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7 Day Essential Tour (Tour Code: DF-7D6N-1)

Ø Itinerary Overview Ø Includes & Excludes Ø Hotel Options Ø Detail Itinerary

I. Itinerary Overview

Time Destination Meals

Day 1 Yangon Arrival -

Day 2 Yangon – – Temples Tour B

Day 3 Mount Popa – Local Products and Village Tour – Sunset Boat Trip B

Day 4 Bagan – Heho – Pindaya Caves – Inle Lake B

Day 5 Inle Lake – InDein Village Boat Trip B

Day 6 Inle Lake – Yangon – Sightseeing Tour B

Day 7 Fly Back Home B

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II. Includes & Excludes

Ø Includes

• 6 nights accommodation based on twin/double shared • enjoy daily breakfast at hotels • 3 internal flights • professional English speaking tour guides • quality air-conditioned private cars for sightseeing • private boat for a sunset boat tour in Bagan • private boat to sightsee the Inle Lake • return airport transfers • enjoy exploring Myanmar as per itinerary

Ø Excludes

• Visa Fees • Entrance Fees approx. $40 AUD per person for entire trip • Meals not specified in the "Included Meals" section • Personal insurance and other personal expense

III. Hotel Options

Ø Standard Option – 3 Star Hotels

• standard room at Royal Khattar Hotel in Yangon or similar • superior room at WEStay @ Bagan Lotus Hotel in Bagan or similar • superior room at 81 Hotel Inlay in Inle Lake or similar

Ø Premium Option – 4 Star Hotels

• superior room at Jasmine Palace Hotel in Yangon or similar • deluxe room at Amazing Bagan Resort in Bagan or similar • deluxe room at Ananta Inle Resort in Inle Lake or similar

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IV. Detail Itinerary

Day 1 Yangon Arrival

“Mingalabar” – “Welcome to Myanmar” at the airport by your tour guide and your EMH – Enjoy Myanmar Holiday’s transfer team. We then transfer you to the hotel. The rest of the day is your own leisure.

Accommodation: Hotel

Meals: There is no meal included on this day.

Day 2 Yangon – Bagan – Temples Tour

In the early morning, take the short flight to Bagan. Once at Bagan, your tour guide will take you around its wonderful scenery and architecture.

Bagan is a truly mesmerizing destination, and a favourite of many travellers. Renowned as the city of four million pagodas, this is one of the richest archaeological sites in Asia. Today there are more than 2,000 pagodas, temples and monasteries — most built during the Bagan Dynasty, founded by King Anawrahta in 1044.

Firstly, we’ll go to lively Nyaung U Market where your guide will help you to discover a variety of Burmese traditional breakfasts. For breakfast, you will have your breakfast at a local tea house, which is situated next to the market. This Nyaung U Market provides great photo opportunity, and also the chance for tourists to mingle with the local Myanmar people, and watch how they conduct their daily lives.

Next, we will start sightseeing as below:

• Shwe-Zi-Gon Pagoda (considered a prototype of all future such temples)

• Hti-Lo-Min-Lo Temple (a double-storied building with artistic stucco works)

• (the architectural masterpiece of a millennium)

• That-Byin-Nyu Temple (the tallest in Bagan)

• Dham-Ma-Yan-Gyi Temple (noted for its intricate brickwork)

• Shwe-San-Daw Pagoda (We will spend this evening at the top of this pagoda for a superb sunset view)

Accommodation: Hotel

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Meals: Breakfast

Day 3 Mount Popa – Local Products and Village Tour – Sunset Boat Trip

After breakfast at hotel, drive to Mount Popa. It is the core of an extinct volcano lasted active 25,000 years ago; also known as the ‘Mt Olympus’ of Myanmar, the abode of Myanmar’s most powerful Nats (Spiritual beings) and the most important Nat Worship Centre. It will take 1 hour drive from Bagan passing the palm plantation. On the way to Mount Popa, stop to see skilful toddy- palm climber collecting the wine on top of the tree, toddy palm juice & palm sugar (jaggery) making cottage.

