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Fascinating Land Travel & Tours' Itinerary
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Itinerary FLT 08
[Name] Myanmar recreational sightseeing tour
13 Days / 12 nights (for people who want to see the
main classic sites without being in a rush. having ample time at each location
to see the sites in detail, avoiding to stay in another hotel every night)
Day 1. Yangon arrival
Day 2. Yangon - Twante potteries
Day 3. Yangon
Day 4. Yangon - Bagan (by flight)
Day 5. Bagan - Sale - Bagan
Day 6. Bagan ("Balloons over Bagan" is possible at extra cost)
Day 7. Bagan
Day 8. Bagan - Heho - Inle Lake (by flight and car)
Day 9. Inle Lake - Indein
Day 10. Inle Lake- Sanghar (by boat)
Day 11. Inle Lake
Day 12. Inle Lake - Heho - Yangon (by car and flight)
Day 13. Yangon - International departure
Day 1. Upon arrival in Yangon, you will be welcomed by your FLT Tour
guide and transferred to the hotel.
Have a relaxing day, which may include visiting Nagar Glass factory, where in a
forested compound drinking glass and decoration glass ware is produced by hand
like in forefather's time from recycled glass.
Bogyoke Aung San Museum is another option, a colonial style building where the
National Hero used to live. Displayed are normal household items from the time
60 years ago. The house is located in a peaceful residential area north of Kandawgyi
Lake.
Alternatively you may visit the National Museum, displaying arts of Myanmar
writing, manuscripts, palace models and the throne of last Myanmar's kings.
Royal regalia, the records from pre-historic age of Myanmar, and picture of
stupas and temples from Bagan and many more items are shown.
Lunch and Dinner on your own account and overnight stay in Yangon.
Day 2. After Breakfast at the hotel and transfer to Yangon river to the
jetty to take either a public or private boat to Twante town depending on
schedule and guest's wishes. The public boat is very basic, without comfort and
cleanliness and might not be suitable for all guests.
The boat takes around 2 hours through Twante canal. On arrival to Twante or
shortly after, your car will pick you up at the jetty. There are beautiful,
old-fashioned potteries and kilns spread in 1 one part of town. The buildings
are large houses with thatched roofs. All the work in those family businesses is
done manually. Daily use items like pots are produced there.
After lunch time, drive back (1 hour on a rough road) to Dalat, on the other
side of Yangon to take a car ferry back to Yangon.
Lunch and Dinner on your own account and overnight stay in Yangon.
Day 3. 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 4. Breakfast at the hotel and transfer to the airport for your
domestic flight to Bagan before or after lunch, depending on the schedule and
transfer to your hotel.
Continue the day with visits to the most significant Temple of Bagan, Ananda
temple with four standing Buddha Images and a huge teak door. You may visit
other Pagodas in the vicinity.
Lunch and Dinner on your own account and overnight stay in Bagan.
Day 5. After breakfast, proceed by car to Sale (1.5 hours south of Bagan)
on the banks of Ayeyarwady river. There is the beautiful Sale Yoke Sone
Monastery with beautiful wood carvings and motifs. Rural life can be seen around
town.
In the afternoon, return by private boat on the Ayeyarwady river upstream to
Bagan and enjoy the sunset on the Ayeyarwady river.
Lunch and Dinner on your own account and overnight stay in Bagan.
Day 6. After breakfast visit the site of Tayoke Pyay Temple and some
further Temples as you wish. The visit will also include Bagan Archaeological
Museum where various styles of Buddha Images and hair knot styles are displayed.
After lunch, continue to a farming village around Bagan to know life of local
people and local rice-noodle making. Few tourists go to those villages, you have
time to explore the village life. In the late afternoon, return to Bagan.
Lunch and Dinner on your own account and overnight stay in Bagan.
If guests wish, they can see the panoramic view of Bagan in the early morning by
taking "Balloons over Bagan" at additional cost. The journey with the balloon is
around 45 minutes, provided that weather conditions permit the journey.
Day 7. Take a horse cart to visit Shwezigone Pagoda, built in the early
11thcentury and Ku Byauk Gyi, a temple with superb mural paintings.
After lunch, visit one of the lacquer-ware workshops and 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 early breakfast transfer to the airport for your domestic
flight to Heho. Drive to Nyaung Shwe (30 km - 1 hour), the main gateway to get
to Inle Lake.
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.
Lunch and Dinner on your own account and overnight stay at Inle Lake.
Day 9. After breakfast visit the five day's market at nearby village (if
coinciding with market day schedule). Continue your journey to the Western bank
of Inle Lake upstream on a creek to get 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 10. After breakfast, start your private long-tail boat trip to
Sanghar village (preferably guests should stay at Golden Island Cottages - (30
km - 2 hours from Golden Island Cottages)). Sanghar was in the 18th century one
of the larger cities in Shan State (30 km - 2 hours). The highlights of this
site are the remote village, stupas that sometimes get flooded in the rainy
season and water lilies growing in mass. Have lunch at Thar Kaung village and
visit a basic local rice liquor distillery and return to your hotel. The trip
leads you through very interesting landscape, the lake becomes a creek to widen
to a lake again before Sanghar.
Lunch and Dinner on your own account and overnight stay at Inle Lake.
Day 11. Have a relaxing day on the lake, which may include visiting Alae
Myaung local village situated on the eastern bank of Inle Lake to see native and
migrating birds and local farming methods.
You may visit a nearby village and be rowed in a canoe observing the local
people's life
Lunch and Dinner on your own account and overnight stay at Inle Lake.
Day 12. After breakfast, transfer to Heho airport for your domestic
flight around lunch time to Yangon.
Lunch and Dinner on your own account and overnight stay in Yangon
Your may visit Shwedagon Pagoda another time in the evening or spend the
afternoon at your leisure. Tour guide and car are at your disposal.
Day 13. Yangon - International departure
Day at your leisure for relaxing, shopping or sightseeing until transfer to
airport for departure. The car and Tour Guide will be at your disposal.
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 3-5 persons
(in twin share room) |
| Std |
Mid |
Dlx |
Std |
Mid |
Dlx |
Std |
Mid |
Dlx |
| 13 |
FLT
08 |
2,078.-- |
2,385.-- |
3,370.-- |
1,290.-- |
1,380.-- |
1,835.-- |
1,090.-- |
1,210.-- |
1,700.-- |
| Single supplement for
FLT 08 |
155.-- |
310.-- |
825.-- |
155.-- |
310.-- |
825.-- |
Add on for German speaking
through-out tour guide: 260.-- 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.
- Additional mandatory local guide in Sanghar.
- Entrance fees and camera fees
- "Balloons over Bagan" if booked.
- Transport (domestic flights as advised / car-, boat-, canoe- and cart
transport as mentioned in the itinerary / all airport- and jetty
transfers as mentioned, luggage handling included)
- 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 schedules, condition of roads etc.
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