Myanmar Odyssey: Bagan, Inle, Monywa, Ngapali and Beyond
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Highlights
- Circular train ride in Yangon
- Sunset at Shwedagon
- Visiting villages and people around Inle Lake
- Exploring Pindaya Caves
- Buddha Washing in Mandalay
- Visiting Monywa and the Phowin Taung Caves
- Climbing Mt. Popa
- Experience Boat Ride on the Irawaddy
- Balloon over Bagan
- Time on Ngapali Beachj (optional)
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- Accommodations as listed, including all service charges and taxes
- Internal airfare (broken out separately)
- All ground transfers
- All excursions with expert English-speaking guides
- Entrance fees to museums, temples, etc.
- All meals as indicated with B-breakfast, L-lunch, D-dinner
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Itinerary
Meals: Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel 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.
...Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel 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 sou...
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...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel Inle Princess Resort
This morning, you will transfer to the airport and catch a short flight from Yangon to Heho on ND 610 (0845/0955). From here, you head to Inle, stopping on the way in the hill t...
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel Inle Princess Resort
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Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel Conqueror Resort Hotel
After breakfast, you take a boat back across the lake and drive to Pindaya. In March, you can enjoy the Pindaya Cave Festival.
Pindaya is a farming town of Danu hill tribes people, lying...
Meals: Breakfast
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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.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
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Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
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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 created during his lifetime, Maha Muni is revered...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
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Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
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The day is free with a car available to you until time to transfer to the airport for your flight out.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel Bayview Beach Resort
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Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel Bayview Beach Resort
All day at leisure.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel Bayview Beach Resort
All day at leisure.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel 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.
Meals: Breakfast
Pick up and transfer to the airport for your flight home.
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- Visa fees
- Meals where not indicated with a Break fast,Lunch,Dinner
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