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Day 1: Mandalay Sightseeing
Welcome to Mandalay and Myanmar! Your guide will meet you at the Mandalay airport and transfer to your hotel in town. To acclimatize you will explore today some of the lively markets and artisan quarters of Mandalay city and end the day with sunset by Ubein bridge longest teak wood bridge in the world. Stay overnight at hotel.
Day 2: Mandalay – Pyin Oo Lwin - Hsipaw
Breakfast at the hotel. Morning, depending on the train schedule, taking the morning 8:20 depart train from Pyin Oo Lwin to the scenic and laid-back town of Hsipaw, passing by the famous Gokteik Bridge which was built in 1901 and is an absolute masterpiece of engineering. It is 97 meters high and goes 690 meters across. The riding hours from Pyin Oo Lwin to Hsipaw may take more or less 9 hours. Lunch on board. In the evening, arrive Hsipaw and transfer to the hotel directly. Dinner at outside local restaurant and overnight at the hotel in Hsipaw.
Day 3: Hsipaw Trekking
Breakfast at the hotel. Then, start the trekking tour (6 or 7 hours walking). Walk from hotel along the rice field, over 100ft height fall, nice pool at the base, through farmer’s villages. You can enjoy the panoramic scenery of paddy, seasonal crops, mountain, river, and living style of Shan villages. You can also see the housewife home business (making bamboo hand fan, basket weaving, and cheroot rolling). Have lunch break at tiny local village mall with Shan Rice Noodle served by local guide. Return back to Hotel. In the evening, before dinner, getting around the city. Dinner at outside local restaurant and overnight at the hotel in Hsipaw.
Day 4: Hsipaw – Mandalay - Yangon
Breakfast at the hotel. Morning transfer back to Mandalay by car. The driving hours may take 4 – 5 hours. Lunch will be served on route. Arrive Mandalay and visit to Maha Muni Buddha Image, Shwenandaw Monastery – noted for its exquisite wood carvings, Atumashi Monastery and Kuthodaw Pagoda – known as the world’s largest book from its 729-marble engraved with Buddhist scriptures. The evening ends transfer to Mandalay airport and takes a domestic flight back to Yangon.