Jewels of Inle

Yangon arrival

• Activities:

  Welcome to Yangon, visit the colonial style buildings downtown, Chaukhtatgyi Temple, Karaweik Hall and Shwedagon Pagoda

• Meal:

  N/A

• Included:

  Airport pick up, tour guide, entrance fee, ground transportation, hotel in Yangon

Upon arrival in Yangon International Airport, you will receive a warm welcome from our tour guide and transfer to the hotel. Your first day of sightseeing will start at Yangon city with a drive through the colonial style buildings downtown. Then move to the center point near Sule Pagoda for photo stop. From here you can have view of city hall and independence monument. After that the tour guide will assure to take you to Chaukhtatgyi Temple to contemplate the huge image of Buddha. On the way to Shwedagon Pagoda, we will stop at Kandawgyi Lake and take some photos of the beautiful site. The huge Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon is a spectacular work of Burmese temple architecture and is the holiest Buddhist shrine in Myanmar. With the height of 99 meters, it's amazing moment when enjoying the sunset on top of the pagoda. Stay overnight at hotel in Yangon.

Yangon - Heho

• Activities:

  Fly to Heho, visit the family owned Shan paper umbrella workshop and Shwe Yan Pyay Monastery on the way to Inle Lake, discover Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda, Ywa Ma village and Kay Lar Village.

• Meal:

  Breakfast

• Included:

  Breakfast, flight ticket Yangon – Heho, airport transfer, tour guide, entrance fee, boat fee in Inle, hotel in Inle

In the early morning, we take a flight to Heho. From here, we drive to Inle Lake via the Beautiful landscape of Shan state and make check-in procedure. Our hotel is located on the surface of Inle Lake. Before moving to some highlights of Inle Lake, we will boat around the Lake to get its overall view. Inle Lake has long been considered "Venice of Myanmar". On the surface of the lake, you can see floating villages, floating gardens, floating markets, several traditional villages such as forging, weaving and so on. The most special sight on Inle Lake is floating gardens where the local use the water hyacinth combining with seaweed on the bottom of the lake to keep the soil to grow more vegetables such as tomatoes, mint, etc. On the way to Inle Lake we will visit the family owned Shan paper umbrella workshop and Shwe Yan Pyay Monastery. Then visit Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda where houses the five Buddha images. These images are covered with gold in order to make visitors not be able to see the original form. Leave Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda, we continue to local villages to know about their daily life on the lake before turning back to your hotel. Stay overnight on Inle Lake.

Inle Lake

• Activities:

  Taking part in Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda Festival, visit Inn Dein village

• Meal:

  Breakfast

• Included:

  Breakfast, tour guide, entrance fee, boat fee in Inle, hotel in Inle

After breakfast at hotel, we have a full day of excursing around the Inle Lake and taking part in Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda festival. The festival contains a rowing competition among the locals and companies in the area. At that time, pilgrims from all over the country come to this festival to pay homage to the four Buddha images and gain merit whilst enjoying the festive air of the event. In the afternoon, we move to Inn Dein where houses to hundreds of ancient brick stupas and pagodas dated back to 17th century. To complete the day, we will enjoy the beautiful sunset from hotel's terrace. Stay overnight on Inle Lake.

Inle - Mine Thauk - Inle

• Activities:

  Visit Mine Thauk village, Mine Thauk Monastery

• Meal:

  Breakfast

• Included:

  Breakfast, tour guide, entrance fee, boat fee in Inle, hotel in Inle

Today, we will explore the village of Mine Thauk on the Eastern Shore of Inle Lake. It can be said that Mine Thauk market is a highlight of the village where you can find a real local atmosphere with a variety of products from the lake. If not, we will walk through the village and stop at Mine Thauk Monastery. After having lunch, we boat around the Inle Lake to witness the daily life of the local people, fisherman rowing by one leg or listening to the sound of nature. Stay overnight on Inle Lake.

Inle - Heho - Yangon

• Activities:

  Move to Heho, take a flight to Yangon, a departure flight

• Meal:

  Breakfast

• Included:

  Breakfast, flight ticket Heho - Yangon, airport transfer, tour guide

After having breakfast at hotel, we move to Heho and take a flight back to Yangon. From Yangon, we continue to take a departure flight to your home country. End our tour service.