Bagan Short Break

  • Days 2
  • Style Original
  • Travellers rating

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  • myanmar-burma

    86°F

    86°F

  • From HKD 330 +

Start

11 Mar 2017

Finish

17 Mar 2017

OR
HKD 330 +
Tour Code:793068

Explore Bagan's temples and experience life in remote Burmese villages on this compact adventure

There’s more to Bagan than ancient temples, beautiful as they are. Maximise your time in the city on this action-packed short adventure, which takes you off the beaten track and into surrounding villages. Led by passionate local guides, mix it up with a bike tour around Bagan’s pagodas, a boat trip down the Ayeryarwady River at sunset and guided visits to rural communities, markets and tea houses. Not only will you meet locals and learn about daily life in the Burmese countryside, you’ll also be supporting social enterprise and sustainable community development projects.

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  • Date
  • Start

    11 Mar 2017

    Finish

    17 Mar 2017

    OR
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Attention

Hotel (1 nt)

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    Location

    City:myanmar-burma

    Name:Explore Bagan's temples and experience life in remote Burmese villages on this compact adventure

    Address:myanmar-burma

    Tel: 00852-21210230

    Itinerary

    Day

    1

    Welcome
    Intrepid
    morning

    Welcome to Bagan! At 8am, you'll be picked up from the lobby of your Intrepid hotel, so please be ready on time. The morning will be spent exploring the city and its surrounds by bicycle. You'll visit some of Bagan's most popular temples, including Shwe Gu Gyi Paya, Maha Bodi Temple, Bu Paya and Aananda Pahto. From here, it's about a 15-minute ride to a local village outside the city, where you'll visit a beautiful 150-year-old wooden monastery. Afterwards, jump back on your bike and pedal to Nyaung U. Enjoy lunch at Sanon Restaurant, an initiative of Friends International – a social enterprise working to rebuild the lives of marginalised youths around the world. Post lunch, cycle back to the hotel, arriving by around 1:30-2pm. After a few hours of free time, meet your guide at 4pm in front of the hotel for the second activ...

    Day

    2

    morning
    heading
    Adventures

    Be ready for an 8am pick up at the hotel this morning after breakfast. Today you'll be heading out on the Urban Adventures In Focus tour: Bagan Community Experience. Travel by light truck (similar in style to a Thai songthaew) for about an hour to Pakkoku, where you'll visit the biggest thanakha market in Myanmar. Thanakha is a cosmetic paste made from ground bark, said to treat wrinkles, sun damage, and acne, and even believed to help with fevers and headaches. Visit another local market and stop in at a tea shop, before continuing on to the small, off-the-map village of Kyunkalay. Urban Adventures has formed a partnership with ActionAid – an organisation working to bring human rights and social justice to neglected communities – to help introduce tourism to the community of Kyunkalay in a way that is responsible, sustaina...

    Inclusions

    Included activities
    • Meals

      1 breakfast, 1 lunch

    • Transport

      Bicycle, Boat, Private vehicle

    • Accommodation

      Hotel (1 nt)

    • Insurance

      This day tour excludes fee of insurance.

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