Thailand Myanmar Tour with Beach 19 Nights / 20 Days
From the classic sightseeing of Bangkok to the famous Damnoen Saduak floating market, the beach experience of Phuket offers delightful leisure and followed by its fascinating natural beauty that enhances your holiday trip more unforgettable before soaking in the deep adventure to unlock Myanmar’s Yangon Capital where we capture attractive sightseeing and historical places included French colonial buildings, local market, Mahabandoola Park and the impressive Shwedagon Pagoda while witnessing Myanmar’s culture, historical sites and religious pagodas. Followed by the captivating Inle Lake, a wonderful boat excursion takes you to witness lifestyle of local people and ethnic hill tribes living in the floating community admired by fishermen with skillful one leg-rowing boats and five-day rotating market as well as previous Buddhist temples and pagodas. Overland to Bagan, we will have overnights in Kalaw for wonderful trekking through the hill town surrounded by mountains, patchwork of fields and beautiful pine forest before heading to explore the UNESCO World Heritage Site dotting with numerous ancient temples, Buddhist pagodas and monasteries were built between the 11th and 13th centuries, and visit the fascinating Mandalay, the former Royal Palace followed by great history, other incredible temples and beautiful surroundings of Mandalay Hills and Irrawaddy River.
Destinations
Bangkok (+ Ratchaburi) → Phuket → Yangon → Inle Lake → Kalaw → Bagan → Mandalay
Or Vice Versa
Program Detail
Day 1: Bangkok – Arrival
International flight is NOT included in the tour price.
Our friendly team (guide and driver) will welcome you at the arrival gate upon your arrival at Suvarnabhumi/Don Mueang Airport then transfers to a reserved hotel for check in and simply enjoy yourselves free time at hotel or explore central city by your own.
Overnight in Bangkok
*Meal Plan: None
Day 2: Maeklong Railway Market & Damnoen Saduak Floating Market
Breakfast is served at hotel. Our journey starts at 8.00am from hotel, drive with 1.15h to Samut Songkhram province which is famed for its Maeklong Railway market that you will observe interesting local life between vendors and buyers daily do their trade and exchange local goods at both sites of the train tracks and they suddenly pull down their canvas when the train approaches then put them back after the train passes by. Resume driving to Ratchaburi which popularly emerges the must-see Damnoen Saduak Floating Market where we will process to take a rowing boat to see the bustling activities along rivers and canals, colorful fruits, flowers, vegetables, snacks and other various items on local boats in this famous floating market in Thailand. Resume observe Thai locals make coconut sugar farm flowed by interesting skillful coconut works. We say goodbye to Ratchaburi then you may want to see salt fields with learning the processing of salt production on the way we drive back to Bangkok.
Overnight in Bangkok
*Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 3: Bangkok Highlight City Tour & Shopping
Breakfast is served at hotel. Today we begin at 8.00am for the amazing day to explore significant tourist attraction in central Bangkok City, visit Wat Traimit which houses the largest Golden Buddha statue in the world and catch the highlights of bustling China and Indian towns animated by interesting daily activities or you can stop by for a short visit when we drive pass to observe the Temple of the reclining Buddha in Wat Pho. Continue for a guided strolling at The Grand Palace which is popularly known as “The City Landmark” admired by the most impressive Emerald Buddha and other building complex that features unique architectural designs and cultural arts. Enjoy delicious Thai lunch at a selected local restaurant.
Afternoon, we drive to observe the remarkable Wat Arun which means Temple of Dawn which dates back to Ayutthaya Kingdom and continue to for your own happy shopping Pratunam Market or at Chatuchak Weekend Market (Fri-Sun).
Overnight in Bangkok
*Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 4: Bangkok - Long Tail Boat to Thonburi
Breakfast is served at hotel. Leave the hotel at your convenient time then we process to take a long-tail boat excursion along Chao Phraya River to catch the beautiful photos of Bangkok Skylines dotting with Wat Arun. Our exciting journey on boat through small canals of Thonburi to see Bangkok’s real local lives, wooden houses on the water, temples and other interesting things along the canals before we make our way back to the hotel and the rest of the time is free and easy.
If you love shopping, Icon Siam Shopping Mall is one of the biggest modern malls in Bangkok, you can find a lot of variety of local products, clothes, accessories, fresh fruits stalls and other famous brand collections. To visit and go shopping at Icon Siam Shopping Mall, please discuss about this with our tour guide a day before or just before you embark a long-tail boat.
