Private 14-day All Of Myanmar: Yangon -mandalay -inle Lake - Bagan - Ngapali

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrive Yangon

Pass By: Yangon (Rangoon), Yangon (Rangoon), Yangon Region
On arrival, you will welcome by local guide and will take you to the hotel. Enjoy free time to relax or explore Yangon by yourself

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: 3* Hotel: Summit Parkview Hotel / 4* hotel: Rose Garden Hotel

Day 2: Yangon Full day Sightseeing - All of Yangon

Pass By: Yangon (Rangoon), Yangon (Rangoon), Yangon Region
Today, we will spend full day to visit Yangon.

Stop At: Sule Pagoda, Maha Bandoola Rd, Yangon (Rangoon) Myanmar
The Sule Pagoda is a Burmese stupa located in the heart of downtown Yangon, occupying the centre of the city and an important space in contemporary Burmese politics, ideology and geography. According to legend, it was built before the Shwedagon Pagoda during the time of the Buddha, making it more than 2,600 years old. Burmese legend states that the site for the Shwedagon Pagoda was asked to be revealed from an old nat who resided at the place where the Sule Pagoda now stands.
Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Yangon City Hall, Mahabandoola Road, Yangon (Rangoon) Myanmar
Yangon City Hall is considered a fine example of syncretic Burmese architecture, featuring traditional tiered roofs called pyatthat, and was designed by Burmese architect U Tin, who also designed Central Railway Station. Construction began in 1926 and ended in 1936. The city hall occupies the former site of the Ripon Hall. We will also visit the Victory Monument
Duration: 50 minutes

Stop At: Kandawgyi Lake, Yangon, Myanmar (Burma)
Also known as Royal Lake, this artificial lake built by the British as a reservoir is most attractive at sunset, when the glittering Shwedagon Paya is reflected in its calm waters. On the southern side of the lake, floats a Shin Upagot shrine. Upagot is a Bodhisattva (Buddhist saint) who is said to protect human beings in moments of mortal danger.
Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: Chaukhtatgyi Buddha, Shwegondine Road Bahan Township, Yangon (Rangoon) Myanmar
Chaukhtatgyi is the most well-known Buddhist temple in Yangon. It houses one of the most revered reclining Buddha images in the country. The Buddha image is 66 metres (217 ft) long, and one of the largest in Burma.
Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon (Rangoon) Myanmar
The Shwedagon is the most sacred Buddhist pagoda in Myanmar, as it is believed to contain relics of the four previous Buddhas of the present kalpa. These relics include the staff of Kakusandha, the water filter of Koṇāgamana, a piece of the robe of Kassapa, and eight strands of hair from the head of Gautama.
Duration: 1 hour

Pass By: Bogyoke Aung San Market, Bo Gyoke Rd, Pabedan 11141 Myanmar
Note*: we will drop you at the hotel or Bogyoke Aung San Market. If dropping at the Market, please take the taxi back to the hotel after exploring it by yourself.

Bogyoke Aung San Market (formerly Scott's Market) is a major bazaar located in Pabedan township 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 jewellery shops, art galleries, and clothing stores. Bogyoke Market is a popular black market location to exchange currency. The market also has a number of stores for local shoppers, selling medicine, foodstuffs, garments and foreign goods.

Pass By: Bogyoke Aung San Market, Bo Gyoke Rd, Pabedan 11141 Myanmar
Note*: we will drop you at the hotel or Bogyoke Aung San Market. If dropping at the Market, please take the taxi back to the hotel after exploring it by yourself.

