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16 Days 15 Nights itinerary Soft Active Tours Myanmar

16 Days 15 Nights Myanmar Tour       

Yangon – Bagan – Mandalay – Kalaw – Inle – Yangon

Day Itinerary Overnight Transportation

 

 Local Guide
1 Yangon arrival (11:05) and sightseeing in Yangon Yangon Car –
2 Yangon city walking tours and afternoon sightseeing by car and night bus to Bagan Night Bus Car Local Guide
3 Arrive to Bagan and sightseeing

 

 Bagan Car –
4 Bagan sightseeing with bicycle and sunset on Temple or hill Bagan Cycle –
5 Afternoon 2 pm, Bagan boat tours in Ayeyarwaddy to the nearby villages for meeting the lovely people and Ayeyarwaddy sunset viewing Bagan Boat Local Guide
6 Drive to Mandalay with private car (3 hours drive only) Mandalay Car –
7 Mandalay city tours and sunset at Mandalay Hill Mandalay Car –
8 Mandalay – Sagaing – Mingun and sunset at U Bein Bridge for photo Mandalay Car Local Guide
9 Mandalay to Kalaw by shuttle bus  (depart 9:00 hr and arrive 13:00 hr) and free afternoon in this small town Kalaw Transfer Car/ Bus/Transfer Car –
10 Kalaw to Inle trekking

(Meals-BF, L, D )

 Village Home stay Trekking Guide
11 Kalaw to Inle trekking

(Meals-BF, L, D )

 Village Home stay Trekking Guide
12 Trekking in the morning and after lunch, arrive to Inle

(Meals- Bf+ L)

 Nyaung Shwe Trekking/Boat Trekking Guide
13 Inle Lake sightseeing Nyaung  Shwe Boat –
14 Inle Lake boat tours to Indein Nyaung Shwe Boat Local Guide
15 Inle – Heho fly to Yangon Yangon Transfer car/Flight/Transfer Car –
16 International departure at 01:50 – Transfer Car –

 

Day 1. Yangon arrival and sightseeing

Arrival Yangon by morning international flight upon arrival on your arrival time, we will welcome and then transfer to the hotel. Then visit to down town an enchanting journey of the everyday life in Yangon, visit “Sule” Pagoda (window sightseeing), colonial style building, City Hall, “Botahtaung” Pagoda where Strand road, “Chaukhtatgyi” the colossal reclining Buddha Image, glittering stupas. As the evening approaches, we arrive at Myanmar’s holiest monument, the Shwedagon Pagoda over 2,600 years ago. Enjoy your sunset a towering stupa covered with 60 tons of pure gold leaf.  Tour ends at 6 pm.

Overnight in Yangon.

 

Day 2. Yangon lifestyles (Breakfast) and night bus to Bagan

Today you will be enjoying the walking tours in Yangon Downtown starting with a visit to the  local market in the morning and also going to see the jetty of Yangon where you can see the workers from the other side of the city come to the city with water ferry. If you interested, you can ride the ferry across the river as well.

Then in the afternoon, you will be visiting infront of the house of Aung San Su Kyi where she was house arrested. Then you will be visiting the Kandaw Gyi lake and Floating Karaweik of Yangon. You can take great scenic photos and also can enjoy the fresh air of the Garden and lake. Night Bus to Bagan in the evening.

Overnight on night bus.

 

Day 3. Arrive to Bagan and sightseeing among temples

Arrive to Bagan, you will transfer to your hotel and check in at your hotel and relaxing. And then, you will visit to the famous temples of Bagan with private car.  Tour ends at 6 pm.
Overnight at Bagan.

 

Day 4. Bagan sightseeing with bicycle (Breakfast)

Breakfast at your Bagan hotel and then a full day tour with bicycle to some of magnificent stapes and temples of a bygone era of between 11th & 13th centuries selected out from over 2217 of them followed by a visit to a traditional lacquer ware workshop.

Overnight at Bagan.

 

Day 5. Bagan boat trip to village nearby (Breakfast)

Morning relax to your hotel. In the afternoon,  trip to Kyun Village at 2 pm by boat. There are more than 200 houses at the village. They grow seasonal crops in plantations (Tomato, Onion, Bean, Eggplant). You can visit to village. And back to Bagan by boat, and watch the sun set on the boat if time is favorable and back to your hotel and relaxing.

