Grand Tour of Myanmar: Yangon, Bagan, Inle Lake & Mandalay — 9 days
Golden pagodas, lake villages and former royal capitals. Day-by-day itinerary: Arrival in Yangon; Yangon then flight to Bagan; Temples of Bagan; Mount Popa then flight to Heho.
Day-by-day itinerary
Day 1 — Arrival in Yangon
14:00 — Arrival in Yangon
16:00 — Hotel check-in — Centre-ville
Walk to the pagoda — Centre-ville → Yangon
18:00 — Shwedagon Pagoda at sunset — Yangon
20:30 — Burmese dinner — Yangon
Day 2 — Yangon then flight to Bagan
09:00 — Colonial centre & Bogyoke Aung San Market — Yangon
15:00 — Domestic flight to Bagan
17:00 — Hotel check-in — Bagan
18:30 — Sunset over the temples — Bagan
Day 3 — Temples of Bagan
05:30 — Hot-air balloon flight at sunrise — Bagan
09:30 — Ananda and Dhammayangyi temples — Bagan
E-bike to the temples — Bagan → Plaine de Bagan
17:00 — E-bike tour between the temples — Plaine de Bagan
Day 4 — Mount Popa then flight to Heho
07:30 — Drive to Mount Popa — Bagan → Mont Popa
09:00 — Mount Popa monastery — Mont Popa
15:00 — Domestic flight to Heho
16:00 — Drive to Nyaungshwe — Heho → Nyaungshwe
17:30 — Hotel check-in — Nyaungshwe, lac Inle
Day 5 — Inle Lake
08:00 — Day by boat on Inle Lake — Lac Inle
11:00 — Floating craft workshops — Lac Inle
13:30 — Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda — Lac Inle
Walk to dinner — Lac Inle → Nyaungshwe
19:30 — Lake fish dinner — Nyaungshwe
Day 6 — Indein village
08:30 — Boat to Indein village — Lac Inle
Boat to Indein — Lac Inle → Indein
10:30 — Shwe Inn Thein archaeological site — Indein
Back for lunch — Indein → Nyaungshwe
13:00 — Lunch — Nyaungshwe
Day 7 — On to Mandalay
08:00 — Drive to Heho — Nyaungshwe → Heho
10:00 — Domestic flight to Mandalay
12:00 — Hotel check-in — Mandalay
Drive to Amarapura — Mandalay → Amarapura
17:30 — U Bein Bridge at sunset — Amarapura
Day 8 — Mandalay & the ancient capitals
09:00 — Mandalay Hill & Mahamuni Pagoda — Mandalay
13:00 — Trip to the ancient capitals — Ava & Sagaing