Overnight in Bangkok
*Meal Plan: Breakfast
Day 5: Bangkok - Flight to Phuket (Or Koh Samui)
Breakfast is served at hotel. Enjoy the rest of free time in Bangkok before our team picks you up and transfers to airport for domestic flight to Phuket.
Phuket is a popular tourist destination in Thailand, known for its beautiful beaches, rich culture and nightlife. It is the largest island in the country, with a mountainous terrain and a tropical climate. It widely offers a variety of activities for visitors, such as snorkeling, diving, surfing, hiking, golfing and shopping while a vibrant culinary scene and local specialties are enjoyably delicate.
Upon your arrival, our experienced team (with welcome signage) will greet you at the arrival gate then transfers to a booked hotel for check in. It’s totally reserved as free and easy for your own leisure or go out to catch the highlight of Phuket City.
Overnight in Phuket
*Meal Plan: Breakfast
You may change destination to Koh Samui
Koh Samui is Thailand’s second largest island, known for its palm-fringed tranquil beaches, cabaret shows, and local culture. You can kayak, spa, or dine in this tropical paradise, and admired by the impressive Big Buddha Temple and the Secret Buddha Garden.
Day 6: Phuket - Completely Free & Easy
Breakfast is served at hotel. This day is reserved as free & easy for your self-directed exploration. One of the 10 most beautiful islands in the world, Phuket has an amazing wide range of beach, fine white sand and jade-green sea water, and water sports of many varieties never fail to win over enthusiasts.
Overnight in Phuket
*Meal Plan: Breakfast
Day 7: Phuket - Free Leisure (Or Boat Trip to Phang Nga Bay & James Bond Island)
Breakfast is served at hotel. It is totally reserved as free and easy for your own leisure and exploration in Phuket.
Optional Boat Trip to Phang Nga Bay & James Bond Island
Today you will be picked up by shuttle bus between 08.00 – 09.20 AM so make sure you’re ready by 8.00am at hotel’s lobby for a wonderful day trip by speed boat to discover some of fascinating Phuket’s islands especially Koh Tapu Island which is well known as Jame Bond Island where the famous “The Man With Golden Gun” movie was filmed, wander around mystical caves, see impressive limestone formations and enjoy canoeing on the crystal water, swimming and relaxing on the beaches. Around 5.00pm, we will head back to the mainland and get transferred by shuttle bus back to hotel.
This trip included: local tour guide, canoe & paddle man, lunch, soft drinks, ea, coffee, juice, snack, fresh fruits, pick up and drop off.
Overnight in Phuket
*Meal Plan: Breakfast
Day 8: Phuket - Completely Free & Easy
Breakfast is served at hotel. Today it is free day at your own exploration.
Overnight in Phuket
*Meal Plan: Breakfast
Day 9: Phuket - Flight to Yangon, Myanmar
Breakfast is served at hotel. Enjoy the rest of your own free time in Phuket before transferring to airport for flight to Yangon, Myanmar.
Upon your arrival, our experienced team (with welcome signage) will greet you at the arrival gate then transfers to a reserved hotel for check in and simply enjoy yourselves free time at hotel or make your own strolling around city.
Overnight in Yangon
*Meal Plan: Breakfast
Day 10: Full Day Guided Yangon City Tour
Breakfast is served at hotel. We set off at 8.30am to visit the bustling Bogyoke Market (Closed on Monday & public holidays) – a major bazaar with colonial architecture that we will see a lot of various Myanmar antiques, handicrafts, jewellery, clothing and many more. Resume to Yangon’s oldest administrative buildings which was the former Burma Railways Company built in 19th century, passing the French colonial building of the High Court and the largest white City Hall of Yangon before heading to see the Independent Monument vertically standing out in Mahabandoola Park. Next, witness religious Sule Pagoda that dates back to the time of the Buddha and also ages more than two thousand years old.
Enjoy delicate lunch at a selected local restaurant.
Afternoon, continue our happy sightseeing to Chaukhtatgyi Pagoda that houses huge significant reclining Buddha with traditionally carved sacred symbols at the feet and is one of the most well-reserved pagodas in Myanmar. End the worth day at the most prominent Shwedagon Pagoda which is considered as a magnificent gilded stupa that houses sacred relics of four Buddhas, it dominates the skyline of Yangon City, and impressively attracts pilgrims and tourists from around the world.
Overnight in Yangon
*Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 11: Yangon – Flight to Heho & Experience Inle Lake
Breakfast is served at hotel. Our team transfers you to Yangon airport for domestic flight to Heho. You will be greeted by our friendly tour guide and driver then drive to a booked hotel for check in.