Overnight at Bagan.

 

Day 6. Drive to Mandalay  (Breakfast)

After breakfast at your Hotel, you will be transported to the trip to Mandalay with private car (approximate at 3-4 hour drive). And arrive to Mandalay, you will visit to Mandalay city. And back to your hotel and relaxing. Tour end at 6 pm.
Overnight at Mandalay.

 

Day 7. Mandalay sightseeing (Breakfast)

After breakfast, Mandalay City tour starts with morning visit to Mahamuni Image and then you can visit to Gold-leaf Beating workshop is the place so unique that you can see in Mandalay. And then the Golden Palace Monastery (Shwe Nan Daw Kyaung), Kuthodaw Pagoda and World largest Books and then you will be sunset at Mandalay Hill. Tour end at 6 pm.

Overnight in Mandalay.

 

Day 8. Sagaing – Mingun  and sunset at U Bein (Breakfast)

After Breakfast, You will visit to Sagaing.  You will drive to the little town of Mingun.  Even from a distance, one can see from the boat the massive ruins of the Mantara Gyi Pagoda (commonly known as Mingun Pahtodawgyi), which was built by King Bodawpaya to be the biggest padoda in the world and was originally intended to reach a height of 152 meters. Sightseeing in this beautiful small town beside the Ayeyarwaddy river: Highlights are Mingun Bell (Another relic of Bodaypaya’s mega mania is the Mingun Bell. With a height of 3.7 meters, it is said to be the largest working bell in the world), Pahtodawgyi Unfinished Pagoda, Mya Thein Tan Pagoda (Hsinbyume Pagoda (Myatheindan Pagoda), built by King Bagyidaw – a grandson of Bodawpaya – in 1816, in memory of his favourite wife. Its unusual architecture is quite striking.) In the afternoon, you will be visiting to the famous U Bein Wooden Bridge: The bridge was built from wood reclaimed from the former royal palace in Inwa. It features 1,086 pillars that stretch out of the water: which is the favorite site for the photographers for the sunset.  Tour ends at 6 pm.

Overnight at Mandalay.

 

Day 9. Mandalay to Kalaw (free day) by shuttle bus (Breakfast)

After breakfast, Mandalay to Kalaw by shuttle bus  (depart 9:00 hr and arrive 13:00 hr) and free afternoon in this small town.

Overnight at Kalaw.

 

Day 10. Kalaw to Inle trekking (Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner)

After breakfast, you can start at 8:30 am and then 9:00 after pass through town get to the way of trek. And arrive to Pin Nwe village at 10 am. You will get to the view point ( one the best place ). You have a Luch break. And then you will trek to Hin Khar Kong village and train Station of Myin Tike ( Tea Break ). And you will arrive to Ywar Pu village of Da nu (17:00).

Overnight at village.

 

Day 11. Kalaw to Inle trekking (Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner)

After breakfast , you will start to walk from Village (7:30 am). You will visit to Lamin Village, Pin Nwe village, Paw Ke’ village. And then you have to Lunch Break at Kon Hla villager house. And then you will start to walk to Long great views of the Shan Mountain Range. And then you will arrive to Pauk Tu village of Pa O people.

Overnight at village.

 

Day 12. Kalaw to Inle trekking (Breakfast/Lunch)

After breakfast, you will start the trek at 8:00 am. You can visit to Htei Thein Village, Taun Thu, Kyauk Su Village (Tea break) And Than Daung (Lunch break at village restaurant). And then end of trekking tour, continue to boat trip one and half hour.  You will arrive to Nyaung Shwe at 15:00 and you will check in at you hotel and relaxing.

Overnight at Nyaung Shwe.

 

Day 13. Inle Lake sightseeing (Breakfast)

After breakfast, Full day tour on the outrageously beautiful lake by private boat to see the (Nga Phe Kyaung) monastery, an ancient monastery famous for its Shan Buddha images, region’s most revered Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda, traditional silk weaving looms at Inn Paw Khon village, Burmese cats at Inthar heritage restaurant, the silversmith workshop. The highlights of this boat tour also includes the unique lifestyle of Inn Thar people… the leg rowers, floating gardens, fishermen with strange fishing gears etc.  Tour ends at 6 pm.

