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Day 01 Arrival, Muse
Our guide will meet you upon your check out at Gyegaung (Ruli)
border point and transfer to your hotel.
Enjoy a visit of this border town. Overnight in Muse.
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02 Muse - Lashio (coach)
Breakfast at hotel and depart for Lashio
(approx. 5 hour) through enchanting landscape and ethnic villages.
Upon your arrival, visit Buddhist monastery and evening market. Overnight in Lashio.
Day 03 Lashio - Pyin Oo Lwin (train)
A leisurely train rides through mountains, valley, exciting tunnels and bridges get you to Pyin Oo Lwin (approx. 10 hour).
Train ride in this route can be very much entertainment as it stops every small station where people load and unload their farm products. Above all crossing through world famous
Gokteik viaduct will get you a thrilled experience. The historic Gokteik viaduct was built by British in 1900. Upon arrival at Pyin Oo Lwin, transfer by horse-drawn. Pyin Oo Lwin is a
popular hill station of the British during colonial days in Myanmar. Pyin Oo Lwin impresses with its many churches, colonial buildings with gables, turrets and chimneys etc. Overnight in Pyin Oo Lwin.
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04 Pyin Oo Lwin - Mandalay (coach)
While you are in Pyin Oo Lwin you will use these horse-drawn royal carriages which still play major role in
transport means for your day transport mean. It will be a worthwhile to visit botanical garden of a conservation of
diverse botanical species around the world. Visit enchanting market with their multicolor flowers and vegetables. Late afternoon,
depart to Mandalay. Overnight in Mandalay.
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05 Mandalay - Mingun - Mandalay (boat)
Breakfast at hotel and visit to kywezun jetty and board on privately chartered boat for Mingun across Ayeyarwaddy River.
Observe Mingun Bell, the world's largest ringing bell weighing 90 tons; Pathodawgyi Pagoda, an enormous pile of bricks
is all that remain. Return to Mandalay and continue visit "the Largest Book" at Kuthodaw Pagoda where entire Buddhist canon
recorded on stone tablets totaling 729 in number. "Golden Monastery" to observe finest Myanmar wooden architecture, Kyauktawgyi
Pagoda, a large Buddha Image carved out of single block of marble. Enjoy fantastic view of sunset from the Mandalay Hill.
Overnight in Mandalay.
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06 Mandalay - Amarapura - Sagaing - Mandalay (coach)
Breakfast at hotel and visit Mahamuni Pagoda to the most revered golden-seated Image.
Continue to ancient city of Amarapura, meaning city of immortality, where the country's
largest monastery Mahagandayon is located. Observe the lunch process of hundreds of
Buddhist monks and proceed to Ava, used to be the capital from 14th to 18th centuries.
Observe "Queen Mei Nu Monastery" and look at 88 foot high watchtower, Bargayar teak
monastery which is famous for its teak pillars amounting to 267 in total and the remains
of the royal palace and fort. Proceed to Sagaing, covered with 600 white-painted pagodas
and monasteries, Sagaing hill is widely regarded as the religious center of Myanmar and is
home of 3,000 monks and 100 meditation centers.
Enjoy fantastic sunset view from the 200 year old U Bain teak bridge. Return to Mandalay. Overnight in Mandalay.
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7 Mandalay - Bagan (train)
Transfer to station for your Bagan bound train (117 UP 0400-1555). Bagan is the richest archaeological site in
Asia founded in 10th century AD. Overnight in Bagan. |
