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For Her |
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11 Nights/ 12 Days |
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Yangon/ Bagan- Mt. Popa/ Kalaw - Inle Lake/ Ngapali Beach |
| Tamarind Code |
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05 |
| Special Consideration |
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Ngapali Beach opens for tourists 01 October to 30 April. |
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Day 1: Bangkok/ Yangon |
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Arrival at Yangon International airport where you will be welcomed by Tamarind's tour guide and transfer to hotel.
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Walking tour in the heart of Yangon, where we will observe various architecture, and have opportunities to take photographs of Burma’s Capital. |
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Lunch at Traders Hotel, Summer Palace Chinese Restaurant. |
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Chauk Htut Gyi Reclining Buddha Image where we can learn about the signs of 108 figures on Buddha’s foot print. |
Evening visit to Shwedagon Pagoda. |
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Enjoy dinner at Karaweik Palace restaurant where you will enjoy a delightful dinner while you absorb an evening of traditional Myanmar dance and music. |
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Over night in Yangon. |
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Day 2: Yangon/ Bagan by morning flight - drive to Mt. Popa |
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A 70 min early morning flight to Bagan; the first and most beautiful capital of Myanmar.
We will visit to Nyaung Oo Typical Market: the morning market is lively with local products trading of variety of beans, sesame, vegetables, flowers, bamboo wares and colorful emotions of vendors which is really attractive to visitors.
Overnight in Popa. |
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Day 3: Mt. Popa - Bagan |
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On the way we will observe the agrarian lifestyle of this regional farmers extracting palm juice from palm trees and making a local favorite candy with the same palm juice called jaggery.
Overnight in Bagan. |
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Day 4: Bagan |
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We will wake up about 5:30 AM, will climb to one of the temples to watch sunrise in panorama of Bagan plain which will offer you magnificent morning start.
| We will go back to hotel, and enjoy breakfast at Garden Terrance. |
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We will drive to Minanthu Village where we can see rural life of the village people who live in the dry zone of Central Myanmar. It locates 15-20 min drive away from Bagan old town. |
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We can observe to the village people who live in the dry zone of Central Myanmar ways of living, how they survive for daily life, workplaces of spin, oil-press with ox driven from peanuts, sunflowers seeds, sesame seeds, heat iron tire and fit on the cart wheel, the feature of upcountry village homes, how they get drinking water as there is very dry zone. The visit will take us for half day. |
| We will drive back to Bagan, take a leisure afternoon. |
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In the late afternoon, an hour boat trip along Ayarwaddy River affords inspiring views of the brick-hued pagodas and temples of sunset. |
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Overnight in Bagan. |
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Day 5: Bagan - Nyaung Oo/ Heho by morning flight - Kalaw by car |
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We will drive to Nyaung Oo Airport to take flight to Heho.
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After arrival, a 2 hours scenic drive to Kalaw, 4300 ft (1440 meters) above the sea level, where was once a favorite hill station for British administrative officials and another summer resort for their family during hot season. |
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A peaceful town surrounded by pine woods, home for Palaung, Pa-O, Taung-Yo, Dha Nu hill tribe of Shan ethnic. |
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After check-in hotel we will visit a glorious Buddha Image made by thin bamboo strips lacquered built in over 500 year ago. We will have an opportunity to speak with young novices & elderly nuns who take care of refreshment such as Shan tea served with pickle tea leave, roasted sesame, garlic and peanut when visitors coming. |
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In the late afternoon, We will have time to sit at small tea shop, seeing the locals is a kind of interesting. |
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Back to hotel, reading or enjoy a panorama view of the town as the wooden villa where we will be staying is built on hill, offers your clients for their peace and quiet late afternoon. |
| We will go out for dinner at Seven Sister Restaurant. |
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Overnight in Kalaw. |
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Day 6: Kalaw - Inle Lake |
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Visit to Kalaw market in the morning.
After that, a 2 hours drive to Nyaung Shwe; the gate way to the Inle Lake. We will be transfered by boat for 30 minutes to the best luxurious hotel on the Lake.
Overnight in Inle Lake. |
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Day 7: Inle Lake |
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We will start from Hotel by 800AM, morning visit to visit where every 5 days market is at one of the villages on the lake alternately. On the way, we can observe the lifestyle of these inhabitants who support their families by farming and fishing.
Overnight in Inle Lake. |
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Day 8: Inle Lake - Heho/ Thandwe by morning flight - Ngapali Beach |
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Transfer to airport for flight to Thandwe. Arrive to Ngapali Beach.
Guests will unwind at the beach relaxing and soaking up the beautiful scenery.
Overnight at Ngapali Beach.
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Day 9: Ngapali Beach |
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A boat excursion to Private Island. When you will be snorkelling, our boat driver and assistant would have been preparing BBQ lunch accompanying with Arakanese home cook egg plant curry, rice and of course we do not miss fresh coconut juice and beer for you.
After lunch by 2 PM, we will come back to Ngapali Beach. In the afternoon, relax on beach.
Overnight at Ngapali Beach. |
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Day 10: Ngapali Beach |
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Visit to fishing village where is a 15 min walk away from hotel. The morning activity of village people under the soft sunlight is very lively and it will be stuck on your memory about their earnest faces for their daily work, smiling face of children playing along the beach while parents and family are busy with their day-hope.
After observing at the village, we will go through the other way of the village. We will have an opportunity to to speaking insightful with the locals. After visiting, we will come back to hotel by trishaw.
Afternoon, relaxing on beach.
Overnight at Ngapali Beach. |
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Day 11: Ngapali Beach - Thandwe/ Yangon by morning flight |
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Transfer to Thandwe airport for an hour flight to Yangon.
| After arrival, transfer to hotel. |
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Visit to Bogyoke Market where local merchants offer Myanmar traditional silks, cotton, paintings, tapestries, handicrafts, silverware, lacquerware, national dress & ethnic fashions, gems & jewelry. |
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For your information, Tamarind does not work shopping tour. Our itineraries include visiting to markets, workshops that intend to have an observation of local trading trends, the process of art & craft, the ways how locals survive for their family living. If our guests are not interested in visiting those spots, please kindly skip the venues. |
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Lunch at Furusato Japanese Restaurant. |
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Afternoon, visit to China Town, Nanthida Jetty, observing the lively people who goes and comes by ferry boat to attend their work. Leisure at hotel. |
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Dinner at Governor’s Residence Hotel Restaurant. You will enjoy your evening with candle light dinner in the Garden. |
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Overnight in Yangon. |
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Day 12: Yangon/ Bangkok |
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Transfer to Yangon International airport.
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