Upon arrival at Yangon International airport, you will be met by the guide and driver for a private transfer to the hotel. Day free at leisure for the rest of the day. Optional (not included): +USD 48 per person Yangon Heritage walk – half day, morning or afternoon. Yangon downtown is unique with much of its colonial-era architecture still standing. You find one of Asia’s most impressive collections of late nineteenth and early twentieth- century buildings, religious and secular. This walking tour will take you a step back in time, through downtown Yangon, focusing on its old colonial buildings, neglected or purposefully restored. Stop at the Secretariat, the location of Myanmar’s first parliament after gaining independence in 1948. After the tour you will have time to enjoy a drink at Gekko, a cosy restaurant on Merchant Street in a historical building.

Guide: Included for the day

Accommodation:

• Luxury Accommodation: The Strand Hotel Yangon

Breakfast at the hotel. Spiritual Shwedagon Pagoda – half day So what’s behind the golden façade of the Shwedagon Pagoda? During this interactive half day tour we take you through the back door and show you the full history of the pagoda, the daily life of all people living in the immediate surroundings of the pagoda and a deeper insight in the Buddhist religion, and how the spiritual belief is mixed with the belief in nats – the Myanmar spirits. An intriguing half day tour starting from the bottom of the hill and passing the workshops, markets and monasteries which will be useful or even essential to understand more of the country during the rest of your journey. The tour includes a traditional Burmese breakfast, offerings to monks and the pagoda, a visit to a fortune-teller and a Burmese lunch. After lunch transfer back to the hotel. Optional (not included): +USD 65 per person Asian inspired dinner prepared by Michelin star chef at the Seeds restaurant. Seeds restaurant is the brainchild of Swiss Michelin Star Chef Felix Eppisser and his wife Lucia. Welcoming by a stunning view over the lake with its private bamboo and glass crafted lake house will please you while you enjoy culinary experience combined with personalized hospitality. The Seeds supports local young people to develop skills and to be a part of a never ending process of creation.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation:

• Luxury Accommodation: The Strand Hotel Yangon

Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the airport for your flight to Bagan. Upon arrival at Nyaung U airport, meet your guide and transfer for your sightseeing. This is Bagan! – full day orientation tour. A full day tour by car, with an experienced guide through Bagan will show you the best known temples of the area. We start the day showing a first impressive view over the whole area. From here the guide plans his way to some other amazing temples that have been here for hundreds of years. Places like the Ananda, Dhammayangyi, Sulamani, and Thatbyinnyu will certainly impress you. Lunch will be taken at a local restaurant and around 16:00 we continue the tour by horse cart to sunset points for sunset with some refreshing drinks served!

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation:

• Luxury Accommodation: Bagan Lodge Hotel

Breakfast at the hotel. Bagan food! - half day ending with lunch It’s all about food this morning. The last king of Bagan was famous for his enormous appetite, and he ordered that every meal should include 300 different dishes! Today you are going to discover what kind of food he must have eaten. We learn more about herbs and greens at the market in Myinkaba, visit home-based cottage industries where products like tamarind paste or candies are made, and we visit Mingalazedi pagoda which was built by this last king. Try the different tastes from sweet till bitter of typical Burmese ingredients in a local monastery and end the excursion with a meal like the last king of Bagan would have savoured it; just a bit more moderate with “only” 30 different dishes to try. Car and guide available for the rest of the day for additional visits if wanted. Optional (not included):+USD 40 per person Sundowners on a Sandbank – sunset tour Bagan is home to magnificent sunsets and one of our favourite ways to see this is on a boat ride on the mighty Ayeyarwady River with sundowners in hand, on a sandbank in the middle of the river (if the river is not too high). A private boat tour on the river during sunset time will hopefully show you a spectacular sunset while your guide will be serving cocktails and some snacks.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation:

• Luxury Accommodation: Bagan Lodge Hotel

Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the airport for your flight to Heho. Upon arrival, private transfer to the Inle Lake. Free at leisure or enjoy the following optional tour. Optional (not included): +USD 78 per person The ruins of Indein & home cooked food with a local family & canoe trip floating gardens – half day In the south of the lake, the ruins of Indein are certainly worth a visit. Partly covered by vegetation the area looks like a “pagoda forest”. We will walk about 1 hour to enjoy a fantastic view over the lake. A home-made cooked lunch is served in a local house. We continue towards the Nam Pan village for a very interesting trip going local with a small canoe. Whenever you are tired paddling yourself we continue by motorboat back to your hotel.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

• Luxury Accommodation: Sanctum Inle Resort

Breakfast at the hotel. A day on the lake! – full day Inle Lake in southern Shan State is a vast natural lake surrounded by traditional Shan villages. On the lake itself the Intha people have been living for many centuries in a village built entirely on stilts on the lake. Today we will take you by private motorboat around the lake to discover the natural beauty of the lake, visit the floating gardens, see some of the famous leg rowers and have some tea at a local family’s house. On and around the lake traditional markets are held in different villages according to a 5-day rotating schedule, and today we will take you to visit a colourful market frequented by Shan and PaO people living nearby. We will certainly also visit a local house where cheroot (the Burmese cigars are made), floating tomato gardens, Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda, an Intha house where a traditional Intha lunch is served and if wanted we visit a weaving factory.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation:

• Luxury Accommodation: Sanctum Inle Resort

Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the airport for your flight to Thandwe. Upon arrival at the airport, transfer to the hotel (transfer arranged by the hotel). Free day at leisure.

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

• Luxury Accommodation: Art of Sand Resort

Breakfast at the hotel. Free day at leisure.

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

• Luxury Accommodation: Art of Sand Resort

Breakfast at the hotel. Free day at leisure.

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

• Luxury Accommodation: Art of Sand Resort

Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer (transfer arranged by the hotel) to the airport for your flight to Yangon. Upon arrival at Yangon airport, car and guide will be available while you are waiting for your next flight.

Meals: Breakfast