7 days“A classic”Golden Pagodas under tropical skies
 The famous “Classical Route” with
extended time for details
This is our Myanmar shortest tour covering completely the
“magical route” Yangon, Bagan, Mandalay plus Lake Inle. The
capital, of course, then 2 full days for extensive
sightseeing in Bagan, Mandalay – additionally and finally to
Lake Inle to the aquatic world of leg-rowing Intha.
1st day: ARRIVAL IN YANGON
From now on SunBird takes you under its
wings. We take good care of you. Transfer airport / hotel.
In the afternoon Yangon´s finest the – gold plated monuments
like the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, standing 109 m tall.
Accommodation: 1 night Note: If your arrival is in the
afternoon, we take you on this city tour prior to your
leaving Yangon.
2nd day: YANGON – BAGAN
Early morning flight to Bagan (80 minutes). Full day visit
of the world´s largest temple and pagoda complex. This is
not a temple rallye, we show you the most beautiful and most
important monuments, at a leisurely pace true to our motto:
less is more. Accommodation: 2 nights
 3rd day: BAGAN – MOUNT POPA – SALE
Another full day of exceptional monuments around Bagan: Day
trip to Mount Popa, Myanmar´s “Olympus of the spirits (nats)”,
we climb the stairs leading to the peak in company of the
many scampering monkeys. On to Sale, the old river town with
its richly carved wooden monastery. In the evening we attend
the traditional marionette theatre (string puppets).
4th day: BAGAN – AMARAPURA – MANDALAY
Morning flight (30 minutes) to Burma´s last royal city where
the last Burmese dynasty had to abdicate at the end of the
19th century when the British expanded their Colonial
Empire. Mandalay´s plethora of sights
is impressive – the country’s biggest and most beautiful
Golden Buddha, the largest Marble Buddha … and you can go
treasure hunting in the city´s manifold quaint boutiques.
But first we visit the near-by royal city of Amarapura with
its many temples and the world´s longest teakwood  bridge.
Accommodation: 2 nights
5th day: MANDALAY – MINGUN
We travel the Ayeyarwady, the mighty Elephant River and
enjoy its sights – washerwomen plying their trade among
buffalo carts. It takes one hour upstream to reach Mingun
where a mighty king once tried to build the world´s biggest
pagoda – and failed. Yet even the dimension of his failure
is impressive.
6th day: MANDALAY – HEHO - LAKE INLE
Early morning flight to Heho on the Shan plateau and on to
Lake Inle. We spend this morning on the boat visiting
floating gardens and floating villages, floating markets and
floating pagodas – the floating world of the Intha, the
famous leg-rowing fishermen. This stunning boat excursion
takes several hours and usually leaves an indelible
impression with the visitors.
 7th day: INLE - HEHO - YANGON & DEPARTURE
Flight to Yangon (about 1 hour). Transfer to the airport to
connect with departure flight.
P L E A S E N OT E
This is a relatively comprehensive
Myanmar round-trip along the classical route.
This program affords adequate time to the country´s major
tourist highlights.
Neither long walks nor long bus rides.
The program can be ideally combined with a beach holiday or
with one of our Specials.
For more information such as availability and price, please
send to Sunbird for further assistances.
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