Myanmar (Burma) is one of the most mysterious destinations in the world which offers all the traditional delights of Asia. It is a country packed with beautiful temples and mesmerising sceneries. Thus, this country is famous for rich and vibrant cultural, and great natural beauty architecture. Other attractions in here is a natural environment of mountains, beautiful lakes, lush tropical forests, unspoiled beaches and archipelago. Are you going to visit this country? In this article, we suggest the most popular tour in here in 2018
On the first day and second day in Yangon
Starting the tour with Yangon, it is the country’s former capital and main economic others culture on display. Yangon is full of interesting sights from pretty colonial buildings to some of the world’s most important Buddhist pagodas. Firstly, you go to Yangon Colonial Style city center and Chauk Htat Gyi Pagoda to see a huge reclining Buddha image. You will grace the great image in a reclining posture while the latter is in a sitting posture.
Continuously, you go to one of the world’s most spectacular monuments as the Shwedagon Pagoda. Visitors will enjoy absolutely breathtaking and magical. There are four entrances, each leading up a flight of steps to the pagoda’s platform. There are also eight planetary posts, one for each day of the week. Burmese Buddhists will go pray at the respective post where they were born. The background of pagoda is ancient as it has 2,500 years old. Surrounding the central stupa is dozens of intricately decorated buildings and statues. Almost Myanmar people come here in order to pray for their hopes. You will admire Shwedagon Pagoda from far. Shwedagon is the most sacred pagoda. It is covered in the golden and it rises 99.4 metres, with the perimeter measuring 432.8 metres. The very top is tipped with a 76-carat diamond.
The next stop in this tour is Karaweik Hall which offers a “hamsa-bird –shaped floating barge on Kadawgyi Lake for travellers. You should go to the Bogyoke market with hundreds of foods, clothes, handicrafts and gems stores. Therefore, you can buy something if you want. Continuously, Yangon’s oldest Chinese temple is located at the riverside is Botataung pagoda. Then if you have more free time, you can visit the Shwedagon Paya. The Shwedagon is superb, covered in the golden. In the mind of Burmese Buddhist, this place is home of the soul after died.
Another Buddhist pagoda in the center of Yangon is the Sule Pagoda. In the recent, Sule Pagoda is the most popular meeting points where is the country’s recent political demonstrations.
There are two large lakes you can get the awesome atmosphere in there. Kandawgyi Lake is a large man made lake near the Shwedagon Pagoda famous for its Karaweik barge. Inya Lake is another manmade lake in the north of Yangon that’s more popular with locals.
On the third day and fourth day in Bagan
Bagan is the pretty destinations which own more than 4000 temples. You should spend two days to discover the city. In fact, you can get experience in the travelling around by bike, horse cart or car seeing some beautiful temples. Some have many tourists but it is not difficult to find temples where you will be all alone.
Starting your third day with Nyaung-Oo morning market, it is one of the large markets in here. You will enjoy the traditional foods at cheap price. Especially, you can see the life of local people through their activities. Then, you visit the Anawrahta, clearly, Annada Tempt important pagodas and temples which include Shwezigon Pagoda. This pagoda is covered by the whitewashed masterpiece of Mon architecture with four standing Buddhas where is built by King le. It prefers the beautiful and vintage landscapes from 18th century murals.
This is the best time to visit the local village in Myanmar (Burma) such as Myingabar village. You will see Myanmar’s most treasured handicrafts, a lacquerware home Industry. Thus, you can buy some items to give to your friends. After that, you visit Damayangyi Temple which is the massive temple built by Narathu. One suggestion for you is to experience by local horse–cart way to Pyitthagyi Temple.
