Yangon – Bagan – Mt.poppa – Sale – Mandalay – Amarapura – Mingun – Ava – Sagaing – Monywa – Pyinoolwin – Heho – Kalaw – Pindaya – Inle Lake – Inle Lake – Taunggyi – Kakku – Heho – Yangon

After breakfast at hotel, visit the colorful NyaungOo Market where villagers from local hill tribes gathering every day to buy and sell their produce and other handmade goods. Continue to Myinkaba Village and take a short walking tour to explore the examples of Manuha Temple and Nan Paya. Explore more temples in the area, visit more craft shops. On your next stop, you’ll learn about the production of Bagan’s most famous food, Pone Yay Gyi and also PeChaung (bean snack) at a local shop. This thick salty black paste is made from soy beans and is used commonly in Burmese cooking, especially with pork and as a salad. You’ll get to see the secrets of how it’s made at the shop, all the way from the raw soy beans through to the finished product. Drive on to a nearby village next where locals make a range of products using the juice of palm trees, including sweet molasses and wine. During your visit you’re sure to see the expert farmers as they climb the trees effortlessly to collect the juice. In the afternoon you’ll move to one of Bagan’s lesser-known area, Minnanthu to the east of Bagan. An agricultural village, Minnanthu specializes in sesame and peanut oil production. You’ll have time to look around the peaceful area, taking in the temples of Nandamannya, Lemyentha and Payathonzu. Overnight at hotel in Bagan.

After breakfast at hotel, depart from Mandalay on a private boat along the Ayeyarwaddy River to visit Mingun, a village on the west bank of the river. Visit in MingunPathotawgyi, the world renowned ringing MingunBell,Myatheintan Pagoda and surrounding villages. Proceed to capitals of Sagaing, Ava. Firstly you’ll cross the Ayeyarwaddy River to Sagaing; known as the religious center of Myanmar in the northwest of the country bordering India. Sagging is home to over 3000 monks and 600 pagodas and you’ll have the opportunity to meet some of these monks as you visit eminent pagodas like U Min ThoneSae and Swan OoPonNya Shin. While in Sagaing you’ll have the chance to spend time at a typical Burmese market, selling a range of goods including local handicrafts. You’ll also stop at a pottery village to see the process of water pots being hand-crafted by expert tradesmen. After Sagaing you’ll continue by private vehicle on to Ava, a former capital of the Burmese Kingdom from 1364 to 1841. Your Backyard Travel guide will then take you on a leisurely tour of the quaint streets by local horse cart, allowing you to experience everyday life in the countryside as you visit the old wooden Bagaya Monastery and the remains of the Royal Palace and Fort. In the evening return to Mandalay and overnight at hotel in Mandalay.

After breakfast at hotel, excursion by coach to Monywa, 84 miles northwest of Mandalay. On the way, visit Mohnyin Than Buddha Pagoda where more than 500,000 Buddha images are seated, Botahtaung (a thousand Bo Trees) Pagoda and the largest reclining Buddha Image in Myanmar which measures 333 ft long and 90 ft high. Arrive Monywa and check in at Hotel. Evening to Kyaukka Lacquer ware village and Shweguni Pagoda. Overnight at Hotel in Monywa.

After breakfast at hotel, transfer to jetty so as to visit Mt.Powin which is situated on the western bank of the Chindwin River. Worth visiting places are of Mt.Powin and Mt. Shwe Ba where the rock mountain was carved into niches, Buddha statues and stair case. Arrive back to Monywa and continue drive back to Mandalay and check in at hotel. Upon arrival in Mandalay, transfer to hotel and overnight.

After breakfast at hotel, drive to Taunggyi. Capital of Shan State Taunggyi is a pine hill station. The weather is cool all year round and the winter months can be quite night. The TaunggyiMyoma Market (where will find colorful tribes, traditional foodstuff, and varieties of fresh vegetable; beautiful flowers) is well known throughout Myanmar. And visit Sulamuni Pagoda and panoramic view from hill rock. It is situated on a high plateau surrounded by high mountain. And walk around the town and study about the way of local people. proceed to Kakku, a temple complex of more than 2000 stupas has lied hidden in the Pa-O heartland of Southern Shan State of centuries. Return back to NyaungShwe and overnight at hotel in NyaungShwe.