* 79 Travels & Tours *

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79’s Special Programme (17 Days/ 16 Nights)
	Day 01 Arrive Yangon Arrive Yangon, welcomed by our tour guide and transfer to hotel. The afternoon tour of Yangon's city center featuring Chaukhtatgyi, a colossal reclining Buddha; Karaweik hall, a Royal barge on the Royal Lake and Bogyoke (Scott) market with hundreds of stall for souvenirs. End up the day with World famous Shwedagon Pagoda, the most venerable of all places of worship in South East Asia. Witness the golden dome light up with sunshine as the sunsets. Overnight at Hotel in Yangon. Day 02 Yangon – Mandalay (by flight) After breakfast, transfer to airport for domestic flight to MANDALAY. Arrive and transfer to Hotel. Afternoon, proceed on a comprehensive sightseeing tour including MAHAMUNI Pagoda, with its spectacular Buddha image covered with thick layers of gold leaves, SHWE INBIN Monastery, one of the most outstanding monasteries in the country, SHWE NAN DAW KYAUNG or GOLDEN PALACE Monastery, a superb example of a traditional wooden building, KUTHODAW Pagoda, known as the World Biggest Book for its 729 stone slabs of Buddhist Scriptures. Visit a traditional hand-woven silk workshop as well as a Kalaga tapestries craftsmen’s shop before proceeding to MANDALAY Hill, for sunset. Overnight at Hotel in Mandalay. Day 03 Mandalay - Sagaing – Monywa (by car) Breakfast at hotel and visit Sagaing, covered with 600 white-painted pagodas and monasteries, widely regarded as the religious centre of Myanmar and is home of 3,000 monks and 100 meditation centers. continue traveling to the center of Chindwin valley to Monywar <approx 4 hour>, one of a major trading cities of the upper Myanmar about 136 km to the west of Mandalay and a commercial center of Chindwinn Valley. Places of interest are: Thanbokde Pagoda - a domed with over 500,000 Buddha images; Bodhi-tahtaung (one thousand Bo trees); Ledi Kyaungtaik - a teaching monastery where Buddhist scriptures are inscribed on 806 stone slabs; and Kyaukka Village - known for its own distinctive kind of lacquerware. Overnight at Hotel in Monywa. Day 04 Monywa - Po Win Taung – Mandalay (by car) After Breakfast, board ferry to cross the Chindwin River. Proceed by road to Phowin Taung Caves. Return back to Monwya and drive back to Mandalay. Arrive Mandalay and transfer to Hotel. Overnight at Hotel in Mandalay. Day 05 Mandalay - Pyin Oo Lwin (by car) After breakfast, drive (80 km - 2 hours) on a scenic route to the cool hill station of pyin oo lwin (MAYMYO), with its lovely lake and waterfalls, botanical garden and colonial buildings. Visit to peik chin myaung caves, since ancient times a Buddhist shrine and proceed to PWE KAUK Waterfalls, a favorite picnic spot for local people. Overnight at Hotel in Pyin Oo Lwin. Day 06 Pyin Oo Lwin – Innwa - Mingun After Breakfast, drive back to the former Royal Capital of INNWA (AVA), tour highlights with horse cart to MAHA AUNGMYE BONZAN Monastery, ruins of ancient AVA, WATCH Tower, fort walls and brick causeway. Return to Mandalay. Afternoon, transfer to jetty for a boat trip on the Ayeyarwaddy River to MINGUN, about 11 km (1 hour) upriver from Mandalay, with visits to the MINGUN Bell, weighing 90 tons and claimed as the largest uncracked bell in the world; HSINBYUME Paya, and the unfinished MINGUN Paya, built as one of the world’s largest chedi by King Bodaw Paya. Return to Mandalay. Overnight at Hotel in Mandalay. Day 07 Mandalay – Bagan (by boat) After breakfast, early start of boat journey on the AYEYARWADDY River to BAGAN. This downriver trip takes about 8 hours (depending on river condition, it might take longer). On arrival, transfer to Hotel. Overnight at Hotel in Bagan. Day 08 Bagan After breakfast at the hotel, sightseeing Bagan by visiting: Nyaung Oo Market, Shwezigon Pagoda - the prototype for later Myanmar pagodas built by King Anawrahta; Ananda Temple - King Kyansittha's masterpiece and the crowning achievement of the early style temple of architecture, Kyansitha Umin, Thatbyinnyu Temple - the highest building on the Bagan plain; and Htilominlo Temple - the largest temples of Bagan. Lunch at a Restaurant. Evening visit to Lacquer-ware making home cottage; Manuha Temple; Myinkaba Gubyaukgyi Temple - known for its wall paintings