Myanmar Highlights Tour

After having breakfast, you will be transferred to the airport for a domestic flight to Nyaung U.
As you arrive, we will drive you to your hotel in Bagan to check in. After that, discover Bagan - the land of thousands antiquated pagodas, one after another among green bushes. Start our trip by visiting SHWEZIGON PAGODA, the first gold pagoda built in Burma enshrining Gautama Buddha's relics and ANANDA TEMPLE, the home of four huge Buddha standing statues - each faces one of the four cardinal directions. Afterward, more temple visitations are carried out as we take you to GUBYAUKGYI TEMPLE at Myinkaba - an Indian style pagoda built in 1113 whose exteriors are still in good condition, HTILOMINLO TEMPLE whose name means "blessings of the three worlds" containing four Buddha images facing four directions on its first floor, and SULAMANI TEMPLE - a Buddhist edifice rebuilt in 1994 from which Htilominlo Temple was built after. overnight at BAGAN.

In the morning, head to Nyaung U Market where local products are boisterously bought and sold - you can get some real bargains there as souvenirs. In the afternoon, come to LACQUER WARE WOKSHOP to observe what they are made of. Next, visit DHAMMAYAZIKA, a five-sided pagoda complex where in each side there is a small temple housing a Buddha statue. As the sun is about to set, sail down the Ayeyarwaddy River to reach KYAUK GU U MIN, a cave temple with excellent sandstone carvings and giant Buddha images. Splendid natural settings blend perfectly with antique humans' construction, surely an ideal place to enjoy dusk. Overnight in BAGAN.

After having breakfast, you will be transferred to Nyaung U Airport for a domestic flight to Mandalay, the last capital of the Myanmar Kingdom before the 1885 Britain's annexation and also the heart of Burmese culture. Upon arrival, leave the city and head to Sagaing, an important religious center of Myanmar thanks to its numerous Buddhist monasteries. There, access U MIN THONZE CAVE TEMPLE with its impressive Buddha statues and SOON U PONYA SHIN PAGODA, Sagaing's central pagoda located at the top Pagaing Hill, offering you the enjoyment of seeing Mandalay's panoramic view.Next, take a half hour drive to Amarapura, the best place to experience the monk life in Mandalay and access its famous Mahagandayon Monastery - one of the largest monasteries in Burma. As you walk over U BEIN BRIDGE - the world's most extended teak bridge, head to Mahamuni Buddha Temple to see Mahamuni Image - a bronze Buddha statue originally from Rakhine State. Being made during the Buddha's own lifetime, the image is considered a representation his life. Stay overnight in Mandalay

This morning we will be driven to Mandalay pier, and then embarked on a private boat upstream to Mingun. Our first stop in Mingun is the world’s largest unfinished PAHTOTAWGYI PAGODA. The pagoda’s lower terraces feature slabs of marble bearing depictions of important scences from the Jataka, literary works concerning the pervious lives of the Buddha. Inside the temple, you can see an inscription stone that details the history of the temple’s construction. Leave the pogoda, we will lead in MINGUN BELL which has a weight of 90 tons After lunch break, we continue our journey to Mandalay Palace, SHWENANDAW MONASTERY and a gold leaf beating workshop. We also go to KUTHODAW PAGODA which houses the world’s largest book stand upright, setting in stone in the grounds. At dusk, if weather is fine, it would be an interesting end for the fifth sightseeing day if we climbup to the Mandalay Hill to enjoy the beautiful sunset and panorama of the city behind. Overnight in Mandalay.

In the early morning, you will be transferred to the airport for the fight to Heho, the primary air gateway to Inle Lake. It takes one hour to drive from Heho to Inle; along the way, soothe yourself with cool weather and peaceful settings. Drop by a Shan paer umbrella workshop to how skillful locals are to create these amazing handicrafts. Also, visit SHWE YAN PYAY MONASTERY which was constructed completrly from teak and painted red. Now you are at Inle Lake, one of the most renowed destinations of Myanmar. Take a boat to visit Inle Lake. On the surface of the lake, you can see floating villages, floating gardens, floation markets, serveral traditional villages such as weaving. The most special sight on Inle Lake is floating gardens where the local use the water hyacinth combining with seaweed on the bottom of the lake to keep the oild to grow vegetables such as tomatoes, mint, etc. Up and down the lake have many temples, monasteries with golden pinnacles brightening on the sunlight. Discover PHAUNG DAW OO PAGODA where houses the five Buddha images. These images are covered with gold in order to make visitors not be able to see the original form. Leave PHAUNG DAW OO PAGODA, we continue to YWA MA VILLAGE and KAY LAR VILLAGE before move to your hotel and check in.
Stay overnight in Inle/ Nyaung Shwe.

In order not to miss a great opportunity to enjoy the scene of local tribes in their colorful clothes and exotic market atmosphere, in the early morning, we will take a boat to the lake and visit THE LOCAL MARKET which is held every five day. Then we will move by boat to Indeinn to witness the farmers havesting their crops and rarely-known site of Indein which still remains hundreds of ancient brick stupas and pagodas dated back to 17 century the ancient SHWEINNDEIN PAGODA. In the late afternoon transfer to airport for a flight to Yangon.
Arrival in Yangon, pick up by our driver then transfer to your hotel.
Overnight in hotel in Yangon.