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ST-17A TRACING THE BEAUTY LAND OF AKHA
17Days /16Nights

Day 01 Arrival to Yangon
Arrival Yangon airport. Guide will be meeting at airport and transfer to Hotel.
Overnight at Hotel in Yangon.

Breakfast at hotel. Sightseeing Yangon : World famous Shwedagon Pagoda, Chauk-Htat-Gyi (Reclining Buddha), drive around Sule Pagoda & Mahabandoola Park, and walk along busy street of China Town. Overnight at hotel in Yangon.

Early breakfast at Hotel. Transfer to airport. Yangon to Bagan by morning flight. From airport, visit Nyaung Oo Market, Shwezigon Pagoda, Gubyaukgyi Temple. Transfer to hotel. Afternoon visit to Archaeological Museum, Ananda Temple; the most beautiful temple decorated with Terra-Cotta Jataka, Manuha Temple; the temple of captive king of Tha-ton, Lacquerware Factory and Pyattadagyi Temple for panoramic view of the city. Overnight at hotel in Bagan.
 

Breakfast at Hotel. Trip to Mount Popa, no active volcano and a holy place, sightseeing tour through a wildlife park, Retourn journey to Bagan. Sunset from Tayoke Pyay Temple. Overnight at hotel in Bagan.

Breakfast at hotel. Bagan sightseeing: Drive to an ancient Pwasaw village, to see daily life style of Bagan people & visit to Dhamma-yan-zi-ka Zedi with five cardinal points and photo stop at Dhamma-yan-gyi Temple; the massive one. Afternoon ( around 14:30hrs ) take a boat to Kyauk-Ku Umin . Walk along the small path through mountain to the meditation cave made of sand stone in the 12 century. Visit around to see the stone-relief, stucco of the temple and return back to Bagan at sunset.
Overnight at hotel in Bagan.

Transfer to Jetty to take a boat (2½ hrs) across Ayeyarwaddy River. Your car will wait you at the jetty of Pokoku. Visit Pokokku market and start drive to Sin Phyu Sin Bridge over Chindwin River (4 hrs). Before reaching Sin Pyyu Shin Bridge, enroute to Ah-Neint (Thone-Pan-Hla) Village. You can find a group of pagodas from period of 16 century with fresco paintings. Visit around the village for 1 hrs and continue drive to Po-Win-Taung. Visit the caves of Po-win-taung by pick-ups. The Po-win-taung caves : grand moments of scred art in cave temples, sideral hours of Buddhism. Arrive Monywa in the evening and transfer to hotel.
Overnight at hotel in Monywa.

Breakfast at hotel. Sightseeing Monywa : Visit to Thanbodae Pagoda; Mt. Meru-type structure with no less than 582,354 Buddha images in niches, Bawdi-tahtaung pagoda; thousand of Buddha images under the Bo-trees and visit to Kyauk-kar village which produce different kind of lacquer-ware from Bagan. In the afternoon, drive to Sagaing and visit Kaung-Hmudaw Temple, Umin Thonse Shrine and sunset from Sone U Ponnyashin temple. Drive to Mandalay (1 hr) and transfer to hotel.
Overnight at hotel in Mandalay.

Visit to Amarapura : MahaGandayon Buddhist Monastery to observe the life style of thousands of Buddhist monks, Silk-weaving, U-Bein wooden bridge constructed across the TaungThaMann Lake.
Drive & across by boat to Ava, an ancient capital of Mandalay. Visit around Ava by Horse cart: MaiNu Oak-Kyaung (brick monastery), Bagaya Monastery famous for its construction with 267 teak wood, NanMyint watch tower and villages to see the workshop of Monk's arms-bowl.
On the way back, visit Mahamuni Image; a place of intense devotion to pilgrims from all over the world, Tapestry Workshop, Bronze melting and stone carving workshop.
Overnight at hotel in Mandalay.

Breakfast at Hotel. Boat trip to Mingun with sightseeing tour of the biggest bell of bronce of the world. Return to Mandalay.
Afternoon sightseeing in Mandalay : Shwenandaw; the Golden Palace Monastery, Kuthodaw Pagoda; the world's largest book and sunset from Mandalay Hill with the view of dotted pagodas and Ayeyarwaddy River.
Overnight at hotel in Mandalay.

Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to airport. Mandalay to Kyaing Tong by flight (around 12:55 - 14:45). Sightseeing Kyaing Tong, the Wat Jong Kham Pagoda and shan lacquer ware home industry.
Overnight at hotel in Kyaing Tong.

Breakfast at hotel. Start with a visit to Kat Tauk area, Pin Tauk Village and then trekking to see Akha & Ann tribes, lunch from lunch box at Pin-Tauk waterfall. Later, visit to Yan-Law "Tai Khun" village and Wan Pauk Palaung village ( silver palaung) .
Overnight at hotel in Kyaing Tong.

Visit unspoiled Wan Nyet old monastery and Wan Seng villag, the Tai Loi’s places near Namp-Lwei stream unreachable at one time. Back to Kyaung Tong.
Overnight at hotel in Kyaing Tong.

5 minutes walk to Kyaung Tong Market and see many minority people shopping in the morning.
Rest of the morning at the Lake Naung Tung. Transfer to airport.
Kyaing Tong to Heho by flight (around : 15:15 - 16:05). Drive to Nyaung Shwe and transfer to hotel by boat. Overnight at Hotel in Inle Lake.

Breakfast at hotel. Excursing by boat : sightseeing tour of the floating market and watching the traditional way to fish and to row of the people of Intha, afterwards, Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda, Silkweaving home industry and the monestry of Nga Phae Kyaing.
Overnight at hotel in Inle Lake.

Transfer to Nyaung Shwe by boat. Drive to Pindaya (2½ hrs). Sightseeing of the caves of Pindaya, Shan umbrella making home industry. Overnight at hotel at Pindaya.

Drive to Heho airport. Heho to Yangon by morning flight. Transfer to hotel. Sightseeing Yangon : Kaba Aye Pagoda, and Bogyoke Aung San Market or free time.
Overnight at hotel in Yangon

Transfer to airport for departure flight.

End of our service.

Cost Inclusive :
Breakfast at hotel and lunch box on Day 11 at Khaing Tong.
Accommodation in sharing twin room basis.
Transfers and sightseeing with English speaking station guide.
Domestic airfare & boat fare.
Entrance fees.
Ticket fee for Marionette show at Mandalay Marionette Theatre.

Cost Exclusive :
Meals, drinks and personal expenses.
Camera and video camera fees.
Myanmar visa fees. ( US$ 20.- )
Yangon airport tax. ( US$ 10.- )
External airfare. ( i.e. BKK/YGN/BKK )

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