Myanmar Jungle and Birding (10 Days)

Myanmar Jungle and Birding

Yangon – Bagan – Mt. Victoria – Inle lake – Yangon

(10Days 9Nights)

Day – (1)                                           Arrival Yangon & Yangon Sightseeing                                          (-)

Mingalarpar! Welcome to the land of golden pagodas, Myanmar!

Exotic Myanmar’s local tour guide welcomes you at the airport. A transfer is included from Yangon airport to your hotel. You then have unforgettable sightseeing tour to visit sparkling Shwedagon – the most famous visiting site of Myanmar. Take a short walk to Sule pagoda to Colonial buildings including City Hall, Emmanuel church…. to Chinese temple and town.

Our welcomed dinner will be served with fine Burmese buffet and beautiful cultural show.

Stay overnight at hotel in Yangon.

Day – (2)                                           Yangon – Bagan & Mindat                                                                     (B)

Take a short flight to Bagan. On arrival, get a pick up and Drive from Bagan to Natmataung National Park (Mt. Victoria) for three nights stay. Birding stop on the way to see again Jerdon’s Minivet and Hooded Treepie, together with near-endemic White-rumped Falcon, White-eyed Buzzard, various species of Woodpeckers, five species of Parakeet which are Alexandrine, Rose-ringed, Blossom-headed, Grey-headed and Red-breasted Parakeets, Small, Scarlet and Rosy Minivets, Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch and others.

Stay overnight at hotel in Mindat.

Day – (3) & (4)                               Bird Watching Tour                                                                                  (B)

Birding at Natmataung (Mt. Victoria) National Park. This site is a major focal point of the tour. Here we can able to see White- browed Nuthatch and Burmese Tit (recently split from Black-browed Tit), Myanmar’s fifth and sixth endemics which are known only in here. Other specialty birds that could be seen on this area are near-endemics – Mount Victoria Babax (recently split from Chinese Babax), Chin Hills Wren-babbler (recently split from Long-tailed Wren-babbler), Assam (recently split from Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush), Stripe and Brown-capped Laughing thrushes, Green Shrike-babbler, Buff-breasted Parrotbill (recently split from Black-throated Parrotbill), Bar-tailed and Hume’s Treecreepers, Black-throated Prinia (recently split from Hill Prinia) and Whistler’s Warbler, together with rare and shy Blyth’s Tragopan, rare Mrs Hume’s Pheasant, Hodgson’s Frogmouth, Yellow-billed Blue Magpie, Grey-sided Thrush, Indian Blue Robin, Spotted Forktail, White-tailed and Chestnut-vented Nuthatches, Black-bibbed, Green-backed and Black-throated Tits, Striated Bulbul, Chestnut-headed Tesia, rare Broad-billed and Bush Warblers, Blue-winged Laughingthrush, Crimson-faced Liocichla (recently split from Red-faced Liocichla), Rusty-fronted and Streak-throated Barwings, Grey Sibia, Himalayan Cutia, Sickle-billed Scimitar, Streak-breasted Scimitar, Scaly-breasted Wren, Pygmy Wren, Black-eared Shrike and Black-headed Shrike Babblers, Bar-throated and Red-tailed Minlas, Blue-winged Siva, White-browed, Rusty-capped and Nepal Fulvettas, Stripe-throated Yuhina, Spot-breasted Parrotbill, Fire-tailed Sunbird, Spot-winged Grosbeak, Yellow-breasted Greenfinch and many more.

Stay overnight at hotel in Kanpetlet.

Day – (5)                                           Mt. Victoria – Bagan                                                                                 (B)

After breakfast, we will take a transfer back to Bagan. Spend your remaining day exploring the remainder of Bagan which consists of more than 2500 temples and pagodas. This archaeological site brings us to the scared history of ancient Bagan capital with the development of Buddhism. As we travel further into the land of temple spires with Shwezigon temples will attract your sense of curiosity with a profound impression. The highlight of this day is the sunset from the second highest temple the Shwenandaw.

Stay overnight at hotel in Bagan.

