Bagan Day Tours

Trip Overview

One of our company’s English speaking tour leaders will come and pick you up at your hotel on your appointment time ( about 8:00 am ). Our day tour will be started with morning colorful vegetable market in Nyaung Oo follow by making a cultural sightseeing to the best model Shwezegon Pagoda, famous Ananda pagoda and the tallest Thatbyinnyu Temple.  After that, enjoy inclusive Myanmar traditional lunch. After lunch, proceed to lacquer ware factory to study the process of lacquer ware making in new Bagan. It is a unique souvenir of not only Bagan but also Myanmar. In the afternoon, we will visit Manuha Buddha images and the only one stone carving decorated temple, Nan Phayar.  For 11th century, Gupyutgyi Temple will be the highlight of the day.In the evening, visit the biggest temple Damayangyi temple follow by enjoying the sunset at  a tall temple. After sunset, back to your hotel and it will be at the end of Bagan Day tour sightseeing with Travel Expert.

Included Main Highlights

• Colorful morning vegetable market
• Shwezegone Pagoda, the best pagoda-model of the country
• The tallest temple, Thatbyinnyu Temple
• Ananda Temple which is famous as the best architecture style in Bagan
• Myanmar traditional lunch
• Lacquer wear factory
• Manuha Buddha Statue, the biggest Buddha Statue in Bagan
• Nan Phayar, only one stone carving temple in Bagan
• Gupyaukgyi , the earliest 11st century painting
• Damayangyi, the most massive and the biggest temple in Bagan
• Unforgettable sunset pleasure at a high temple

Tour Facts & Features

Pricing : 70 USD per pax start from 2 pax

This above mentioned pricing will valid from 1^st June, 2019 to 31^st May 2020. We offer optional sightseeing and additional nights at a hotel or guest house in Yangon and all over the country for our clients.

What’s included

• Official licensed English Speaking tour guide
• All sightseeing mentioned in the above program
• All entrance fees and camera fees
• Myanmar traditional lunch
• Free drinking water
• Good private air-conditioned car
• Service charges and car

What’s not included

• Travel insurance
• Accommodation
• Visa fees
• Dinner and all beverages
• Personal expenses
• Tips to show your gratitude  for your guide and driver if you satisfied with them

To make tour reservation or inquiry for detail information, please Contact Us. One of our experts will get back to you within 24 hours.

“BAGAN DAY TOURS INFORMATION”

Ananda Temple : It is the most famous Pagoda in the Bagan’s temples, and it is considered the masterpiece of Mon architecture. It was built in 1091 by King Kyansitha. The structure of the Temple is that of a simple corridor temple. Other interesting features of the temple are the numerous glazed terracotta tiles ornamenting the base and the receding terraces which represent the Jataka stories of the Buddha and the hosts of Mara’s army. Each of these plaques is inscribed with a Mon legend. The inner walls are honey-combed with niches in which are set small stone Buddhas in various postures. The most notable among the sculptures is a series of eighty reliefs in the two lower tiers of niches in the outer corridor, illustrating the life of the Bodhisattva from his birth to the attainment of supreme wisdom. The western sanctum also enshrines the life-size statues of its founder, Kyanzittha and the primate, Shin Arahan.

Thatbyinnyu Temple : It lies in the center of Bagan, half-kilometer away from Ananda. It is also known as the “Temple of Omniscience” and is the tallest pagoda in Bagan, totally 201 feets in high.

It was built by King Alaungsithu in the middle of the 12th century A.D. There are two tires of windows in each story of the Thatbyinnyu, as well as huge arches inlaid with flamboyant pediments making the interior bright and allowing a breeze to flow through. Entering by east porch one is confronted by the stairway guarded by two standing figures of the guardians. At the top was a stupa containing holy relics. The upper story can be reached by climbing interior stairs to the intermediate terraces, then taking an exterior staircase to the cellar. Three Square terraces with medial stairways rest on this cubicle.

Shwezigon Pagoda : It is one of the most venerated pagodas in Myanmar,  King Anawrahta, thinking of himself as a “universal monarch”, set about to obtain all possible relics of the Buddha. He got the Buddha’s collar bone and frontal bone from Pyay and an emerald Buddha figure from Yunan of China. All these sacred relics were enshrined in this pagoda. As he died in 1077, King Kyansitha supervised the completion of the structure in 1089. It is a solid cylindrical in style and is a prototype of other similar structures in Myanmar. On each of the four sides of pagoda is small temple which enshrines the standing Buddha of the Gupta style. At the northeast corner of the platform there are 37images of nats or spirits in a shrine hall. Shwezigon Pagoda festival is held annually during the month of November or December with an honor of the pagoda.

