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Day 1 Arrival Yangon
Upon arrival at Yangon International Airport, our staff will be
waiting for you inside to assist with all necessary airport formalities
including luggage handling. Pass through all authority counters with our staff
assistance and arrive at the arrival lounge where your Guide and Ladies with
traditional dresses will welcome you with a flower garland.
Transfer to the Governor’s
Residence, our preferred luxury boutique hotel in town. You will enjoy your
first contact with the Capital of Myanmar onboard the “Elephant Coach”, a 1945
vintage Chevrolet public coach reconditioned into a luxury 6 seater van. A
welcome drink will be served onboard the coach during your transfer.
Brief freshen up at the hotel.
For lunch, we recommend Monsoon restaurant where you will learn
about Myanmar Culinary culture and the style of traditional Myanmar Cuisine and
then enjoy freshly prepared local cuisine for lunch.
After lunch, we take you to
Bogyoke Market (former known as Scott Market). Built by the British in 1926,
and known for its colonial architecture and inner cobblestone streets, the
market plays host to a variety of local Arts & Craft Shops, Street Vendors
and is always crowded with locals and visitors alike. (Closed on full moon day
and public holidays).
Afternoon
High Tea at the legendary Strand Hotel, a former “Raffles properties” during
the colonial area.
Following tea we transfer to the
World famous, magnificent Shwedagon Pagoda to enjoy the sunset and observe
religious customs of the Myanmar people. The 100m high Chedi is covered by more
than 40 tons of gold leaf and by night lit up, making it truly magical to see.
Dinner at your hotel. (Own Account)
Overnight in Yangon
Day 2
Yangon- Heho – Inle by late morning flight (B,
D)
Transfer to the Airport for your domestic flight to Heho.
From Heho a 1-hour scenic drive leads to NyaungShwe, the gateway
village to Inle Lake where we will stop for a visit to the ShweYanpyay
Monastery en-route.
We recommend enjoying lunch at View Point restaurant in NyaungShwe
(own account)
After lunch, board a private local motorboat transfer to your
hotel for check in.
Innthar (LakeDwellers) are member of Tibeto-Burman ethnic group
living around InleLake. They speak an archaic dialect of Burmese and believe
they are the tribe of Dawei descent. See
the leg-rowing fishermen and their floating gardens, built up from strips of
water hyacinth and mud and anchored to the bottom with bamboo poles.
After a brief freshen up at your hotel, your time in the Inle
Region begins with a sightseeing trip around the lake, including a visit to PhaungDawOo Pagoda and the jumping cats
monastery where you can view beautiful antique Buddha statues. If time
allows we will go for a short walk through one of the villages.
Special Traditional Shan Style dinner at hotel.
Overnight on InleLake
Day 3 Inle-
Indein-Heho-Mandalay by late afternoon flight (B, L, D)
Today, we head to the morning market on
the lakeside. This market rotates around the villages on and near the lake over
a 5 day cycle. A colourful market, it is
visited by lake inhabitants and surrounding hill tribes on a daily basis
(except on new and full moon days).
From the middle of the lake, continue
down a small canal leading to the Paohvillage of In Dein. After a walk around
the village, passing a local school, take the covered stairway to the beautiful
AlaungSitthou area where ancient stupas are partly covered by vegetation. From
here enjoy a magnificent view over the lake.
Private lunch at an InthaHouse, situated
in the village of Nampan and belonging to the descendant of an Intha family.
The specially arranged lunch is set up the local way: you will sit on pillows
on the floor and eat from low tables decorated to fit the place.
Late afternoon, you will transfer to
Airport for the domestic flight to Mandalay.
Taking the ancient name of Ratanapunja,
the royal capital of the last monarchy of Myanmar, Mandalay enjoys the
splendour of a golden age and still has great importance as a cultural center.
The city takes its name from the 236-meter high Mandalay hill. The palace was
constructed in 1857 and completed in 1861, in Myanmar traditional architectural
style. The majority of monuments including the palace, palace walls, pagodas
and monasteries were built soon after. The city was completely damaged in the
fierce fighting of World War II, including the royal palace, which has since
been reconstructed.
Finish the day with a sunset view over
town from Mandalay Hill.
Dinner at hotel
Overnight in Mandalay
Day 4 Mandalay Embark RV Paukan (B, L, D)
After breakfast, your day begins with a
sightseeing tour of Mandalay, Myanmar’s cultural capital starts with the
Mahamuni Pagoda, famous for its venerable statue of Buddha covered in gold
leaf.
The Mandalay made famous among the International visitor by Rudyard
Kipling’s “Mandalay” poem, has also long been known as a center of skilled
craftsmanship and in former times supplied the Royal courts with its works. Here we take a tour of the traditional
workshops where it is possible to observe these traditional crafts including
woodcarving, marble masonry, Kalaga tapestry and gold leaf making.