After check in, we drive to boat pier and take a boat excursion to reveal best insightful In Lake, the boat trip passes stilt-house villages which are built over the lake where we will observe lifestyle of fishermen using their unique skills with one leg-rowing boats to catch fishes, interact the locals, see interesting activities and floating gardens before we stop by to visit the well-reserved Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda that houses the precious five Buddha statues with age of 800 years old and are covered in gold leaf. Continue to “Jumping Cat Monastery” or Nga Phe Chaung Monastery – an attractive wooden monastery built on stilts over the lake, one of the oldest monasteries in the region and ages around 200 years old. Don’t forget to ask if Jumping Cat performance is still available. Next, we go to interact and witness daily life of Padaung hill tribes “Long Neck Lady” with their unique outfits and ornaments before heading to see Myanmar traditional handicrafts, with a worth visit to the Inpawkhon weaving village where you can learn the production processes of fabrics made of cotton, silk and lotus, observe a cheroot factory where the typical Burmese cigars are made by hand and also visit Shan paper making facility.
Overnight in Inle Lake
*Meal Plan: Breakfast
Day 12: The Rest of Beautiful Inle Lake
Breakfast is served at hotel. Today we set off again at 8.30am to see the rest of insightful Inle Lake. Start with 5-day itinerant market which is one of the most interesting local markets in Inle Lake area, this market rotates every fifth day and it gathers many villagers as well as hill tribes from different parts of the region to come for common trades. Resume our boat excursion goes through a small canal leading to Indein Village where we observe the magnificent Indein temple complex – a group of thousands Buddhist stupas which date from the 14th to the 18th centuries. Followed by walking on a hillside to Shwe Inn Thein Paya, we will enjoy the peaceful scenery of ancient stupas buried in vegetation admired by a panoramic view of the lake.
Return and enjoy tasty lunch at a selected local restaurant before heading back to hotel.
Overnight in Inle Lake
*Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 13: Inle Lake to Kalaw by Private Car/Minivan
Breakfast is served at hotel. Check out at your convenient time with a memorable goodbye to Inle Lake then we drive to Pindaya town where we will spend our value time to visit the famous Pindaya Caves which is set in a limestone hill and house thousands of gilded Buddha statues. Followed by the exquisite Teak Kan Tau monastery, we will observe a workshop that creatively produces umbrellas and other souvenirs made with Shan recycle papers. Continue our journey with 1 ½ hours to a booked hotel Kalaw town. Simply have your own free time after check in.
Overnight in Kalaw
*Meal Plan: Breakfast
Day 14: Wonderful Kalaw Trekking
Breakfast is served at hotel. We leave hotel at 8.00am and start the amazing trekking day through the stunning landscapes of Kalaw which is set among peaceful mountains, rainforest, rice paddies, valleys and surrounded by pine forest. We walk up and down through village paths leading to diverse of ethnic minority groups in Pa-O village, Pan Lone Village and Sha Pin Village where we interact with Danu hill tribes in their exotic costumes while witnessing their basic lifestyle, traditions and culture. Come across interesting rural activities in the farms, gardens and rice fields and the trekking includes well worth a visit to a family followed by tea break and lunch arranged by locals.
After the breathtaking with picturesque bird’s eye view from the mountain, we continue the trekking through other small villages, passes beautiful rice terraces, enjoy capturing unforgettable photos while we’re zigzagging among the tranquil pine forest and make our way back to the hotel.
Overnight in Kalaw
*Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch
*Trekking length: 5 hours
Day 15: Kalaw to Bagan by Private Car/Minivan
Breakfast is served at hotel. We head out to explore Shwe Oo Min Monastery – the natural cave pagoda which hides its fascinating surrounding, golden stupas and impressive Buddha images inside the mountain. Return hotel for refreshment and check out then we drive with 5 ½ hours to a booked hotel in Old Bagan.
Bagan is an ancient city and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Myanmar, where thousands of Buddhist temples, pagodas and monasteries were built between the 11th and 13th centuries. It is a sacred and spectacular landscape.
Overnight in Bagan
*Meal Plan: Breakfast
Day 16: Amazing Bagan’s Temple Tour
Breakfast is served at hotel. We start at 8.30am with a visit an elevated temple from where you will have a panoramic view of the magnificent plains of Bagan then visit the golden Shwezigon Pagoda – a Buddhist stupa was built by King Anawrahta and King Kyansittha in the 11th century, and it is a prototype of Burmese stupas and enshrines relics of the Buddha and three previous Buddhas. Followed by the well-preserved frescoes of Gubyaukgyi Temple’s walls, we’ll witness 13th century-built Htilominlo Temple along with a three-story red brick structure with fine plaster carvings and murals.