Damayangyi Temple : It is said to be Bagan’s largest shrine. It was built by King Narathu in     1660-65 who was also known as Kalagya Min or the King assassinated by Indians. The finest brickwork is to be seen in this temple because it is said that Narathu oversaw the construction himself, and he had masons executed if a needle could be pushed between the bricks they had laid. As he was seriously concerned about his future lives after having murdered his father, Narathu built it to atone for his misdeed.

Manuha Temple : It was built by the captive King of Thaton in 1059 A.D, situated just south of Myinkaba village. The builder’s grievance is graphically demonstrated by representing one reclining and three seated Buddha images cramped uncomfortably within the narrow confines of the pagoda. It is said to symbolize the distressed soul of the defeated King, and is an example of early jail architecture in Myanmar. Unlike to most of Mon-style temple, its upper story is smaller than the lower. It is collapsed during 1975 earthquake and was renovated in 1981.grievance is graphically demonstrated by representing one reclining and three seated Buddha images cramped uncomfortably within the narrow confines of the pagoda.

Nanpaya Temple : It is situated close to the Manuha temple. According to tradition, it was used as the residence of the captive Mon king, Manuha. It is built of brick and mud mortar and surfaced with stone, and is square in plan with a porch projection on the east face. Flanking the sanctuary in the main building are four stone pillars on the sides of each of which are carved triangular flora designs and the figures of the Brahma holding lotus flowers in each hand. Like other earlier temples at Pagan it has perforated stone windows to admit light into the building.

Shwesandaw Pagoda : One of only three religious structures King Anawrahta built in Bagan, it was constructed in 1057 after his victorious return from Thaton. Its stupa enshrines some of the sacred hairs of Buddha obtained from the King of Bago (Pegu). The pagoda spire collapsed in the 1975 earthquake and it has already been replaced.

Tharabba Gateway : If you enter the ancient city you’ll pass through the main gate on the east wall named Tharabba Gateway. It is the only structure left of the old city built by King Pyibya in the 9th century . Traces of stucco carving on the frieze are visible on the exterior walls. The entrance to it is guarded by two Bagan’s guardians-nats or spirits, called MahagiriNats. These two nats, brother and sister, are namely Maung Tint de (Mr. Handsome) and his sister Shwemyethna (Miss Golden Face) whose images are deposited in a monastery shrine, the male on the left and the female on the right. They are the most important spirit beings in Myanmar history.

Mandalay Day Tours Sagaing Inwa

Trip Overview

One of our professional tour leaders will come and pick you up at your hotel on your appointment time (about 8:00 Am) at your hotel. This day tour will start by visit morning vegetable market and Shan Kalay Kyun Burmese village. In the village, you will see daily life of Burmese people and their authentic culture. There are many small home factories of hand make wood carving, jade products, copper casting and etc. After sightseeing in the village, proceed to Sagaing to visit a nunnery in order to serve the nuns with lunches as offerings for them, who have been studying the Buddhism for the whole year and continue visiting silver workshops to see the process of hand-made silver products in their traditional way in Sagaing. After sightseeing at the factory, continue on to the Sagaing hill covered with over 500 stupas and Buddhist monasteries to visit Soon U Ponya Shin Pagoda and the Buddha images in U Minthonesel cave on the hill top. From the hill you can enjoy the overlooking view of the Mandalay city, the beautiful Ayeyarwaddy River and Kaungmudaw Pagoda. Inclusive Myanmar traditional lunch will be served in Sagaing. After lunch, we will take a short boat ride to make a visit to Inwa for old teak wooden Bagaya monastery, Maha Aungmye Bonezan monastery and Nanmyint Watch Tower by horse card.  After Inwa sightseeing, drive back to your hotel in Mandalay and it will be at the end of your day tour sightseeing with Travel Expert.

Included Main Highlights

• Morning vegetable market
• Shan Kalay Kyun Burmese village
• Sagaing Sightseeing
• U Minthonesel cave in which Buddha statues
• Soon U Ponya Shin Pagoda
• hand-made silver factory
• Myanmar traditional lunch
• Inwa sightseeing by horse card
• Bagaya monastery
• Maha Aungmye Bonezan monastery
• Nanmyint Watch Tower

Tour Facts & Features

Pricing : 90 USD per pax start from 2 pax

This mentioned pricing will be valid from 1^st June, 2019 to 31^st May 2020. We offer optional sightseeing and additional nights at a hotel or guest house in Yangon and all over the country for our own clients.

