YANGON - INLE LAKE - LOIKAW - KALAW - YANGON TOUR

Fred Cole Travels

Tour Type: IC : CLS-FC06

Tour Duration: 6 Days 5 Nights

Journey Start: October

Journey End: April

Transportation: Yes

Tour Detail Itinerary

Day- 01 Yangon Arrival (L/ D)

Upon arrival at Yangon International Airport, a warm welcome by our assign local guide at the arrival hall. Then, transfer to the hotel and if the room is available, directly check in. (Please note that the international check in time is 2:00 pm.) Lunch will be served at outside local restaurant. After lunch, visit to the most well-known and very impressive 65 meters long and 16 meters high Chauk Htat Gyi Reclining Buddha image. Also visit to Myanmar’s most revered Shwedagon Pagoda - world famous Golden Stupa where the dome shapes rises 98 meters above its base. Be impressed at the richly layered exterior of the Pagoda which the people of Myanmar had pampered with 60 tons of pure gold. Dinner at outside local restaurant and overnight at the hotel in Yangon.

Day- 02 Yangon - Heho - Inle Lake (B/ L/ D)

Breakfast at the hotel. After breakfast, transfer to the airport to take flight to Heho, the Shan State. From Heho, transfer by car to to Inle Lake, which is located 1,328 meters above sea level and is 22km long and 11km wide. Full day excursion by boat on Lake Inle and includes sights of the famous leg-rowers, typical floating gardens, local methods of fishing and village life. Visit the local floating market and Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda. (Please note that the floating market is once every 5 days, but may vary according to the Buddhist Sabbath days).
Lunch will be served at outside local restaurant in Inle Lake. After lunch, continue sightseeing the weaving village of Inpawkhon and Ngaphekyaung Monastery. Dinner at hotel and overnight at your hotel in Inle.

Day- 03 Inle - Loikaw by car (B/ L/ D)

Breakfast at the hotel. Then, lead to Loikaw, the remote and enchanting capital of Kayah State, by car transfer (approx. six and half hours driving). On the way to Loikaw, you can enjoy the breathtaking view of Shan Plateau, tea leaf plantations, etc. Lunch at Local Restaurant near Pin Long. And then continue drive to Loikaw. Upon arrival Loikaw and in order to view sunset, visit to Taung Kwe Pagoda which comprises a number of white and gold monuments sitting on top of limestone outcrops which just dramatically from the surrounding plains. Transfer to the hotel and check in. Dinner at hotel and overnight at the hotel in Loikaw.

Day- 04 Loikaw Full Day Sightseeing (B/ L/ D)

Breakfast at the hotel. Then, morning sightseeing starts to visit De Maw So Local Market (only if by chance, meet with market days), where you can learn local method of selling. You can see the Ngwe Taung Dam on the way to tribe village and visit by soft trekking to Pan Patt village (Padaung Villages) where you can see Padaung tribes’ women of long neck equipped with consecutive bronze coils, silver-ware on their legs.
Lunch at outside local Restaurant.
After lunch, visit to ChiKal village where you can see the prayer posts which are local people’s belief on their traditional cultures and fortunes. Also visit to Christ the King Catholic Church, Kayah Cultural Museum, a monastery which used to be the Haw of Loikaw (the palace of the Shan feudal chief of Loikaw). In the evening, return back to hotel. Dinner at hotel and overnight at the hotel in Loikaw.

Day- 05 Loikaw - Kalaw by car (B/ L/ D)

After Breakfast at Hotel, drive to Kalaw (approx.4-5 hours driving back), former hill station of British Raj and still bear the atmosphere of colonial era. On the way, you can stop for photo shooting and if time permits, Myinmahti cave is a worth visiting.
Lunch will be served at local restaurant on route.
At Kalaw, visit to Nee Paya (Bamboo strip lacquer Buddha Image) and Anglican Church.
Dinner at hotel and overnight at Hotel in Kalaw.

Day- 06 Kalaw - Heho - Yangon by flight (Evening Departure Flight) (B/ L/ -)

Breakfast at the hotel. Then, transfer to Heho airport and take flight back to Yangon.
Lunch will be served at outside local restaurant.
If time permits in the evening, visit to city center landmark Sule Pagoda, Mahabandoola Park (The park's most notable feature is the Independence Monument), City Hall and downtown of Yangon with remarkable sites of Colonial Buildings. Then, transfer to International Airport for your departure flight to your next destination.

Included services:

  • Accommodation with breakfast
  • Lunches at outside local restaurants as per itinerary
  • Dinners at outside local restaurant in Yangon / Dinners at hotels in Inle, Loikaw and Kalaw as per itinerary
  • Entrance fees for the tour sites
  • Guide service for the visits and transfer
  • Domestic flights fares as per itinerary (Yangon – Heho – Yangon) including airport taxes
  • Boat ride for excursion in Inle
  • All sightseeing and excursion by air-conditioned in private vehicles
  • Refreshing towel and mineral water (1/2 litre – 2 bottles per day) on the private vehicles
  • Baggage handling of maximum 20kg for person

Excluded services:

  • Beverage
  • Unlisted meals
  • Video and camera tax
  • Other expenditure of personal natures spending money
  • Porter fees and excess baggage handling fees (more than 20kg for person)
  • Insurance & Visa fees

HOTEL CHECK-IN/OUT TIME:

Check-in time is             14:00
Check-out time is           12:00

DAY USE, EARLY CHECK IN AND LATE CHECK OUT:

Day use room , early check in room (before the international check in time ) , and , late check room ( after the international check out time ) will be charged at 50% to 100% of one night stay rate depending on the requested hotels and subject to availability because of the hotel’s tight and high occupancy .

Note: The above programme is subject to change with or without prior notice due to factors such as weather, domestic flight availability, road transport conditions and etc.