Culture Tours in Inle Lake

( Inle Lake) – Pindaya – Mingun – Kalaw – Taunggyi )

Inle Lake Culture Tour

Inle Lake is on the plateau of Shan State. It is localted in Nyaung Shwe Township, not far from Taunggyi. It is 22 km long and 11km wide. It can be reached by car or flight via Heho from Yangon. The people are virtually Inthas who are pious Buddhists. Inle Lake is really indolent, surrounded by blue mountains. It is noted for floating market at Ywama village, floating gardens, leg-rowers, traditional method of fishing, the Nga Phe Chaung Monastery with wonderful jumping cats, and the Phaungdaw U Pagoda. A visit to Myanmar would be meaningless without visiting Inle Lake.”

Pindaya Culture Tour

Pindaya is famous for limestone caves, over looking a lake the caves House Thousands of Buddha images. It is an interesting experience to visit Pindaya and Pindaya caves. Pindaya is beautiful with small Bottalote Lake in the centre of the town. “

Day 1 YANGON-HEHO(by fly)-INLE
Day 2 INLE-PEKON(by boat)-LOIKAW
Day 3 LOIKAW
Day 4 LOIKAW-HPASAWNG-LOIKAW
Day 5 LOIKAW-PINLAUNG-AUNGBAN-PINDAYA CAVE
Day 6 PINDAYA CAVE-HEHO-YANGON

Mingun Culture Tour

Mingun is a short boat-ride upriver obliquely from Mandalay. It is noted for the enormous, and unfinished pagoda and the un cracked brass ringing the bell, which is the largest one in the world as well as for the most reserved Rev. Mingun. Tourists never fail to visit there.”

Day 1 Yangon on arrival
Day 2 Yangon city tour
Day 3 Yangon-Bagan(by fly)- Bagan sightseeing
Day 4 Bagan sightseeing
Day 5 Bagan-Mandalay(by fly)- Amarapura – Sagaing – Ava –
U Being bridge – Mandalay
Day 6 Mandalay-Mingun(by boat)-Mandalay hill
Day 7 Mandalay-Heho(By fly)- Pindaya cave – Inle lake
Day 8 Inle lake sightseeing(by boat)
Day 9 Inle-Heho(by fly)- Yangon sightseeing
Day 10 Departure

Kalaw Culture Tour

Kalaw is the favorite of the old British hill stations, a picturesque small town surrounded by pine forests. The road from Kalaw to Pindaya is really pleasant with panoramic mountain views, reminiscent of the ALPA in Europe. You will feel like you are arriving in Switzerland! “

Day 1 ARRIVAL IN YANGON
Day 2 YANGON-PYAY
Day 3 PYAY sightseeing
Day 4 PYAY-MAGWAY-BAGAN
Day 5 BAGAN
Day 6 BAGAN
Day 7 BAGAN-MT.POPA-KALAW
Day 8 KALAW-PINDAYA CAVE-INLE
Day 9 INLE LAKE
Day 10 INLE-MANDALAY
Day 11 MANDALAY-MINGUN(by boat)-MANDALAY
Day 12 MANDALAY-AMARAPURA-AVA-U BEING BRIDGE
Day 13 MANDALAY-MONYWAY
Day 14 MONYWA-SAGAING-MANDALAY
Day 15 MANDALAY-YANGON-DEPARTURE

Taunggyi Culture Tour

Taunggyi is the capital city of Shan State and the largest state in Myanmar, where different hill tribes reside. Taunggyi is the best and biggest hill station, reachable by flight and land. It is famous for cool climate, Inle Lake, weekly market, the Balloon Festival in November, the Taunggyi Museum, etc. Taunggyi Market is busy. Palaung women wear up to 22kg of heavy brass rings stacked around their necks. Most Palaung people live in Kayah State.

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