Day 1: Arrival to Yangon

Arrive to Yangon International Airport and welcome by our local English speaking tour guide. Upon arrival, you will get transferred to your hotel for bag drop and check in if it is available.

In the afternoon, you will proceed to Shwedagon Pagoda, the massive bell-shaped stupa which rises nearly 100 meters above its hill-top surroundings to watch the sunset. Wander through this magnificent structure and its courtyards, stupas, bells, temples, and Buddha images, and see religious and secular visitors from all parts of the globe.

Have dinner at local restaurant and overnight stay at the hotel in Yangon.

Day 2 – Yangon – Mandalay

Transfer to the airport for your morning flight to Mandalay. Upon arrival, you will visit Mahamuni Pagoda, Tripiṭaka tablets known as world’s largest book and Shwenandaw Monastery. In the evening you will get to enjoy the sunset with beautiful the scenery of Mandalay on top of Mandalay Hill.

Have dinner and overnight stay at the hotel in Mandalay.

Day 3   – Mandalay – Bagan

Transfer to the airport for your morning flight to Bagan. Upon arrival, you will visit Nyaung Oo morning market to experience local ways of life. Then you will get to visit one of Myanmar’s most treasured handicrafts, Lacquerware Home Industry and will also get to see a typical Myanmar village and its culture.

After that you will visit most significant pagodas and temples of Bagan including Shwezigon Pagoda built by King Anawrahta in the early 11th Century 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 18th century murals. In the evening, you will get a chance the enjoy the famous Bagan sunset from Shwesandaw Pagoda.

Have dinner and overnight stay at the hotel in Bagan.

Day 4   – Bagan – Mount Popa

After having breakfast at the hotel, you will travel to Mount Popa, an extinct volcano and on top of which is the sacred Popa Taungkalat monastery, perched dramatically atop a huge rocky outcrop. The monastery is entirely surrounded by sheer cliff faces and offers stunning views of the surrounding plains and Mount Popa itself and it is famous for its numerous Nat temples and relics sites.

After that, travel back to Bagan to continue exploring more majestic temples and religious sites.

Have dinner and overnight stay at Bagan.

Day 5 – Bagan – Inle Lake

After breakfast at the hotel, take a short flight to Heho and upon arrival travel to Nyaung Shwe. Nyaung Shwe is situated on the edge of the Inle Lake which is famous for its unique leg rower. Proceed to Inle lake by local boat and in the middle of Inle lake, you will visit the holiest religious site in Southern Shan State, Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda and Floating Market Villages & Gardens where fruit and vegetables are grown. You will get to learn the traditional handicrafts making such as Cheroot making workshop etc. After that stop at Nga Phe Chaung Monastery which is famous for its Jumping Cats).

Have dinner and overnight stay at the hotel in Inle Lake.

Day 6 – Inle Lake – Yangon

After breakfast at the hotel, get transferred to airport to take the flight from Heho to Yangon. Upon arrival, you will visit the colonial Chaukhtatgyi Pagoda, Sule Pagoda and Colonial quarters.

After that you will visit the Bogyoke Market (Scott Market), the largest market in Yangon with hundreds of stalls for souvenir bargains, arts & crafts market and have a free time to shop around.

Have dinner and overnight stay at the Yangon hotel.

Day 7 – Departure

After breakfast at the hotel, you will get a free morning at your own leisure time. In the afternoon you will get picked up for lunch and then transferred to Yangon International Airport for your departure flight.