Over night at Nyaung Shwe.

Day 14. Indein Visit (Breakfast)

     

In the morning, you will visit the lake market to explore daily life of local people and their traditional products.

After that, you will go to the Indein Village(a small Pa O Tribe Village) through a narrow canal with beautiful natural landscape to see the Ancient Stupas which were donated by the Bagan King Alaung Si Thu( Grandson of King Kyan Sit Tha). The main stupa-area on the top of the hill offers breathtaking views over the surrounding mountains and down to the valley and the lake in the far distance.

Overnight in Nyaung Shwe.

 

Day 15. Inle drive to Heho and fly back to Yangon (Breakfast)

After Breakfast, you will drive from Nyaung Shwe to Heho (approximate 1 hour). Arrive back to Yangon for international departure.

 

Day 16. Yangon for international Departure

Transfer to Yangon International Airport for departure international flight (1:50).

End of program…

 

Inclusions:

  1. Hotel cost (2- stars) 12 nights & two night village stay with breakfasts,
  2. Airport Transfer with private car as mentioned above,
  3. Jetty Transfer to and from Hotel with private cars as mentioned above,
  4. Night Buses (without breakfast) (Yangon to Bagan)
  5. Sightseeing with private cars as mentioned above,
  6. Boat fees (Bagan and Inle)
  7. Bicycle rental fees (Bagan),
  8. Trekking Guide fees as mentioned date (Day 10, Day 11 and Day 12)
  9. Home stay charges (Day 10 and 11)
  10. Porter fee for the luggage & Bags
  11. Lunch and dinner during trekking (Day 10 and 11)
  12. Local English language guide fees ( Day 2, 5, 8 and 14)

 

Exclusions:

  1. Entrance Fee to Inle Lake ( 10 USD/pax )
  2. Tip to guide and porter
  3. Meals, where not mentioned
  4. Guide fees, where not mentioned
  5. Flight ticket (Heho to Yangon)
  6. Entrance fees
  7. International flights,
  8. Drinks, tips and personal expenses,
  9. Insurance, & Visa fee for Myanmar,
  10. Betterplaces booking fees,
  11. Other cost not mentioned in the inclusions.

 

Hotels:

       Yangon:       Beauty Land Hotel II, Cherry Guest House, Ocean Pearl Inn, Royal White Elephant Hotel,                                Hotel 63 or similar

Bagan:           Umbra Hotel or similar

Mandalay:   82, Mingalar Hotel, Hotel G-Seven, Royal Yadanarbon, Shwe Phyu Hotel or similar

Kalaw:           Nature Land Hotel, Winner Hotel, Unique Bed & Breakfast, Golden Kalaw Inn,

Junchtion Rose or similar

      Inle:          Shwe Inn Tha Floating resort or similar

18 Days 17 Nights Active Myanmar Tours

18 Days 17 Nights Active Myanmar Tour

Yangon – Bagan – Mandalay – Hsipaw – Kalaw –Inle – Yangon

Day Itinerary Transport Overnight Guide
1. Yangon Arrival and sightseeing by car Car Yangon Local Guide
2. Yangon sightseeing walking tour and evening flight to Bagan Walking tour Bagan Local Guide
3. Bagan arrival and sightseeing by e bike E Bike Bagan Local Guide
4. Bagan sightseeing E Bike Bagan Local Guide
5. Drive from Bagan to Mandalay and then Mandalay sightseeing by car or walking tours, Car Mandalay Local Guide
6. Mandalay – Sagaing Hill and Mingun Car Mandalay Local Guide
7 Mandalay to Hsipaw Train Train Hsipaw –
8. Hsipaw Shan villages trek and Boat trip in river Trekking and Boat ride Hsipaw Trekking Guide
9. Hsipaw Trekking to Palaung Villages Trekking Village Home Stay Trekking Guide
10. Hsipaw Trekking to Palaung Villages Trekking Hsipaw Trekking Guide
11. Hsipaw sightseeing and then drive to Kalaw Walking tours and car Kalaw Local Guide in Morning, no guide from Hsipaw to Kalaw car trip
12. Arrive to Kalaw and walking tours around the small town Walking tours Kalaw –
13. Kalaw to Inle Lake trekking Trekking Village Home Stay Trekking Guide
14. Kalaw to Inle Lake trekking Trekking Village Home Stay Trekking Guide
15. Inle Lake arrival and sightseeing by boat Boat Nyaung Shwe Local Guide
16. Inle Lake sightseeing by boat Boat Nyaung Shwe Local Guide
17. Inle Lake east side trekking to villages Trekking Nyaung Shwe Local Guide
18. Yangon Arrival and International departure Car/ Flight/Car Local guide