What’s included

• Official licensed English Speaking tour guide
• All sightseeing mentioned in the above program
• All entrance fees and camera fees
• Myanmar traditional lunch
• Free drinking water
• Good private air-con car
• Service charges and car

What’s not included

• Travel insurance
• Accommodation
• Visa fees
• Dinner and all beverages
• Personal expenses
• Tips to show your graduate for your guide and driver if you satisfied with them

To make tour reservation or inquiry for detail information, please Contact Us. One of our experts will get back to you within 24 hours.

“MANDALAY DAY TOURS SAGAING INWA INFORMATION”

SAGAING : Once a 4th century capital city, capital, Sagaing lies 21 km southwest of Mandalay, beside Ayeyarwaddy River. The Sagaing Hills are dotted with pagodas and there are over 500 monasteries, a retreat for some 6000 monks and nuns. In one sense, the city is still a nexus, although of reverence and devoutness, not political power. Soon U Ponya Shin Pagoda situated on the top of the Sagaing Hill, KaungHmudaw Pagoda (an impressive copy of the Mahaceti Pagoda in Sri Lanka), and many other local pagodas are of interest. Silver-smiths still fashion intricate and unique jewellery in Sagiang and their workshops are worth visiting to purchase eye-catching necklaces and bracelets are inexpensive prices.

IN-WA (Ava) : 

Inwa, it is situated 20 km (1 hr drive) southwest of Mandalay, was founded as the nucleus of the Myanmar empire in 1364 after the fall of Bagan to the Mongol army of Kublai Khan. It remained the seat of Myanmar kings for almost four centuries. Its original walled boundary was not geometric but shaped like a seated lion, similar to those that guard the entrances of many pagodas. Only a small part of this wall remains, the gated section where the ceremonial hair washing of the king took place. Stood as the original name of In-Wa, Yadanarpura, meant City of Precious Gems.

Today In-wa is a small town and it would be easy to overlook its power and prominence in past centuries. Other local sites included the Nanmyint Watch Tower, MahaAungmyeBonzan monastery and In-wa Bridge, spanning the Ayeyarwaddy River. Sightseeing is done by horse-cart due to the road condition, but this is a fascinating way to cover In-wa.

OTHER ATTRECTION : MINGUN, An hour boat excursion up river from Mandalay takes you to Mingun where you can see the vast picturesque ruin of King Bodawpaya's unfinished pagoda. Had he finished it to scale, following the much smaller initial model standing on the riverbank nearby, it would have been the world’s largest stupa but an astrological prediction in 1797, that the king would die upon its completion, put a stop to construction.

An earthquake in 1839 opened cracks in the huge structure. Opposite the pagoda you can also see the remains of colossal huge brick lions facing the river. Mingun is one of the most visited places in the vicinity of Mandalay, well-known for its Mingun Bell cast in 1790 under orders from King Bodawpaya and weighing 90 tons. Still suspended, the bell can be rung , making it the largest ringing bell in the world, and visitors can crouch under its extremities and stand inside its giant dome.

The boat-ride excursion to Mingun provides you with an excellent chance to sunbathe enjoying the beautiful scenery of the Ayeyarwaddy River. Allow half a day for the visit.

Inle Lake Day Tours Taunggyi -Kakku

Trip Overview

This tour will start from Shwe Nyaung. One of our professional tour leaders will come and pick you up at your hotel if you stay at Nyaung Shwe or at the main jetty if you still on the lake on your appointment time (about 8:00 am). Firstly we will drive to Kakku Pagodas compound for about two hours driving. On the way, enjoy scenic driving and we can make some short sightseeing at different hill tribe villages. On your arrival time at Kakku, visit around the ruined temples. After that drive back to Taunggyi, the capital of the state. Visit Taunggyi Central Market and Ananda temple will show you the vista of the city of Shan people and their beautiful mountain range. In the evening, drive back to Nyaung Shwe and proceed to your hotel or jittery. It will be at the end of your day tour with us.

Included Main Highlights

• Tribal villages
• Traditional lunc
• Taunggyi, the capital of the Shan State
• Taunggyi Central Market
• Ananda Temple in Taungyi

Tour Facts & Features

Pricing : 110 USD per pax start from 2 pax

All of the above mention pricing will validity form 1^st June, 2019 to 31^st May 2020. We offer optional sightseeing and additional nights at a hotel or guest house in Yangon and all over the country for our own clients.

