Upon arrival in Bagan transfer to the hotel for check in. Bagan is a spectacular plain stretching away from the Irrawaddy River, dotted with thousands of 800-year old temple ruins. Start a day of sightseeing by visiting SHWEZIGON PAYA, a pagoda partly build by King Anawrahta to enshrine some relicts of Buddha.

The stupa’s graceful bell shape became a prototype for virtually all later stupas over Myanmar. Proceed to GUBYAUKHYI TEMPLE at Wetkyi-Inn. This Temple with its distinguished architecture was built in the early 13th century and has great colourful painting about the previous life of Buddha. Continue to ANANDA PAHTO, one of the finest, largest, best preserved and most revered of the Bagan temples. Continue to GUBYAUKGYI TEMPLE at Myinkaba.

This temple is famous for its well-preserved Stuccos from the 12th century on the outside walls and has magnificent paintings considered to be among the oldest ones in Bagan. Thereafter visit the MANUHA TEMPLE which enshrines the unusual combination of 3 seated and one reclining image Buddha. Afterwards visit SHWESANDAW PAYA, the first monument in Bagan,

which features stairways leading up from the square bottom terraces to the round base of the Stupa. This Pagoda is ideal to watch Bagan’s magnificent sunsets.

Last but not least take the opportunity to learn about the painstaking process of lacquerware making and decoration in one of the LACQUERWARE WORKSHOP by the villages around Bagan.

Overnight in Bagan

Travel by vehicle from Bagan to Mount Popa and visit Salay. Explore the local life in this unspoiled Burmese town.

Visit the Yoke Son Kyaung, the oldest surviving wooden monastery, with beautiful carvings of court life and scenes from the Ramayana. Continue to wander around the town, visiting the market and the Thar Ta Na Yaung Chi monastery, which also serves as orphanage.

Overnight in Mount Popa

Today’s excursion includes a visit to MOUNT POPA itself, a curiously cylindrical hill rising sharply from the surrounding plain and is considered to be the home of the country’s most important nats (spirits). Visitors ascend up a winding covered staircase encircling the mountain, observed by the curious monkeys that populate the area. At the top is a monastery and a temple complex, with shrines for the 37 nats and it voffers a spectacular view over the region. Return by vehicle to Bagan.

Overnight in Bagan

Transfer to airport and catch a flight. End of the tour