20 Days Myanmar In-depth Tour with Beach Relaxing

Welcome to Yangon!

Our tour guide and driver will welcome you at the airport upon arrival. You will be escorted to the hotel and check-in. The rest of the day is at your leisure for recovery.

Note: If your arrival time is early, and you prefer to explore the city instead of taking a nap, please kindly tell our travel consultant, and we’ll recommend one of our suggested activities like enjoying a food tour at night or having a half-day bike tour, or city walking tour. 

Accommodation: Overnight in Yangon

Meals: NA

After morning breakfast, your tour guide will pick you up at 8:30 am to Yangon Railway Station. Taking the local circular train journey to the outskirts of town (20-30 minutes ride).

1. Circular train journey: observing the lively and colorful life of the rural Burmese people.
2. Kyi Myin Daing Market: a variety of street vendors sell colorful wares, where you can explore the market and meet friendly locals.

Go back to the downtown area of Yangon to enjoy Myanmar cuisine. You’ll continue your tour in the afternoon. You’ll explore:

1. Old City Hall: A well-balanced blend of Western and Burmese architectural styles, listed on the Yangon City Heritage List.
2. Botahtaung Pagoda: features golden decorations inside and houses a sacred hair of Gautama Buddha.
3. Bogyoke Market: sells many Burmese traditional handicrafts including stone, wood, bronze carvings, and much more.
4. Kandawgyi Park: famous Karaweik, a concrete replica of a Burmese royal barge built in 1972, near Chaukhtetgyi Reclining Buddha Image.
5. Shwedagon Pagoda: an important Buddist icon, which has been described as one of the wonders of the world, plays a very important role in old Burmese history.

Enjoy the sunset over the Shwedagon pagoda, and then you’ll get back to the hotel for a good rest.

Accommodation: Overnight in Yangon

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

After enjoying breakfast at the hotel, your tour guide will come to get you and take you to Bago, a town 44 miles north of Yangon. It takes around 1.5 hours. On the way to Bago, you’ll visit Allied War Cemetery. Upon arrival at Bago, you’ll see:

1. KyeinPun: a place with four big sitting Buddhas made in 1476.
2. KyatKha Wine Monastery
3. Shwe Maw Daw Pagoda: known as “Golden God Temple”, the highest pagoda in Myanmar.

Taste a local lunch at a Burma restaurant, and you’ll continue your Bago tour:

1. Hintha Gone Pagoda: good viewpoint over Bago on the hilltop.
2. ShweThaLyaung reclining Buddha Image
3. Hanthawaddy Palace: the capital of an old Myanmar empire.

When the tour ends, you'll head back to the Yangon hotel for the rest.

Accommodation: Overnight in Yangon

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

After enjoying breakfast at the hotel, your tour guide will escort you to Yangon airport and take a flight to Heho Airport, which will take 1 hour. Your tour guide and driver will meet you at the airport and head to the hotel in Inle Lake. Inle Lake is the second-largest lake in Myanmar. 

The rest of the time is on your arrangement. You could visit Phaungdawoo Pagoda and Paya, Inthein Village, and Yan Aung Nan Aung Hsu Taung Pye Paya.

Accommodation: Overnight in Inle Lake

Meals: Breakfast

In the morning, after breakfast, you’ll start the Inle Lake full-day tour. Firstly, go to visit the lake’s morning market. This market is visited by lake inhabitants and surrounding hill tribes to sell and trade wares.

Then you’ll continue down a small canal leading to Indein in the middle of the lake, populated by ethnic Padaung (“long neck women”).

Walking through a covered alley lined on both sides with a thousand pagodas and a long-covered staircase, you’ll have a chance to discover the magnificent complex of Alaung Sithu in beautiful scenery of ancient stupas, which are buried in vegetation with a panoramic view of the Inle Lake.

After enjoying a local Burma lunch, you’ll continue to visit Khaung Daing Village in the afternoon. Khaung Daing Villiage is a native village near the northwestern of Inle Lake. There are some Shan-style temples to visit.

When the tour ends, you’ll be escorted to the hotel in Inle Lake. The rest of the day is at leisure.

Accommodation: Overnight in Inle Lake

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

After breakfast, your private tour guide and driver will meet you at the lobby of the hotel and escort you to Pindaya, around 1.5 hours.

Pindaya is well-known for its big cave with lots of statues of Buddha, which is on a limestone hill. There are three caves on the hill, but only one is for visitors.

1. Pindaya Cave: 150 meters long and filled with thousands of Buddha images, in all different shapes, and sizes, and made from different materials.
2. Boutaloke Lake: a picturesque spot to relax.
3. Local Handicraft Workshop: making traditional Shan paper and umbrellas.

After the tour, you’ll be escorted to the hotel for the rest. 

