Destination: Hanoi/Ha Long Bay/Yangon/Bagan
B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner, G=Guide
Day 1: Hanoi arrival (D, G)
Arriving at Noi Bai airport in Hanoi, you’ll be met and driven to your hotel. You’ll have time to relax after your journey before a welcome dinner at a colonial building. In the evening, you’ll have tickets for a performance of traditional Water Puppetry (an art form unique to northern Viet Nam, and a good, light-hearted introduction to its rural culture). Your overnight stay will be in Hanoi.
Day 2: Hanoi city (B, L, G)
An all day city tour, possibly including the Temple of Literature, (the first university in Viet Nam dating back to the 11th C), the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the Ethnology Museum and the centre of Hanoi, including the Hoan Kiem Lake, the Ngoc Son temple and the bustling Old Quarter with a complex of architecture – traditional tube houses, religious buildings and the colonial houses. In the evening, you’ll have tickets for a performance of Cheo (an traditional music typical for the northern Viet Nam). Overnight in Hanoi
Day 3: Hanoi/Halong (B, L, D, G)
A morning drive to Ha Long Bay, (one of the most spectacular UNESCO World Heritage Areas – the world’s largest marine ‘karst’ landscape). Travel by traditional-style boat to some of the less well-known grottoes and caves. Includes swimming, fishing, hill (not mountain) climbing for Bay overviews, exploring sea level caves in a small sampan, etc. All meals will be provided on board and your accommodation will be on the boat in a twin room with en suite toilet and shower
Day 4: Halong/Hanoi (B, L, G)
Morning cruising Ha Long Bay, followed by lunch and then return to Hanoi for an overnight stay.
Day 5: Hanoi/Yangon (B, G)
You’ll be free until the driver and guide come and take you to the airport for your flight to Yangon. Up on arrival, you’ll find a car waiting to take you to your hotel for check in. Your overnight stay will be in Yangon.
Day 6: Yangon city tour (B, L, G)
Have breakfast in the hotel. Embark on a walk from Sule Pagoda to City Hall building, from where you will enjoy the British buildings of Emmanuel Church, Inland Water Transport. Following, you will encounter the exotic food stalls and local markets of Yangon. Finish your walk with a shopping time in Scott market.
In the afternoon, you will have time to discover , Chauk Htat Gyi Pagoda, the biggest reclining Buddha statue in Myanmar. Followed by a stroll to Shwedagon pagoda, the most prominent Buddha monument with highest tower made of gold and diamonds, shining to the sky of Yangon
Day 7: Yangon/Bagan (B, L, G)
After breakfast , take the early flight to Bagan. Commence your day with a ride from Shwedagon pagoda, which is believed to enshrine a bone and tooth of Gautama Buddha to Ananda, That byin Nyu and Manuha pagodas, the prominent monument that were contructed from 11th to 13t century.
In the afternoon, discover the lacquer work which features a part the Bagan fame. Sunset on the legendary Irrawaddy river.
Day 8: Bagan/Yangon (B, L, G)
Having breakfast at your hotel. Enjoy the sunset with Balloons over Bagan, one of the most special way to capture the beautiful vista of Bagan. Stay at leisure or embark a horse cart ride to the less-visited pagodas of Bagan. You will take the flight back to Yangon in the afternoon. Transfer to your hotel.
Day 9: Yangon/Shwedagon departure (B, L, G)
Set off your day to National Museum then take a stroll in Inle lake or visit the biggest Glass Factory of Yangon. You will stay at your own for the rest of the time before heading to the airport for your departure flight