10 Days Myanmar Classic

^{10 Days / 9 Night}s

Itinerary ( Yangon - Bagan - Mandalay - Meikhtila - Kalaw - Pindaya - Inle Lake - Heho - Yangon )

10 DAYS MYANMAR CLASSIC (MY-SIC-01)

DAY 1 : Yangon
On arrival in Yangon, transfer to visit Shwedagon Pagoda for the sunset. Shwedagon Pagoda is the highlight of any visit to Yangon, this pagoda dates back about 2500 years and was built to house eight sacred hairs of the Buddha. Its original shape has changed beyond all recognition over the centuries. Its bell-shaped superstructure, resting on a terraced base, is covered in about 60 tons of gold-leaf, which is continuously being replaced.
Overnight in Yangon.

DAY 2 : Yangon (B)
After breakfast, visit Sule Pagoda, this 48 meter high golden dome was used by the British as the nucleus of their grid pattern for the city when it was rebuilt in the 1880s. Continue to Botataung Pagoda, this paya was named after the 1000 military leaders who escorted relics of the Buddha brought from India over 2000 years ago. Then Kyaukhtatkyi Pagoda, the temple contains a gaudy, modern, 70 meter long reclining Buddha, built in 1966 and housed in an iron pavilion. Continue to visit National Museum, a museum with several interesting exhibits, especially the 8 meter high Sihasana Lion Throne, used by King Thibaw Min, the last Burmese king, and returned to Burma in 1908 by Lord Mountbatten.
Overnight in Yangon.

DAY 3 : Yangon - Bagan (B)
After breakfast, transfer to airport and flight from Yangon to Bagan, a spectacular plain stretching away from the Ayeyarwaddy River, dotted with thousands of 800-year old temple ruins.
On arrival, visit Shwezigon Paya, the stupa's graceful bell shape became a prototype for virtually all later stupas over Myanmar. Continue to Gubyaukhyi Temple at Wetkyi-Inn, the great colorful painting about the previous life of Buddha and the distinguished architecture make this temple an interesting site for a visit. Then Ananda Pahto, one of the finest, largest, best preserved and most revered of the Bagan temples. Visit Gubyaukgyi Temple at Myinkaba, this temple is famous for its well-preserved Stuccos from the 12th century on the outside walls. The magnificent paintings date from the original construction of the temple and are considered to be the oldest original paintings in Bagan. Then Manuha Temple, It enshrines the unusual combination of 3 seated and one reclining image Buddha. Visit Shwesandaw Paya, this is the first monument in Bagan, which features stairways leading up from the square bottom terraces to the round base of the Stupa. This Pagoda is ideal to watch Bagan's magnificent sunsets.
Overnight in Bagan.

DAY 4 : Bagan - Mandalay (B)
In the morning, continue sightseeing from previous day. Then transfer from Bagan to Mandalay. Journey northeast through Mandalay Division past Meiktila and Kyaukse.
Overnight in Mandalay.

DAY 5 : Mandalay (B)
After breakfast, visit Kuthodaw Paya, the central stupa here was modeled on the Shwezigon Paya at Nyaung U near Bagan. The paya has been dubbed 'the world's biggest book', for standing around the central stupa are 729 marble slabs on which are inscribed the entire Tripitaka. Visit Mahamuni Paya, the centerpiece of the shrine is the highly venerated Mahamuni image that was transported to Myanmar from Mrauk U in Rakhaing in 1784. Visit Mandalay Hill, an easy climb up the sheltered steps bring one to a panoramic view over the palace, Mandalay and the paya-studded countryside. Visit Shwenandaw Kyaung, a monastery of great interest, not only as a fine example of a traditional Burmese wooden monastery, but as a fragile reminder of the old Mandalay Fort.
Overnight in Mandalay.