NKTT 01 : Classic Myanmar Tour

( 8Days / 7Nights )

Day 01 : Arrival Yangon by evening flight ( – / – / – )

Arrive Yangon in the afternoon by flight. You will be welcomed by your tour guide and transfer to the hotel. Have a rest at the hotel.

Overnight at Yangon.

Day 02 : Yangon full day sightseeing (B/-/-)

Breakfast at the hotel. The full day tour of Yangon commences with a visit to city center and Sule Pagoda, the landmark of downtown Yangon, followed by Kandawgyi Lake for photographing the panoramic view of the lake overlooking the Shwedagon Pagoda.

Afternoon sightseeing includes Bogyoke Market (formerly called Scott Market), where we can shop varieties of goods ranging from handicrafts to clothing and local food/ snack; a walk at Chinatown area, the bustle point of Yangon; sightseeing and sunset viewing at Shwedagon Pagoda, an inspiring golden stupa which is one of the best landmarks in Myanmar.

Overnight at Yangon.

Day 03 : Yangon/Bagan (flight), Bagan full day sightseeing (B/-/-)

Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the airport to fly to Nyaung U. Arrive  Bagan, one of the Asia’s most popular archaeological destinations and one out of two most pre-eminent religious old cities in South East Asia. The sightseeing starts with a visit to Nyaung Oo market – a typical local market; followed by visits to most distinctive pagodas such as Shwezigon Pagoda – the holiest one believed to be enshrined with Buddha tooth and hair; Gubyaukgyi Temple (Wetkyiinn village) – the 13^th century ‘cave temple’ with fine frescoes of scenes from Jakatas; Anada Temple – one of the masterpieces surviving and remaining in Bagan and considered to be in the Mon architecture style.

Afternoon, we will visit a lacquer ware factory followed by a visit to local village.

Overnight at Bagan.

Day 04     Bagan full day sightseeing                     (B/-/-)

Breakfast at the hotel. The second day sightseeing at Asia’s best kept archaeological destination includes a visit to Dhamayangyi Temple – the most massive and significant monument in Bagan with finest mortar-less brickwork; Sulamani Temple – close to the Dhamayangyi temple with more sophisticated style of later Bagan temple; another Gubyaukgyi Temple at Myinkaba village – believed to be built for Rajakumar on the death of his father, King Kyansitta, and famous nowadays for its well preserved wall paintings; Manuha Temple – built by detained Mon King Manuha; Ngagayon Temple – similar to the plan of Anada Temple and the main attraction is that the twice life size Buddha Image shelters under the hood of the naga or serpent inside the temple. We will view the sunset from the top of one of the temples.

Overnight at  Bagan.

Day 05      Bagan/Mandalay (flight), Mandalay sightseeing                   (B/-/-)

Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the airport to fly to Mandalay. Sightseeing at Mandalay, the last capital of Myanmar kingdom, includes Mahamuni Buddha Image – believed to be cast in bronze in front of Buddha himself and nowadays gilded with thick gold leaf; gold leaf hammering, marble carving, and tapestry making.

Afternoon sightseeing includes Shwenandaw monastery, still existing masterpiece of last Myanmar kingdom’s architecture in teak and wood carving; Kuthodaw Pagoda, renowned as the world’s largest book; and Mandalay Hill, regarded a natural watch tower in the plain region of Mandalay, to view the sunset.

Overnight at  Mandalay.

Day 06      Inwa & Amarapura sightseeing                      (B/-/-)

Drive to Inwa, formerly known as AVA, a former Royal capital of Myanmar located at the confluence of the Ayeyarwaddy River and Myitnge River. After crossing the Myitnge River by small boat, taking a horse cart along the bumpy road to visit the ruins of the old royal capital includes the watch tower, the 27 meter tall leaning tower of old royal palace; Mahaaungmyebonzan monastery, the impressive brick and stucco monastery; Bargaya monastery, a splendid teak wood monastery with wood curving.

Drive to Amarapura; U Bein bridge, the world’s longest teak wood bridge across the Taungthaman lake, an ideal place to enjoy the sunset. Return to Mandalay

Overnight at Mandalay.

Day 07      Mandalay/Heho (flight), Excursion to Inle Lake                (B/-/-)

Breakfast at the hotel. After breakfast, drive to Mandalay airport to fly to Heho (Inle). Arrive Heho and drive to Nyaung Shwe Jetty. Inle Lake, one of the magical lakes in Myanmar located 900 meters above sea level surrounded by beautiful mountains of Shan plateau, is the home land of the Inthar tribe. If by chance today coincides with the market day, we will visit the regional market which is held on a 5 days rotation basis in different areas of the Lake. We will visit Phaungdawoo Pagoda – famous for its richly gilded five small Buddha images; Ngaphechaung monastery (also known as jumping cat monastery) was built more than one and a half century ago and features a number of interesting old Buddha Images. Other attractions include: unique leg-rowing style and fishing method of the Inthar, floating gardens used as vegetable plantations, silk and cotton weaving cottages and black smith.

Overnight at Inle.

Day     08 Heho/Yangon (flight)                   (B/-/-)

Breakfast at the hotel. After breakfast, transfer to the airport to fly back to Yangon. Arrive Yangon and stay at the Yangon International Airport to your departure flight.