4D3N Yangon Twantay Delights

Validity: 01 Apr 2006 - 30 Sep2007 (Min 2 to go)

Day 01: Home – Yangon (L/D)
Upon arrival, a warm welcome by our local guide at the arrival hall where she will assist and arrange your transfers to your selected hotel for check in. After lunch, embark on a Yangon City Tour which takes you to the Strand Jetty, Sule Pagoda - the heart of the city surrounded by several old but significant colonial style buildings which will allow you experience how the Europeans influenced Myanmar history and culture. The tour continues with a visit to a local Glass Blowing Factory and Gem Souvenir Centre. These should offer all a great opportunity to shop and buy some gifts for family and friends. If that's not enough, head for some free and easy shopping adventures at Bogyoke Market (also known at Scott Market) to browse and bargain freely among the hundreds of stalls for great souvenirs. Savor bargains delights and thrills of shopping among the many stalls and hawkers along the streets of Chinatown. End your day with an enchanting evening visit to Myanmar's most revered Shwedagon Pagoda - 2500 years old world famous Golden Stupa where the dome shape rises 98 meters above its base. Be impressed at the richly layered exterior of the Pagoda which the people of Myanmar had pampered with 60 tons of pure gold, After this grandiose introduction to Yangon, you will be invited to a local restaurant for a sumptuous dinner.

Day 02: Yangon – Twantay – Yangon (B/L/D)
After a great breakfast buffet at your hotel, transfer to the jetty for a leisurely boat ride to Twantay -noted for its pottery and an old M on Paya complex and the local village life. Sightsee around Twantay either by trishaw or horsecarts. Visit a weaving factory, see a blacksmith working in his workshop. Visit the 76m tall Shwesandaw Pagoda. This pagoda is almost as old as Yangon's Shwedagon Pagoda. Visit the local pottery cottage industry, which supplies much of the delta region with well-designed, utilitarian containers of varying shapes and sizes. The pots are made in huge thatched-roof shed. You may even wish to purchase some of the pots. Return to Yangon and continue your sightseeing tour around Yangon. Visit the all important "tooth Relic Pagoda". A sumptuous dinner awaits you at a local restaurant. Retire back to another luxurious and comforts of your selected hotel in Yangon

Day 03: Yangon (B/D)
This morning, you will have some free time to explore the city or do some shopping on your own. In the afternoon, your guide will arrange to pick you up at the hotel to continue your sightseeing. Visit the Kaba Aye Pagoda and Chaukhtatgyi Pagoda which is revered as one of the biggest reclining Buddha image in Myanmar, some say even in the world! A wonderful dinner invitation awaits you at Karaweik Palace – a restaurant located on the Royal Lake. It was built in the style of Royal Barge used by Myanmar's Kings for official functions and festivities. A traditional cultural show will entertain you while you feast on the food. After a fulfilling contented day's trek into what Yangon has to offer, retire back to another great luxurious night's rest at your selected hotel in Yangon

Day 04: Yangon – Home (B)
After breakfast at your hotel, transfer to airport for your departure flight.