 

Day 1. Yangon Arrival and sightseeing by car(Breakfast)

Arrival Yangon by morning international flight upon arrival on your arrival time, your Myanmar representative & your English language guide will welcome and then transfer to the hotel. Then visit to down town an enchanting journey of the everyday life in Yangon “Botahtaung” Pagoda where Strand road, “Chaukhtatgyi” the colossal reclining Buddha Image, glittering stupas and then visit the Kandawgyi Park and Karaweik Floating Restauanrt.  The highlight is the street life of day to day city people.

As the evening approaches, we arrive at Myanmar’s holiest monument, the Shwedagon Pagoda over 2,600 years ago. Enjoy your sunset a towering Big Stupa covered with 60 tons of pure gold leaf. The highlight is the place where you can see Myanmar traditional believe of Buddihism as well as Sprirtual believes.  Tour ends at 6 pm.

Overnight in Yangon.

 

Day 2. Yangon sightseeing walking tour and then evening flight to Bagan(Breakfast)

Today walking tour visit to down town an enchanting journey of the everyday life in Yangon, visit “Sule” Pagoda (window sightseeing), colonial style building, City Hall and then Scott’s Market. Then go to the Yangon Domestic airport by car for the evening flight to Bagan.

Overnight in Bagan.

 

Day 3. Bagan arrival and sightseeing by e bike(Breakfast)

You will be picked up at your arrival to Bagan and have sightseeing to the famous temples of Bagan.  Tour ends at 6 pm.
Over Night at Bagan.

 

Day 4. Bagan sightseeing among temples by e-bikes (Breakfast)

Breakfast at your Bagan hotel and then a full day tour with e-bikes to some of magnificent stapes and temples of a bygone era of between 11th & 13th centuries selected out from over 2217 of them followed by a visit to a traditional lacquer ware workshop. You can also visit to the small villages near Bagan town where you can still see the traditional Myanmar style village life. Tour ends at 6 pm.

Overnight in Bagan.

 

Day 5. Drive from Bagan to Mandalay  and then Mandalay sightseeing by car or walking tours (Breakfast)

Early morning check out to morning bus to Mandalay, on arriving there, you will be visiting Mandalay City tour is including Mahamuni Image, Marble carving workshop, Tapestry making home cottage, Gold-leaf Beating workshop, Shwenandaw Monastery. Kuthodaw Pagoda and Mandalay Hill watching the sunset of unforgettable scenery. Tour ends at 6 pm.

Overnight at Mandalay.

 

Day 6. Mandalay – Sagaing Hill and Mingun(Breakfast)

Boat trip to Mingun. Sightseeing Mingun Bell. Patodawgyi Unfinished Pagoda and surrounding village. Tour ends at 6 pm.

Overnight at Mandalay.

 

Day 7. Mandalay to Hsipaw Train via the Goathtike Viaduct (Breakfast)

After breakfast at your lovely hotel, you will be transferred station to catch the train which leaves Mandalay very early morning. Along the way, you can enjoy the amazing beauties of Nothern Shan State and especially when you crossing through world famous Gokehtaik Viaduct railway bridge. Tours ends on arrival to Hsipaw.

Over night in Hsipaw.

 

Day 8. Hsipaw Trekking to Palaung Villages (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)

Overnight in Trekking Village.

