Myanmar Package Tour - Bay of Bengal, 11 days

Day 1	Yangon Arrival in Yangon Transfer Visit Shwedagon Pagoda for the sunset SHWEDAGON PAGODA: the highlight of any visit to Yangon, this pagoda dates back about 2500 years and was built to house eight sacred hairs of the Buddha. Its original shape has changed beyond all recognition over the centuries. Its bell-shaped superstructure, resting on a terraced base, is covered in about 60 tons of gold-leaf, which is continuously being replaced. Overnight in Yangon.

Day 2	Yangon - Heho - Inle Lake Sightseeing Yangon Visit Botataung Pagoda BOTATAUNG PAGODA: this paya was named after the 1000 military leaders who escorted relics of the Buddha brought from India over 2000 years ago. This ancient monument was completely destroyed during WWII. It was then rebuilt in a very similar style to its predecessor, but the zedi is hollow and one can walk through it. Visit Ngadatkyi Pagoda NGADATKYI PAYA: there is a huge seated Buddha image at this paya and it's appropriately known as the five storey Buddha and is located in the Ashay Tawya monastery. Visit National Museum NATIONAL MUSEUM: a museum with several interesting exhibits, especially the 8 meter high Sihasana Lion Throne, used by King Thibaw Min, the last Burmese king, and returned to Burma in 1908 by Lord Mountbatten. The main floor contains jewellery, old black and white photos of Mandalay Palace and Yangon, royal relics, Hintha opium weights and inscribed tablets. Visit Buddhist Art Museum BUDDHIST ART MUSEUM: housed in a 1952 Art Deco-style building. The dominant lotus window depicts all the attitudes of the Buddha. The museum's contents were collected by the archaeology department: begging bowls, palm leaf scriptures and 18th-20th century wooden Buddha images. Visit Sule Pagoda SULE PAGODA: this 48 meter high golden dome was used by the British as the nucleus of their grid pattern for the city when it was rebuilt in the 1880s. The pagoda's peculiarity is its octagonal-shaped stupa, which retains its shape as it tapers to the spire. Visit Maha Wizaya Pagoda MAHA WIZAYA PAGODA: built by General Ne Win in the 1980s. The pagoda is hollow with a ceiling depicting Burmese constellations and a permanent display of pagoda styles through the ages. Overnight in Yangon.

Day 3	Yangon - Sittwe - Mrauk U Transfer Flight from Yangon to Sittwe Transfer By boat from Sittwe to Mrauk U Journey by charter boat for part of the way moving against the current on the Kaladan River, then turn east onto the Theinganadi River, going with the current, and then turn upriver again on the Henyakaw River. Transfer Overnight in Mrauk U.

Day 4	Mrauk U Sightseeing in Mrauk U Formerly one of Myanmar's most powerful kingdoms, Mrauk U is today one of the most impressive group of ruins in Southeast Asia. Spend the morning visiting the major temples, starting with the complex SHITTAUNG, where over 80,000 Buddha images ornament the terraces and stupas. Continue to the ANDAW PAYA, a smaller eight-sided monument surrounded by 16 zedis around the southern, northern and western platforms. Afterwards, visit the DUKKANTHEIN and LAY MYATNAR temples before continuing to SHAKAMA THAT VILLAGE where many of the older women still wear their distinctive oversized earrings and chat while smoking their traditional pipes. In the afternoon, take a tour of the ARCHAEOLOGY MUSEUM, the LASAKYAN LAKE, and stop at one more monastery and temple before enjoying the view of sunset from Shwe Gou Taung hill. Overnight in Mrauk U.

Day 5	Mrauk U Excursion to Wethali and Mahamuni WETHALI: according to Rakhaing chronicle, Wethali was founded in 327 AD by King Mahataing Chandra. Archaeologists believe that this kingdom lasted until the 8th century. Of the oval-shaped city boundaries that remain, only parts of the moat and walls are still visible amid the rice paddies. MAHAMUNI: location of the paya which sits at the north-eastern corner of the old Dhanyawady city site. This was the original site for Mandalay's famous Mahamuni Buddha, a huge and very old bronze image, which Rakhaing kings believed provided supernatural protection for their successive kingdoms. Overnight in Mrauk U.

Day 6	Mrauk U - Sittwe Transfer By ferry from Mrauk U to Sittwe Journey south by charter boat, which are old double-decker Irrawaddy Flotilla vessels towards Sittwe. On the way, the boat stops at the town of Ponnagyun (Braham Island). Transfer Overnight in Sittwe.

Day 7	Sittwe - Thandwe - Ngapali Transfer Flight from Sittwe to Thandwe Transfer Overnight in Ngapali.

Day 8	Ngapali * No local guide * Full day at leisure Overnight in Ngapali.

Day 9	Ngapali * No local guide * Full day at leisure Overnight in Ngapali.

Day 10	Ngapali - Thandwe - Yangon Morning at leisure Transfer Flight from Thandwe to Yangon Transfer Overnight in Yangon.

Day 11	Yangon Transfer