time allows visit Lacquerware Industry. In the early evening return to Mandalay. Accommodation at hotel, Mandalay.

Day 5 Mandalay – Monywa (BF)

Breakfast. In the morning, drive about 3 hours to Monywa (135 km) which is located northwest of Mandalay and on the eastern bank of Chindwin River. On the way, we visit Thanboddhay, which lies (10 km) from Monywa. It has over 500000 Buddha figures. It took just 12 years to build, from 1939 to 1951 and the man responsible for its construction was a famous abbot who financed it with donations from the general populace. Then, visit local market.
In the afternoon, visit Hpo-win-taung were created during the Bagan era. In this manmade cave, figures of Buddha have been carved out of ht living rock. Continue visit Shwe-ba-taung.
Return back to Monywa. Accommodation at hotel, Monywa.

Day 6 Monywa – Pakokku – Bagan (BF)

Breakfast. This morning, drive to Pakokku, one of the large harbor towns near the confluence of the Ayeyarwaddy and the Chindwin River. Arrive Pakokku and visit local market.
In the afternoon, take a ferry boat and towards to Bagan. Arrival at Bagan Jetty and transfer to your hotel. Accommodation at hotel, Bagan.

Day 7 Bagan (BF)

Breakfast. Start your fullday Bagan sightseeing with a visit to Nyaung Oo local market. Visit to Shwezigon Pagoda, totally coated with gleaming gold, and the large bulbous bell-shaped stupa. It is also Bagan’s most important reliquary shrine – look out for images of the 37 ‘nat’ housed in a small hall. Visit to see 12th Century frescoes adorning the corridors of Kyansittha ‘Cave’ Temple. Visit Gubyaukgyi (Wetgyi Inn), this early 13th century temple displays a strong influence of Indian cultural. Inside are the wall paintings and 28 Buddha images in sitting position. Photo stop at Ywa Haung Gyi Temple, Visit Htilominlo, the last Barmar style temple built in Bagan, with old murals and friezes. Continue to Ananda Temple, a whitewashed masterpiece of Mon architecture with four standing Buddhas, and the adjacent brick monastery from the Early Bagan era with well – preserved murals.
In the afternoon, visit Archeological Museum. Continue visit to the Shwesandaw Pagoda, displays a strong Mon influence. Visit to the Dammayangyi Temple, which is one of the most impressive edifices in all of Bagan and it built in the middle of 12th century. Then visit Sulamani Temple, known for its murals dating from 11th-12th century and built by King Narapatisithu. Then, visit the Mingalarzedi, which is located near the riverside of great Ayeyarwaddy River. Accommodation at hotel, Bagan.
Breakfast

Day 8 Bagan (BF)

Breakfast. This morning, start your full day Bagan sightseeing tour with a visit to see Nagayone paya, Continue visit Manuha Paya, by appearance, it looks quite ordinary, but once inside you'll have to clamber round four gigantic Buddha statues squashed tightly inside the modest structure. Then visit Nanpaya Temple, built in the Mon style with intricate stone carvings, and said once to have been Manuha’s residence. Visit to the Gubyaukgyi (Myingaba), continue visit Myazedi, it is worth to see Myanmar’s “Rosetta Stone”, bearing inscriptions written in four languages.
In the afternoon, car and guide at disposal. Accommodation at hotel, Bagan.
Breakfast

Day 9 Bagan – Popa – Salay – Bagan (BF)

Breakfast. This morning, drive out of Bagan to visit Mount Popa. Mount Popa locates some 50km southeast of Bagan, Mount Popa, 1500 metres high, is an extinct volcano. It is the legendary home of the 'nats' or spirits. The Mount Popa area has also been designated as a National Park.
In the afternoon, drive back to Bagan and on the way back Bagan visit Salay (Sa-Lay). It is a small town about 15km south of Bagan, down the Ayeyarwaddy River. And Then visit U Pone Nya Museum, formerly the Yoke Sone Monastery, exhibits antique lacquerwares, wooden reliefs and a large standing glided Buddha image. The figures carved outside the front of the building are worth seeing. Then, drive back to Bagan. Accommodation at hotel, Bagan.