Day – (6)                                           Bagan City Tour & Local Life                                                               (B)

Today, we bring you a new sense of travel with a horse cart ride along the off-beaten-track temples and visit Manuha village where local people make cigar, weaving silks in their traditional way. You are invited to join them for their plantation. We will discover the most outstanding temples in Bagan including Htilomino, Gawdammagyi, Ananda and other before having sunset cruise on Irrawaddy River.

Stay overnight at hotel in Bagan.

Day – (7)                                           Bagan – Heho & Inle Lake Sightseeing                                          (B)

Embarking on a flight to Heho, you will enjoy a scenic drive to Nyaung Shwe from where you will embark on a beautiful boat trip to explore the life of Intha people whose image exposes vividly through one leg rower.  Spend our time to visit the Indein market and Pa –O then transfer to discover the local traditional work such as making boat, black smith, silk weaving and enjoy the uniqueness of Jumping Cat pagoda.

Stay overnight at hotel in Inle Lake.

Day – (8)                                           Inle Lake Bird Watching                                                                         (B)

We will do the birding today at Inle Lake Wild life sanctuary. Here we can see rare Jerdon’s Bushchat, very rare Sarus Crane, Collared Myna, Glossy Ibis, Purple Swamphen, Ruddy-breasted and Black-tailed Crakes, Pheasant-tailed and Bronze-winged Jacanas, Black-winged Stilt, Oriental Pratincole, Cinnamon and Yellow Bitterns, Lesser Whistling and Spot-billed Ducks, Blue-eared Kingfisher, Plaintive Cuckoo, Clamorous Reed Warbler, Plain and Yellow-bellied Prinias and Striated Grassbird.

We can also see migrant bird species such as very rare Baer’s, Ferruginous, Red-crested and Common Pochards, Gadwall, Eurasian Wigeon, Northern Pintail, Common Teal, Common Coot, Grey-headed Lapwing, Marsh Sandpiper, Brown-headed Gull, Harriers, Steppe Eagle, Bluethroat, Dusky and Black-browed Reed Warblers and Yellow-breasted Bunting. And also, breeding or roosting colony of Little, Cattle and Intermediate Egrets, Indian Pond, Chinese Pond and Black-crowned Night Herons, Little Cormorant, Vinous-breasted, Chestnut-tailed, Black-collared and Asian Pied Starlings, Common, Jungle, White-vented and Collared Mynas can be seen in the evening.

Stay overnight at hotel in Inle Lake.

Day – (9)                                           Inle Lake – Heho – Yangon                                                                          (B)

In the morning, we will take a flight to Yangon. On arrival, get a pick up to your hotel.
Check in and relax. Stay overnight at hotel in Yangon.

Day – (10)                                        Yangon City Tour – Departure                                                                  (B)

Enjoy your orientation tour of Yangon with a walk from Sule pagoda to Strand Hotel where you will encounter numerous of British colonial buildings and Emmanual Church. You will have chance to observe the local life on Yangon river side. In the afternoon, we will visit Chautatkhgyi pagoda, famed for the biggest reclining Buddha statue in Myanmar, followed by a pleasant walk in royal place where you will admire Karaweik Palace and the green park of Kandawgyi. Visit the famous Scott market. Free till transfer to airport for your next flights.

***End of our services***

Included Service:

• 09 Nights Twin or Double Room sharing program including Daily Hotel breakfast
• All kinds of internal transportation as above mentioned itinerary
• Domestic Flight (Yangon – Bagan, Bagan – Heho and Heho – Yangon)
• Private boat sightseeing on Inle Lake excursion
• English Speaking Guide (Different Guide in each place)
• Entrance Fees & Zone Fees as per mentioned program
• Good local car experienced car driver
• Government Tax
• Service Tax

Excluded Service:

• International Ticket Fare with insurance surcharge and Fuel surcharge
• Visa Fees & Travels insurance
• Meals (Lunch and Dinner)
• Early Check in and Late Check out
• Camera or Video Camera fees
• Personal Expense such as beverages, telephone calls, laundry services, Mini bar, etc….
• Drinks at meals and purify drinking water and snow Towel along in program
• Other services not mentioned above including

Accommodation in sharing Twin/Double room (3*** Category)

Accommodation in sharing Twin/Double room (4**** Category)

Accommodation in sharing Twin/Double room (5***** Category)