(PTT 006) 10 Days Myanmar Cultural Tour

Arrive at Yangon International Airport (TBA). Upon arrival in Yangon, You will meet with our guide and transfer to your hotel. Sightseeing tour starts to CHAUK HTAT GYI, a huge reclining Buddha image and continue to KARAWEIK HALL, a Royal floating Barge on the lake. Sightseeing tour includes the gilded SULE Pagoda, dating back over 2000 years. Continue to BOTATAUNG PAGODA beside the river and to Yangon Oldest Chinese temple. Extended visit made to SHWEDAGON PAGODA, one of the world’s most spectacular religious monuments. Return to your hotel. Lunch and dinner will be to your own account.
Overnight stay at New Aye Yar Hotel*** (Deluxe room), in Yangon. Or similar.

After breakfast at Hotel, transfer to airport for domestic flight to MANDALAY (approx, 07:00-08:15). Upon arrival, visit AMARAPURA, 15 km from Mandalay to visit MAHAGANDAYON MONASTERY, (Maha Aung mye Banzan) famous for Buddhist learning centre. Amarapura was the capital of upper Burma until 1850. Then continue to U BEIN teak bridge, over 150 years old, which is still in use. Continue to AVA, was for centuries the most important royal capital in Myanmar and surround on all sides by water. Visit this small island with famous BARGAYAR MONASTERY, MAENU OAKKYAUNG, and NAN MYINT WATCH TOWER. In the afternoon proceed to SAGAING HILLS, has over 400 monasteries and nunneries.Return to your Hotel. Lunch and dinner will be to your own account.
Overnight stay at Shwe Ingyinn Hotel (***) (Superior room) in Mandalay. Or similar.

After breakfast at Hotel, drive up to MANDALAY HILL for panoramic sunset view of Mandalay City. Visit MYANANSANKYAW PALACE; built by King Mindon, MAHAMUNI PAGODA , SHWE NAN DAW KYAUNG (or Golden Palace Monastery), and KUTHODAW PAGODAS with 729 stone tablets (known as World’s Biggest Book). In the afternoon, transfer to Jetty and excursion to MINGUN, a very pleasant boat trip, about 11 km (1 hour) upriver from Mandalay, with plenty to see along the Ayarwaddy River. Sightseeing for PHAHTODAWGYI PAGODA; a huge unfinished pagoda, the enormous Mingun bell (90 tons); one of the largest in the world and MYATHEINDAN or SINBYUME PAGODA (Settawaya). And back to Mandalay. Lunch and dinner will be to your own account.
Overnight stay at Shwe Ingyinn Hotel (***) (Superior room) in Mandalay. Or Similar.

Early Breakfast at hotel, drive to Monywa (approx: 4 hrs). On arrive at Monywa, transfer to your hotel. In the evening, visit to Thanboddhie Pagodas, Bodi Hta Taung Pagoda.
Car and guide are entire disposal for the whole day to visit other places in Monywa. Drive back to your hotel.Lunch and dinner will be to your own account. Overnight stay at Hotel Chindwin (***) (Superior room), in Monywa. Or Similar.

After breakfast at Hotel, drive to Chindwin River cross by new bridge. Proceed to visit a sandstone cave system in the Po Win Hills, full of Buddhist statues wood carvings and murals dating to the 17th centuries. Nearby, visit Shwe Ba Hill, which features unique pavilions cut from the surrounding sandstone and filled with Bubddha images. And drive PAKOKKU (4 hours drive). Arrive Pakokku and take a private local boat across the Ayeyarwaddy River to BAGAN (approx. 2 ½ hrs by boat).
On arrival at Bagan, transfer to your Hotel. Lunch and dinner will be to your own account.
Overnight stay at Hotel Yadanarbon Bagan (***) (Superiro room), in Bagan. Or Similar.

Breakfast at Hotel, sightseeing will start with a Nyaung Oo local market, SHWEZIGON PAGODA, a prototype of real Myanmar stupa, built in 1087. Wetgyiin GU BYAUK GYI for its famous Jataka mural painting and HTILOMINLO TEMPLE for its plaster carvings and famous ANADA TEMPLE, with its four huge standing-Buddha images.
In the afternoon. sightseeing continues with visits to MANUHA TEMPLE, built in mon style in 1059,NANBAYA TEMPLE, DHAMMAYANGYI TEMPLE which is the most massive structure and SULAMANI TEMPLE is a large with multi storey structure. Enjoy your sunset from the terraces of SHWE SANDAW PAGODA. Lunch and dinner will be to your own account.
Overnight stay at Hotel Yadanarbon Bagan*** (Superior room), in Bagan. Or Similar.

After breakfast at Hotel, transfer to BAGAN airport for domestic flight to HEHO (Approx, 09:05-10:30), in Shan State. Upon arrival in Heho, drive to Pindaya (2hr drive) and visit PINDAYA SHWE U MIN CAVES, unique for the thousand of Buddha images placed there by pilgrims over many centuries. And then visit Pone-ta-Lote Lake in downtown area of Pindaya. Drive back to Nyaung Shwe (2 hour drive) and on the way, visit to Shwe Yan Pyae Monastery and transfer to your hotel.
Overnight stay at Royal Inle Hotel *** (Superior room), in Nyaung Shwe. Or Similar.

After breakfast at Hotel, morning Proceed by road to INLE LAKE and board your own local boat. Visit the famous PHAUNG DAW OO PAGODA and INPAWKON VILLAGE for its traditional silk weaving, visit Nga Phe Kyaung Monastery , one of the oldest monasteries on the lake and where inside its large wooden meditation hall and are over 200 year old ancient Buddha statues.
After disembarking, a covered walkway, popular with souvenir stalls leads up to Shwe Inn Thein Paya, a complex of weather beaten zedi; some sadly reconstructed although the views from the top make it worth the ascent. Returning to the river jetty we take our long-tailed boat back along the canal to the Lake. Lunch and dinner will be to your own account. Overnight stay at Royal Inle Hotel **/* (Superior room), in Nyaung Shwe. Or Similar.

Breakfast at Hotel, transfer to Nyaung Shwe by boat and continuous by car to Heho airport for domestic flight to YANGON (Approx: 09:45-11:00). The sightseeing tour starts to KYAUK TAW GYI PAGODA and WHITE ELEPHANT CAMP. Proceed KABA AYE (WORLD PEACE) PAGODA. Visit to Gems and jewellery shops. And visit at bank of the Inya Lake for a photo stop. In the evening, walking through the china town area. Lunch and dinner will be to your own account.
Overnight stay at New Aye Yar Hotel *** (Deluxe room), in Yangon. Or Similar.

After breakfast, leave your hotel and transfer to Yangon international airport for your departure flight (TBA).***End of our services.***