General Information
Duration: 7 days/ 6 nights
Start/End: Yangon/ Yangon
Tour Route: Yangon – Heho – Kalaw – Inle Lake - Yangon
Tour Type: Adventure & Discovery, Nature, Landscape, In-depth Cultural
Highlights: Mahabandoola Garden, Chauk Htat Kyi, Scott Market, Little India and China Town, Shwedagon Pagoda, Hlawga Wildlife Park, Moeyungyi Wetland Wildlife Sanctuary, Chaunggyi Pauk, Khaung Dine, Inle Lake
Experience this Myanmar Eco Tour With:
- Guides: hand-picked best tour guides with deep knowledge, humor, and profession (English speaking guides, other languages upon request)
- Drivers: polite, friendly, responsible, reliable with many years of driving experience
- Vehicles: comfortable, spacious, air-conditioned, big window
- Meals: meals are arranged at local restaurants so you can taste authentic Burmese cuisine
- Accommodation: well-chosen hotels are listed below. Besides, various types of equivalent accommodation are available, from 5-star hotels, 4-star hotels in the best location, good value 3-star hotels, to boutique hotels reflect the style of the region
Brief Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival Yangon (B)
Day 2: Yangon – Hlawga Wildlife Park – Moeyungyi Wetland Wildlife Sanctuary (B)
Day 3: Yangon – Fly to Heho – Kalaw (B)
Day 4: Kalaw – Inle Trekking (B, L, D)
Day 5: Kalaw – Inle (Trekking) (B, L)
Day 6: Inle Lake – Indein – Yangon (B)
Day 7: Yangon – Departure (B)
Please note that every element of the tour below can be tailored. Tell us your specific interest and we will be happy to make adjustments for you. This inquiry is totally free and you are under no obligation!
Full Itinerary
Day 1: Yangon Arrival (B)
After pick up by our tour guide and driver, we will be transferred to the hotel for check-in. Your eco-tour starts at the post office – a lovely historic building, passing by Strand Hotel, Mahabandoola Garden, and Independence Monument to reach the Chauk Htat Kyi Pagoda which is famous for its enormous 70 meters long Reclining Buddha image.
Next, head to the Scott Market, which is Yangon’s best market for handicrafts and Burmese tea. (Note: the market is closed on Mondays). Take a leisure walk in lively Little India and China Town which is full of fruit vendors. Nothing will prepare you for Shwedagon Pagoda, with its iconic golden stupa. At the pagoda observe local pilgrims and monks offering their devotions.
Day 2: Yangon - Hlawga Wildlife Park - Moeyungyi Wetland Wildlife Sanctuary (B)
This morning, take a scenic drive to Hlawga Wildlife Park where you will gain knowledge about the animals and beautiful bird species. Then, take a safari-style scheduled shuttle bus ride on a winding road through a forest of leafy trees, providing a close look at Rhesus monkeys, groups of deer (of the dog, barking & sambar varieties), wild boar, and other animals. The lake inside the park is a stopover for migrated water birds.
Late afternoon, drive to Moeyungyi Wetland Wildlife Sanctuary (two hours drive), conserving resident and migratory waterbirds and their habitats with more than twenty species of aquatic grasses and herbs (Emergent macrophytes).
Especially, watch resident and migratory water birds on Kaing grasslands, the most suitable breeding ground. After visiting Moeyungyi Wetland Wildlife Sanctuary, drive back to Yangon and overnight in Yangon.
Day 3: Yangon - Fly to Heho - Kalaw (B)
After breakfast, we will drive to the airport to board a noon flight to Heho. On arrival, we will be welcomed and transferred to Kalaw Hill station. The rest of the day will be free to relax in the mild weather.
Day 4: Kalaw – Inle Trekking (B, L, D)
Start your day with a pickup in the early morning by a 1-hour drive to Thayepoo, a Danu – Taung Yoe – Pa O village, the starting point for the 2 days trekking trip to Khaung Dine. Then listen to your local station tour guide Ko Paul about the traditional lifestyle of villagers.
Dine at Supan Inn a Danu and Taung Yoe Tribal Village. Then proceed to Chaunggyi Pauk a typical Taung Yoe village where villagers are well known for their bamboo mattresses and handicrafts. Dinner and overnight at Chaungyi Pauk.
Day 5: Kalaw – Inle (Trekking) (B, L)
Continue the journey with a 2 ½ hour walk to the Hot Spa, the only place where you can go for a hot bath. Then proceed by bus to Khaung Dine at the north-western shore of Inle Lake. This Intha village is well known for the production of soybean Cakes and noodles. From here transfer by boat to your hotel.
Day 6: Inle Lake – Indein -Yangon (B)
Start your day with a visit to the 5-day market, which rotates locations every five days and where hill tribe people dressed in colorful, traditional outfits — as they barter for goods and produce.
Then, go sightseeing in Inle Lake to be surprised by the lake’s unique “leg rowers”. Continue the journey with a quite long visit the fascinating village of Indein, with its complex of ancient shrines and stupas, and walk through exotic colonnades of stairways and shop stalls. Afterward, take a late afternoon flight to Yangon for the night.
Day 7: Yangon– Departure (B)
The day at leisure then transfers to the airport for our flight back home. Trip ends. We hope that you would love the itinerary we design for this 7-day Myanmar tour package. Thank you for traveling with Go Myanmar Tours!