M E (8.A). Itinerary = 20 days / 19 nights.

Arrival to Yangon. It takes about 45 minutes for visa, passport, etc... clearance. Transfer to hotel and if time is enough, start sight-seeing to Shwedagon pagoda., the ultimate source of its distinctive flair, a world renowned for its religious significance, artistic beauty and its association with Myanmar culture. Overnight in Yangon.

Drive to Reclining Buddha image, 70 meters long. Visit National Museum, Free shopping at Bogyoke Aung San Market. Overnight in Yangon.

Train to Kyeikhto and Kingpun camp, again truck up to hotel. The Golden-rock, on which Kyaik htiyo pagoda is perched, the incredible balancing and one of the most spectacular sights in all Myanmar. Overnight at Golden Rock mountain hotel. 

Morning truck down and drive to Bago, an ancient capital city of Mon kingdom. Visit to Shwemawdaw pagoda, an ancient venerated and it is 114 m high. Proceed to Shwethalyaung Buddha, in a position of rest, the dimensions of that image are very impressive (thought to have originated in A.D 994 and restored in 15th century). Visit Kyeikpun Buddhist figures (AD.1476 ). Overnight in Bago. 

Drive to Taungoo. Overnight in Taungoo.

Drive to Kalaw. Free day in Kalaw, hill station for British ruling periods in Myanmar. Overnight in Kalaw.

Morning visit around Inle lake. 5- day market is rewarding excursion, at which tribal people come to sell their production. One-legged rowing are the most un usual features who have developed an original, eccentric method of rowing with one leg. Phaung daw Oo pagoda is one of the main sight seeing and Buddha images of 12th century are interesting. Floating gardens are built upon strips of water hyacinth dredged from the lake bed. Overnight in Nyaungshwe.

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Free day in Nyaung Shwe. Overnight in Nyaungshwe.. 

Morning travel by bus to Taungyi, capital city of southern Shan state where museum and market are to be are to be visited. Drive to Pindaya , mainly known for large limestone cave in which over the course of the centuries devout Buddhists have placed 6226 Buddha statues. It is also to study the Umbrella workshop. Overnight in Pindaya.

Drive to Maymyo, hill station for British ruling periods in Myanmar. Overnight in Maymyo.

About 20 minutes drive and walk down to Anisakhan waterfall. Afternoon, free for individual. Overnight in Maymyo.

Drive to Monywa. Visit Thambode temple and evening is free for individual. Overnight in Monywa. 

Cross the Chindwin river by boat and truck to visit Phowin taung caves and Shweba taung caves. Sunset view form Sagaing hill. Drive back to Mandalay and check- in hotel. Overnight in Mandalay.

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Morning, visit around Mandalay, the second largest city in Myanmar.
(a) Majestic and magnificent town, worthy of being a former of royal city.
(b) Still center of Buddhist learning. 
(c) Mandalay has two faces ; on the one hand it has the romantic flair of the royal city with all its monasteries, monks and craftsmen. On the other hand, the bustling city is a teeming metropolis, developing rapidly into a rather unappealing modern economic center. 

First to Mahamuni image, the most religious structure in this country, brought from Rakhine state (Arakan), western Myanmar in 1784. Devotees place gold leaves on the image everyday. So well gilded has it become, that the image is now a golden blob showing very little detail of the structure. Proceed to stone -carving, bronze workshops and wood- carving. Visit to Mahagandayon monastery, to study the Buddhist monks-life. (According to the time of monk's procession in that monastery, the items would be changed.) Continue to U - Bin bridge, built from wood salvaged from the old palace in Ava, which had been dismantled when the royal capital was moved to Amarapura in 1783. People use that bridge as a means to cross the Taungthaman lake about 25 minutes walk. 

Visit to Kuthodaw pagoda, built in 1872.It is famous as the largest book in the world. The entire Tripitika (Buddhist cannon ) of the Fifth Buddhist Synod was recorded in Pali scripts on the marble tablets and individually housed inside the compound of that pagoda. Proceed to Shwenandaw monastery, the supreme examples of wooden exquisite creations. Mdy hill is for sun set view. Overnight in Mandalay. 

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Up Ayeyarwady - river from Mdy lies Mingun, which still have quite a few very interesting sights. A relaxing way to observe the country and its people, teak and bamboo rafts paddle steamers. Tour high light includes Mingun pagoda (Phatodawgyi), it would have been a biggest in Myanmar if it had been completely constructed. It was left unfinished after the king's death in 1819. Proceed to Mingun bell, the second largest bell in the world. Last visit Myatheindan pagoda, which represents the mythical Mt. Meru, surrounded by seven mountain chains which are depicted by curl terraces? After noon drive to Sagaing to take sunset view from Sagaing hill. Overnight in Mandalay

Morning travel by boat to ancient capital of Bagan. The 11th century marked the start of Bagan's incredibly rapid development into one of the world's largest metropolis of its day. Bagan is world cultural heritage site and famous for the magnificent architecture of its buildings. Bagan's heyday lasted into 13th century; the city had in the mean time acquired the epithet "City of the Four Million Pagodas." 

Start the s/seeing with Ananda temple, an architectural masterpiece. Thabyinyu (The omniscient) temple rises to 61 meters and Nathlaungkyaung are to be visited. It is dedicated to Hindu god Vishnu and a perfect example of the religious tolerance that prevailed in Bagan. Damayangyi, Sulamuni and important temples of Minnanthu areas are to be visited. Finish for today by taking sunset view over mighty Ayeyarwady river from Shwesandaw pagoda. Overnight in Bagan.

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Morning sunrise view from Minyingon temple. After breakfast, visit to Shwezigon pagoda, the first major monument built in Myanmar rather than the earlier Mon-style for many later stupas. Walk to Kyansit cave, its long and dark corridors are interesting with murals. Gubyaukgyi temple is to be visited for its interior Jataka paintings of 13th century. Afternoon s/seeing includes another Gubyaukgyi in Myinkaba village, the most famous for murals. Manuha and Nanphaya are the most important temples. Overnight in Bagan.

Morning drive to Mt.Popa, the center for the workshop of Nats. Drive back to Bagan and free for individual. Overnight in Bagan.

Transfer to Nyaung U airport and flight to Ygn .After lunch at downtown, transfer to airport for departure. End of service.