Day1          Yangon Arrival & Sightseeing

Arrive at Yangon international airport where you will be welcomed by your English speaking local tour guide and transferred to your hotel. (If the room is not ready, proceed for Yangon sightseeing.) After refreshment at hotel, enjoy a walk through downtown Yangon where most of the colonial buildings such as city hall, Mahabandoola Park, high court and telegraphic office are holding an elegant beauty of Yangon.  Stopover at the Strand Hotel and feel the warmth and atmosphere of British era. Continue visit to Pansoedan jetty serving locals living across the Yangon River. This evening visit to the magnificent Shwedagon Pagoda of Rudyard Kipling

fame and one of Myanmar’s most sacred places. The massive bell shaped stupa is plated with gold and the tip of the stupa is set with diamonds and rubies, sapphires and topaz – a stunning sight as the sun sets and a most fitting place to begin our trip in this “Golden Land”. After visiting Shwedagon pagoda, transfer to you hotel and overnight at the hotel in Yangon.

Meals included: None

After breakfast at the hotel, transfer to Yangon Airport for your flight towards Loikaw.  On arrival, greet by your local guide and check into your hotel. We begin the day with a tour of Loikaws highlights with stops at the Haw Kyaung, a former Shan chieftain’s palace, which has been converted into a monastery and the Kayah State Museum, to learn about the fascinating history and culture of the state. After a lunch stop, we drive 30 minutes out of town into the serene countryside to explore the recently opened Kyat Gu cave system, a sprawling limestone cavern full of mesmerizing geological structures. In the late afternoon we return to town to enjoy a beautiful sunset atop Loikaws iconic Taung Kwe Pagoda. The pagoda is perched on top of a limestone outcrop overlooking the city and offers excellent views of the surrounding landscape. Overnight at the hotel.

Meals included: Breakfast

Day3                         Loikaw Sightseeing

After breakfast, drive to “Demosoe Town” and drop into “Myoe Ma Zay”, a bustling colorful market where so many items you can purchase such clothes, traditional costumes, kind of intoxicating brew and so on. After that drive to Ngwe Taung Dam. Proceed to Pann Pat Village so as to meet with the Padaung (Long –neck women) tribes. Padaung(Long-neck women) put the rings on their neck is because of to protect from tiger’s attack as well as to avoid decoct when they come from Tibat. They wrapped the gold rings around their neck and later it changed to brass rings according to their present financial problem. Visit around the village and say bye bye to villagers. If time permit , visit to Kaya Village nearby “Kan Khu-nat sint” to explore their life style. Overnight at the hotel.

Meals included: Breakfast

Day4                               Loikaw – Kakku- Nyaung Shwe by Private Car

After breakfast at the hotel, head out in the morning to the Kakku Pagoda Complex which takes about 4 hours drive from Loikaw. For many years the area inhabited by the Pa O people has been inaccessible to outsiders. The Pa O people are a hard-working and religious people who adhere to traditions. Their traditional clothing is distinctive and elegant, and includes turbans loosely wrapped around their heads, either of hand-woven cotton or colorful towels. The Kakku Pagoda Complex itself was first seen by a westerner in 1996. Though recently discovered by the outside world, for centuries these pagodas have been the personal, intimate place of worship for the Pa O people. The architecture of the pagodas appears to date from the 16th Century and Pa O legend sets the number of the pagodas at 7622. They are almost all decorated with floral designs, figures of celestial beings, or bird-men climbing up the sides. In this truly spiritual place, take your time wandering through the temples and enjoying the quiet. After that, drive to Nyaung Shwe by 1 hour driving. Upon arrival, check in and enjoy your leisure time in this evening. And overnight at the hotel in Nyaung Shwe.

Meals included: Breakfast

Day5                                 Inle Boat Excursion

After breakfast at your hotel, we have a leisurely morning to make our way down into the Inle basin and by “long-tail” boat out across the lake. Today, we plan to spend the day visiting villages and sampling the spectacular array of traditional handicrafts. You will see the unique method locals use to row their boats, fishermen with their own style of fishing, floating farms and gardens and a handloom weaving cottage with its own showroom. You will visit Phaungdawoo Pagoda which houses the five most revered Buddha Images in the southern Shan State. Overnight at the hotel in Nyaung Shwe.

Meals included: Breakfast

Day6                                     Inle – Indein Boat Excursion

After breakfast at the hotel, visit floating market which is a 5day rotation market most fascinating to watch the daily life of the minorities and their activities. Continue our excursion by motorized boat to Indein pagoda complex, in the south-west of the lake. The boat leaves the lake and enters a narrow canal with a beautiful natural environment to continue to a small Pa O tribe village. From the village, follow an old covered path to a 13th century monastery and the very impressive ruins of hundreds of ancient pagodas, some hidden in the vegetation. The main stupa-area on the top of the hill offers breathtaking views over the surrounding mountains and down to the valley and the lake in the far distance. Return boat ride to your at Nyaung Shwe and overnight at the Nyaung Shwe.

 Meals included: Breakfast

Day7                                        Heho (Inle) – Yangon by Flight

After breakfast, we are heading back down country today to return to the airport at Heho for our flight to Yangon. Check in at airport and fly back to Yangon. Upon arrival, transfer to your hotel in Yangon. This afternoon, visit by car to Karaweik, a royal barge for fantastic photo shot along the “pilgrims” causeway across the Royal Lake with stunning views of Shwedagon Pagoda and proceed to visit Chaukhtutgyi Reclining Buddha Image and there you see the sparse pilgrims in silence. Also we will stop by at Bogyoke Aung San (Scott) market famous for its colonial architecture and inner cobblestone streets. It is one of the major bazaars in Yangon and built in 1926 by the British. You can buy from a simple Myanmar slipper to a jewelry crown there. This evening take a walk to Yangon’s China Town for its lively market with many vendors along the sidewalk & you may enjoy ice cold beer at famous 19th St BBQ. Overnight at the hotel in Yangon.

Meals included: Breakfast

Day8                                       Yangon Departure 

After breakfast at hotel, you will be picked up by your guide and transferred to Yangon International airport for your return international departure flight. (OR free morning until your departure time.)

Meals included: Breakfast

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Remark: Bogyoke Aung San (Scott) Market will be closed on Monday

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