Myanmar Odyssey: Yangon, Loikaw, Kalaw, Inle, Mandalay, Bagan, Ngapali, and Beyond

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Myanmar is a magical country where people kiss by sniffing, there are eight days in a week, and the major unit of currency has been determined by astrology! Fairy tale pagodas in cotton candy colors of pink and blue dot the landscape, people cover their face with white powder from the bark of a tree, and clouds and mist cast a romantic tropical haze over the ...
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Overview

Trip type
Group Tour
Lodging level
Premium - 4 star
Physical level
Easy
Trip pace
Flexible schedule

Highlights

    • Visit Botataung Pagoda
    • Meet fisherman, Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda, Inn Paw Khon Village and Nga Phe Kyaung Monastery
    • Visit to Mahamuni Temple to wash Buddha
    • Explore Woodcarving Workshop and Zeigyo market
    • Enjoy Balloon over Bagan

What's this trip about?

    Myanmar is a magical country where people kiss by sniffing, there are eight days in a week, and the major unit of currency has been determined by astrology! Fairy tale pagodas in cotton candy colors of pink and blue dot the landscape, people cover their face with white powder from the bark of a tree, and clouds and mist cast a romantic tropical haze over the country. It is a country caught in a time warp, isolated from the rest of the world for more than 30 years, and is leaping precipitously into modernity. Each day new shops spring up. Modern hotels are under construction in every city. Restaurants are catering to a rapidly growing tourist market.

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Details

Itinerary focusClassic Highlights
Group sizeIntimate group - 12 max
Age rangeNo age restrictions
Flights and transportN/A
Start CityYangon
End CityYangon

Travel Themes

  • Cultural
  • Eco, Sustainable & Green Travel
  • Local Immersion & Homestays
  • Religious
  • Holy Land

Destinations

  • Asia

Attractions

  • Bagan
  • Lake Inle
  • Mandalay
  • Shwedagon Pagoda
  • Yangon

Activities

  • Culture
  • Festivals & Special Events
  • Hiking
  • History
  • Homestays & Cultural Immersion
  • Nature

Trip includes

    • Accommodations as listed, including all service charges and taxes
    • All Internal airfare
    • All ground transfers
    • All excursions with expert English-speaking guides
    • Entrance fees to museums, temples, etc.
    • All meals as indicated with Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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Itinerary

Day 1: Arrive Yangon. Sunset at Shwedagon and Dinner

Meals: Dinner

Accommodation: Sule Shangrila, Strand, Or Belmond Governor’s Residence

Arriving in Yangon International Airport, you clear customs and immigration. Leaving the airport, you will be met by your guide and transferred to the hotel.

Late...

Day 2: Tour Yangon

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Accommodation: Sule Shangrila, Strand Or Belmond Governor’s Residence

You have a whirlwind tour of beautiful Yangon in store for you. The city itself is bordered on three sides by water - the Hlaing River on the west and south ...

Day 3: Portraits of Yangon

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Accommodation: Sule Shangrila, Strand Or Belmond Governor’s Residence

Spend the day meeting some of the inspiring people that live in Yangon. Gain an insight into their lives by asking questions and listening to their fascinati...

Day 4: Fly Loikaw. Visit Town and Area

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Accommodation: Loikaw Lodge By The Late - Deluxe

After breakfast, you head to the airport to catch a flight to Loikaw. On arrival, you can stop to wash up and then begin to visit the town.

The capital of Kayah St...

Day 5: Visit Villages

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Accommodation: Loikaw Lodge By The Late - Deluxe

Kayah State is Myanmar’s smallest, but one with the most ethnic diversity. Today you will sample that diversity! Your first top today is Panpet Village, about 1½ hours ou...

Day 6: Drive Kalaw (5 Hrs)

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Accommodation: Amara Mountain Resort

You have about a 5-hour drive from Loikaw to Kalaw, a charming hill station surrounded by pine trees and forests. Nearby are villages of Palaung and other hill tribes, who visit the Kalaw ma...

Day 7: Visit Town and Local Tribes

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Accommodation: Amara Mountain Resort

Today you can visit the town with its market, different temples and the Catholic Church once under the supervision of the Burmese Father Paul and the Italian Father Angelo Di Meo, who lived ...

Day 8: Drive Inle Via Taunggyi and The

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Accommodation: Inle Princess Resort

From here, you head to Inle, stopping on the way in the hill town of Taunggyi or “Big Mountain,” and the Central Market. The British, seeking a cool respite from the heat of the plain...

Day 9: Visit Inle Lake

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Accommodation: Inle Princess Resort

If one had to pinpoint Peter Pan’s “Never Never Land,” Inle Lake is as good a place as any. Travel books use such adjectives as “mystical,” “magical,” or “fairy tale” to describe the 70-mile ...

Day 10: Drive Pindaya and Visit Caves

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Conqueror Resort Hotel

After breakfast, you take a boat back across the lake and drive to Pindaya.

Pindaya is a farming town of Danu hill tribes, lying beside Lake Nattamiekan or “Angels” Lake. The name, “Pindaya,” ...

Day 11: Visit More of Pindaya and Fly Mandalay

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Bagan King Hotel Or Mandalay Hill Resort

Today, you can visit the local market here and then see the paper umbrella factory. Leaving Pindaya, you will head back to Heho to catch the flight to Mandalay on W9 120 (1530/1600). Here you will transfer to your hotel.

