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DAY 1 ARRIVE YANGON
 Arrive Yangon Int'l Airport by Int'l flight. Meet and greet at airport
and welcomed by our experienced Spanish Speaking guide and transfer to
hotel. Check –in Hotel. Start Yangon City tour with Experienced Spanish
speaking guide by Air-con Coach. Heading to Chauk Htat Gyi Pagoda to see
a huge reclining Buddha image. And stop for photo shooting for panoramic
view at Kandawgyi Royal Park. Complete your first day in Myanmar with an
extended visit to one of the world's most spectacular monuments , the
Shwedagon Pagoda : its golden stupa is the 'heart ' of Myanmar. The
pagoda is believed 2,500 years old and the central stupa in surrounded
by dozens of intricately decorated buildings and statues. There are
always many Myanmar people praying and making offering at Pagoda. Enjoy
sunset at Pagoda. Drive back to hotel and leisure. Transfer to the hotel
and overnight at hotel.
DAY 2 YANGON - HEHO - PINDAYA
Breakfast at Hotel . Then transfer to the airport for the flight to Heho
(Domestic flight, 30 minutes). Arrive Heho and drive to Pindaya (
Approx: 2 hours ). Visit magnificent Pindaya caves set in a limestone
ridge overlooking a picturesque lake , where thousands of different
types of Buddha images are an display in the various cave chambers.
Continue visit some local houses where families produce Shan paper and
parasols. Overnight at Hotel
DAY 3 PINDAYA - NYAUNG SHWE JETTY - INLE
Breakfast at hotel. Drive to Nyaung Shwe Jetty ( driving hours max 2 ?
hours ) . Arrive Nyaung shwe and proceed to Inle lake by local boat and
Check-in Hotel. An excursion by boat on Inle Lake, heading to the middle
of Inle lake including Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda the holiest religious site
in Southern Shan State. Floating Villages & Gardens where fruit and
vegetables are grown. See traditional handicrafts – silk weaving on
wooden handlooms and a blacksmith shop. Stop at Ngaphechaung Monastery
which is famous for its ( Jumping –Cats Show). Overnight at hotel.
DAY 4 INLE - NYAUNG SHWE JETTY - HEHO - KYAING TONG (B)
Breakfast at hotel. Leisure till the flight time to Kyaing Tong.
Transfer to the airport and light to Kyaing Tong. Transfer to the hotel
and then Visit Kyaing Tong start with Maha Myat Muni Pagoda, housing
Mandalay Style Buddha Image. Proceed to Shan Lacquer-ware. Tourists who
are found of lacquer-ware can purchase desirable lacquer-ware of high
quality. Then visit Hot Spa, Akha center village and R.C.M church.
Sunset on the one Tree Hill where a lone 245 years old Kanyin-byu
(Diptero Carpus Spp) tree stands. The tree was planted by Alaungmintaya,
the founder of Third Myanmar Empire. And then come back to the pottery
village “Yan Gone” to observe the handicraft earthen pots of Shan Tribe.
Overnight at Hotel.
DAY 5 KYAING TONG (B)
After breakfast take the car about 45 minutes for a hiking tour into the
Pin Tauk Area. Lush mixed monsoon forest with a view to the plain rice
fields looking like a huge green patchwork blanket. Visit the villages
of Akha ad Linn Tribes. Some are baptized, some tribes still animists.
The walk is not difficult and can be done slowly. They live on the
higher slopes. They have distinctively different costumes and beliefs
from the other tribes. It will take about 4 hours to visit the villages.
Late afternoon come back to Hotel and overnight.
DAY 6 KYAING TONG – LOIMWE – KYAING TONG (B)
Depart by car to Akha village situate 9 km north-east of Kyaingetong.
The costume of the ladies of this tribe is simple, a wide sleeved short
black jacket over a sarong of horizontal red stripes on black. Proceed
to Loimwe , 33 km from Kyaingetong situates over 1600 meters above sea
level. Enjoy a magnificent view of the surrounding area and temperate
climate. Loimwe, once station for the British with many colonial
buildings and a Catholic Church. On the way to Loimwe you will have
several stops to visit different villages such as Wanlun Shan villages,
Holup Akha village, Nangcho Wa village and Panwai Lahu village etc.
Visit around the town and return to Kyaingetong. Lunch on the way,
dinner and overnight in Kyaingetong.
DAY 7 KYAING TONG - MANDALAY (B)
B’fast at Hotel . Free and Leisure at Kyaing Tong before departure time
. Afternoon transfer to the Airport departure for Mandalay by afternoon
scheduled flight ( flying hours : max 1 hrs & 15 mins ) . Arrive
Mandalay airport and transfer to your Hotel . Overnight at Hotel.