Most tourists go to Bagan in order to experience in the balloons over Bagan and a panoramic view of ancient temples from above. Because hundreds of colorful hot air balloon glittering in the sunrise sky are the symbol of Bagan. Your complete journey begins before the sunrise and lasts about 3.5 hours, of which 45-60 minutes are in the balloon. Hot air balloon tours are only conducted from April to October, with good weather, no rain and soft winds. There are little places bring a great tour with balloons over Bagan as it offers tourists a peaceful view of ancient temples, majestic nature and picturesque city. After that, with rich experience and years of local knowledge in Bagan, the pilot can control your hot air balloon to the landing point, where you can enjoy a romantic meal with fresh fruit, delicious cake and a glass of champagne to complete your wonderful flight.
Mount Popa Myanmar is about 50 kilometers away from Bagan. Travellers need to spend 45 minutes drive from Nyaung Oo Airport. Mount Popa is an extinct volcano that is disappeared over thousand years ago. It is home of many spirits of ancient ancestors who dwell in various parts of the mountain like the “Mountain of Spirits”. You will see monkeys expecting treats along the way to top. Can visit Mt. Popa as a day-return trip from Bagan.
On the two next days in Mandalay
Arrive at Mandalay International Airport, you will be picked up to discover the full day sightseeing tour of Mandalay. Mandalay is an interesting city of Myanmar (Burma) with several fascinating religious sites such as the Maha Myat Muni Paya. Thus, you should spend two days to discover the city’s vast variety of temples and pagodas.
Firstly, you should come to Maha Gandayone Monastery where is home to several thousand young monks. You will understand more and more about the culture in the Monastery. You can see 200 years old U Bein teak bridge built in 1728 when Amarapura was Royal capital. Then, you visit traditional hand – woven silk workshop teak posts.
The next stop place is Sagaing where you need to cross Ava Bridge. Coming here, tourists enjoy the panoramic view at the top of the hill then visit Silversmith & Kaunghmudaw Pagoda. Kaungmudaw Pagoda, also called Yaza Mani Sula, where is built by King Thalun in 1636. It is a huge pagoda 10km beyond the town of Sagaing in central Myanmar. The roof pagoda is height up to 46 meters. The base of the pagoda is set up 812 stone pillars which were modeled the Mahaceti Pagoda in Sri Lank. The pagoda plays the important role is enshrined the Buddhist relics inside its relic chamber. The floor of pagoda is covered by the white color and gilded with gold. This place is one of the famous attractive destinations in the Sagaing area.
The wooden monastery is one of the most important points in the remnant of Mandalay’s regal heritage of a Burmese 19th-century. And it is the original palace may have looked like. The copy version of Royal Palace was built in the early 1990s, so you have the sights of the red-roofed pagodas and audience halls. If you have more free time, you can come to the charred steps of the Royal Mint which is one of the few surviving original buildings. Mandalay is famous for various art and handicrafts following to the royal decor. It was great patrons of finely crafted goods. The workshops are open to visitors, where you can see hunks of marble being sculpted into Buddha, the fine carving of teak wall panels, and families who still practise the age-old art of Burmese puppetry. For example, you can visit a gold-leaf workshop in order to see the gold being manually hammered into fine sheets.
On the final day in Inle Lake
Another awesome place to visit is Inle Lake, where you can see the local life of different minority groups. The first place is an elephant conservation project where attracts many tourists. Continuously, Inle Lake is one of the most attractive destinations. You will experience in the floating market which is open five days a week with the fishermen rowing using their legs. Not only that, you also admire the magnificent floating gardens. As a result, you can see how people are living in houses on stilts on the lake. In Myanmar, there is so much to see it is so difficult to mention it all. There are more temples, more stupas, more monks and more nuns than you ever seen anywhere else.
Inle Lake is an incredible freshwater lake in the centre of Myanmar. This lake is home to thousands of people who live in fishing villages on the lake itself. Inle Lake is a biological wonder, migration sites for thousands of birds. You should take a boat tour to get the more experience in Inle Lake. Both group and private tours of the lake are available, with prices starting from 20,000 kyat (approximately $15 USD) for a full day tour (eight hours) of the lake’s most important sites and markets.
It’s also possible to hike around Inle Lake, which offers incredible views of Myanmar’s beautiful countryside. Inle Lake offers the best things to see.