Bogyoke Aung San Market (formerly Scott's Market) is a major bazaar located in Pabedan township 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 jewellery shops, art galleries, and clothing stores. Bogyoke Market is a popular black market location to exchange currency. The market also has a number of stores for local shoppers, selling medicine, foodstuffs, garments and foreign goods.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: 3* Hotel: Summit Parkview Hotel / 4* hotel: Rose Garden Hotel

Day 3: Yangon – Flight to Mandalay - Sightseeing

Pass By: Mandalay, Mandalay, Mandalay Region
After having breakfast at hotel, you’ll be at leisure till transferred to Yangon airport for a morning departure flight to Mandalay. Upon arrival to Mandaly, enjoy the city tour

Stop At: Shwenandaw Monastery, Shwenandaw Golden Palace, Mandalay Myanmar
Shwenandaw Monastery was built in 1878 by King Thibaw Min, who dismantled and relocated the apartment formerly occupied by his father, King Mindon Min, just before Mindon Min's death. The monastery is known for its teak carvings of Buddhist myths, which adorn its walls and roofs. The monastery is built in the traditional Burmese architectural style. Shwenandaw Monastery is the single remaining major original structure of the original Royal Palace today.
Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Kuthodaw Pagoda & the World's Largest Book, Mandalay Myanmar
Kuthodaw Pagoda - literally Royal Merit, and formally titled Mahalawka Marazein is a Buddhist stupa, located in Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar), that contains the world's largest book. It lies at the foot of Mandalay Hill and was built during the reign of King Mindon. The stupa itself, which is gilded above its terraces, is 188 feet (57 m) high, and is modelled after the Shwezigon Pagoda at Nyaung-U near Bagan. In the grounds of the pagoda are 729 kyauksa gu or stone-inscription caves, each containing a marble slab inscribed on both sides with a page of text from the Tripitaka, the entire Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism.
Duration: 50 minutes

Stop At: Mandalay Hill, Mandalay Myanmar
Enjoy amazing sunset view at Mandalay Hill.

Mandalay Hill is a 240 metres (790 ft) hill that is located to the northeast of the city centre of Mandalay in Myanmar. Take an easy climb up sheltered steps to experience panoramic views over the palace, Mandalay and the paya-studded countryside. The famous hermit monk, U Khanti, is credited with inspiring the construction of many of the buildings on and around the hill in the years after the founding of the city.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: 3* Hotel: Hotel Magic Mandalay / 4* Hotel: Ibis Styles Mandalay Hotel

Day 4: Mandalay - Mingun half day Sightseeing

Stop At: Mingun, Mingun, Sagaing Region
Today, enjoy half day tour to Amazing Mingun.
Pickup at the hotel at 8am. Enjoy 50 hour cruise on the Irrawaddy river to Mingun.
Duration: 50 minutes

Stop At: Mingun Bell, Hauptstrasse, Mingun Myanmar
Another relic of Bodaypaya's megamania is the Mingun Bell. Mingun Bell is the world's biggest ringing bell with a height of 3.7 meters. Weighing 90 metric tons, the Mingun Bell was casted in bronze in 1808, and once it was completed, Bodaypaya had the master craftsman in order to stop him making anything similar. The Bell was made of bronze; but it is said that Buddhist devotees inserted gold, silver ornaments and jewellery into the bronze. It measures eleven cubits and four rounds in diameter at its mouth, and weighs 55,555 viss (or 90,718 kilograms or 199,999 pounds).
Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Mingun Pahtodawgyi, Mingun Myanmar
The Mingun Pagoda is a massive unfinished pagoda built at the end of the 18th century, that was meant to be the largest pagoda in the country.
The massive paya, also known as the Mantara Gyi Pagoda, the Mingun Pahtodawgyi and the Great Royal Stupa makes for an impressive site on the banks of the Irrawaddy river. In front of the pagoda facing the river are the remains of two giant Chinthe lions about 29 meters high, guarding the temple.
At the center of the 50 meter high pagoda facing the river is a huge richly decorated entrance. Inside the pagoda is a small shrine with a Buddha image.
It is possible to climb to the top of the pagoda using a stairway to the right of the structure. From there you will have magnificent views of the area with the nearby Hsinbyume Pagoda, several other pagodas, the Irrawaddy river and the mountains to the back of the pagoda.
Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: Hsinbyume Pagoda, Mingun Myanmar
The Hsinbyume Pagoda, also called the “Myatheindan Pagoda”, lies in the north of the town of Mingun, very close to the stupa of Mingun Pahtodawgyi. The pagoda, which is snow white in color, resembles the description of the mythological mountain Mount Meru.
The construction of the pagoda began in the year 1816 under King Bagyidaw of the Konbaung dynasty. Hsinbyume Pagoda is dedicated to the memory of the King’s cousin who became the first consort to Princess Hsinbyume, which means the “White Elephant Princess”. She was born in 1789 and died during childbirth in a nearby location in 1812.