Transfer to the jetty to embark RV
Paukan
Board the Ship at Gawein Jetty (11.30- 12.00 hrs), welcome
cocktail and lunch. Sail upstream (ETD 12.30/13.00) and moor overnight at a
river village North of Mandalay.
Overnight onboard
Day 5 Onboard RV Paukan (B, L, D)
R.V Paukan service
Visit Sagaing, a hill studded with many Pagodas and Monasteries
rich in wood carving and religious art. We travel by coach to the ancient city
of Ava, capital of the BurmeseKingdom from 1364 to 1841. Here we explore the
ruins by horse cart visiting the beautiful 200 year’s old BagayaKyaung teak
Monastery, Nanmyin watchtower (27m high) and the Me Nu Ok Kyaung monastery.
Return to the ship and cast off. (ETD 10.30). Stop at Yandabo, a picturesque
river village specializing in Pot-Making, where the peace treaty of the First
Anglo-Burmese war signed on Feburary 24, 1826. Explore the village stopping at
the pot-making workshops to learn about their unique production technique, the
school and the monastery.
Continue sailing until late night. Moor overnight at a river
village.
Overnight onboard
Day 6 Bagan (B)
After breakfast, disembark RV Paukan
Your guide will meet you again at Bagan jetty and transfer to your
hotel.
Bagan is famous for its thousands
of ancient stupas and temples in this area make Bagan, one of the most
remarkable archaeological sites in Asia. From the 11th till 13th century, when
Bagan was the capital of Myanmar, the rulers constructed huge stupas and
temples, many of which are still standing today on the banks of the IrrawaddyRiver.
After brief freshen up at your hotel, we
head to TayokyePyay for a first overview over the plain of Bagan. Then,
continue to the Shwezigon Pagoda and its magnificent golden stupa, followed by
Wetkyi-In Gubyaukgyi, a cave temple with exquisite jatakas murals paintings and
the elegant HtilominloTemple noted for its fine plaster carvings and glazed
sandstone decorations.
We recommend having lunch at Bagan Viewing Tower restaurant overlooking
the panoramic scenery of Bagan. (own account)
In the afternoon, visit Ananda, an architectural masterpiece of the
early-style temple. AnandaOkkyaung is
one of the few surviving brick monasteries from the early Bagan period.
End the day with a horse carriage tour among the temples starting at
Ananda and passing Thatbyinnyu, the highest temple in Bagan, the massive
Dhammayangyi Temple noted for its remarkable brickwork and Sulamani.
We recommend to enjoy the Dinner at hotel (own account)
Overnight in Bagan
Day 7 Bagan (B)
OPTION: from
October to March, early morning hot-air balloon flights over the plain of Bagan
and its 3000 sites. An unforgettable and unique experience!
Visit the colorful NyaungOo Market
followed by visit to the countryside village of Minnanthu, the least visited
area in Bagan with temples such as Payathonzu, with its unusual architecture
and Tantric Buddhism influence, Lemyethna and Nandamannya.
We recommend the Sunset Garden
restaurant for lunch on the river bank (own account)
In the afternoon, attend
“Burmese Tea” in a monastery near Myinkabar village to enjoy a traditional
Myanmar snack (in Burmese “Moun”) with tea or coffee and then, take a horse
carriage ride and enjoy this traditional mean of transport in Bagan.
We then take a walk through the village
and have the opportunity to visit local sites (Gubyaukgi, with some of the
oldest mural paintings, Manuha and Nanpaya) as well as look into the production
process of lacquer ware, one of the best-known Myanmar handicrafts in one of
the local family workshops.
Enjoy sunset over the site from one of the open upper terraces in Bagan.
We recommend enjoying the dinner at
local restaurant, BBB (own account)
Overnight in Bagan
Day 8 Bagan- Yangon (B, D)
After breakfast, enjoy a leisurely start
to the day and late morning transfer to the Airport for your domestic flight to
Yangon.
Upon arrival transfer to your hotel in a beautifully decorated
authentic colonial coach. (Elephant Coach)
After lunch time, your sight seeing of
Yangon begins with a visit to residence of Gold-ash U Shein who is famous for
his traditional medicine practice and faith healing method in Europe. Discuss
with him and meeting with local people at his residence. Then take a short walking
tour around the down town before transfering back to your hotel.
If you want to experience the famous
Myanmar fortune teller we know the best place to take you there. (Own Account)
Special Farewell dinner at Le Planteur
fine dining restaurant.
Overnight in Yangon
Day 9 Departure Yangon
(B)
After breakfast, enjoy a leisurely day
at your hotel then transfer to Yangon International Airport for your onward
flight. (car& guide at your disposal)
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