Private 8-day Highlights Myanmar: Yangon - Inle Lake - Bagan -mandalay By Plane

Itinerary

Day 1: Yangoon Arrival

Pass By: Yangon (Rangoon), Yangon (Rangoon), Yangon Region
You will welcome by local guide and will take you to the hotel. The guide will suggest you what to do/where to go to explore Yangoon on your own.

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: 3* Hotel: Summit Parkview Hotel /
4* Hotel: Rose Garden Hotel

Day 2: Yangoon - Full day City tour

Pass By: Yangon (Rangoon), Yangon (Rangoon), Yangon Region
Today, you will spend a full day tour visiting all interesting sites of Yangon

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: 45 minutes

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: 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: 45 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: 45 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

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. After free time exploring the market, you manage to take taxi to the hotel yourselft.
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: Yangoon – Inle Lake by flight

Pass By: Inle Lake, Nyaungshwe Myanmar
Airport transfer for the flight to Heho. Pickup at the airport upon arrival by your English speaking guide for transfer to the jetty for boat cruise to the hotel in Inle Lake. Free and easy. 

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

Day 4: Inle Lake - day Tour

Stop At: Inle Lake, Nyaungshwe Myanmar
Enjoy full day tour to visit Inle Lake
Duration: 6 hours

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.
Duration: 30 minutes

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: 1 hour

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: 1 hour

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

Day 5: Inle Lake – Bagan by Flight

Pass By: Bagan, Bagan, Mandalay Region
Enjoy your free till till pickup for the flight to Bagan. Transfer to the hotel in Bagan upon arrival

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

Day 6: Bagan - Full day Tour / Thousands of Temples

Pass By: Bagan Temples, Bagan Archaeological Zone, Bagan Myanmar
Enjoy full day tour to Visit Bagan with all major interesting sites.

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: 6 hours 40 minutes

Stop At: Ananda Temple, Beside Anawrahta Road, Bagan 05232 Myanmar
Ananda Temple is 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: 1 hour

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: 1 hour

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: 1 hour

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: 45 minutes

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

Day 7: Bagan - Madalay, Madalay sightseeing

Pass By: Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Pickup at the hotel for morning flight to Mandalay.

Upon arriving Mandalay, enjoy full day tour visiting Mandalay with the station guide to visit best of Mandalay.

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: 40 minutes

Stop At: Kuthodaw Pagoda & the World's Largest Book, Mandalay Myanmar
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: 40 minutes

Stop At: Kyauktawgyi Pagoda, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Kyauktawgyi Pagoda is a well-known Buddhist temple located near the southern entry to Mandalay Hill, Myanmar, opposite the northeastern corner of the Mandalay moat. The image of the Buddha is officially known as Maha Thetkya Mayazein. The Kyauktawgyi Buddha is a huge sculpted image of the Buddha seated in the Bhūmipassa Mudrā. The figure was sculpted from a single block of pale green marble quarried at Sagyin, 12 miles (19 km) north of Mandalay. The stone block was transported over the course of 13 days, requiring the manpower of 10,000 to 12,000 men, to the temple site, where it was carved. The image was consecrated in 1865.
Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: Mandalay Hill, Mandalay Myanmar
The 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: 50 minutes

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

Day 8: Mandalay – departure

Pass By: Mandalay, Mandalay, Mandalay Region
Free till airport pickup for departure flight. Trip ends.

Note*: Mandalay is an international airport. From here, you can take the flight to nearby countries for next destination. Or, you can take the flight to Yangon for the flight home.

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.