12 Days Exploration Tour of Myanmar from India

Flight: International flight on your own arrangement or on requests

Welcome to Yangon! Upon arrival, your guide will greet you at the airport and escort you to hotel for check-in. The rest of the day free for you to be on your own.

In the evening, enjoy a Cultural Dinner Show at Karaweik Palace, a restaurant located on the Royal Lake. The show features the traditional instruments, attire, and dances of Burma, conveying the ten national arts. After the show, return to your hotel for the evening.

Overnight in Yangon.

Meals: B

Rise early in the morning to visit the Shwedagon Pagoda which is the largest pagoda painted with real gold in Yangon. The benefit for visiting the pagoda in the early morning is that you will enjoy a quiet and extremely peaceful atmosphere to watch local people and monks pray in front of the Pagoda.

Transfer back to hotel for breakfast. After breakfast you will visit the Reclining Buddha (Chaok-Htat-Gyi) and Mahabandoola Park.

Have some rest after lunch. In the afternoon, enjoy your free time to wander the Bogyoke Market. Then stroll around the busy streets of Yangon’s famous China Town and Yangon Jetty. Finish the day at the riverside where is flanked by colonize style buildings, which will give you the impression of old-time Myanmar.

Overnight in Yangon.

Meals: B

After breakfast, you will be transferred to Kyaiktiyo, an important pilgrim town in Mon State about 200 km from Yangon, to visit the amazing Golden Rock, a golden boulder and pagoda balancing over a cliff. En route, you will pay a visit to Kyakhat Wine Monastery where young monks live and learn Buddha's literature.

To atop the mountain that the Golden Rock stands, you need to walk up, which takes around 45 minutes. Alternatives like a sedan chair and cable car are available. However, if your fitness is not in trouble, we advise you to go up on foot to enjoy the beautiful overlooking landscapes.

Overnight in Kyaiktiyo.

Meals: B

Today, you will head back to Yangon. On the way, make a stop at Bago, where you will tour Shwemawdaw Pagoda at a height of 114 m, holding the record as the tallest pagoda in Burma. Then visit Kanbawzathadi Palace to dream back to the ancient Myanmar in 16th century, Shwethalyaung Temple said to be the second largest reclining Buddha over the world and once got “lost” for over 120 years, and Kyaik Pun Pagoda known as the home to the Four Seated Buddha shrine.

Before finally reaching Yangon, take your time to see Taukkyan War Cemetery in the village of Taukkyan, which is a cemetery built for the soldiers died in battle in Burma during the Second World War. After that, continue go back to Yangon.

Overnight in Yangon.

Flight: Domestic flight is on Indochina Tour's arrangement

Meals: B

Transfer to airport for domestic flight to Bagan in the early morning. Upon arrival in Bagan, you will be welcomed by your local guide at the airport and then transfer you to the hotel.

In Bagan, you will be amazed by the thousands of Buddhist pagodas spread on the plain. These pagodas used to own by individual families during its prosperous time.

You will visit the Nyaung Oo Market where local people buying food in daily life and the Shwezigon Pagoda which is the largest pagoda in Bagan painted with real gold.

Have a rest at the hotel during the hottest time in the afternoon. Then it's time to enjoy a Horse Cart Ride for the sunset. You can climb up to the top of the Shwesandaw Pagoda for sunset and then take the horse cart back to the hotel. It will be an unforgettable memory of taking the horse cart ride to travel through the pagodas when it is quiet in the dusk.

Overnight in Bagan.

Meals: B

In the morning, drive to Mount Popa, an extinct volcano with its golden shrines.

Situated 50 km southeast of Bagan, this solitary peak showcases the Popa Taungkalat shrine, the favored home of Myanmar's most powerful "Nats" (local spirits), statues of which can be found at its base. These spirits were once so important to the country's early Kings that it was essential for them to consult the Nats before commencing their reign. The shrine is located at the top of the mountain, and if you have the energy, climb to the top (well worth the climb!). Along the way, there are a multitude of monkeys expecting a treat!

On the way back, stop by a local village to learn about local culture and lifestyle. Then enjoy lunch at a hill resort. Also, visit a palm sugar workshop, where the harvested nectar from local trees is cooked into the sugar cubes that you see in teashops.

Overnight in Bagan.

Flight: Domestic flight is on Indochina Tour's arrangement

Meals: B

Drive to the airport for onward flight to Mandalay. Upon arrival, Your local guide and driver will pick you up and bring you to have a city excursion in Mandalay.

Visit Mahamuni Image where you can see local people pray and stick the gold paper on the Buddha for a blessing. You can also try to make your wish and donate money (buy) for the gold paper to stick the gold paper on the statue (only man allowed to stick the gold).

On the way to the Mahamuni Image, pay a visit to a gold paper factory to see how people made the gold leaf. Then visit the Shwenandaw Monastery which means "Golden Palace Monastery" and it was built in the 19th century and well known for its teak carving of Buddhist myths. Next, visit the Kuthodaw Pagoda which is a Buddhist stupa that contains the world's largest book of Buddhism.

Finish your day at the top of Mandalay Hill for a stunning sunset.

Overnight in Mandalay.

Meals: B

After breakfast, you will be transferred to Jetty for a private boat across the Ayeywarwaddy River to visit Mingun. Here the magnificent Mingun Pahtodawgyi Temple, Hsinbyume Pagoda, a striking 19th-century white pagoda, Mingun Bell, the second largest bell in the world are the most prominent religious heritages.

After lunch, drive to Ava, 30-minute to the south of Mandalay, known in the west as the Kingdom of Ava. Stop by a tributary and cross it with a ferry. Travel by pony-cart around Ava to Nanmyint leaning tower which gives a birds' eye view of the mighty Ayeyarwaddy River, Bagaya Monastery, Aungmyaybonza Monastery. Though the Royal Palace of Ava has gone, the fabulous pagodas, temples, and monasteries still remain.

Then you will return to Mandalay. On the way back to the hotel, pay a visit to the silversmith workplace.

Overnight in Mandalay.

Flight: Domestic flight is on Indochina Tour's arrangement

Meals: B

Drive to Mandalay International Airport to board flight to Heho, where you will be picked up by local guide and driver and transfer you to your hotel by the lakeside of Inle Lake.

Inle Lake locates in the highland of Myanmar in an altitude of around 3,000 feet above sea level. Here you will enjoy different atmospheres and ambiance from the middle part of Myanmar.

After check-in hotel, enjoy your day at leisure to relax.

Overnight in Inle Lake.

Meals: B

After your breakfast around 8 am, you will take a boat trip to Inle Lake, the second-largest lake in Myanmar. Lives of In-Tha (name of local ethnic people) are centered on the lake. They live in stilted houses, grow fresh produce such as tomatoes, melons, and papayas in unique floating gardens, and eat fish as a staple. On the lake, you can see traditional fishing methods by using the leg-rowing technique.

Then you will visit Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda, the most highly revered monastery in the Inle Lake area. After that, continue your boat ride to Nga Phe Chaung monastery, one of the oldest monasteries on the lake. The Buddha statues are more than 200 years old.

Next, proceed to the floating garden - Kyun-Hmyaw, which was built-up from strips of water hyacinth and mud. Finally, relax and enjoy spectacular sunset views over Inle Lake before returning to the hotel.

Overnight in Inle Lake.

Flight: Domestic flight is on Indochina Tour's arrangement

Meals: B

In the morning, drive to the Heho Airport for the flight back to Yangon. Then you have your free time to stroll around the streets and lanes.

Overnight in Yangon.

Flight: International flight on your own arrangement

Meals: B

Today transfer to the airport for your flight home.

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