Yangon - Pyay - Bagan - Mt. Popa - Mandalay - Pindaya - Inle - Taungoo - Bago - Kyaikhtiyo - Yangon

Clockwise round forgotten Myanmar
The main highlights of the golden pagoda's homeland
Join an individual trip to a golden age culture around the cities and get in
touch with Burmese charming people
(season November to February)

(Itinerary, based on transport by car)
Day1 Flight from Europe to Yangon (arrive next morning), beginning of your
23 day's individual trip to the main sites of Myanmar (formerly Burma)

Day2 You arrive late morning not far from the capital city of Myanmar and
continue straight into the hart of Yangon, famous for it's Shwedagon Paya,
the most sacred Buddhist temple in the country, that you may see already on
your incoming flight; take your time to relax
go out in the evening for some traditional Burmese food

Day3 Your first day you will spend in the city to explore the town at the
Yangon River: visit Sule Paya in down town, and the lively markets or take a
three hour circuit train around Yangon to get in touch with the friendly
people and their daily life (an exiting trip)
Nightlife on request

Day4 Today you start your round trip going first to Pyay where you stay
overnight; visit the Shwedaung Paya, just a few kilometers south of Pyay

Day5 Have a look at Shwesandaw Paya in city centre before you continue to
Bagan; enjoy sunset from one of the pagodas in Old Bagan and get a first
impression of one of the true wonders of the world - countless pagodas in a
huge area, gleaming in the sunset

Day6
Explore some of the finest pagodas in and around Old Bagan, going round by
bicycle or take a relaxing horse cart ride; work out your impressions on a
terrace overlooking the Ayeyarwady River and take some traditional food
Day7 Welcome in Africa! On the way to Mandalay, the former Burmese capital,
you drive through African like landscape with big savanna and umbrella
acacia trees; make a stopover at the monastery-topped hill of 1250 m Mt.
Popa, climb the centre for worship of the nats in Myanmar and take rest
arriving in Mandalay

Day8 To Day10
Mandaly and Mandalay region have a lot to offer. It is up to you.
Mandalay town

- Mandalay Palace (half day)
- Mandalay Hill (half day)
- Countless Pagodas (half day)
- Half day trip downtown to see:
- bamboo leaf production
- gold leaf production
- Buddha image makers
In the evening it is well worth visiting the Moustache Brothers and
Mandalay Marionettes, two places that offer fine art of traditional dance,
theatre and entertainment

Mandalay Region and its four old cities

- relaxing and exiting half day trip to Mingun to see the huge ruined base
of Mingun Paya and the largest uncracked bell in the world
- half day trip to Sagaing (Sagaing Hill and Ava Bridge) and Amarapura with
the rickety 1,2km long U Bein's Bridge, one of the few wall painted pagodas
with fine art, take a relaxing boat transfer to the Kyauktawgyi Paya
- day trip to Monywa to see Thanboddhay Paya studded with more than 500,000
Buddha images
- day trip to Pyin U Lwin, an old British hill station with waterfalls
nearby

Day11 Arrive in Pindaya late afternoon, a really retreat in a nice landscape
with a small lake; on the way from Kalaw to Pindaya you will meet Toscana
like landscape

Day12 This is the day of getting really impressed by Pindaya Caves, packed
with more than 8000 Buddha images. An unbelievable experience; visit the
bamboo umbrella makers in the early afternoon and feel the warmly welcome of
the local people; take a relaxing walk to see what's on in the market

Day13 To Day14 Meet your guide to start a village trekking to one of the
hill tribes, living in this area; stay overnight in one of the villages to
explore family life and traditions of these people

Day15 Start early morning to another retreat, the large and beautiful Inle
Lake, well known for its Intha leg rowers; start your full day boat cruise
late morning to return with sunset; just relax, have a look at the leg
rowing fisherman, visit a big pagoda, a famous temple, the floating gardens
and several manufactures like black- and silversmith, cigar makers, silk-
and cotton weavers and boat constructions

Day16 A good day for relaxing and enjoying a long morning and a good
breakfast; in the afternoon bike around the north west part of the lake and
go back by boot through the floating flower gardens

Day17 Another day at the lake gives you the possibility to take some more
activities like a day trekking at the east side of the lake

Day18 A morning farewell boat ride to meet the fisherman in the lake; after
breakfast continue to Taungoo for overnight stay

Day19 Arrive in Bago at noon and take a rikshaw tour around town to visit
the studying monks at the monastery and the biggest, nearly 100m long
reclining Buddha in Myanmar, continue to Mon village and its cotton weavers
and visit the huge Shwemawdaw Paya at sunset

Day20 Arrive at lunchtime in Kyaiktiyo to climb the Golden Rock Pagoda, one
of the most well known ones and an extraordinary places in the country;
enjoy sunset before you take a rest

Day21 Back to Yangon you will have time in the afternoon to shop around for
souvenirs you have not bought yet
Nightlife on request

Day22 This day will top your Myanmar experience; start early morning to the
Shwedagon Paya, the highlight in Yangon, first watch the gleaming stupa from
the lake side and then climb up and spend as much time as you like with
pilgrims and golden payas; take a home like feeling lunch at Savoy Hotel
(buffet lunch only on Saturdays) and relax at the salt water swimming pool
in a quiet court yard; late afternoon visit the second biggest reclining
Buddha in the country with famous paintings on his feet; get the sunset at
Kandawgyi Lake with a nice view on Karaweik floating restaurant where you
will get a huge buffet dinner with a variety of Asian food and a traditional
dance performance
Nightlife on request

Day23 Time to leave. Well relaxed you will be taken direct to the airport to
go back to Europe where you will arrive the same day
From the editor:

As this trip is described in a way that gives you the possibility to change
the above itinerary while you are in the way, as long as single arrangements
can be changed too or you are able and willing to agree on an alternative
solution that may be cause some discomfort, comparing to your bookings, you
will be very flexible to get your tailor-made holiday.

Have a good time in Myanmar - time to discover some of the oldest cultures
of the world and some of the most friendly people in Asia!

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