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8 Days Myanmar
(Yangon - Bagan - Mt. Popa - Bagan - Mandalay - Amarapura - Sagaing - Mandalay - Mingun - Mandalay - Heho - Kaung Dine - Inle Lake - Heho - Yangon)

DAY 1: YANGON
"MINGALAR BA" - "have an auspicious day" - are the first words which you will hear from your local tour guide. Among the many interesting places in the Golden City, the magical Shwedagon Pagoda will be on top of your sightseeing list!

DAY 2: YANGON - BAGAN
Paradize for early morning birds! 7 a.m. flight to Bagan which will bring you back into the 11th century! 1,000 pagodas in the morning, 1,000 pagodas in the afternoon... Ananda, Shwezigon, Thatbinnyu, and, and, and.... No time for lacquerware shopping? Of course you have it - shop till you drop!

DAY 3: BAGAN - MT. POPA - BAGAN
Myanmar's people say: "Here's a nat, there is a nat, everywhere are nats nats!"

DAY 4: BAGAN - MANDALAY - AMARAPURA - SAGAING - MANDALAY
8.40 a.m. flight to the city of the last kings of Myanmar. Breathe the unpolluted air on the wooden U Bein Bridge in Amarapura and visit the famous hand weavers: How exiting to watch the skill of the threads being tied! Continue to Sagaing Hills: "From the hills which are studded with white and golden pagodas, from the hills looking lazy at the Irrawaddy River, a girl is sitting near the river, I know she is thinking of me." Maybe from the Son Oo Ponyashin Pagoda you may see Kipling's girl - for sure you will have the most breathtaking views of Mandalay and the Ayeyarwaddy River!

DAY 5: MANDALAY - MINGUN -  MANDALAY
Have a one hour's boat ride on the mighty Ayeyarwaddy River and make merit by striking the largest ringing bell in the world - the "Mingun Bell". Back to Mandalay, the most famous pagoda - the Mahamuni Pagoda, 'The World's Largest Book' - as well as the Kuthodaw Pagoda and sunset on Mandalay Hill will make you wish to spend another wonderful day in Mandalay.

DAY 6: MANDALAY - HEHO - NYAUNG SHWE - INLE LAKE
Air Mandalay will take you to Shan State - some call it "Switzerland of Myanmar" (?). Don't forget your sun lotion! In a long-tailed Sampa on the Inle Lake, rimmed by blue mountains, you will see that life here still follows ancient, traditional patterns. Floating gardens, one leg-rowers, villages on stilts and, all around, the Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda, wonderful monasteries, and the reflection of the cotton wool clouds - that's just magic!

DAY 7: INLE LAKE - HEHO - YANGON
At 10.20 a.m. Yangon Air will bring you back to the 21th century. Enough time for wandering around the Bogyoke Market and finding some souvenirs for the unlucky ones who could not join your wonderful trip!

DAY 8: YANGON/ Departure Day
Sad but true, you are about to return to everyday life,i.e. fly back to Bangkok and say good-bye to Myanmar.

SERVICES INCLUDED:
Bed & breakfast in double sharing room, local guide throughout the tour, domestic flights by Air Bagan, Air Mandalay or Yangon Airways, air-con car/van/bus throughout the tour, entrance fees as indicated in our itinerary, boat to Mingun and on Inle Lake, porter fees at the airports and jetties.

NOT INCLUDED:
International flight to/from Yangon, visa fees, international airport tax of US$ 10.- per person, early check-in and late check-out, porter fees at the hotels, tips, beverages, bank handling fees, Balloon over Bagan ride of US$ 255.-, etc.

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OTHER SPECIALS BY MYANMAR TRAVEL LTD.:
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BIRD WATCHING
INCENTIVES
BUSINESS DELEGATIONS
52 DAYS JOURNEY IN MYANMAR

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