Burma Discovery with Ngapali Beach

Welcome to the Buddhist country of Myanmar (Burma). When you reach at Mandalay International Airport, your guide will pick you up and transfer you to your hotel. After checking in, you can take a simple break to recover from jet lag.

Once the capital of Myanmar, Rangoon is still the political, economic and cultural center of Myanmar. Today, you will be taken for a full day's exploration of the city's main attractions to help you understand the differences between its culture and its people. First, let's visit the 65-meter-long reclining Buddha at Chaukhtatgyi Paya. This is a huge statue with beautiful inscriptions on its feet. Then stop and take pictures on the peaceful lake of Kandawgyi. After that, you visit Bogyoke Market (closed on Monday) which is good opportunity to capture the natural state of the local people. Later, you will visit the Shwedagon Pagoda the most magnificent holy land, and enjoy the spectacular light and shadow show at sunset. You will be taken back to the hotel after your dinner on a hamsa-bird-shaped floating barge on Kandawgyi Lake

Take an early flight to Bagan and then to the hotel. Bagan is a city with thousands of pagodas. You may easily find one by walking in any direction. You will be taken to Nyuang U Local Market where the local villagers are busy buying dinner. After that, you will spend the rest of your time to explore Bagan’s most important and significant pagodas and temples. The pagodas and temples you will visit in turn are Shwezigon Paya, Htilominlo Pahto and Nat Taung Kyaung (also known as Mya-taung Taik). In the evening, enjoy your time at Shwesandaw Pagoda. After that, if the weather is fine, you will take a boat to enjoy the beautiful sunset. Then you will return to your hotel by driving and have a good rest tonight.

After a leisurely breakfast at your hotel, you will continue to explore among the beautiful temples in the old Bagan area. In this trip, the most special is Ananda Temple, Thatbyinnyu Temple; Nanpaya Temple, Manuha Temple and Gubyaukgyi Temple. During your visit, you will also have the opportunity to stopover at a lacquer-ware workshop to view one of Myanmar's most treasured handicrafts. You can also visit the village of Myinkaba, where you may get close to the local life and Pyatthat Gyi temple.

You will fly to Mandalay this morning. Your guide in Mandalay will pick you up at the airport and take you to the hotel to check in. After that, you will go to the holiest Mahamuni Pagoda to see the enormous Gold Buddha statue. Male pilgrims were allowed to place gold leaves on the upper deck of the statue. And you will have a chance to stop and watch the gold process along the way. After refreshments, exploring Bagan, visiting Shwedagon Pagoda, the Gubyaukgyi, Ananda Temple and 16th-floor observation deck for 360-degree panoramic views. Above the plain, the sunset is unforgettable. You will be taken back to your hotel later. 

After breakfast at the hotel, you will drive to Mahagandayon Monastery. It is the largest teaching monastery in Myanmar, and you can see thousands of monks here, from the young to the old. After that, you will visit the City Harbor Bridge and then visit the nunnery to learn how nuns live and study in their daily life. Then, you will go to Saggaing mountain to have a panoramic view of the beautiful city. At the end of the day, take a boat trip to visit the charming U Bein Bridge at sunset. 

In the morning, take a plane to Heho (flight time is about 30 minutes), drive into the scenic Inle Lake basin to lakeside resort (Aureum Inle) to experience the traditional local people's life. Your local guide will take you to the hotel for a rest. After lunch in a floating restaurant, you will take a boat trip on the lake. Have the opportunity to observe the legendary one-legged fisherman boating. They use one leg to control and direct the hull, and the other to provide propulsion around the boat, which is fascinating. They want to show off their skills by posing for your camera.

As the boat slowly rocks, guides will introduce the construction of a floating garden bed. Residents gather water plants from the lake floor to make fertile beds, and tomatoes, cabbages, beans and vegetables, and even fruit, are planted on stilt-mounted beds. After that, you will be sent to your hotel and you can spend the rest of the time as you like.

Explore further the Village of Indein, enjoy the beautiful rural scenery and Indein Pagoda complex. Then visit Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda which is famous for five golden Buddha images made in the 12th century. Later, after your short visit to the Nga Phe Chaung Monastery, you will back to the hotel. If you are interested, you can also ask your guide to take you to the handicraft weaving show, and then return to the hotel.

Today, you will be transferred to Heho and fly to Thandwe. On your arrival, the local guide will meet you at the airport and send you to the hotel check-in formalities. The rest of the time you can arrange by yourself.

Ngapali Beach is the most beautiful beach in Myanmar. Today you are free to enjoy the sea and the beach on your own. With a clear and blue sky and water, walking on the soft sand, swimming in the warm and clean sea water, are all pleasant enjoyment. Burmese people are relatively shy and avoid excessive physical exposure or public displays of love. It is also nice to respect their culture and lifestyles while sunbathing on the beach.

Continue to enjoy your time at the beach. Or you can go a little further, snorkeling, see the colorful coral, and dance with the fish. If you like fishing, it is also an ideal place for you to go fishing.

Today, you are still free to relax on the beach. You can also explore further and find some interesting places around.

There is some free time in Ngapali where you can enjoy your free time in the sun, sea and beach. Then fly to Yangon. Once at the airport, you will be accompanied by the driver to the hotel, the rest of the time for you to arrange.

Your journey is over today. Your driver will take you to the airport and take you home. AET hope you have had an unforgettable and enjoyable trip with us in Myanmar.