Day 10 Bagan – Heho - Pindaya (BF)

Breakfast. Transfer to Bagan Airport and take Air Mandalay or Yangon Airways flight to Heho (ETD: 0810 / ETA: 0920 – via Mandalay). Arrive at Heho Airport and drive up to Pindaya, well known for its extensive limestone caves. Check into your hotel.
In the afternoon, visit to the Pindaya Cave, the caves are set deep in the hillsides and there stands at the entrance, a 15 meter high Shwe U Min Pagoda. There are some 6000 Buddha images and interesting stalactite. And then, visit to Shan Paper and umbrella making place.
If time is allow visit to the local people houses. Accommodation at hotel, Pindaya.

Day 11 Pindaya – Inle Lake (BF)

Breakfast. This morning, drive down to Nyaung Shwe and board your private boat and transfer to your hotel.
In the afternoon, visit to the Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda, one of the famous principal shrines in Myanmar, this pagoda houses five small Buddha images. Once a year, in end September or early October, there is a pagoda festival during which the four Buddha images are rowed around the Lake in a colourful barge. Then visit to the old Nga Phe Monastery, fondly known as the jumping cats’ monastery. If time allows, stop to see silk weaving on wooden handlooms. And also visit local blacksmiths workshops. Accommodation at hotel, Inle Lake.

Day 12 Inle Lake – Indaing – Inle Lake (BF)

Breakfast. This morning, take boat tour to Indaing, at the western end of the Lake. The boat takes you through a long channel where you watch the farmers cultivate their produce. This ride is one of the most scenic boat tours on Lake Inle. In the afternoon, return to your hotel. Accommodation at hotel, Inle Lake.

Day 13 Inle Lake – Yangon (BF)

Breakfast. This morning, leave your hotel by boat and then drive to Heho Airport. Air Mandalay or Yangon Airways flight from Heho to Yangon (approx – 0840/1100 – direct). Arrive at Yangon Airport and transfer to your hotel.
In the afternoon, visit Chauk Htat Gyi Pagoda, huge 72 metre Reclining Buddha. Continue visit the National Museum, located on Pyay Road. The National Museum has five floors of exhibits. It displays the Lion Throne, the Elephant Throne, the Royal Regalia, manuscripts, paintings, etc. Later walk along the Yangon River to enjoy the river view and the busy harbour area. Accommodation at hotel, Yangon.

Day 14 Yangon departure (BF)

Breakfast. Transfer to Yangon Airport for your departure flight…

Our prices are based on following hotels:

Deluxe Hotels
YANGON Traders Hotel (Deluxe room)
MANDALAY Mandalay Hill Resort (Superior room)
MONYWA Win Unity Resort
BAGAN Thante Hotel (Deluxe room)
PINDAYA Conqueror Hotel (Superior room)
INLE LAKE Regal Resort (Junior Suite)

Superior Hotels
YANGON Summit Parkview Hotel (Superior room)
MANDALAY Emerald Land Inn (Superior room)
MONYWA Win Unity Resort
BAGAN Thazin Garden Hotel (Superior room)
PINDAYA Conqueror Hotel (Superior room)
INLE LAKE Regal Resort (Superior room)

Standard Hotels
YANGON Panorama Hotel (Superior room)
MANDALAY Myint Phyar Ayeyar Hotel (Superior room)
MONYWA Win Unity Resort
BAGAN Thiri Malar Hotel (Superior room)
PINDAYA Conqueror Hotel (Superior room)
INLE LAKE Royal Orchid Hotel (Superior room)

Following prices are valid from 01 October 2005 – 30 April 2006

Prices with throughout guide (Language of your choice) and Breakfast only

Prices with English speaking station guides and Breakfast only

Above prices are based on net per person in US dollar and non commissionable.

NOTE: If 15 full paying participants 1 per is FOC in single room

THERE WILL BE SUPPLEMENT FOR SUCH AS CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR PERIOD.

Included in our prices:

• Private air-conditioned car during sightseeing and transfers services (Saloon, mini bus, bus)
• Hotel Accommodation as specified (see above hotel categories for your choice)
• With breakfast only throughout the whole
• Domestic flight ticket with Air Mandalay or Yangon Airways flight as specified in itinerary (including insurance surcharge for domestic airlines)
• Boat trip as specified
• Local guide throughout (Language of your choice: English, German, French, Italian, ect…) (or) different English speaking local guides in different places (see above for your choice)

Not include in our prices:

• Services no mentioned in our itinerary
• Beverages
• Personal expenses
• All entrance fees
• International airport tax