 

Day 9. Hsipaw Trekking to Palaung Villages (Breakfast,Lunch and Dinner)

Overnight at Village House

 

Day 10. Hsipaw relax morning and then afternoon drive to Kalaw (Breakfast)

Today you will have walking tours in this small town and then in the afternoon go to Kalaw by Aircon private car. Drive at 1 pm and arrive at about 10 pm.

Overnight in Kalaw Hotel.

 

Day 11. Arrive to Kalaw and walking tours around the small town (Breakfast)

On arrival you will be relaxing at your lovely hotel or can go on your own short sightseeing in this beautiful hill station town.

Overnight at Kalaw.

 

Day 12. Kalaw to Inle Lake trekking (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)

Day- 1 walks 6 hours. We will leave around 9am.first we have to walk 3 hours to the lunch place called view point on the mountain very beautiful view. Then we will have Indian lunch there, chapatti and curry and fruits. Then we walk more 3 hours. We will see first village call hin kha kone( tribe- plaung).and after see 2 more villages call Myin Dike and Ywa Pu(tribe-danu).and train station. we will sleep at Ywa Pu for the first night in a simple villagers family house.
So the first day we will see 2 different tribes and train station and tea plantation.
We will be at sleep village around 5 pm and we will have dinner at 7 pm. We will have Myanmar traditional food.

 

Day 13. Kalaw to Inle Lake trekking (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)

for the breakfast we will have traditional honey-pancake.and fruits.
Day-2 is 7 hours so we leave around 7:30. walk then we will see another 2′  different tribes the whole day and we will see lady make hand waving bags and longyis.
On the way we will have tea brake and water brake and peanut brake. Lunch break after 4 hours from the first village. We will have fried noodles and fruits.
and then we will be at sleep village. Sleep in family house. We will be around 5 or 6 pm.
then we will have another different traditional home cooked dinner.

Overnight at  Village House.

 

 

Day 14. Inle Lake arrival and sightseeing by boat (Breakfast)

After breakfast, there is only 4 hours walking. sSee villages, school and after 4 hours walking we will be at lake. then we will have lunch there in the lake. After lunch we will take a boat cross inlay lake by boat. It take around an hour and half. You will see floating houses, floating garden and fishermen etc…Then we will be on the city called NYAUNG SHWE.

Overnight at Nyaung Shwe

 

Day 15. Inle Lake sightseeing by boat to Indein (Breakfast)

In the morning, you will visit the lake market to explore daily life of local people and their traditional products.

After that, you will go to the Indein Village(a small Pa O Tribe Village) through a narrow canal with beautiful natural landscape to see the Ancient Stupas which were donated by the Bagan King Alaung Si Thu( Grandson of King Kyan Sit Tha). The main stupa-area on the top of the hill offers breathtaking views over the surrounding mountains and down to the valley and the lake in the far distance. Tour ends at 6 pm.

Over night at Inle Lake.

 

Day 16. Inle Lake east side trekking to villages (Breakfast & Lunch)

Today you will be visiting the east side of lake Inle visiting the villages on the way.

Overnight in Nyaung Shwe

 

Day 17. Nyaung Shwe Yangon by morning flight for international departure (Breakfast)

You will have relaxing morning at Nyung Shwe (Optional market visit) and then will be transported to Heho airport for the afternoon flight to Yangon. Arrive back to Yangon in the afternoon and check in to your Yangon Hotel.

Overnight at Yangon.

 

Day 18. International Departure

Relaxing day for the optional shopping at Scott Market near your hotel and then you will be transferred to Yangon International Airport for the departure flight to Amsterdam.

End of program…

 

Inclusions:

  1. Hotel cost (2-3 stars) and village Home stay with breakfasts,
  2. Transfer and sightseeing with private cars as mentioned above,
  3. Domestic Air Ticket fees,
  4. Boat fees,
  5. E Bike rental fees,
  6. Train ticket fees,
  7. Local English Language Guides fees as mentioned dates,
  8. Trekking Guide Fees,
  9. Trekking Porter fee for the luggages & Bags,
  10. Lunch and dinner during trekking where mentioned.

 

Exclusions:

  1. Meals where not mentioned,
  2. Entrance fees
  3. International flights,
  4. Drinks, tips and personal expenses,
  5. Insurance, & Visa fee for Myanmar,
  6. Other cost not mentioned in the inclusions.