What’s included

• Official licensed English Speaking tour guide
• All sightseeing mention in the above program
• All entrance fees and camera fees
• Myanmar traditional lunch
• Free drinking water
• Good private air-con car
• Service charges and car

What’s not included

• Travel insurance
• Accommodation
• Visa fees
• Dinner and all beverages
• Personal expenses
• Tips to show your graduate for your guide and driver if you satisfied with them

To make tour reservation or inquiry for detail information, please Contact Us. One of our experts will get back to you within 24 hours.

"INLE LAKE DAY TOURS TAUNGGYI INFORMATION"

TAUNGGYI : Taunggyi, over 1430m above sea-level, is the capital of Shan State. A sizeable town and the economic centre of this productive region, it was once a British hill station as the climate is cool and pleasant all the year round.

The annual hot air balloon Festival of Taunggyi is immensely popular throughout Myanmar, and throngs come to see the airborne marvels created in honour of the Buddha. Fireworks fill the sky and Taunggyi becomes the centre of entertainment and delight for three days and nights. The market, offering everything from handmade bamboo, plastic and wire baskets, to cooked frogs, live eels, traditional medicines, every kind of fruit and vegetable, extraordinary flowers and fabrics, is held every fifth day. It is crowded with ethnic minorities in their brightly colored traditional dress. The journey from Inle lake to Taunggyi takes about an hour. For golfing enthusiasts there is the added bonus of the 18 hole Aye Thay Gold Resort, located at the bottom of Taunggyi hill.

KAKKU : Kakku, about 40 km south of Taunggyi (a 1½ hour drive), is one of the famous religious sites of Shan State, and the holiest religious site of the local Pa-O people. Over two thousand stupas and temples, many years old, stand together in a complex rarely visited by foreigners. The tinkling sound of countless Htis (brass parasols atop the stupas, the remoteness and air of long neglect, make this a magical place. Visitors need to obtain a special pass and engage a Pa-an guide in order to enter the complex or its nearby villages. You can reach there by car or by trekking from Inle Lake for one day.

Yangon Day Tours Bago

Trip Overview

One of our company’s professional English speaking tour leaders will come and pick you up at your hotel on your appointment time ( about 8 am ). In the morning, we will drive to Bago for one and half hour. Enjoy the scenic driving and see the way of the people on the countryside. On our arrival at Bago, we will make first visit to Kyikepun four faces Pagoda  and Kyatkahwine monastery to see the daily activities of the Buddhism monks on their offering alms food time. After that , enjoy the Myanmar traditional lunch at a local restaurant. After lunch, tour highlights are Mon ancient monuments in Bago, Shwetharlyaung reclining Buddha image and Shwemawdaw Pagoda and golden Kanbawzathardi Palace of King Bayintnaung and Hinthargone hill, which is the highest place of the region and sources of Bago. In the evening, we will drive back to Yangon and enjoy the sunset on the highway. Upon arrival in Yangon, proceed to your hotel and it will be the end of your sightseeing with Travel Expert.

Included Main Highlights

• Bago, Ancient Mon Kingdom sightseeing
• Kyikepun four faces Pagoda
• Kyatkahwine monastery
• Myanmar traditional lunch
• Shwetharlyaung reclining Buddha image
• Shwemawdaw Pagoda
• Golden Kanbawzathardi Palace of King Bayintnaung
• Hinthargone hill

Tour Facts & Features

Pricing : 85 USD / pax based on 2-3 person

This above mentioned pricing will valid from 1^st June, 2019 to 31^st May 2020. We offer optional sightseeing and additional nights at a hotel or guest house in Yangon and all over the country for our own clients.

What’s included

• Official licensed English Speaking tour guide
• All sightseeing mention in the above program
• All entrance fees and camera fees
• Myanmar traditional lunch
• Free drinking water
• Good private air-conditioned car
• Service charges and car

What’s not included

• Travel insurance
• Accommodation
• Visa fees
• Dinner and all beverages
• Personal expenses
• Tips to show your gratitude for your guide and driver if you satisfied with them.

To make tour reservation or inquiry for detail information, please Contact Us. One of our experts will get back to you within 24 hours.

“YANGON DAY TOURS BAGO INFORMATION”

BAGO : Situated only 80km from Yangon, Bago is one of the major archeological sites in Myanmar, having being of 15th century royal capital of Mon Kingdom. Today a large busy town, it hosts many grand Buddha images, including a massive reclining Buddha, ornate pagodas and monasteries, including the Kyahat wine making monastery, and old palace ruins. The palace dates back to the time of King Bayinnaung.