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Fascinating Land Travel & Tours' Itinerary
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Itinerary FLT 03
[Name] Myanmar exploration I
10 Days / 9 nights (For people who want to see all the
classic sites and Kakku, a "hidden" place, combined with an economy boat trip on
the Ayeyarwady river)
Day 1. Yangon - arrival
Day 2. Yangon - Bagan (by flight and car)
Day 3. Bagan (by car)
("Balloons over Bagan" is possible at extra cost)
Day 4. Bagan - Mandalay (by boat Malikha or Shwe Keinnery)
Day 5. Mandalay - Amarapura (by car)
Day 6. Mandalay - Heho - Nyaung Shwe / Inle Lake (by car and flight)
Day 7. Inle Lake - Indein (by boat)
Day 8. Inle Lake - Kakku - Aye Thar Yar (by car)
Day 9. Aye Thar Yar - Heho - Yangon (by car and flight)
Day 10. Yangon - International departure
Day 1. Upon arrival in Yangon, you will be welcomed by your FLT Tour
guide and transferred to the hotel. Visit Yangon city center with many colonial
style buildings, Sule pagoda, the reclining Buddha image of Chauk Htut Gyi,
Karaweik Hall, a floating barge on Kandawgyi Lake and stroll around Scott (Bogyoke)
Market with hundreds of food, clothes, handicrafts and gems stores. Your visit
today will conclude with the Shwedagon Pagoda, one of the most awesome and
spectacular monuments of Buddhists.
Lunch and Dinner on your own account and overnight stay in Yangon.
Day 2. After breakfast at the hotel, transfer by early morning flight to Bagan. Continue the day with visits to the most significant Pagodas and Temples
of Bagan including Shwezigone Pagoda, built in the early 11thcentury, Ku Byauk
Gyi, a temple with superb mural paintings and Ananda temple with four standing
Buddha Images and a huge teak door.
After lunch, visit one of the lacquer-ware workshops. Visit will follow to
Manuha Temple, built in Mon style, Nanbayar Temple with a unique sand stone
monument. Your visit will also include Myinkaba Gu Byaukgyi Temple, a Temple
known for its mural paintings.
Lunch and Dinner on your own account and overnight stay in Bagan.
Day 3. After breakfast at the hotel, visit the site of Tayoke Pyay Temple with 13th
Century Bagan Style Temples. Continue to a farming village around Bagan to know
life of local people and local rice-noodle making. Few tourists go to those
villages, you have time to explore the village life.
In the late afternoon,
return to Bagan.
Remark: Rice-noodle making at Taung Bi farming village is
from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. But guests should check with guide / driver first whether
it is worth going there on the particular day. Lunch and Dinner on your own account and overnight stay in Bagan
Day 4. Take away breakfast and very early morning transfer to the jetty
for the boat "Malikha or Shwe Keinnery" to go upstream on Ayeyarwady River to
Mandalay. Enjoy watching the landscape passing by and the life along the river
during a relaxing day. There is an air-conditioned room available. The trip
takes approximately 10 - 12 hours depending on the river conditions and water levels.
Upon arrival to Mandalay, transfer to the hotel. Your Car is
available at your disposal until dinner time.
Lunch and Dinner on your own account and overnight stay in Mandalay.
Day 5. After breakfast at the hotel, visit Amarapura (former capital) with
Mahaghandayone Monastery, where thousands of monks are taking their meals in
total silence as well as 200 years old U Bein bridge. You will also see the most
revered Buddha Images of Mahamuni Pagoda Visit will also include a silk weaving
factory.
In the afternoon visit Golden Palace monastery with impressive wood (teak)
carvings. Continue to see the world's largest stone slab book of Kuthodaw
Pagoda. Enjoy the Sunset over Mandalay Hill.
Lunch and Dinner on your own account and overnight stay in Mandalay.
Day 6. After breakfast at the hotel, transfer to the airport (1 hour) for your domestic
flight to Heho. Drive to Nyaung Shwe (30 km - 1 hour), the main gateway to get
to Inle Lake.
