Explore Burma Heritages

Explore Burma Heritages is made up with the combination of the best cultural attractions and values of throughout Burma (Myanmar). With this tour, you will have a deep insight and views of Burmese heritages .

Tour duration: 10 days 09 nights
Start: Yangon – Finish: Yangon
Tour type: Cultural
Tour operates: Year round/Upon request
Activity level: Moderate
Tour Route: Yangon – Golden Rock – Bago – Bagan – Mandalay – Pindaya – Inle lake
Price: Contact us

Day by Day Tours

Day 01: Yangon Arrival
Day 02: Yangon – Golden Rock
Day 03: Bago – Yangon
Day 04: Yangon – Bagan
Day 05: Bagan – Mandalay Cultural Treasures
Day 06: Mandalay Ancient Capitals
Day 07: Mandalay – Pindaya Caves
Day 08: Inle Lake – Indein ruined temples
Day 09: Inle Lake – Yangon
Day 10: Yangon Departure

Tour Prices (US$/person)

Group of 02 persons  : OnRequest
Group of 04 persons  : OnRequest

Important notes:
Surcharge in Peak Times eg: Christmas, New Year Eve, and Water festival may be applicable.

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DETAILED ITINERARY:

Day 01: Yangon Arrival

Upon arrival at Yangon airport, you will be met and transferred to your hotel. Visit the Sule pagoda and the bustling downtown area, followed by a visit to the Shwedagon Pagoda – the most outstanding pagoda, dominating the skyline of Yangon with a magical golden flash. Enjoy the beautiful sunset at the pagoda and take the best photos. Return to the hotel for rest and free to discover the city at night.

Accommodation in Yangon.  Meal: Welcomed dinner

Day 02: Yangon – Golden Rock

After breakfast, drive 190 km east of Yangon to Kyaikhtiyo. On the way, we can stop to visit the Htaukkyant War Cemetary. Lunch will be served at a local restaurant. After lunch, be prepared to catch the magnificent Kyaikhtiyo (Golden Rock), a huge boulder entirely covered by gold leaf and delicately balanced on the edge of a cliff. On top of this boulder is a glided pagoda, said to hold a strand of hair belonging to Buddha. Pilgrims normally have two options to go up the Golden Rock. One way is to walk along the twisting 10km, on the footpath through a bamboo forests. The second way is to travel to the rock by small open trucks, taking one hour. Overnight in Golden Rock.

Accommodation in Golden Rock.  Meal: Breakfast

Golden Rock, Kyaikhtyio, Burma

Day 03: Bago – Yangon

Early in the morning, strolling around the hill sites for an unforgettable sunrise view of Golden Rock before returning to hotel for your breakfast. Continue your drive back to Yangon by coach. On the way, we stop to visit Bago, the ancient capital of Mon Kingdom in 15th century. The most highlights of Bago including Shwemawdaw Pagoda, Shwethalyaung Reclining Buddha, Kyaikpun Pagoda with its 28 meter high huge Buddha Image, Myo Ma Local Market, Chinese Kwanyin Temple and the Kanbawzathardi Palace of King Bayinnaung. Then drive back to Yangon Yangon on the way sightseeing at Allied War Memorial Cemetery.

Accommodation in Yangon.  Meal: Breakfast

Bago, Myanmar

Day 04: Yangon – Bagan

This morning, fly to Bagan. Begin to visit the vibrant Nyaung Oo Market, the economic center of Bagan. Local people gather at this bustling market daily, to buy and sell a variety of goods, from fruit and vegetables to clothing, china, and lacquerware. Continue to the gold-plated Shwezigon Pagoda, Bagan’s greatest reliquary, built to house relics of the Buddha brought from abroad. From here, drive to the small village of Wetkyi-in to see the wonderful Kubyaukgyi Temple, renowned for its ancient murals. Your morning excursion also includes the Htilominlo Temple, which houses four Buddha figures on the ground floor and four more on the first floor. After lunch, continue your exploration of the city’s treasure trove of Buddhist art and architecture.

Accommodation in Bagan.  Meal: Breakfast

Day 05: Bagan – Mandalay Cultural Treasures

After breakfast, board a flight to Mandalay – the cultural and historic capital of Burma’s last kingdom and their monarchs in the past as well at the presence. Upon arrival, be treated to a full day of sightseeing by coach. The highlights of this day include Mahamuni Image Pagoda, Imperial Palace. After lunchtime, we will continues with another visit to the Shwenandaw Monastery which is well known for its exquisite wood carvings, followed by Atumashi Monastery and Kuthodaw pagoda – the world’s largest book with its 729 slabs of Marble engrave with Buddha scriptures. The evening ends with a stunning view treated at Mandalay Hill.

Accommodation in Mandalay.  Meal: Breakfast

Kuthodaw Pagoda contains the world’s largest book

Day 06: Mandalay Ancient Capitals

After breakfast, a leisurely boat trip upstream to Mingun where the second largest ringing bell in the world will await you for this day. Once in Mingun, you also can see the Mingun Bell and Pahtodawgyi unfinished Pagoda, Hsinbyume. These attractions symbol the culturally wonderful values that Burma has to offer.

This afternoon we will travel to Ava, Amarapura to discover the Maha Aungmye Bonzan, Gabaya Monastery, Leaning Nam Myint Tower and the nearby attractions. Enjoy a walk over U Bein bridge, the longest teak wood bridge in Myanmar. Transfer to the airport for your flight to the ancient capital of Bagan, one of Asia’s most extraordinary destinations.

Accommodation in Mandalay.  Meal: Breakfast

Day 07: Mandalay – Pindaya Caves

Fly to Heho in the Shan state in the morning. Upon arrival, drive to Pindaya to visit the fascinating Pindaya caves with more than 8,000 Buddha images. Later we get to know about the method the local people in Shan state make the umbrellas from cottage material. Overnight in Pindaya.