Accommodation: Overnight in Inle Lake

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

In the morning, after breakfast, your tour guide will escort you to Bagan, enjoying the scenery on the way. The whole drive takes around 7 hours.

In the late afternoon, you’ll arrive at Bagan and then enjoy a fun horse cart ride to a little village called Taung Phi for a view of a teak monastery.

Keep riding in the horse cart around temples and winding roads, while the sun moves toward the horizon, making interesting shadows from the temples on the ground. You’ll visit Shesandaw Pagoda and watch one of the best sunsets in Southeast Asia.

Accommodation: Overnight in Bagan

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Today, you need to get up early at 5:00 am to experience a beautiful hot air balloon flight over Bagan’s temples. 

Drifting over a panorama of a thousand ancient pagodas, silent in the shadow of low-slung mountains and against the banks of the mighty Irrawaddy River, you will have a wonderful overhead perspective of Bagan. It's a fantastic and interactive experience.

The entire experience will last about 2.5 hours. On landing, our fully trained Myanmar ground crew will pack the balloon whilst passengers enjoy a glass or two of celebratory champagne. You’ll receive a flight certificate signed by the pilot.

After enjoying a delicious breakfast, you have free time on your own until your tour guide picks you up at 1:00-1:30 pm to Mount Popa.

1. Mount Popa: a dormant volcano in central Myanmar and the highest point of the Pegu Range.
2. Popa Taungkalat Monastery: a special monastery high up on a big rocky hill, offering beautiful views of the fields nearby and Mount Popa.
3. Nat Shrine: mannequin-like figures representing the 37 Nats, dedicated to animist spirits.

Note: You need to climb 777 steps to get to Popa Taungkalat Monastery, if you don’t want to do that, you can choose to visit the sandalwood forest and medical herb garden with plenty of flora and fauna.

After touring Mount Popa, a stop will be made at a palm tree plantation on the way back to the hotel in Bagan. Villagers earn money from these palm trees. It's a nice break where you can watch them work with palm trees.

Accommodation: Overnight in Bagan

Meals: Breakfast

In the morning, after breakfast, your tour guide will escort you to start a half-day Bagan tour. You’ll visit:

1. Thousands of Buddhist pagodas: over 4000 Buddhist temples and Pagodas sprinkled all across the town.
2. Nyaung Oo Market: locals buy and sell products.
3. Shwezigon Pagoda: the largest pagoda in Bagan painted with real gold.

After enjoying lunch, you’ll be transferred by private van to Mandalay. The total distance is 112 miles and will take about 3 hours. Upon arrival, you will be escorted to your hotel for check-in.

Welcome to Mandalay! Upon your arrival in Mandalay, your local guide will meet you at the airport and escort you to the hotel for the rest.

Accommodation: Overnight in Mandalay

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

After enjoying your breakfast, your tour guide will pick you up from your hotel in Mandalay at 7:30 am-8:00 am. You’ll be driven to Mingun, located 11 km up the Ayeyarwady River on the west bank from Mandalay. From here, you will explore the historic sites around Mandalay. In Mingun, you’ll visit:

1. Mingun Bell: the world's largest uncracked bell.
2. Pahtodawgyi Pagoda: the world's largest pile of bricks.
3. Myatheindan Pagoda: It's white and looks like the mythical Buddhist Mountain called Mount Meru.

You’ll then continue to Sagaing, the ancient capital of the Shan and Myanmar Kingdoms. Uncountable white-and-gold stupas are highlights of Sagaing. Sagaing Hill is widely regarded as the religious center of Myanmar. You’ll visit Soon Oo Pon Nya Shin Pagoda on the tranquil Sagaing Hill.

Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant in Sagaing. Crossing a bridge over the Irrawaddy River, you’ll take a horse cart to explore the ruins of the old royal capital.

1. 27m tall leaning tower.
2. Maha Aungmye Bonzan Monastery: built of brick in traditional style with elaborated stucco ornamentations that look like carvings.
3. Bargaya Monastery: a splendid teak wood monastery with wood carving.

Your last destination today is the Amarapura, the royal capital of Myanmar twice. In Amarapura, you’ll visit:

1. Mahargandaryon Monastery: the largest teaching monastery in Myanmar.
2. U Bein Bridge: exploring the local way of life and enjoying the sunset.
3. Weaving Workshop: Weaving is the main business of Amarapura people.

After the tour, you will be escorted to the hotel, enjoy your free time, and have a good rest.

Accommodation: Overnight in Mandalay

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

After enjoying your breakfast, your tour guide will pick you up from your hotel in Mandalay at 7:30 am-8:00 am. You’ll take a drive to Pyin Oo Lwin, located 40.5 miles northeast of Mandalay, which will take 1.5 hours. Upon arrival at Pyin Oo Lwin, you’ll visit:

1. Peik Chin Myaung Cave: a limestone stalactite cave that dates back 230 million to 310 million years with many Buddhist stupas.
2. Pwe Kauk Waterfalls: 3-step waterfall which is a good spot for picnic and swimming.
3. National Kandawgyi Gardens: a lovely green national park and botanical garden.
4. Pyin Oo Lwin market: fresh fruits, jams, and wines made from the fields.

