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YANGON - HEHO - INLE LAKE - INDEIN - INLE LAKE - KALAW - PINDAYA - HEHO - MANDALAY - AMARAPURA - INWA - SAGAING - MANDALAY
- MINGUN - MANDALAY - BAGAN - SALE - POPA - BAGAN - THANDWE - NGAPALI BEACH - YANGON ( 21 Days/ 20 Nights )

Day1. YANGON (arrival with evening flight)

After your arrival in Yangon, check into your hotel. A uniformed host will invite you a welcome drink and collect your tour program from our tour guide. Have dinner and overnight at Kandawgyi Palace Hotel.

Day2. YANGON

Morning sightseeing includes all the famous landmarks: Sule Pagoda, City Hall, Mahar Bandula Park, Queen Anne style high-court and downtown area, Chaukhtatgyi Pagoda (72m long reclining Buddha image), Karawaik Hall (designed as a Royal Floating Barge on Royal Lake) for Kodak moment. Have lunch at local restaurant.
In the afternoon, visit Botahtaung Pagoda, Strand Hotel and drive to Mawtin Jetty to witness the daily life of the local people and Yangon River that offers a remarkable atmosphere with spectacular colors for Kodak moment.
Have dinner at Local restaurant and overnight at Kandawgyi Palace Hotel.

Day3. YANGON - HEHO - INLE LAKE ( by morning flight )

Morning flight will take you to Heho airport and drive to Nyaung Shwe; a gateway town to the Northern bank of Inle Lake (appr: 3&1/2 hours). Upon arrival, check into your hotel. And then, visit Inpaw Khon village for its traditional silk-weaving, Nan-Pan village for its cheroot making, blacksmith and boat making. Have lunch at local restaurant near Phaung Daw Oo pagoda and visit the famous Phaung-Daw-Oo pagoda, Ywa-ma village for its silversmith, floating farms and gardens, floating huts and famous Nga-Pe-Chaung monastery (one of the oldest one in Inle Lake) with jumping cats. Have dinner & overnight at Inle Regal Resort.

Day4. INLE - INDEIN - INLE

After breakfast, visit famous Mine Thawk Market (East Bank of Inle Lake). In Shan State, they have their own schedules of market day. The market will be held one day ahead at the time of full-moon (or) dark-moon day. And then, proceed to Indein village; upstream to Indein creek. Have lunch with special arrangement from Heritage Travel including traditional Shan foods. After lunch, you can visit over 1000 ruined pagodas with a long stairway. On the way back; you can see giraffe-lady (long neck people) with donating some helping money. Have dinner & overnight at Inle Regal Resort.

Day5. INLE LAKE - KALAW - PINDAYA

Early morning, drive (appr: 1 hour) to Kalaw; a beautiful pine-land. In Kalaw, visit the local Market and downtown area with remaining colonial style buildings. And proceed to Pindaya(appr:2 hours).Upon arrival, have lunch at local restaurant.
And visit famous Pindaya Cave with 8049 Buddha images. You can also visit paper umbrella and traditional Shan paper cottage industry. In the afternoon, start the half-day trekking to Htut-Ni (Pa-O village). You can see tealeaf plantation, banana, papaya, cauliflower, oranges and other vegetables. You can visit to a local house and chat with the people and children. In the evening, back to the hotel and dinner & overnight at Conqueror Hotel.

Day6. PINDAYA - HEHO - MANDALAY ( by afternoon flight )

After breakfast, you can visit the downtown area of Pindaya with beautiful Pon-Taloke Lake and also with colorful local market with hill tribe people; selling and buying goods for next week. After visiting the local market, drive back to Heho airport and have a light lunch at Heho airport and fly to Mandalay with domestic flight. Upon arrival, check into your hotel and drive up to Mandalay Hill (Anti-ageing Hill) and take a panoramic view of Mandalay city. Have dinner at Green Elephant restaurant & overnight at Sedona Hotel.

Day7. MANDALAY - AMARAPURA - AVA - SAGAING - MANDALAY

In the morning, sightseeing starts with gold-leaf making and visit the famous Maharmuni Image: you can see how pious Myanmar people are; the thick layer of gold-leaves at the Image. Mandalay still remains as a cultural centre of Myanmar. You can visit marble stone-carving, tapestry, bronze making and wood-carvings. drive to Amarapura (the city of Immortal) and visit Mahargandayon monastery, famous U Bein Bridge and silk-weaving factory. Have lunch at local restaurant.
And then take a boat to cross the Myitnge River. On the other bank, you will be arrive Ava. It used to be capital of Burmese Kingdom since 1364.Take a horse cart to visit this small island with famous Bagayar wooden monastery, Mahar Aungmye Bonzan brick monastery, old Ava fort, and other interesting pagodas. In the afternoon, proceed to Sagaing and visit silverware making at Ywahtaung village, Kaunghmudaw pagoda, drive up to Sagaing hill (noted as a religious retreat and has over 400 monasteries and nunneries) and visit Umin-thonese pagoda and Son-U-Ponyashin pagoda. Enjoy the sunset from this pagoda. Have Dinner at local restaurant and overnight at Sedona Hotel.

Day8. MANDALAY - MINGUN - MANDALAY

After breakfast, excursion to Mingun, 12km away from Mandalay and a very pleasant boat trip with plenty to see along the Ayarwaddy River. Tour highlight with Mingun bell (90 tons), Myatheindan pagoda and Phahtodawgyi Pagoda: an enormous unfinished temple. In the late afternoon, come back to Mandalay and have lunch at local restaurant with Ayarwaddy River view. And, visit Zegyo colorful market, King Mindon's Myanansankyaw Palace site of Konbaung dynasty, Golden monastery for its unique wood-carving, Kuthodaw pagoda with 729 stone tablets (known as World's Biggest Book). Dinner at Kor's kitchen and overnight at Sedona Hotel.