Afternoon, continue our journey to observe a traditional lacquerware workshop where you browser the best-known Myanmar handicrafts in Bagan before go to unlock Ananda Temple emerges its beautiful Mon-style architecture, along with two unique previous Buddha images. With a nice experience on horse cart ride passing several interesting Thatbyinnyu, Dhammayangyi and Sulamani Temples toward a suitable higher spot on a temple to watch the spectacular sunset over the ancient plains of Bagan
Return hotel for refreshment before our team take you to enjoy tasty dinner at Sanon Restaurant (or similar).
Do you know that the best way to experience the most beautiful sunset is by taking a balloon ride? A balloon ride is a great way to watch sunset over the world UNESCO heritage of ancient plain of Bagan and some travelers can’t feel to miss it out when they step their feet in this wonderful land.
Overnight in Bagan
*Meal Plan: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 17: The Rest of Lovely Bagan
Breakfast is served at hotel. We journey out at 8.30am for guided strolling at the authentic Nyaung Oo Market where we observe how daily life works between vendors and buyers for local trade exchanges while interact the villagers with your chances to sample yummy local snacks. Resume to Myin Ka Ba village to visit 12th century Buddhist Manuha and Hindu Nan Hpaya Temples along with interesting history of kings who built those impressive temples.
Enjoy lunch at a selected local restaurant.
Afternoon, we continue our worth day to the less touristy Minnanthu village where we’ll discover several attractive temples which were built in 13th century including Paya Thone Zu, Lemyethna and Nandamannya temple admired by its the finest murals and frescoes. Our amazing day will be followed by boarding a boat cruise which slowly navigates along the Irrawaddy River to let you enjoy the tranquility, see the lifestyle of the fishermen and riverside villagers, and with beautiful background of Bagan dotting with temple’s towers.
Overnight in Bagan
*Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 18: Bagan to Mandalay & Mandalay Highlights
Breakfast is served at hotel. Check out then we drive with 4 hours to a booked hotel in Mandalay and simply have free time at hotel.
Afternoon, we go out to visit beautiful Mahamuni Temple which is one of the famous temples as well as a significant pilgrimage site in Myanmar, built in 18th century and significantly houses large Buddha statue. Followed by Kuthodaw Pagoda who has earned the title “World’s Biggest Book” because of its impressive 729 marble stone slabs of Buddhist scriptures, we continue to witness a historic Shwenandaw Buddhist monastery admired by its intricately carved Teak wood of walls and roofs which truly enhances the artistic styles of original Royal Palace.
Resume to the final stop at the summit of Mandalay Hill we will capture the spectacular sunset over Irrawaddy River and nice view of Mandalay City.
Overnight in Mandalay
*Meal Plan: Breakfast
Day 19: Indulgent Mandalay Discovery
Breakfast is served at hotel. Today we will journey out at 8.00am to explore some of historical sites and most interesting main attractions in Mandalay. Start with 18th century built-temple Mingun Pahtodawgyi and visit the world’s most massive Mingun Bell before taking a boat excursion to reveal daily life of elderly folks at Buddhist nursing home and a kind small donation would be appreciated when visit the place. We continue to reveal the beauty in white of Hsinbyume Pagoda located on the banks of the Irrawaddy River, stroll around and try your best to shoot beautiful photos.
Enjoy lunch at a selected local restaurant.
Afternoon, return and drive to the former capital of the Sagaing Region which is a home to 3,000 monks, Buddhist temples and hundreds of meditation centers, and dotting with remarkable white-golden stupas. We cross a bridge over the Irrawaddy River to where we will stroll to unlock several main temples on Sagaing Hill included Swan Oo Pon Nya Shin and U Min ThoneSae that features numerous Buddha images. Next, we visit the typical Burmese market – the less touristy local market where we’ll observe a lot of wide ranges of local products and various handicrafts, and learn a process of making pottery at a pottery village.
At the end of the trip, we make the way to walk over the 200-year-old U Bein Bridge which is known as the longest Teak wooden bridge in the world, the nice spot you can browser beautiful surroundings or wait to watch the fabulous sunset over Taungthaman Lake.
Overnight in Mandalay
*Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 20: Mandalay - Departure
International flight is NOT included in the tour price.
Breakfast is served at hotel. Enjoy the rest of free time in Myanmar then our team will pick you up from hotel’s lobby and transfers to Mandalay International Airport for your flight to the next destination.
*Meal Plan: Breakfast
Thank You
Goodbye Beautiful Southeast Asia
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