DAY |
ITINERARY |
1 |
Arrival Mandalay and sightseeing (By car) (-/-/-) |
2 |
Mandalay – Heho and Inle Sightseeing (By Flight) (B/-/-) |
3 |
Indein (By boat) (B/-/-) |
4 |
Heho – Yangon – Departure (By Flight) (B/-/-) |
Arrival Mandalay by international flight.
Meeting with professional guide and assistance on arrival and transfer to the hotel.
Visit to the revered Mahamuni Bouddha Image, as well as visit the workshop where gold leaf is produced.
The Mahamuni Buddha Temple, Buddhist temple and major pilgrimage site, is highly venerated in Burma and central to many people’s lives, as it is seen as an expression of representing the Buddha’s life. There is face washing ceremony in the early morning at there and many tourists come and enjoy it.
An afternoon tour begins with Shwenandaw Monastery noted for its exquisite wood carvings, followed by Kuthodaw Pagoda, which is known as the World’s Biggest Book because of its stone slabs consisting of Buddhist scriptures.
To end the day with panoramic views of the city and a spectacular sunset at Mandalay Hill.
Overnight at hotel in Mandalay.
Meals: Lunch and dinner are your own cost.
After the breakfast, an awaiting car will transfer you to the airport for your flight to Heho.
Proceed to Inle Lake.
Visit Shwe Yan Pyay Monastery which is well-known by photographers for its unique oval-shape windows which serve as eye-catching frames when novice monks stand to look out.
Visit Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda that is one of the holiest sites in Shan State, visited by Buddhist worshippers from all around Myanmar. The shrine itself is huge and features five ancient golden Buddhas, and next to it can be found a large golden barge, a replica of the one said to have been used by King Alaung Sithu to travel around the country, the bazaar and Ngaphe Chaung monastery.
Overnight at hotel in Inle.
Meals: Lunch and dinner are your own cost.
After the breakfast, visit the 5 days market which due once on five days at each village to see multi hill tribes come down from nearby villages.
Proceed to Indein village which is most famous for its crumbling and atmospheric groups of ancient pagodas, some of which are now being restored.
On the way back, visit Gold Smith, Silver Smith Workshop and lotus weaving home industry for beautiful scarfs and blouses.
Overnight at hotel in Inle.
Meals: Lunch and dinner are your own cost.
After the breakfast, an awaiting car will take you to the airport for your flight to Yangon.
Visit Shwedagon Pagoda rises 326ft (99.3m) above its base. Erected more than 2500 years ago and enshrining eight hairs of Buddha placed in a treasure chamber deep under its base. It is the highest symbol of the people’s devotion to Buddha.
The Shwedagon Pagoda is also known as the Great Dagon Pagoda and the Golden Pagoda, is a gilded stupa and the 326-foot-tall (99 m) pagoda is situated on Singuttara Hill, to the west of Kandawgyi Lake, and dominates the Yangon skyline. It is the most sacred Buddhist pagoda in Myanmar, as it is believed to contain relics of the four previous Buddhas of the present kalpa. These relics include the staff of Kakusandha, the water filter of Koāgamana, a piece of the robe of Kassapa, and eight strands of hair from the head of Gautama.
Proceed to Bogyoke Aung San Market (Scott Market) the famous two-storey market that sells typical traditional Myanmar crafts. (closed on every Monday & public holidays!!)
You will be transferred to the airport for your departure.
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