Day 12: Tour Mandalay

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Accommodation: Bagan King Hotel Or Mandalay Hill Resort

In the morning, you will begin to learn about the last seat of Burma’s kings before the British annexation in 1885. Legend has it that an ogress, Canda Mukhi, came...

Day 13: Visit Amarapura, Sagaing Hills

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Accommodation: Bagan King Hotel Or Mandalay Hill Resort

It is truly worthwhile to get up early and watch Buddha get a bath at Mandalay’s religious hub – the Maha Muni Pagoda. Believed to be one of only five likenesses of Buddha...

Day 14: Irawaddy Boat Ride To Bagan

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Accommodation: Bagan Thiripyitsaya Sanctuary Resort

Leaving Mandalay, you head by car to Pakkoku. On the way, you can stop at Ma-U Village to visit a family that makes incense sticks. In Pakkoku, you wander the local market and...

Day 15: Tour Bagan

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Accommodation: Bagan Thiripyitsaya Sanctuary Resort

If Angkor Wat amazes the visitor with its size, Bagan will stun with the extent of its building. Although in its heyday, from about the 11th to 13th century, Bagan mus...

Day 16: More Bagan Touring and Later Fly Yangon

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Accommodation: Sule Shangrila, Strand Or Belmond Governor’s Residence

When Anawrahta returned from Pegu with King Manuha in tow, he exiled Manuha to the town of Myinkaba. Lonesome for his home, Manuha helped to turn Myinkaba in...

Day 17: Free Until Transfer Out Or Ngapali Extension

Meals: Breakfast

The day is free with a car available to you until time to transfer to the airport for your flight out.

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Dates & Availability

Price From $7,195
Price per day$379
Single supplement (single occupancy)$1,485
Last Updated: 12/17/2021

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The total tour cost includes the tour price (regular or promotional) and the compulsory local payment. The promotional price is subject to change. Check directly with the operator for the latest price offer. The tour operator requires you to pay only the tour price to purchase your travel. The compulsory local payment will be paid when you join the trip. All prices are based on double, twin or triple share occupancy. Solo passengers will be accommodated in a double, twin or triple room according to availability with a passenger(s) of the same gender. Single supplement only needs to be paid if the passenger does not want to share and requests their own room. Discounts can only be applied at the time of booking and cannot be added at a later date, regardless of any changes made to the original booking.

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Myths and Mountains is the adventure travel company for the discerning and inquisitive globe-trotter seeking a hand-crafted, life-changing experience. With more than 25 years of expertise in designing award-winning trips focusing on cultures and crafts, religion and pilgrimage sites, environment and natural history and natural healing and traditional medicine, we promise adventures beyond the guidebooks, excellence beyond expectations, and guaranteed departures.

Myths and Mountains is the epitome of elegance and casual sophistication – comfortable, convivial and relaxed. We look forward to greeting you as one of our privileged travelers. Enjoy the journey.

Comfortable Travel: Luxury travel with a casual elegance has been our calling at Myths and Mountains for almost 30 years. After all, you’re on vacation, on a journey, on a path of discovery and enlightenment, getting away from it all, seeing the beauty in everything, and breathing the rarified air that makes wherever you travel uniquely yours.

True Experiences: You’ll enjoy boutique hotels and exquisite meals, but traveling with us you’ll also be enveloped by people and societies who teach us about ourselves. You’re sharing yourself with the world and soaking in what the world offers in return.

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  • We share our passion with our travelers.
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Logistics

What's excluded

    • International airfare
    • Internal airfare YGN/Loikaw/
    • Comprehensive insurance coverage, including medical, evacuation, baggage loss/delay, cancellation ins., etc.
    • Visa fees
    • Meals where not indicated with a B,L,D
    • Tips/gratuity (porters, drivers, local guides, etc.)
    • Domestic and international airport taxes
    • Other items of a personal nature including laundry, alcoholic beverages, etc.
    • Additional expenses resulting from the delay or extension of the trip due to causes beyond our reasonable control

Accommodation

,Sule Shangri-La, Strand or Belmond Governor’s Residence Loikaw Lodge or Keinnara Lodge Amara Mountain Resort Inle Princess Resort Conqueror Resort Hotel Bagan King or Mandalay Hill Resort
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Meals Included

15 Breakfasts, 12 Lunches and 6 Dinners

Age Requirements
No age restrictions
Optional Activities

Extension

Day 15: Fly Ngapali and Rest of Day at Leisure to Explore The Resort

Meals Breakfast

Accommodation: Bayview Beach Resort

After breakfast, you will be transferred to the airport to catch W9 309/310 (1130/1350) to Ngapali. Here, staff from your hotel will meet you holding a sign. They will transfer you to the resort.

Day 16: Free Day

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Bayview Beach Resort

All day at leisure.

Day 17: Free Day

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Bayview Beach Resort

All day at leisure.

Day 18: Fly Back To Yangon

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Sule Shangrila, Strand Or Belmond Governor’s Residence

The morning is at leisure. Resort staff will transfer you to the airport to catch W9 309 (1405/1455). You will be met and transferred back to the hotel for the night with a car at your disposal.

Day 19: Depart for Home

Meals: Breakfast

Pick up and transfer to the airport for your flight home.

Pricing Details for Ngapali Extension

$1350 - 4-10 people

$1395 - 2-3 people

$2390 - 1 person

SINGLE SUPPLEMENT*: $542

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