Duration: 45 minutes

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: 3* Hotel: Hotel Magic Mandalay / 4* Hotel: Ibis Styles Mandalay Hotel

Day 5: Mandalay – Flight to Inle Lake

Pass By: Inle Lake, Nyaungshwe Myanmar
Free till transferred to Mandalay airport for a morning departure flight to Heho. Get to Nyaung Shwe and transfer to jetty to take your boat and transfer to your hotel for a check-in. Free

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: 3* Hotel: Amata Garden Resort / 4* Hotel: Novotel Inle Lake Hotel

Day 6: Inle Lake - Full day Tour

Pass By: Inle Lake, Nyaungshwe Myanmar
After breakfast at hotel, you will enjoy full day tour to Inle Lake.

Stop At: Floating Gardens, Nanpan, Inle Lake, Taunggyi Myanmar
Inle lake is about 14 miles long and 7 miles wide at its most expansive. Roughly 25% of the surface is covered by carefully tended floating gardens. The Floating Gardens on Inle Lake were made by native people, In-Thars. They grow vegetables on floating islands which are collection of floating weed and water hyacinth. These floating islands can be cut, dragged by boats and ever be sold like a piece of land. Floating gardens can be found mostly in Kaylar, Inthan and Zayatgyi villages.
Upon reaching the edges of Inle Lake, board a private motorboat to head out to Inle Lake, one of Myanmar’s most spectacular sights. Pass villages built on stilts over the lake, inhabited by the local Intha people. Observe the leg-rowing fishermen and see their floating gardens built up from strips of water hyacinth and mud and anchored to the bottom with bamboo poles.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Nga Phe Kyaung Monastery, Taunggyi Myanmar
Nga Phe Kyaung Monastery is considered the oldest and largest one among the Inle lake community. This wooden temple was built on stilts at least 200 years ago. Set among the floating gardens, the fascinating monastery is surely worth a visit, especially if tourists are planning on visiting Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda or just getting back from there.
Duration: 50 minutes

Stop At: Hpaung Daw U Pagoda, Taunggyi Myanmar
The Phaung Daw Oo pagoda is the most highly revered monastery in the Inle Lake area. It houses five ancient images of the Buddha that are completely covered in golf leaf.
At the center of the monastery building is a golden stupa topped with an ornamental hti. The interior walls of the temple are decorated with murals depicting Buddhist stories.
Duration: 50 minutes

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: 3* Hotel: Amata Garden Resort / 4* Hotel: Novotel Inle Lake Hotel

Day 7: Inle Lake – Bagan by Plane

Pass By: Bagan, Bagan, Mandalay Region
Enjoy free time to relax and explore Inle Lake.
In the afternoon, airport transfer for the flight to Bagan.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: 3* Hotel: Bagan Thande Hotel / 4* hotel: Ananta Bagan Hotel

Day 8: Bagan Sightseeing / All of Bagan

Pass By: Bagan Temples, Bagan Archaeological Zone, Bagan Myanmar
Bagan is an ancient city and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. From the 9th to 13th centuries, the city was the capital of the Pagan Kingdom, the first kingdom that unified the regions that would later constitute modern Myanmar. During the kingdom's height between the 11th and 13th centuries, 4,446 Buddhist temples, pagodas and monasteries were constructed in the Bagan plains alone, of which the remains of 3,822 temples and pagodas still survive to the present day.
Today, we will visit all the most famous temples of Bagan before enjoying a panoramic view of the sun setting over the plain of Bagan from one of the pagoda platforms.

