Day 1: Yangon
- Heho
Arrive
Yangon by morning flight.
Transfer
to Yangon domestic airport and flight to Heho .
On
arrival to Heho, welcomed by the guide and transfer to Nyaung Shwe by bus.
The
bikes will be at disposal for a ride around the town or to Taunggyi depends on
your arrival time.
Overnight
in Nyaung Shwe.
Day 2: Inle Lake (B)
Breakfast at the hotel.
Morning bike trip to Nam Pan village where the boats will be waiting.
(60% sealed roads, 30% hard pack but with large stones, 10% dirt track) The
ride will take around 3 hours depending on stopping time. If the day’s market
is in Maing Thauk or Nam Pan we will leave a bit earlier so that we can stop
and visit the market on the way.
Upon arriving in Nam Pan we will meet our boats for
a private boat tour of Inle Lake (5 pax/boat) and stop for lunch at a
restaurant nearby (client’s account)
See leg-rowing fishermen, the floating gardens,
built up from strips of water hyacinth and mud and anchored to the bottom with
bamboo poles. Visit to Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda, the weaving village of Inpawkhone
and the jumping cat monastery.
Return to Nyaung Shwe early evening.
Overnight in Nyaung Shwe.
Day 3: Inle Lake – Kalaw (B)
Breakfast at the hotel.
Departure for a ride toward Kalaw by passing through the Shan Hills.
Arrival to Kalaw in the afternoon.
Biking distance: 65 KM (ups and downs – tarmac)
Day 4: Kalaw – Pindaya (B)
After breakfast at the hotel, enjoy a scenic ride to
Pindaya (1200m) through the picturesque countryside of Shan State, passing
fields where often people of the Pa O hill tribe with black clothes and colourful
orange headdresses are working.
Visit Pindaya’s limestone cave with its maze of
chambers displaying more than 8,000 Buddha statues.
Overnight at Golden Cave
Hotel.
Biking distance: 48 KM (easy ups and downs, dirt road and
tarmac, - 120m)
Day 5: Pindaya Trekking (B,L)
This morning,
you will set off for a full day trek in the hills surrounding Pindaya. The
landscape is beautiful with hills alternating with farms and villages. After a
hike about 1 hour of 30-45º slope, you will reach to a Danu village. Visit to
local people and interact to observe their unique cultures. Then continue to
hike another one hour on 40-50º slope to Se Kya Inn village. The main economy
of these villages depend on tea plantation and you will see them on the way.
There are also seasonal crops such as wheat, potato, ginger, etc and mandarin
is a new popular plantation in this region.
You will have
a lunch break at one of the village house.
After
exploring around the village, you will trek down to Pindaya again.
Overnight at Golden Cave
Hotel.
Hiking distance: approximately 4 hours, rolling hills (30-50%
slope), dirt tracks
Day 6: Pindaya - Mandalay (B)
After breakfast at the hotel, cycle toward the central plain of Myanmar.
The group will ride for about 100 KM and do the rest of it by bus.
Arrival to Mandalay in the evening.
Overnight in Mandalay.
Biking distance: 100 KM (easy ups and downs, dirt road and
tarmac)
Day 7: Mandalay (B)
This morning we will head out east of Mandalay for a fabulous cycling
tour through the villages. The first 4-5 kilometres take us through the city
but soon the traffic lightens and the scenery begins to change with few
concrete buildings and views of the hills in the distance. We’ll pass by a
local morning market after around 6 kilometres and have a chance to stop, walk
around and taste some fresh cooked snacks or buy fruits for the journey. The
continue on toward Yankin Hill where we wind around a shady road lined with
temples, monasteries and schools. We loop back on a different street and pass
through more villages, including one making traditional paper fans, before
reaching Mandalay midday.
Return to Mandalay city in time for lunch.
Have a short rest at the hotel or at a local tea shop before hopping
back on the bikes for a trip to Mandalay Hill. You can opt to cycle up the
winding roads to the top or hop in the bus for an easy ride. Watch the sunset
over Mandalay hill before returning by bike to the hotel.
Overnight in Mandalay.
Biking distance: 25-30 kilometres; 90% sealed road, 10% hard
pack; flat throughout
Day 8: Mandalay – Yangon (B)
After breakfast at the hotel, transfer to the airport for the flight to
Yangon.
Tentative timing and subject to change without prior notice.
Upon arrival to Yangon, transfer to downtown Yangon for a walk in the
china town.
In the evening, visit the
huge Shwedagon Paya, Burma’s holiest religious site.
Overnight in
Yangon.
Day 9: Yangon (B)
After breakfast at the hotel transfer to the airport
for your departure flight.
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