depicting scenes from the Jataka; and Dhamanyangyi Temple – the most massive temple of Bagan. Evening, visit Shwesandaw Pagoda or Bupaya to watch sunset. Overnight at Hotel in Bagan. Day 09 Excursions to Salay & Bagan Sightseeing After Breakfast, excursion (37 km – 1 1/2 hrs) to Salay along the Ayeyarwady river bank. Observe spectacular 18th century wood carving works at museum like Yoke Son monastery and near by unique 13th century lacquer-ware Buddha Image. Continue visit a number of other old monasteries and splendid colonial-style houses. Return to Bagan and continue visit excavating sites of the royal palace of Anaratha and Kyansittyha kings. Enjoy the sunset from one of the ruins. Overnight at Hotel in Bagan. Day 10 Bagan – Mt. Popa – Kalaw (by car) After early breakfast, a 300 km drive (8 hours) will take you to Kalaw. En route you will visit MOUNT POPA, an extinct volcano with spectacular views. Its shrine is dedicated to animist spirits known as “nats” and you will have time to climb the 777 steps to the shrine at the top of the peak. After lunch at simple local restaurant en route, the journey continues on a narrow, winding and bumpy road through the Shan Hills. In the late afternoon you will reach KALAW, a fresh and delightful hill station, on the rim of the Shan Plateau, which is a market center for ethnic minorities from surrounding regions. Overnight at Hotel in Kalaw. Day 11 Kalaw – Pindaya – Inle Lake After Breakfast, drive to PINDAYA (48 km - 1 1/2 hours) to the small quiet town of pindaya, where sight-seeing highlights include the PINDAYA Caves, unique for the thousands of Buddha images placed there by pilgrims over many centuries. Proceed by road to Nyaung Shwe (95 km - 2 1/2 hrs). Arrive and transfer to Hotel for check-in. Overnight at Hotel in Inle. Day 12 Inle Lake After Breakfast, an excursion by boat on Inle Lake (about 4 hrs), to see the Intha-fishermen rowing with their legs, Pagoda on artificial islands in the lake, floating gardens and floating market (on market’s day only), continue to PHAUNG DAW OO Pagoda, one of the main principle shrines in Myanmar and dating back to the 18th century; the NGA PHE KYAUNG Monastery, famous for its jumping cats trained by monks and the weaving village of INPAWKHON. Overnight at Hotel in Inle. Day 13 Excursion to Kakku After Breakfast, drive (83 km - 4 hrs) to Kakku, One of the Asia's largest and most spectacular ancient monuments is a wonderful Pagoda named Kakku. It contains over 2,000 stupas with origins dating back many centuries. Its exists not only as an outstanding example of tradition art and architecture but also as a testament to the religious devotion of one of Myanmar's many ethnic minorities, the Pa-Oh. Return back to Inle and transfer to Hotel. Overnight at Hotel in Inle. Day 14 Inle Lake – Heho – Yangon (by flight) After breakfast, excursion by boat to the Western Shore of Inle Lake to visit the INN THEIN Pagoda complex, found after following a stair path lined up with magnificent columns. After Lunch, transfer to Heho airport for domestic flight to YANGON. Arrive in Yangon and transfer to Hotel. Overnight at Hotel in Yangon. Day 15 Yangon – Kyainhtiyo (by car) After early breakfast, drive to KIN PUN Base Camp (194 km - 5 hours). Continue to KYAIKHTIYO the “Golden Rock”, a huge boulder completely covered by gold leaves and delicately balanced on the edge of a cliff. From KIN PUN, we have to drive 11 km to the intermediate point. From the upper area, travelers must, at present, walk the final stage, approximately 4 km, up steep paths which ascend some 500 m to the GOLDEN ROCK. On arrival, watch the beauty of sunset or dawn at this important pilgrimage site. Overnight at Hotel in Kyaikhto. Day 16 Kyaikhtiyo – Bago - Yangon (by coach) After breakfast, return to BAGO (110 km - 3 1/2 hours). Sightseeing includes the SHWEMAWDAW Pagoda, over a thousand years old, its spire is even taller than SHWEDAGON Pagoda. The 55 meter long reclining SHWE THALYAUNG Buddha image is among the country’s most revered. Afternoon, continue to YANGON (84 km - 1 1/2 hours), en route, visit the Allied War Graves cemetery near HTAUK KYANT and a tree shrine dedicated to a legendary “Nat”. Overnight at Hotel in Yangon. Day 17 Departure Transfer to Yangon International Airport for departure flight.