DAY 8 MANDALAY - MINGUN - MANDALAY (B)
Breakfast at Hotel. Transfer to Jetty and Excursion by boat on the
Ayeyarwaddy river to Mingun about 1hr upper river from Mandala. Visit
Mingun Bell: the world largest un-cracked bell,weighing 90 tons and
continue Hsinbyume as well as unfinished Pagoda built as one of the
world's largest cherish by king BodawPaya by traditional styled bullock
- cart. After sightseeing sail back to Mandalay. Start excursion tour,
visit the Shwenandaw Palace also known as Former Royal Palace , which
was once king Mindon’s home .Continue will experience the sights and
sounds of Mandalay including one of the most revered religious images in
Myanmar, the Mahamuni Pagoda. Stop to see stone carving and later to see
gold leaf being beaten into wafer thin pieces. Visit the Shwenandaw
Monastery, excellent example of a traditional wooden building and
Kuthodaw Pagoda, the world’s largest book made of marble. Enjoy
spectacular views at sunset from Mandalay Hill there are interesting
glass-studded temples. Enjoy sunset at Mandalay Hill. Transfer to hotel.
Free and leisure. Overnight at hotel.
DAY 9 MANDALAY - AMARAPURA - AVA - SAGAING (B)
Morning B'fast at Hotel. Heading drive to Amarapura ( 45 minutes
),first, excursion to Amarapura 200 years old U bein teak bridge , built
in 1782 at the time when Amarapura was Royal capital .,visit
Mahagandayon Monastery where more than a thousand monks live and study .
Time permitting will have the opportunity to observe the monks having
their last meal of the day in total silence. Continue visit traditional
hand – woven silk workshop and Visit to the former Royal Capital of Inwa
( AVA ) with local boat ( 10 minutes .Visit Inwa including wooden
monastery of Maha Aungmye Bonzan , built of brick and stucco as well as
the Bargayar Monastery, Visit to the Nanmyint Watch Tower ,the remains
of the palace building nicknamed ' leaning tower of Ava ', the climb to
the top offers lovely views over river . After visit , the journey
continues to Sagaing. Visit Khaung Mu Daw Pagoda at Sagaing and the
Sagaing hills a retreat for Buddhist devotees for enjoy sunset . Drive
back to Mandalay Overnight at hotel.
DAY 10 MANDALAY - BAGAN (B , L)
Breakfast at hotel. Morning transfer to Jetty. Cruise to Bagan by Shwe
Kein Nayee public boat (Normally it departs from Mandalay at 06:00 and
arrives at Bagan on 16:30. It operates everydays except Wednesdays and
Sundays. On those days the slow boat operates but it takes so long) .
You could enjoy people ways of life along river Ayeyarwaddy . Arrive
Bagan and transfer to hotel. Overnight at hotel.
DAY 11 BAGAN (B)
Breakfast at Hotel. Morning visit Nyaung U Market, Shwezigon Pagoda
built by King Anawrahta in the early 11 th as a religious shrine :
Annada Temple : a whitewashed masterpiece of Mon architecture with four
standing Buddhas, and the adjacent brick monastery with the beautiful ,
well –preserved 18 th century murals:Continue visit to Thatbinnyu Temple
know as “ temples of omniscience” and dating from 1144. Gubyaukgyi( Wet
Kyi –in), a temple with superb murals of Jataka scenes: Visit to Manuha
Temple , built in the Mon Style in 1059 .Transfer to the hotel and
leisure . Afternoon visit to the Damayangyi Temple ( the massive temple
in Bagan ). Experience by local Horse–cart way to Pyitthagyi Temple(15
mins)for enjoy sunset. Transfer to hotel and leisure . Overnight at
hotel.
DAY 12 BAGAN (B)
Morning B’fast at hotel. Leisure at Hotel before your sightseeing time .
And your Guide will pick up to visit Payarthonezu Temple Complex , Kyat
Kan U Min and then Nandamannya Temple .After sightseeing drive back to
Hotel . On the way back to Hotel – to sightseeing Min Nan Thu Village (
hand weaving and Cheroot ) at Local Houses . Free and Leisure at Hotel .
Evening visit to Tayoke Pyae Min Temple to sunset – ( you are able to
sight panoramic view ).
DAY 13 BAGAN - YANGON (B)
B’fast at Hotel. And transfer to Thandwe airport departure for Yangon by
morning flight scheduled ( flying hours : max 1 hr ) . Arrive Yangon
airport and on the way visit to Kabaaye Pagoda . Afternoon , good
shopping to ( Scott Market ) with hunderds of food , clothes ,
handicrafts and g ems store .Overnight at Hotel.
DAY 14 YANGON - BANGKOK (B)
B’fast at hotel . After then transfer to Int’l airport departure for
your evening flight to Bangkok.
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