Accommodation in Pindaya.  Meal: Breakfast

Day 08: Inle Lake – Indein ruined temples

Drive to Inle Lake in the morning. Skimming along the waterways in a long-tail boat, catch a first glimpse of floating gardens, stilt houses, and fishermen propelling their skiffs with one leg wrapped around an oar. Visit the infamous Phaung Daw U Pagoda, which enshrines five Buddha images believed to have been carried to this area by the widely-traveled 12thcentury King Alaungsithu then Nga Phe Chaung Monastery or Jumping Cat Monastery in other words. After lunch, we discover the ruined Indein, situated on the southwestern corner of the lake. Here you can wander through a typical lakeside village and observe local people in their daily activities. From the top of old Shwe Inn Dein, an impressive collection of ancient and unrestored Shan style stupas, enjoy a stunning view out across the lake and beyond.

Accommodation in Inle Lake. Meal: Breakfast

Day 09: Inle Lake – Yangon

Return to Yangon in the morning. Continue Yangon half day sightseeing to Chauk Htat Gyi pagoda where houses a Colossal Recling Buddha, followed by a visit to local glass blowing and Gem Souvenir Centre and factory. Finally, we pass by at the Bogyoke (Scott) Market with hundreds of food, clothes, handicrafts and gems store. Overnight in Yangon.

Accommodation in Inle Lake.  Meal: Breakfast

Day 10: Yangon Departure

Free and leisure until transfer to the airport for the departure flight.

Accommodation: Not available.  Meal: Breakfast

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Tour Prices (US$/person)

Group of 02 persons  : OnRequest
Group of 04 persons  : OnRequest

Important notes:
Surcharge in Peak Times eg: Christmas, New Year Eve, and Water festival may be applicable.

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Essential Notes

Passports and Visas

The first thing goes first. You definitely must obtain valid VISA in order to travel into any country and so is Myanmar (Burma). Unless your country is in VISA exemption list, it is your responsibility to get valid VISA before arrival. There are two ways to get Myanmar VISA:

• Go to Myanmar Embassies and Consulates in your home country and you will be guided procedure. You may want to check the list of countries where Myanmar has embassies and consulate offices by clicking here.
• Obtain VISA On Arrival (VOA). For tourists coming from countries has no Myanmar Diplomatic Rep offices, you can obtain VOA online via www.myanmarevisa.gov.mm – the official portal for VOA by Myanmar government. The portal launched in Sep 01, 2014 and took its pilot operation for a month. Providing you encounter any issue, please contact us for support.

Climate & Clothing

Generally speaking, Myanmar is a tropical country with rather hot weather. Sometimes in year or in some Northern places, temperature cools down but not that can be called cold. Roughly saying that the best time to travel Myanmar is from Oct to March due to dry and cool season. Other months, however, you may get very nice deals of promotion.For clothing: comfortable clothes, absolutely. We suggest you should take at least one long pan, a long skirt and a sleeve top because we will visit some religious site and many of them require proper code of dress.All of temples and pagodas require you enter with bare feet. A pair of sandals is highly recommended.

Cell Phones & Calling Cards

You may wish to carry a cell phone while traveling. Check with your cell phone provider if your phone will work in the destination(s) you are visiting. Myanmar service is dominated by the GMS technology standard, while some of the world such as U.S uses the incompatible CDMA standard. We suggest that you should check carefully or you may incur high international roaming fees.We said previously “the SIM card in Myanmar is not very popular and still quite expensive”. But now, forget it! SIM cards in Myanmar now are cheap and easy to buy in any main city as cheap as about US$ 02 each. Cell phones, even smart phones are available on sales widely.

Making Telephone Calls from One Country to Another

When dialing a number from one country to another, you should proceed as follows: dial your country’s Exit Code + destination Country Code + Phone Number. Country Code of Myanmar is 95.

Wireless Internet Access

Passengers traveling with WiFi enabled devices (such as a personal computer, smartphone, tablet, or digital audio player) may be able to connect to the internet via a wireless network access point (or hotspot). Wifi is now popular in most hotels from three stars up. Most of them are supplying Free Wifi but some may incur extra charges. We suggest you should ask the receptionist before.

Cards and Currency

Myanmar’s national currency, the KYAT (pronounced chat, abbreviated in MMK) is divided into the following banknotes: K1, K5, K10, K20, K50, K100, K200, K500 and K1000.We once said “ATMs are still very hard to come” but from my latest inspection of Myanmar, the country now starts using ATMs. Most three stars hotels up often have at least one AMT machine right at their lobbies. Main hotels now accepts credit cards payment.Anyway, we suggest you should bring with some cashes just in case. Local buying there accept Burmese and US dollars widely. However please pay at attention when bring US notes with you:

• The US$ notes must be new.
• The US$ notes torn, marked, folded will not be accepted.
• The US$ notes having series before 2003 backward may not accepted.

You are allowed to bring up to US$ 5000 in cash per person to enter Myanmar.

Trip Preparation

A little pre-planning can make your trip go a lot smoother. We suggest you should taking a checklist below:

• Several weeks before your trip, make a list of what you will need to take with you.
• Make sure your personal documents (passports, visas, driver’s license) are in order.
• We suggest that you make photocopies of passports, visas, personal ID and any other important travel documents and pack them separately from the originals. If you lose the originals while traveling, you’ll have copies for easier reporting and replacement.
• You may consider bringing a small supply of over the counter medications for headaches and/or anti-diarrhea pills. Pack a list of medications including dosage and generic names.
• We recommend that you pack a portable alarm clock.
• Avoid placing valuables such as cameras in your checked luggage.

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