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9 days in Myanmar
Yangon – Mandalay – Kengtung – Inle Lake – Yangon
For travellers who want to get off the beaten track,
Kengtung in eastern Shan State is the perfect destination.
Located on the edge of the famous Golden Triangle region,
the town teems with genuine local atmosphere and is the
ideal base of operations from which to explore rarely
visited ethnic villages in the surrounding hills. Combine
this with a stop-over at amazing Inle Lake in western Shan
State, as well as several days exploring Yangon, Mandalay
and the ancient capitals of Inwa and Amarapura, and you have
the ingredients for a golden vacation of a lifetime.
Highlights
• Spend tranquil moments at
some of Myanmar’s most revered pagodas in the Garden City of
Yangon
• Sightsee in famous Mandalay,
the cultural capital of Myanmar
• Travel by boat up the
Ayeyarwady River to enjoy the view from atop the colossal
50-metre Mingun
Pahtodawgyi Temple
• Visit the ancient capitals of
Inwa and Amarapura to see traditional monasteries and other
sites of
historical interest
• Enjoy a romantic stroll along
the 1.2-kilometre teakwood U Bein Bridge at sunset
• Explore remote Kengtung, a
genuine Shan town on the edge of the famous Golden Triangle
• Walk through Kengtung’s
morning market and see how local villagers conduct business
by bartering
for goods
• Trek to villages peopled by a
number of diverse ethnic groups – including Lahu, Akha, Akhu,
Eng,
Palaung, Shan and Wa – with varied religious beliefs
• Watch sunsets over the green
hills of Shan State from Lone Tree Hill and Naungtaung
• Take a boat tour of beautiful
Inle Lake to visit villages on stilts and observe the unique
village
lifestyles of ethic groups such as the Shan, Intha,
Pa-O, Danu and Padaung
• Tour the extraordinary canals
of Indein on your way to explore ancient monasteries and
remote
stupas
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