After the tour, the rest of the day is at your leisure. You could explore this beautiful town with seasonal flowers.

Accommodation: Overnight in Pyin Oo Lwin

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Enjoy your free time in the morning until transfer to the Mandalay after lunch.

Around 5:30 pm, your tour guide will take you to Mandalay Hill to enjoy the stunning sunset. Nearby there are also many remarkable sights like:

1. The Golden Palace Monastery: famous for its exquisite wood carvings.
2. Kuthodaw Pagoda: housing the “Biggest book in the World”.
3. Kyauk Taw Gyi Pagoda: famous for its huge Marble Buddha.

After the tour, you will be escorted to the hotel and rest well.

Accommodation: Overnight in Mandalay

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Enjoy your free time in the morning until transfer to the airport for a flight to Sittwe about 1 hour. 

Welcome to Sittwe! Sittwe is the main city in Rakhine State and it's by the sea. People there grow food, catch fish, and make special clothes. It's also the starting point to go to Mrauk U, an old city from a long time ago.

Upon your arrival in Sittwe, your local guide will meet you at the airport and escort you to the hotel.

You can take a walk by the road near the water and see lots of things happening at the docks. After that, you can go to a high viewpoint and see the sunset over the Bay of Bengal.

Accommodation: Overnight in Sittwe

Meals: Breakfast

After enjoying your breakfast, your tour guide will pick you up from your hotel in Sittwe at 7:30 am to visit Sittwe’s fish market. You can see how fishermen load up their fish.

Then you’ll be transferred to the jetty and board a boat to Mrauk U. It will take 5 hours to arrive at Mrauk U Jetty.

Welcome to Mrauk U, which was the capital in the 15^th century and was super rich. In the afternoon, you’ll visit:

1. Koe-thaung Temple: temple of 90,000 Buddha Images, is the largest Buddhist temple in Mrauk U.
2. Shitthaung Temple: Mrauk U’s most important temple.
3. Dukkhanthein: dating back to 1571 AD, made by hewn sandstone and layers of bricks over the roof.

After the tour, you will be escorted to the hotel, enjoy your free time, and have a good rest.

Accommodation: Overnight in Mrauk U

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

After enjoying breakfast, you'll go on a car ride on a bumpy road for about 30 minutes to a village.

Then, you'll go on a boat ride for 2-3 hours along the Lay Mro River to visit villages where the Chin people live.

These folks are famous for their colorful clothes and some women used to have tattoos on their faces. During the visit to these Chin Villages, you can:

1. Hiking through the Chin villages.
2. Meeting local Chin people and families.
3. Watching Chin traditional dances and attending local events.

You'll have a picnic lunch during the day. After seeing a few Chin villages, you'll come back to Mrauk Oo by boat.

Accommodation: Overnight in Mrauk U

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

After you eat breakfast, you'll go to Mrauk U Jetty to catch a boat back to Sittwe. The boat leaves at 7:00 am in the morning and gets to Sittwe around noon.

Once you're at Sittwe, you'll go from the jetty to the airport to catch a flight back to Yangon. The flight leaves Sittwe at 3:05 pm and reaches Yangon at 4:25 pm. Upon arrival at Yangon, your tour guide will meet you at the airport and take you to the hotel for rest.

Accommodation: Overnight in Yangon

Meals: Breakfast

This morning, you’ll take a flight to Ngapali Beach after enjoying breakfast. It will take about 1 hour.

Upon arrival, you will be escorted to your hotel for check-in. The rest of the time is for you to relax on Ngapali Beach.

Accommodation: Overnight in Ngapali Beach

Meals: Breakfast

Today is on your arrangement. Enjoy your beach relaxing in Ngapali Beach.

Note: You can check more information for any extra excursions at your resort, or contact our sales consultants for suggestions.

Accommodation: Overnight in Ngapali Beach

Meals: Breakfast

Today is on your arrangement. Enjoy your beach relaxing in Ngapali Beach.

Note: You can check more information for any extra excursions at your resort, or contact our sales consultants for suggestions.

Accommodation: Overnight in Ngapali Beach

Meals: Breakfast

In the morning, after breakfast, your tour guide will escort you to the airport and fly to Yangon. Tour service ends here.

Hope you enjoyed a great trip with us and we look forward to seeing you next time.

Note: If you’re planning to continue exploring the Indochina region, like Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Cambodia, please never hesitate to tell us, we’re tour experts for all of these destinations.

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Meals: Breakfast