TOUR BURMA
Shwedagon Pagoda
Burma & the Road to Mandalay 12 days from £2999
WHAT’S INCLUDED • Just You Tour Manager as your host • Return flights from Heathrow with Malaysia Airlines • Use of an airport lounge in the UK • 9 nights in 3 and 4-star hotels plus 2 nights in flight • 19 meals: 9 breakfasts, 4 lunches, 6 dinners
PLUS…
• Specialist Local Guide • Welcome drink and farewell get-together • Overseas transfers & other transportation • Porterage
• Dedicated Just You representative to greet you at all UK airports
INCLUDED EXCURSIONS • Yangon city tour • Mandalay tour
DAY 1 UK to Yangon You’ll fly to Yangon, arriving on day 2.
DAY 2 Yangon Although no longer Burma’s capital, Yangon, formerly Rangoon, is the country’s largest and most populous city. On our included tour we’ll visit the Kyaukhtatgyi Pagoda where we’ll see a magnificent 70m long reclining Buddha. We’ll then pause to admire the Royal Lake in Kandawgyi Park, where we’ll glimpse the ornate Karaweik Hall, a stunning reproduction royal barge.
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Hilltop temples, shimmering gilded pagodas and gold-smothered Buddha images are among the sights to behold in Burma. All the must-see landmarks are accounted for on this extraordinary journey, and you’ll also mingle with the locals on market day and step inside real homes.
• Mandalay’s morning market and Sagaing Hill • Sunset boat trip at U Bein Bridge • Horse & cart ride in Bagan • Irrawaddy River sandbank dinner • Nyang Oo Market followed by alms giving • Walking in Shan Hills • Scenic train journey to Inle Lake • Private motor boat trip on Inle Lake • Sunken stupas & local villages on Inle Lake by boat • Shwedagon Pagoda at sunset • Bogyoke (Scott) market
OPTIONAL EXCURSION • Trishaw ride in Mandalay
FLIGHT OPTIONS
• Connecting flights via London from selected local airports
This evening, we’ll head to Chinatown to admire the colourful Khen Hock Keong Chinese Temple and take a stroll around the vibrant street stalls. This evening enjoy a barbecue dinner. SEDONA HOTEL, YANGON (4-STAR)
DAY 3 Mandalay With the remains of the old Royal City and many monasteries, Mandalay is a showcase for art and 19th century architecture and we’ll fly here this morning. A highlight of our orientation tour is the revered Mahamuni Pagoda, where we’ll see an exceptional Buddha
image covered in a thick layer of gold leaf, applied daily by male devotees.
Time allowing, we’ll visit a craft workshop on our way back to the hotel for an afternoon of leisure. If you’re feeling energetic join our optional trishaw ride into the countryside. YADANARBON HOTEL, MANDALAY (3-STAR)
DAY 4 Mandalay We’ve an early start to experience Mandalay’s vibrant morning market. We’ll then cross the Ayeyarwady River to Sagaing Hill, the spiritual hub of Burma. Lunch is included and is a
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justyou.co.uk or contact your local travel agent BURMA Mandalay Kalaw Bagan Inle Lake THAILAND Yangon
When you book this holiday you are helping us to bring light to a village close to Bagan, which will help villagers to study and work when night falls.
unique treat – a vegetarian meal served by nuns, giving an amazing insight into monastic life.
On our return trip we’ll stop in Kan Daw village, where local families produce textiles and the traditional Burmese garment the longyi. Refreshments will be enjoyed in a family home before our journey continues to the Mahagandayon monastery at Amarapura and the legendary U Bein Bridge, which crosses the Taungthamen Lake. As the sun begins to set, take a boat trip on the lake from where you’ll see unforgettable images of daily life.
We’ll round of the day with dinner at a local restaurant. YADANARBON HOTEL, MANDALAY (3-STAR)
DAY 5 Bagan Bagan, known as the ‘city of four thousand pagodas’, is our destination after a
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