TREASURE OF MYANMAR

Arrive to Yangon. Meet and transfer to Hotel. After lunch, Yangon orientation tour. Highlights are: Sule Pagoda, Botatung Pagoda, Chaukhtatgyi Reclining Buddha Image, and Shwedagon Pagoda. Dinner at hotel and overnight in Yangon.

After breakfast, fly to Mandalay - the center of Arts & Crafts. Meet and transfer to hotel. Mandalay City tour including visit to Mahamuni Image. Tapestry making home cottage. Marble carving workshop. Gold-leaf Beating workshop, Silk weaving home cottage, Shwenandaw Monastery. Kuthodaw Pagoda and Mandalay Hill. Dinner at a restaurant. Overnight in Mandalay.

After breakfast, visit Amarapura. Highlights are: Mahagandaryone Monastery, U Bein's Bridge, Wood carving & Bronze castling workshops. Proceed to Sagaing Hill - known as the center for meditation. Visit Kaungmudaw Pagoda. Pottery Making village and Silver-smith workshops. Afternoon, boat trip to Mingun. Sightseeing Mingun Bell. Patodawgyi Unfinished Pagoda and surrounding villages. Evening dinner and overnight in Mandalay.

After breakfast, transfer to the jetty for the boat trip to Bagan (0630-1530) with government Double Decker ferry. Transfer to the hotel. Dinner at hotel and overnight in Bagan.

After breakfast, sightseeing Bagan by visiting: Nyaung Oo Market. Shwezigon Pagoda, Ananda Temple. Kyansitha Umin, Thatbylnnyu Temple and. After lunch, visit to Lacquer -ware making home cottage. Manuha Temple. Myinkaba Gubyaukgyi Temple apd Dhamayangyi Temple. Evening, sunset view of Bagan from Shwesandaw Pagoda. Dinner and puppet show at a restaurant. Overnight in Bagan.

 After breakfast at hotel, drive to Kalaw. On the way, visit Mount Popa, an extinct volcano known as the place for 37 nats (spirits). Lunch at Popa Mountain Resort Hotel where one could see the panoramic view of the surroundings. Then. proceed to Kalaw. Dinner and overnight at the hotel in Kalaw.

After breakfast at the hotel, drive to Pindaya. Sightseeing Pindaya Cave. Traditional Shan papers and Umbrella making villages. After lunch, drive to Lake Inle. Dinner at hotel and overnight in Nyaungshwe or Lake Inle.

After breakfast, sightseeing Lake Inle by boat. Tour highlights are; Phaungdaw Oo Pagoda, Inpawkhone Village, Ngaphechaung Monestery, traditional ways of fishing, and Floating Gardens. Lunch at a restaurant. Dinner at hotel and overnight in Nyaungshwe or Lake Inle.

After breakfast, drive up to Taunggyi Market where one can see the various hill-tribes come down for shopping and selling fresh vegetables and all sorts of regional products. Fly back to Yangon. In the evening, take a walk along China Town before farewell dinner and cultural show at Karaweik Palace. Overnight in Yangon.

After breakfast, visit Strand Jetty to witness the daily life of the local people and Yangon's River. Then, visit Gems Mart, and Bogyoke Market - formerly known as Scott Market. In the evening, transfer to airport for departure.