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Fascinating Land Travel & Tours' Itinerary
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Itinerary FLT 02
[Name] Classic discovery tour II
9 Days / 8 nights (For people who have little time but
want to see all the classic sites combined with an economy boat trip on the
Ayeyarwady river)
Day 1. Arrive in Yangon
Day 2. Yangon - Heho airport - Inle Lake (by flight and car)
Day 3. Inle Lake - Indein
Day 4. Inle Lake - Heho airport - Mandalay (by car and flight)
Day 5. Mandalay - Mingun - Mandalay (by car and by boat)
Day 6. Mandalay - Bagan (by public boat)
Day 7. Bagan
Day 8. Bagan - Yangon (by flight)
Day 9. Yangon - International departure
Day 1. Upon arrival in Yangon, you will be welcomed by your FLT Tour
guide and transferred to the hotel. Visit Yangon city center with many colonial
style buildings, Sule pagoda, the reclining Buddha image of Chauk Htut Gyi,
Karaweik Hall, a floating barge on Kandawgyi Lake and stroll around Scott (Bogyoke)
Market with hundreds of food, clothes, handicrafts and gems stores. Your visit
today will conclude with the Shwedagon Pagoda, one of the most awesome and
spectacular monuments of Buddhists.
Lunch and Dinner on your own account and overnight stay in Yangon.
Day 2. Breakfast at the hotel and transfer for morning flight to Heho
airport. Upon arrival, proceed by car to Nyaung Shwe, the main gateway to Inle
Lake. (30 km - 1 hour)
Afternoon excursion on the lake by private long-tail boat will include the
weaving village of Inn Pawkhone and a cheroot rolling workshop as well as the
famous Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda. You will also see floating gardens, leg rowers,
local fishing methods and village life of Inle Lake. Visit will conclude with a
150 years old wooden monastery, Nga Phae Chaung Monastery filled with beautiful
Buddha images in various styles.
Lunch and Dinner on your own account and overnight stay at Inle Lake.
Day 3. After breakfast, visit a local market (if it coincides with five
day's market) and a local village for the village life.
Continue your journey to the western bank of Inle Lake upstream on a creek to
Indein Pagoda where thousands of Shan style stupas exist. You will also get a
chance to stroll around bamboo forest and visit local villages to experience
village life of tribal people.
Lunch and Dinner on your own account and overnight stay at Inle Lake.
Day 4. After breakfast, transfer to Heho airport for your domestic flight
to Mandalay. Upon arrival visit Amarapura (former capital) with Mahaghandayone
Monastery, where thousands of monks are taking their meals in total silence as
well as 200 years old U Bein bridge. You will also see the most revered Buddha
Images of Mahamuni Pagoda Visit will also include a silk weaving factory.
In the afternoon visit Golden Palace monastery with impressive wood (teak)
carvings. Continue to see the world's largest stone slab book of Kuthodaw
Pagoda. Enjoy the Sunset over Mandalay Hill.
Lunch and Dinner on your own account and overnight stay in Mandalay.
Day 5. After breakfast, transfer to jetty and go on a private boat on
Ayeyarwady river (11 km - 2 hours) to visit Mingun. See the unfinished pagoda,
the 90-ton, ringing bell of Mingun and Myatheintan Pagoda. In the afternoon,
continue to Ava, the former royal capital. Sightseeing by horse drawn carriage
will take you to the leaning watchtower, Bargayer Monastery, notes for its
magnificent woodcarvings and teak posts.
Lunch and Dinner on your own account and overnight stay in Mandalay.
Day 6. Take away breakfast and very early morning transfer to the jetty
for the public boat "Shwe Keinnary" to go downstream on Ayeyarwady River to
Bagan. Enjoy watching the landscape passing by and the life along the river
during a relaxing day. There is an air-conditioned room available. The trip
takes approximately 10 hours depending on the river conditions and water levels.
Upon arrival to Bagan, transfer to the hotel.
Lunch and Dinner on your own account and overnight stay in Bagan.
Day 7. After breakfast visit to the most significant Pagodas and Temples
of Bagan including Shwezigone Pagoda, built in the early 11thcentury, Ku Byauk
Gyi Temple with superb mural paintings and Ananda Temple with four standing
Buddha Images and a huge teak door.
After lunch, visit one of the lacquer-ware workshops. Visit will follow to
Manuha Temple, built in Mon style, Nanbayar Temple with a unique sand stone
monument. Your visit will also include Myinkaba Gu Byaukgyi Temple, a temple
known for its mural paintings.
Lunch and Dinner on your own account and overnight stay in Bagan.
Day 8. After breakfast visit the site of Tayoke Pyay Temple with 13th
Century Bagan Style Temples. Continue to a farming village around Bagan to know
life of local people.
In the afternoon, transfer to Nyaung Oo airport for your domestic flight to
Yangon.
Lunch and Dinner on your own account and overnight stay in Yangon.
Day 9. Yangon - International departure
Rest of the day is at your leisure for relaxing, shopping or sightseeing until
transfer to airport for departure. Tour Guide and car will be at your disposal.
(Guests arriving to Myanmar by morning or mid-day flight will follow the
above-mentioned program. But if you arrive only in the afternoon, you will be
directly transferred to your hotel and Yangon sightseeing will be provided on
the last day.)
PRICES
Validity: Prices are valid during the high season from 01 October 2006 until
30 April 2007 (there might be surcharges during peak season times,
e.g. Christmas and New Year and depending on the hotels chosen – please
inquiry with us for your travel date). Please ask for discounted rates
for the low season.
All prices are in USD per Person
| Days |
Tour code |
for 1 person |
for 2 persons
(in twin share room) |
for 3-4 persons
(in twin share room) |
| Std |
Mid |
Dlx |
Std |
Mid |
Dlx |
Std |
Mid |
Dlx |
| 9 |
FLT
02 |
1,220.-- |
1,705.-- |
2,274.-- |
944.-- |
1038.-- |
1,314.-- |
826.-- |
920.-- |
1,194.-- |
| Single supplement for
FLT 02 |
98.-- |
199.-- |
492.-- |
98.-- |
199.-- |
492.-- |
Add on for German speaking through-out tour guide: 180.-- USD for
the whole tour (not per person). Tour guides speaking other languages
can be arranged – please check with us)
Included:
- Accommodation (twin shared room)
- Breakfast at hotel
- English speaking local "through out" guide including all miscellaneous
cost for the guide
- Entrance fees and camera fees
- Transport (domestic flights as advised / car-, local boat- and cart
transport as mentioned in the itinerary / all airport- and jetty
transfers as mentioned, luggage handling included)
- Public boat "Shwe Keinnary" (except Wednesdays and Sundays)
- Bottled drinking water & refreshing towels in normal quantities
Excluded:
- International airport tax (US$ 10 per person)
- Personal expenses such as beverages, laundry and souvenirs and tips
- Meals (Lunch / Dinner)
- Personal insurance
- Visa fees for Myanmar
- International flights
- If guest's wish to alter the itinerary, extra charges may apply.
• Kindly keep in mind that our itineraries might need to be amended on short notice depending on changes to flight-
and boat schedules, condition of roads etc.
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