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BORDER CROSS TOUR
Exploring Myanmar From China Border
Ruli Muse Lashio Pyin Oo Lwin - Mandalay Mingun
Amarapura Innwa Sagaing Monywa Pakoku - Bagan Mt. Popa Kalaw
Pindaya Inlay Yangon[ 18 Days / 17 Nights ]
Day 01 Ruli [Shwe Li] - MuseArrive at Ruli [which is the boarder between China and Myanmar], after
clearing customs and immigration formalities welcome by our guide and
proceed to Muse. Check-in the hotel. Sightseeing in Muse includes the
general market, panoramic view from Bo Te, Shwe Tha Min Pagoda. Leave for
NamKhan and sightseeing in Shan Traditional village. Spend the night at
hotel in Muse.Day 02 Muse Lashio [ By Car ]After breakfast, drive to Lashio on the way take a rest at Kook Khine.
Arrive Lashio and check-in Hotel. Sightseeing around Lashio. . Spend the
night at hotel in Lashio.Day 03 Lashio PyinOo LwinAfter breakfast, visit Lashios vegetable market, Quan Yin Temple and Pyi
Lone Chan Tha Pagoda. Proceed to drive on a scenic route to the cool hill
station of Pyin Oo Lwin [May Myo], with its lovely lake and waterfalls,
botanical garden and colonial buildings. Visit to Peik Chin Myaung Caves,
since ancient times a Buddhist shrine and proceed to Pwe Kauk Waterfalls, a
favorite picnic spot for local people. Spend the night at hotel in
PyinOoLwin.Day 04 PyinOoLwin MandalayIn the morning drive to Mandalay. Sightseeing on the way. Arrive to Mandalay
and check-in to Hotel. Spend the night at hotel in Mandalay.Day 05 Mandalay
Sightseeing tour in Mandalay including Mahamuni Pagoda, with its spectaculat
Buddha image covered with thick layers of gold leaves, Shwe Inbin, one of
the most outstanding monasteries in the country, Shwe Nan Daw Kyaung or
Golden Palace Monastery, a superb example of a traditional wooden building,
Kuthodaw Pagoda, known as the World Biggest Book for its 729 stone slabs of
Buddhist Scriptures. A visit is also made to a jetty to observe daily life
at the river and to a craftsmen's workshop to see Kalaga tapestries being
created. Then visit to Mandalay hill, advantage-point for panoramic view of
the city. Spend the night at hotel in Mandalay.Day 06 Mingun Amarapura [ By Boat ]After breakfast, morning sightseeing and excurssion to Mingun. Tour
highlights - Myatheindan Pagoda, Mingun village, Mingun Bell Settawaya
Pagoda, Unifinished Pagoda and Home for the age. Afternoon sightseeing.
Mandalay Museum, Mahamuni Pagoda, Shwe Nan Daw Kyaung, Shwe Inbin Monastery
and traditional handicraft workshop. Excursion by road to ancient capital of
Amarapura, 15 kilometers south of Mandalay, visit Mahagandayon Monastery; a
famous Buddhist monastery, where more than a thousand monks live and study,
continue to 1.2 Km long 200 years old U Bein Bridge, built of huge teak logs
salvaged form Ava Royal Palace. Visit Bagaya Monastery, with a superb
collection of Buddha statues. Return back and over night in Mandalay.Day 07 Innwa [Ava] Sagaing [ By Car , Boat ]Excursion to the former Royal Capital of Innwa [Ava], tour highlights with
horse cart to Maha Aungmye Bonzan Monastery, ruins of ancient Ava, Watch
Tower, fort walls and brick causeway. Return to Sagaing. Afternoon, drive
over 1 kilometer long bridge across the Ayeyarwaddy River to Sagaing Hills,
with numerous Pagodas and monasteries and a retreat for Buddhist devotees
for sunset. Return to Mandalay. Spend the night at hotel in Mandalay.Day 08 Mandalay Monywa [ By Car ]After breakfast, proceed to Monywa [150 km 4 hours]. Visit en route the
Thanboddhay Pagoda; 8465 small stupas are rising up to richly decorated
central stupa, which is reminding a bit of Borobudur in Java. Take a walk
through the nearby banyan tree grove Boddhi-Tataung with the thousand Buddha
images sitting at the foot of each tree and enjoy the view from Aung Setkaya
Pagoda, standing 130 meter high on the Po Khaung hills. After lunch at
simple local restaurant, cross the Chindwin River by ferry boat and proceed
by pickup or jeep [40 km - 1 hours] to Hpo Win Daung, a system of impressive
sandstone caves containing Buddha statues, wood carvings and fine mural
paintings mainly in Innwa-style, some dating back to 15th century. Dozens of
large and small caves with about 450,000 images are hidden in the area of
the Hpo Win Hills. Spend the night at hotel in Monywa.Day 09 Monywa Pakkoku Bagan by boatAfter breakfast, drive to Pakokku (4 hours). On the arrival visit this busy
market town and its local cheroot factory, Board then a boat to cross the
Irrawady River (2 hours) and reach Bagan, a world heritage site considered
the spiritual heritage of the old Myanmar. Check into hotel then sunset from
the Shwesandaw Pagoda. Spend the night in Bagan.Day 10 BaganAfter breakfast, stroll through the colorful local market continue the day
with visits to the most significant Pagodas and temples of Bagan including
Shwezigon Pagoda, built by King Anawrahta in the early 11th century as a
religious shrine, Ku Byauk Gyi, a temple with superb murals of Jataka
scenes; Lhay Min Ga Temple, noted for its panoramic view of the area's
numerous and Ananda Temple, with four standing Buddha images. In the
afternoon, visit one of Myanmar's most treasured handicrafts, a lacquerware
craftsmet's workshop in nearby Myinkaba village. You will continue to Manuha
Temple, built in the Mon -style in 1059 and follow on to Nanbaya Temple, a
unique sandstone monument said to have been the palace of King Mauha. Next
you will explore the Myingaba Gu Byaukgyi Temple, a temple noteworthy for
its mural paintings under the protection of Unesco. Proceed to Bupaya Pagoda
or Mingalazedi Stupa to watch the sunset over the famous Ayeyarwaddy River.
