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Myanmar - The Golden Land - Your Itinerary
15 days
From: £2725
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What's included:
- Scheduled direct flights, including U.K. airport passenger duty and service charge
- The services of an experienced Bales Tour Manager from London, who takes care of all the tipping on your behalf
- English-speaking guides, exclusive to the Bales group, for all included sightseeing
- Private air-conditioned vehicles, exclusive to the Bales group
- Sightseeing as detailed, including entrance fees
- Modern first class hotels and cruise boat
- 12 full breakfasts, 3 lunches and 1 dinner
- Average group size 16 passengers
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Day 1
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 Day 1
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Depart London Heathrow this evening on a Thai Airways flight to Bangkok (11 hours 35 minutes).
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Day 2
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 Day 2
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Connect with onward flight to Yangon (1 hour 15 minutes) this afternoon, arriving in the former capital early evening, transfer to the Shangri-La Traders Hotel.
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Day 3
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 Day 3
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Morning visit to Sule Pagoda and the markets of Rangoon’s old colonial quarter. After lunch visit the sacred site of the dominating gilded Shwe Dagon Pagoda, which legend says is 2,500 years old, to watch the sunset.
Meals: B & L
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Day 4
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 Day 4
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Free day, with option to visit Bago, travelling via Taukkyan, the largest war cemetery in Myanmar and the impressive Shwemawdaw Pagoda.
Meals: B
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Day 5
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 Day 5
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Fly to Bagan (1 hour 20 minutes) this morning for a stay at the Thiripyitsaya Sakura Hotel.
Meals: B
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Day 6
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 Day 6
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Full day’s sightseeing of Bagan and its fabulous archaeological ruins. Comparable with the great Temples of Angkor, there are more than 2,000 pagodas and at least the same number again of ancient temple ruins.
Meals: B
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Day 7
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 Day 7
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Today is free, perhaps taking an optional visit to Mount Popa and Salay.
Meals: B
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Day 8
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 Day 8
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Embarking the Paukan 2007 for a 2-night cruise along the Irrawaddy River, lunch is served shortly after you set sail and this afternoon visit a river village.
Meals: B, L & D
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Day 9
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 Day 9
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Full day’s cruising along Myanmar’s captivating riverside landscapes, passing Mingun Pagoda and Sagaing Temple and stopping off at Yandabo village en route, a picturesque settlement famed for its locally made pottery. Continuing up river the boat moors up for the night near to a traditional village.
Meals: B, L & D
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Day 10
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 Day 10
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Disembarking the boat in Mandalay transfer to the Sedona Hotel. This afternoon, tour the city, including the Mahamuni Pagoda and Mandalay Hill.
Meals: B
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Day 11
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 Day 11
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A full day tour of the ancient cities of Ava and Amarapura, former capitals of the Burmese Kingdom, very different but equally fascinating sites.
Meals: B & L
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Day 12
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 Day 12
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Today is free with the option to visit the beautiful landscapes and famous gardens around Maymyo, an old colonial hill station in the Shan Hills.
Meals: B
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Day 13
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 Day 13
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After a leisurely morning fly to Yangon and transfer to the Traders Hotel.
Meals: B
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Day 14
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Day 14
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Day at leisure. Your room is reserved until the evening departure to the airport for Thai Airways flight via Bangkok to London Heathrow arriving the following morning.
Meals: B
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Day 15
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 Day 15
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Arrive London Heathrow in the early morning.
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