Bagan is not only famous for the profusion of ancient temples, but also for its exquisite handicrafts.

After lunch at local restaurant, we will drive to the place to watch the time consuming and intricate production of quality lacquer ware. Some of the finest are flexible, and made around bamboo and twisted horse hair.

Next, you’ll learn about the making of Bagan’s most famous food, ‘Pone Yay Gyi’ at a local shop. This black paste is made from soy beans and you’ll get to see how it’s made, from the raw soy beans through to the finished product.

Finally, visit Taung Bi Village to look through some private homes and local businesses. While not the home of any great monuments or temples, our walk through this peaceful village really is a nice change of pace from the hectic pace of cities.

And then transfer to the jetty to spend the whole evening by enjoying sunset boat ride along Ayarwaddy River.

Accommodation: Hotel

Meals: Breakfast

Day 4 Bagan – Heho – Pindaya Caves – Inle Lake

After breakfast at hotel, take the short flight to Heho. Once at Heho, meet your transfer team. From here, we will proceed to Pindaya by car (about 2 hrs drive). This drive will give you delightful sceneries of hill station by passing through picturesque landscapes. Huge Banyan Trees near Pindaya caves are also well known for photo stop. Then visit PINDAYA CAVES where one can enjoy countless number of Buddha images from late 18 centuries. Well known for its beautiful stalactites and stalagmites.

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Next stop are Traditional cottage industry of UMBRELLA MAKING and Pone Ta Lote Lake.

Then transfer to the hotel in Inle.

Accommodation: Hotel

Meals: Breakfast

Day 5 Inle Lake – InDein Village Boat Trip

Looking down over the lake from the road, Inle lies in an enormous carpet of greenery. Dotted around the lake are the stilt-house villages and floating gardens of the Intha tribe. The Intha technique of leg rowing – where one leg is wrapped around the paddle to drive the blade through the water in a snake-like motion – is unique.

With our Inle Lake Boat Trip Day tour, you will experience a unique way of life that has lived on through generations, whilst exploring the culturally significant surrounds that form part of this beautiful region of Myanmar. You will be provided with a life jacket and easy seat for each person on the boat.

Inle lake sightseeing will be filled with visit to the:

• PHAUNG-DAW-OO PAGODA, the most important symbol of religion of

• NGA-PHE-CHAUNG MONASTERY, attractive wooden monastery

• FLOATING VILLAGES (INNPAW KHONE, POUK PAR, YWA MA, KHAR TAW)

A visit to these sights provides deep insight into how the people on the lake make their livings. So you can enjoy Unique One Leg rower fisherman, Loctus and silk weaving, boat making and cheroot making.

After lunch proceed to Indein. And take a short trek to Indein Pagoda. On the way, you can enjoy the serene atmosphere as you wander through artfully scattered 8th century Pagodas in ruins covered by trees and bushes. Then observe Intha tribes Village lives and enjoy the local market along the shore. And then transfer to the hotel by boat.

Accommodation: Hotel

Meals: Breakfast

Day 6 Inle Lake – Yangon – Sightseeing Tour

After breakfast at the hotel, transfer to the airport to take flight to Yagnon (1 hour and 20

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minutes). On arrival, our guide will welcome you at the airport and take you to your hotel.

After some refreshments at the hotel, start sightseeing by walking around the city centre to enjoy the city being busy with the sellers on the street and also the pedestrians and Colonial Style buildings. The whole day is the brief tour to famous Landmarks,

• KaRaWeik Hall & Royal Lake for Photo Stop

• Explore BoGyoke Market (aka) Scott Market, which is the best place for shopping in our country

• Enjoy Sunset at , one of the spectacular monuments of Myanmar

Accommodation: Hotel

Meals: Breakfast

Day 7 Fly Back Home

Breakfast and free time until time to go to the airport for departure flight. Then, transfer you to the Yangon International Airport three hours prior according to your flight departure time.

Meals: Breakfast

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