Spend the night at hotel in Bagan.Day 11 BaganAfter breakfast, visit the site of Tayokepyay Temple in Min Nan Thu Village,
Paya Thone Zu and Nandamanya Temple noted for exquisite murals of 13th
century and Kyat Kan Cave Monastery, a famous meditation center in Bagan.
Visit the farming villages around Bagan. In the afternoon, an excursion to
the nostalgic Nat Htaung Kyaung, a wooden monastery built in 1781 by a group
of monks, famous for woodcarvings, a collection of ancient Buddha statues
and lacquer boxes. Spend the night at hotel in Bagan.Day 12 Bagan - Mt. Popa KalawAfter the early breakfast, drive to visit the Mount. Popa, an extinct
volcano with spectacular views. Its shrine is dedicated to animist spirits
known as "Nat" and you will have time to climb the 777 steps to the shrine
at the top of the peak. In the late afternoon you will reach Kalaw, a fresh
and delightful hill station, on the rim of the Shan Plateau, which is a
market center for ethnic minorities from surrounding regions. Spend the
night at hotel in Kalaw.Day 13 Kalaw Treeking
After breakfast, treeking to Palaung Hills in Kalaw surrounding area and
visit the hill tribes villages in their colourful costumes. Then, drive
about 1:30 to the small quiet town Pindaya enjoying the great scenic beauty
of the countryside along the road to Pindaya. Lunch and dinner at the local
restaurants. Then return to hotel and overnight. [ Treeking can normally be
started early in the morning so it is necessary for an overnight stay in
Kalaw before treeking. And closet tribal village would take at least 2 hours
to and for apart from visiting hours in the village.Day 14 Kalaw - Pindaya - Inle [ By Car ]After breakfast drive to visit Pindaya caves, unique for the thousands of
Buddha images placed there by pilgrims over many centuries. Sightseeing
amoung the Shan State hills wander around the town and the Shan State
Musem. The journey continues on a narrow, winding and bumpy road through
the Shan Hills to Inle. Spend the night at hotel in Inle.Day 15 Inle LakeAfter breakfast, an excursion by boat on Inle Lake [ about 54 hrs ], to see
the Intha-fishermen rowing with their legs, Pagoda on artificial islands in
the lake, floating gardens and floating market [ on market's day only ],
continue to Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda, one of the main principle shrines in
Myanmar and dating back to the 18th century; the Nga Phe Kyaung Monastery,
famous for its jumping cats trained by monks and the weaving village of
Inpawkhon. Spend the night at hotel in Nyaung Shwe.Day 16 Inle - Heho - Yangon [ By Flight ]Morning Innlay lake sightseeing - Phaungdaw Oo Pagoda, wonderful floating
gardens, floating market natives method of fishing and village life on the
lake. Evening fly back to Yangon. Spend the night at Hotel in Yangon.Day 17 Yangon
After breakfast, sightseeing tour in Yangon includes, visit to Chaukhtatgyi,
a huge reclining Buddha image, Karawaeik hall, a 'hamsa-bird-shaped'
floating barge on Kandawgyi [Royal Lake], an extended visit to one the
world's most spectacular monuments, the Shwedagon Pagoda. The tour continue
to visit to Bagyoke [Scot's] Market, with hundreds of stores and visit a
gems shop, visit Sule Pagoda, dating back over 2,500 years ago; continue to
Botahtaung Pagoda beside the river and visit Yangon's oldest Chinese Temple.
Spend the night at hotel in Yangon.Day 18 DepartureVisit Shopping and Sightseeing in the morning [if the flight is in the
evening]. Transfer to Yangon International Airport for departure flight.Please contact us for detail information and ask for
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