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Day 1 - Arrival Yangon

Upon arrival at Yangon International Airport, you will be picked up by Golden Express Tours representatives and transfer to your hotel. The rest of the day is at your leisure.

Activities: Airport Transfer
Accommodation: Clover Hotel (Wingabar Rd.) in Yangon or similar

Day 2 - Yangon: Full Day Sightseeing Tour

On this full day city tour, you visit the spectacular sights of Yangon. Your first stop is Bogyoke (Scott) Market, which offers a wide range of food, clothes, handicraft and gem stores. Visit the ancient Sule Pagoda, which was built over 2.000 years ago, afterwards. The tour continues by foot as you take a short walk around a certain part of downtown to admire the old colonial buildings built in the 19th century. Reaching Pansodan Street, take a break and enjoy a cup of tea at the famous Rangoon Tea House. At noontime, you make a quick photo stop at the Karaweik Hall located on Kandawgyi Lake, before visiting the Chauk Htat Gyi Buddha Temple - one of the most revered reclining Buddha images in Myanmar. Your last stop on this tour is the Shwedagon Pagoda, not only known as Myanmar's most precious sight but also the most sacred pagoda in the whole country.

Activities: Sightseeing
Accommodation: Clover Hotel (Wingabar Rd.) in Yangon or similar
Meals: Breakfast

Day 3 - Flight Yangon - Nyaung U (Bagan); Bagan: Full Day Sightseeing Tour

After breakfast, you get picked up to transfer to Yangon Airport to catch the flight to Nyaung U (Bagan). Upon arrival, your temple tour starts. Stroll around the colourful local market before visiting the most significant temples and pagodas around Bagan. The Shwezigon Pagoda, which was built by King Anawratha in the early 11th century, enshrines many sacred Buddhist relics. The oldest original paintings in Bagan can be found at Gubyaukgyi Temple. Furthermore, you visit the Ananda Temple with its four magnificent gilded Buddha statues. Continue your tour in the afternoon after a lunch break at a local restaurant or your hotel to Myinkaba village, famous for its traditional lacquerware handicrafts. Visit the Mon-style Manuha Temple and the Nanpaya Temple, a unique sandstone monument, afterwards. Enjoy a panoramic sunset view at Bupaya Pagoda right by the Irrawaddy River.

Activities: Flight
Accommodation: Bagan Star Hotel in Bagan or similar
Meals: Breakfast

Day 4 - Bagan: Excursion Salay & Mt. Popa

In the morning you get picked up at your hotel to drive to Salay, known for its cultural heritage. See the exceptional woodcarvings at Yoke Sone Monastery first, which was built in 1882 by King Thipaw. Afterwards, visit the 150-year old teak monastery Sarsana Yaungchi, built by King Mindon. Admire the ancient Buddha images and antique cabinets decorated with floral ornaments as well as Myanmar paintings in gold and silver colours. At noontime, transfer to Mt. Popa, an extinct volcano. Climbing the 777 stairs up to the monastery, you will be rewarded with amazing views over the natural beauty surrounding the mountain. Mt. Popa has been dedicated to animist spirits known as Nats. In the afternoon, you get dropped off back at your hotel.

Activities: Sightseeing
Accommodation: Bagan Star Hotel in Bagan or similar
Meals: Breakfast

Day 5 - Bagan - Mandalay, Mandalay: Half Day City Tour

After breakfast, we provide a private transfer to Mandalay. Upon arrival at your hotel, your half day city tour starts. First, you visit the Golden Palace Monastery, an example of traditional woodwork. The Kuthodaw Pagoda is the world's largest book made of 729 marble slabs, on which the entire Theravada Buddhist Pali Canon is inscribed. Mandalay is a major arts and crafts center. Walk up to Mandalay Hill for sunset viewing. Afterwards, transfer back to your hotel.

Activities: Transfer & Sightseeing
Accommodation: Apex Hotel in Mandalay or similar
Meals: Breakfast

Day 6 - Mandalay: Excursion Amarapura, Innwa & Sagaing

You get picked up at your hotel in Mandalay to drive to Amarapura. There you visit Mahagandayon, a well-known Buddhist Monastery, where over thousands of monks live and study. One of Myanmar's most popular spots to take photos at is the U-Bein Bridge, the longest wooden teak bridge in the world. After lunch at a local restaurant, you visit the former Royal Capital of Innwa. Join a ride on a horse cart and visit the Nanmyint Watch Tower and Maha Aung Mye Bonzan Monastery. Further, you see lots of unique and artful wood carvings when visiting the Bagaya Monastery. Enjoy the peaceful atmosphere at Sagaing Hill, offering you the most beautiful sunset by the Irrawaddy River. After your excursion, you get dropped off at your hotel in Mandalay.

Activities: Sightseeing
Accommodation: Apex Hotel in Mandalay or similar
Meals: Breakfast

Day 7 - Flight Mandalay - Heho (Inle Lake); Excursion to Kakku & Taunggyi

After breakfast, you get picked up to transfer to Mandalay Airport to catch the flight to Heho (Inle Lake). After picking you up at the airport, transfer to your hotel to check-in. Afterwards, you visit Kakku. Located in the heart of Shan state, you find over 2000 stupas at the Kakku Pagoda Complex, which were mostly built in the 16th century. Your guide provides information about the history and legends of the Kakku Pagodas. Afterwards, you head to Htan Phaya, a village where you can explore a cave, hiding numerous images of different sized Shan Buddhas. On the way back, you pass by Taunggyi, the capital of Shan state. There you get the chance to meet the Pa-Oh people, the second largest ethnic group in the Shan state.

Activities: Flight
Accommodation: Royal Inlay Hotel in Nyaung Shwe or similar
Meals: Breakfast

Day 8 - Inle Lake: Full Day Sightseeing Tour

You get picked up in the morning to join a comfortable boat trip on the beautiful Inle Lake, known for its leg rowers, floating villages and gardens. Today you will gain insight into the everyday life of the Intha, who mostly live in wooden houses built on tall stilts, and learn about their methods of fishing and gardening. You visit the silk weaving village Inpawkhon where artisans produce one of the most expensive and rarest textiles in the world: silk made from lotus flowers. Further visits to cheerot making and silversmith factories are also included on this tour. Head to Indein, a huge Pagoda complex which was built in the 17th century. Afterwards, visit the Hpaung Daw U Pagoda and the Nga Phe Kyaung Monastery, before you return to your hotel.

Activities: Sightseeing
Accommodation: Royal Inlay Hotel in Nyaung Shwe or similar
Meals: Breakfast

Day 9 - Flight: Heho (Inle Lake) - Yangon, Departure Yangon

After check out at your hotel, transfer to Heho Airport to catch the flight to Yangon.

Activities: Flight
Meals: Breakfast

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