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Myanmar in a
Nutshell |
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Type |
Myanmar
Odyssey |
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Tour Code |
JNC # 11 |
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Coverage |
Yangon –
Kyaikhtiyo – Bago - Mandalay - Bagan – Inle Lake –
Yangon |
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Duration |
15 Day / 14
Night |
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Availability |
Round the year |
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Itineraries:
Day 01 Arrival, Yangon
Day 02 Yangon – Kyaikhtiyo <coach>
Day 03 Around Kyaikhtiyo
Day 04 Kyaikhtiyo – Bago – Mandalay <coach / train>
Day 05 Mandalay free
Day 06 Mandalay free
Day 07 Mandalay – Bagan <cruise> <except on Wed and Sun>
Day 08 Bagan free |
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09 Bagan free
Day 10 Bagan – Mt. Popa – Kalaw <coach>
Day 11 Kalaw free
Day 12 Kalaw - Pindaya - Nyaung Shwe <coach
Day 13 Inle Lake excursion <boat>
Day 14 Inle Lake - Heho – Yangon <coach / flight>
Day 15 Departure. |
Sample itinerary, actual may vary
Day 01 Arrival
Arrive at Yangon airport, meet and greet by Journeys representative
and transfer to your hotel. Overnight in Yangon. |
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Day 02 Yangon -
Kyaikhtyo <coach>
Breakfast at hotel and depart for Kyaikhtiyo <approx 7 hour>. Arrive
at Kin pun base camp and board on an open truck for 11 km steep and
dirt road leads to the upper staging point of Yathetaung camp.
Continue walk up <approx 45 min> to the renowned Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda
site. Overnight at Kyaikhtiyo.
Day 03 Kyaikhtyo
Breakfast at hotel and explore this important Buddhist pilgrim sites
on your own. Overnight at Kyaikhtiyo.
 Day 04 Kyaikhtyo -
Bago -
Mandalay <coach / train>
Breakfast at hotel and return back to the base camp. Meet your
driver and continue drive to Bago, ancient capital of Mon, known as
Hansavati. Visit Shwethalyaung the world largest reclining Buddha
Image and other major monument in Bago. Board on night train for
Mandalay. Overnight on train.
Day 05 / 06 Mandalay
Arrive Mandalay early in the morning and transfer to hotel. You will
be on your own to explore Mandalay. Ideal to visit Mayan Chan jetty
and Mingun across the Ayeyarwady river, Mahamuni Image and Amapura
"meaning city of immortality" with a visit of unique 200 years old U
Bin wooden bridge, Mahagandayon Monastery with lunch process of
hundreds of Buddhist monks, ancient capital of Ava for it's unique
monasteries and monuments include Bargaya teak monastery which is
famous for its teak pillars amounting to 267 in total. You may also
visit Sagaing, covered with 600 white-painted pagodas and
monasteries, widely regarded as the religious centre of Myanmar and
is home of 6000 monks and nuns, 100 meditation centers, Kuthodaw
Pagoda where entire Buddhist canon recorded on stone tablets
totaling 729 in number and Shwenandaw Monastery. Overnight in
Mandalay. |
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07 Mandalay - Bagan <ferry>
Early morning transfer to jetty for a leisurely day cruise to Bagan
along Myanma lifespan Ayeyarwady river. <Shwekennery departs
Mandalay at 06:00><check in time 05:30><time to depart your hotel
05:00>. Bagan is the richest archaeological site in Asia founded in
11th century AD. Overnight in Bagan.
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08 / 09 Bagan
You will be on your own to explore next two days in Bagan. You will
wander its dusty tracks visiting magnificent temples and towering
pagodas with ancient and beautifully painted murals dating back over
a millennium. One can easily imagine in the morning’s mist a parade
of gilded elephants passing between the white pagodas, laden
ox-carts raising a cloud of dust as they slowly plod towards the
horizon, or a line of saffron robed monks collecting their daily
food in black lacquered alms bowls. The elephants were gone, but the
rest remains. The most impressive and inspiring monuments are
Thabyinnyu, Anandar, Gawdawpalin, Dhammyangyi temples and the
Shwezigon Pagoda. The temple interiors are often filled with rows of
Buddha, images of guardian Nats or spirit gods and intricate murals
depicting the life of Buddha and scenes of royalty. In the evening a
climb up of one of the ruins for a breathtaking view of the sun
setting over the mighty river and the surrounding plain filled with
countless temples and pagodas. You will also visit a lacquer-ware
workshop and the long and arduous process of making bowls and trays
that often take months to complete. Overnight in Bagan. |
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Day 1 0 Bagan -
Mt. Popa -
Kalaw <coach>
Breakfast at hotel and depart for Kalaw through the mainland and
twisting and turning hilly drive through Shan plateau. En-route
visit Mt. Popa, said to be the core of an extinct volcano. Mt. Popa
considered the abode of most powerful Nats <spirit> and important
Nat worship center as well as major pilgrimage destinations. After a
long day drive you will feel cool comfortable to arrive this hill
station town. Overnight in Kalaw.
Day 11 Kalaw <coach>
Breakfast at hotel and leisure rest of the day. Ideal to visit near
by ethnic villages to observe their daily life. Overnight in Kalaw.
 Day 12 Kalaw -
Pindaya -
Inle Lake <coach>
Breakfast at hotel and depart for Pindaya cave <48 km, 1˝ hour>.
Explore around wonder of the mystery cave and near by Po O
traditional paper umbrella making process. Proceed to Inle Lake
<91km, approx 2 hour>. Overnight in Nyaungshwe.
Day 13 Inle Lake
Breakfast at hotel. You will be on your own to explore the unique
lake. Traveling on the lake is an exhilarating experience for nature
lovers and a chance to observe the unique tradition of the Intha
people. Wonder unique leg rowing fishermen, floating firms, houses
and monasteries on stilt. Phaungdaw Oo pagoda, Ngaphechaung
monastery and some of cottage industries are worth visiting.
Overnight in Nyaungshwe. |
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Day 14 Inle - Heho - Yangon <coach / flight>
Breakfast at hotel and transfer to Heho airport for your onwards
flight to Yangon. Upon arrival transfer to hotel. Overnight in
Yangon.
Day 15 Departure
Breakfast at hotel and transfer to airport for your onwards
departure to complete this unique experience. |
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