Afternoon excursion on the lake by private long-tail boat will include the
weaving village of Inn Pawkhone and a cheroot rolling workshop as well as the
famous Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda. You will also see floating gardens, leg rowers,
local fishing methods and village life of Inle Lake. Visit will conclude with a
150 years old wooden monastery, Nga Phae Chaung Monastery filled with beautiful
Buddha images in various styles. This place was famous as jumping cats
Monastery, nowadays you may see the cats jumping occasionally only.
Lunch and Dinner on your own account and overnight stay at Inle Lake.
Day 7. After breakfast at the hotel, visit the five day's market at nearby village (if
coinciding with market day schedule). Continue your journey to the western bank
of Inle Lake upstream on a creek to get to Indein Pagoda where thousands of Shan
style stupas exist. You will also get a chance to stroll around bamboo forest
and visit local villages to experience village life of tribal people.
Lunch and Dinner on your own account and overnight stay at Inle Lake.
Day 8. After breakfast at the hotel, drive to Kakku Pagoda complex in the territory of
the Pa-O ethnic group (70 km from Nyaung Shwe - 2.5 hours; if your hotel is on
the Lake, you will need to go by boat to Nyaung Shwe). The highlight of this
site is the 2,500 temples and stupas aligned in rows, in a 1 sq-km area. Huge
and shady Banyan trees and charming Pa-O villages surround it. A Pa-O guide will
also assist you in addition to your tour guide.
In the afternoon, drive back via Taunggyi to Aye Thar Yar.
Lunch and Dinner on your own account and overnight stay at Aye Thar Yar
Golf Resort
Remark: if guests stay at a hotel in Nyaung Shwe, a return to the hotel
is possible and Kakku can be done as day-trip from Nyaung Shwe.
Day 9. After early breakfast, transfer to Heho airport (30 km - 45
minutes) for your domestic
flight to Yangon. After arrival in Yangon car and guide will
be at your disposal for further sightseeing as you wish during the whole day.
Lunch and Dinner on your own account and overnight stay in Yangon.
Day 10. Yangon - International departure
After breakfast, the day is at your leisure for relaxing, shopping or sightseeing until
transfer to airport for departure. Tour Guide and car will be at your disposal.
(Guests arriving to Myanmar by morning or mid-day flight will follow the
above-mentioned program. But if you arrive only in the afternoon, you will be
directly transferred to your hotel and Yangon sightseeing will be provided on
the last day.)
PRICES
Validity: Prices are valid during the high season from 01 October 2018 until
30 April 2019 (there might be surcharges during peak season times, e.g. Christmas
and New Year and depending on the hotels chosen - please inquiry with us for
your travel date). Please ask for discounted rates for the low season.
All prices are in USD per Person
| Days |
Tour code |
for 1 person |
for 2 persons
(in twin share room) |
for 3-4 persons
(in twin share room) |
| Std |
Mid |
Dlx |
Std |
Mid |
Dlx |
Std |
Mid |
Dlx |
| 10 |
FLT
03 |
2,705.-- |
3,605.-- |
5,195.-- |
1,655.-- |
2,065.-- |
2,850.-- |
1,440.-- |
2,110.-- |
2,650.-- |
| Single supplement for
FLT 03 per single rooms required |
260.-- |
680.-- |
1,410.-- |
260.-- |
680.-- |
1,410.-- |
Add on for German speaking through-out tour guide:
150.-- USD for the whole tour
(not per person). Tour guides speaking other languages can be arranged - please
check with us)
Included:
Excluded:
- International airport tax (it is included in your ticket price)
- Personal expenses such as beverages, laundry and souvenirs and tips
- Meals (Lunch / Dinner)
- Personal insurance
- Visa fees for Myanmar
- International flights
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Excess Baggage (domestic flights allow up to 20 kg per
person only)
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Any official fees introduced or increased after our
offer.
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Fuel surcharge for domestic flights if applicable
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If guests wish to alter the itinerary, extra charges may apply.
• Kindly keep in mind that our itineraries might need to be amended on
short notice depending on changes to flight- and boat schedules, condition of
roads etc.
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