Stop At: Shwezigon Paya, Bagan Myanmar
King Anawrahta started the construction of the Schwezigon Pagoda to enshrine some relicts of Buddha. The construction was finished by his successor, King Kyansittha between 1086 and1090. The stupa's graceful bell shape became a prototype for virtually all later stupas over Myanmar.
Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: Ananda Temple, Beside Anawrahta Road, Bagan 05232 Myanmar
one of the finest, largest, best preserved and most revered of the Bagan temples. Thought to have been built around 1105 by King Kyanzittha, this perfectly proportioned temple heralds the stylistic end of the Early Bagan period and the beginning of the Middle period.
Duration: 50 minutes

Stop At: Gubyaukgyi Temple, Bagan-Chauk Road, Bagan Myanmar
Built in 1113 by Kyanzittha son Rajakumar, this temple is famous for its well-preserved Stuccos from the 12th century on the outside walls. The magnificent paintings date from the original construction of the temple and are considered to be the oldest original paintings in Bagan.
Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: Manuha Temple, Bagan Myanmar
The Manuha Temple was built in 1059 by King Manuha, the King of Thaton, who was brought captive to Bagan by King Anawrahta. It enshrines the unusual combination of 3 seated and one reclining image Buddha. It is said that this temple was built by Manuha to express his displeasure about his captivity in Bagan.
Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Shwesandaw Pagoda, Bagan Myanmar
In 1057 King Anawrahta built this Pagoda following his conquest of Thaton. This is the first monument in Bagan, which features stairways leading up from the square bottom terraces to the round base of the Stupa.
Duration: 50 minutes

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: 3* Hotel: Bagan Thande Hotel / 4* hotel: Ananta Bagan Hotel

Day 9: Bagan Free day

Pass By: Bagan, Bagan, Mandalay Region
You will be free to explore Bagan.

Optional Tour: you can do a private day trip to Mt Popa. The optional tour can be book directly.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: 3* Hotel: Bagan Thande Hotel / 4* hotel: Ananta Bagan Hotel

Day 10: Bagan - Ngapali by Plane

Pass By: Ngapali Beach, Western coast of Myanmar, Ngapali Myanmar
Airport transfer for the flight to Thandwe. 

Transfer from Thandwe Airport to Ngapali Beach 20 minutes away. Here, in the Bay of Bengal you will find the beautiful beach of Ngapali with its charming fishing village and coconut trees.

Enjoy your free time here to relax on the most famous beach form Myanmar, join various sports such as snorkelling, surfing, golf or cycling.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: 3* hotel: Pleasant View Resort / 4* hotel: Amata Resort & Spa

Day 11: Ngapali - Free and Easy

Pass By: Ngapali Beach, Western coast of Myanmar, Ngapali Myanmar
Enjoy your free time to relax at Ngapali

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: 3* hotel: Pleasant View Resort / 4* hotel: Amata Resort & Spa

Day 12: Ngapali - Free and Easy

Pass By: Ngapali Beach, Western coast of Myanmar, Ngapali Myanmar
Enjoy your free time to relax at Ngapali

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: 3* hotel: Pleasant View Resort / 4* hotel: Amata Resort & Spa

Day 13: Ngapali - Yangon by plane

Pass By: Yangon (Rangoon), Yangon (Rangoon), Yangon Region
Free at the hotel till airport transfer for flight to Yangon. Transfer to the hotel. Free

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: 3* Hotel: Summit Parkview Hotel / 4* hotel: Rose Garden Hotel

Day 14: Yangon departure

Pass By: Yangon (Rangoon), Yangon (Rangoon), Yangon Region
Free and easy till airport transfer for departure flight. Trip ends.

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