Day9. MANDALAY - BAGAN ( by charter boat )

In the morning, transfer to Gaw Weinn Jetty; one of the historical jetty in Myanmar. And board the Nadi Kyaw special boat. Depart from Mandalay and cruise all day to Bagan. On the way, the boat will stop at Yandabo. Yandabo is a rarely visited small village with no road access to the world. This village is famous for the production of terracotta pottery made from river bank mud. You can see pottery making process at various stages. You are invited into people's homes and visit the local monastery. Lunch on board.
In old days, Ayarwaddy is the life of Myanmar and they call "Road to Mandalay". In the afternoon, you arrive Bagan ( the heart of Myanmar). Upon arrival, transfer to hotel and check into your room. Have dinner and overnight at Thiripyitsaya Sakura Hotel.

Day10. BAGAN

Today, "spread your wings and across the sky!" Early morning, enjoy "Balloon Over Bagan" with outstanding breath-taking view of Bagan.
After breakfast, Bagan sightseeing includes with selected highlight pagodas: Shwezigon( the prototype of Myanmar Architecture; built by King Anawrahta in 1089), Gyubyaukgyi Temple for its mural paintings, Htilominlo temple for its fine plaster carving, Ananda Temple for its finest Architecture in Bagan; inside is decorated with four huge standing Buddha images with different hand postures and numerous seated figures in niches around the galleried interior. Have lunch at River View restaurant.
In the afternoon, visit Nan Phaya temple, Manuha temple, Myingaba Gyubyaukgyi temple, Shwegyugyi temple and Thabinnyu temple. Enjoy the sunset of Bagan from Shwesansaw Pagoda. Have dinner at local restaurant and overnight at Thiripyitsaya Sakura Hotel.

Day11. BAGAN

Sightseeing continues to Minnanthu village and visit 13th A.D style pagodas and sees the daily activities of local people at Pwa-saw village. Visit Dhamarazaka pagoda,Lawkananda pagoda and Ashae-Pet-leik and Anauk-Pet-leik Pagodas. Have lunch at local restaurant.
In the afternoon, visit the lacquer-ware factory, Sulamani temple, Dhamayangyi temple and appr: 5:20pm enjoy the sunset of Bagan. Have dinner at local restaurant and overnight at Thiripyitsaya Sakura Hotel.

Day12. BAGAN - SALE - POPA - BAGAN

In the morning, drive to Sale about (1&1/2 hours). Upon arrival, visit famous Sale Yoke Sone monastery with nice woodcarving and collection of palm-leaf manuscripts, Buddha images and lacquer ware boxes. You can also visit large Hni-Phaya (Buddha image made of saw-dust). In the afternoon, another (1&1/2 hours) drive to Mt.Popa (home for the 37 nats). Upon arrival drive up to Popa Mountain Resort and have lunch with Mountain plug view. Then, drive to bottom of Popa Mountain plug.
At the bottom of the Popa (the Oasis of Dry Zone), visit the enshrining place of 37 nats in life-size statues. And then, climb up 737m high Popa Mountain with shady stairway. On top, you will see very pleasant panoramic view of surrounding area. In the evening, drive back to Bagan and enjoy the sunset of Bagan from Pyathatgyi temple. Have dinner and overnight at Thiripyitsaya Sakura Hotel.

Day13. BAGAN - THANDWE - NGAPALI BEACH ( by morning flight )

After breakfast, transfer to Bagan airport and fly to Thandwe with domestic flight. The car from the hotel will pick you up and check into Sandoway Resort. Take a rest of day of leisure at beautiful Ngapali Beach. Have dinner and overnight at Sandoway Resort.

Day14. NGAPALI BEACH
Day of Leisure at Ngapali Beach. Lunch and Dinner with own account and overnight at Sandaway Resort.

Day15. NGAPALI BEACH
Day of Leisure at Ngapali Beach. Lunch and Dinner with own account and overnight at Sandaway Resort.

Day16. NGAPALI BEACH
Day of Leisure at Ngapali Beach. Lunch and Dinner with own account and overnight at Sandaway Resort.

Day17. NGAPALI BEACH
Day of Leisure at Ngapali Beach. Lunch and Dinner with own account and overnight at Sandaway Resort.

Day18. NGAPALI BEACH
Day of Leisure at Ngapali Beach. Lunch and Dinner with own account and overnight at Sandaway Resort.

Day19. NGAPALI BEACH
Day of Leisure at Ngapali Beach. Lunch and Dinner with own account and overnight at Sandaway Resort.

Day20. NGAPALI BEACH - THANDWE - YANGON
Days of Leisure are over! Transfer to Thandwe airport and fly back to Yangon with domestic flight.
Upon arrival check into your hotel and have dinner at local restaurant.

Day21. YANGON (departure with evening flight)

After breakfast, visit the Shwedagon pagoda described by Somerset Maugham: "The Shwedagon rose superb, glistening with its gold, like a sudden hope in the dark night of the soul of which the mystics write, glistening against the fog and smoke of the thriving city". This massive bell-shaped stupa rises nearly 100 meters above its hill-top surroundings. Wander through this magnificent structure and its courtyards, stupa, bells, temples and Buddha images and see religious and secular visitors from all parts of the globe. Shwedagon has become the symbol of Myanmar. Have lunch at local restaurant.
After lunch, visit the Scott market for shopping and come back to hotel. You have time to repack all of your belonging and you are ready to leave from Myanmar and we feel so sad to say "Goodbye!" . And appr: (17:00) transfer to Yangon International Airport for your departure.