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Balloon Over Myanmar Sky - 8 Days / 7 Nights
(Yangon - Inle Lake - Pindaya - Mandalay -
Amarapura - Bagan (Balloon over Bagan) - Yangon)
Day 1: Yangon
Our Nature Dream's guide will meet on arrival at Yangon
International Airport and transfer to hotel. Today's Yangon
sightseeing tour includes the old colonial-style city center with
the gilded SULE PAGODA, dating back over 2,000 years, CHAUK HTAT
GYI, a huge reclining Buddha image and KARAWEIK HALL, a royal
floating barge where a photo stop is made. An extended visit to
SHWEDAGON PAGODA, one of the world's most spectacular religious
monuments, will conclude the tour of this picturesque Garden City.
The golden dome of the Shwedagon Pagoda rises 98 meters above its
base and is covered with 60 tons of pure gold. Cultural show and
dinner at hotel. Overnight in Yangon.
Day 2: Yangon - Heho - Nyaung Shwe
Transfer to airport for domestic flight to HEHO. Proceed by road to INLE
LAKE (25 km - 1 hour). An excursion by boat on Inle Lake will include sights
of the famous leg-rowers, typical floating gardens, local methods of fishing
and village life. Lunch at a local restaurant on the lake. Further visits
are made to PHAUNGDAW OO PAGODA, the weaving village of INPAWKHON and other
sights. Dinner and overnight in NYAUNG SHWE.
Day 3: Nyaung Shwe - Pindaya - Heho - Mandalay
Scenic journey to PINDAYA (90 km - 2 1/2 hours). Visit PINDAYA CAVES,
unique for the thousands of Buddha images placed there by pilgrims over many
centuries. Transfer to HEHO airport (65 km - 1 1/2 hours) and domestic
flight to MANDALAY. On arrival, transfer to hotel. Dinner and overnight in
Mandalay.
Day 4: Mandalay - Amarapura - Mandalay
Excursion to Amarapura, 15 km from Mandalay. Visit MAHAGANDAYON, a famous
Buddhist monastery, where more than a thousand monks live and study;
continue to 200-year-old U BEIN teak bridge, built in 1782 at the time when
Amarapura was the royal capital. Visit to BAGAYA MONASTERY, with a superb
collection of Buddha statues. Before returning to Mandalay, stop at a
traditional hand-weaving silk workshop en route.Lunch is followed by a
comprehensive sightseeing tour including MAHAMUNI PAGODA with its
spectacular 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 and KUTHODAW PAGODA, known as the world's largest book, consisting
of 729 marble slabs engraved with 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. Sunset from MANDALAY HILL. Dinner at
a local restaurant and overnight in Mandalay.
Day 5: Mandalay - Bagan
After an early breakfast, start for a boat journey on the AYEYARWADDY
RIVER to BAGAN.Boxed lunch is served on board. On arrival, transfer to hotel
and if time permits proceed for a short orientation tour of Bagan.
Dinner at hotel and overnight in Bagan.
Day 6: Bagan
Nature Dream is offering an amazing experience to see the ancient city of
Bagan as it has never been seen before. With 'BALLOONS OVER BAGAN' you get a
magnificent bird's eye view of thousand year-old pagodas, temples and the
mighty Ayeyarwaddy River. The campagne flights at sunrise last just under an
hour and take off daily from October through March. The balloon is guided by
gentle winds not exceeding 24 km/h. Eight/Six passengers plus a pilot fit
into the balloon's basket.
Full-day sightseeing tour starting with the busy local market and
continuing with visits to a diverse selection of the most important pagodas
and temples, such as SHWEZIGON PAGODA, built by King Anawrahta in the early
11th century, KU BYAUK GYI, a temple with exquisite murals of Jataka scenes,
KHAY MIN GA TEMPLE, noted for its spectacular panoramic view of the area's
many monuments and ANANDA TEMPLE, with four huge standing Buddha images and
numerous seated figures in niches around the galleried interior.After lunch,
visit of a lacquer craftmen's workshop in nearby MYINKABA village. Continue
sightseeing to MANUHA TEMPLE, built in Mon style in 1059, NANBAYA TEMPLE, a
unique sandstone monument, said to have been the palace of King Manuha and
MYINGABA GU BYAUK GYI TEMPLE, noted for its ancient mural paintings under
the protection of UNESCO. Proceed to BUPAYA PAGODA or MINGALA ZEDI STUPA to
watch sunset over the Ayeyarwaddy River. Dinner at a riverside restaurant
and overnight in Bagan.
Day 7: Bagan - Yangon
Transfer to airport for return flight to YANGON, upon arrival in Yangon,
proceed to the hotel for check-in. The completion of Yangon sightseeing
includes KABA AYE (WORLD PEACE) PAGODA, MAHAPASANA GUHA CAVE, where the
Sixth Buddhist Synod took place and Yangon's oldest Chinese temple. Dinner
and overnight in Yangon.
Day 8: Yangon - Departure
Transfer to Yangon International Airport for departure.
Tour codes : ND-8-BO
Special Notes:
*The suitable reason for flying Balloon over Myanmar is from late
November to early March.
**We are ready to serve as Balloon Meetings in Myanmar for your pleasure.
Our Nature Dream's guide will meet on arrival at Yangon
International Airport and transfer to hotel. Today's Yangon
sightseeing tour includes the old colonial-style city center with
the gilded SULE PAGODA, dating back over 2,000 years, CHAUK HTAT
GYI, a huge reclining Buddha image and KARAWEIK HALL, a royal
floating barge where a photo stop is made. An extended visit to
SHWEDAGON PAGODA, one of the world's most spectacular religious
monuments, will conclude the tour of this picturesque Garden City.
The golden dome of the Shwedagon Pagoda rises 98 meters above its
base and is covered with 60 tons of pure gold. Cultural show and
dinner at hotel. Overnight in Yangon. 
Day 2: Yangon - Heho - Nyaung Shwe 
Scenic journey to PINDAYA (90 km - 2 1/2 hours). Visit PINDAYA CAVES,
unique for the thousands of Buddha images placed there by pilgrims over many
centuries. Transfer to HEHO airport (65 km - 1 1/2 hours) and domestic
flight to MANDALAY. On arrival, transfer to hotel. Dinner and overnight in
Mandalay.
Excursion to Amarapura, 15 km from Mandalay. Visit MAHAGANDAYON, a famous
Buddhist monastery, where more than a thousand monks live and study;
continue to 200-year-old U BEIN teak bridge, built in 1782 at the time when
Amarapura was the royal capital. Visit to BAGAYA MONASTERY, with a superb
collection of Buddha statues. Before returning to Mandalay, stop at a
traditional hand-weaving silk workshop en route.Lunch is followed by a
comprehensive sightseeing tour including MAHAMUNI PAGODA with its
spectacular 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 and KUTHODAW PAGODA, known as the world's largest book, consisting
of 729 marble slabs engraved with 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. Sunset from MANDALAY HILL. Dinner at
a local restaurant and overnight in Mandalay.
Nature Dream is offering an amazing experience to see the ancient city of
Bagan as it has never been seen before. With 'BALLOONS OVER BAGAN' you get a
magnificent bird's eye view of thousand year-old pagodas, temples and the
mighty Ayeyarwaddy River. The campagne flights at sunrise last just under an
hour and take off daily from October through March. The balloon is guided by
gentle winds not exceeding 24 km/h. Eight/Six passengers plus a pilot fit
into the balloon's basket.