YANGON & SHAN STATE 3 LAKES – 5D4N

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~~$2,180~~$1,980

This is a specially-crafted experience that packs a lot of opportunities for the photographer. Landscape, culture, street and portraits are just some of the photo opportunities that is specially catered for the budding shutterbug. This program brings you to Yangon, the capital of Myanmar, as well as the little known beauty of the 3 lakes of Shan State.

Explore the 3 lakes of the Shan state by boat and on foot, visiting tribes and villages along the way. During your trip, you will alternate between the east and the west bank of the lake. To get wonderful views, you would travel to some viewpoints in the mountains which woudl give you beautiful views of the lake, while also passing by some picturesque lake side villages. The landscape is very diverse and ranges from plantations to paddy fields, pristine forest to bamboo forest & corn fields, and also rocky parts of wild land. The route in Inle Lake area takes you through several traditional Pa O villages, views of the floating gardens and the numerous boats zigzagging over the lake, and some fine forest.

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Vacation Style Holiday Type
- Culture
Culture, Culture, Discovery, History, Landscape, Photo Tours, Short Breaks, Trekking
Activity Level Fairly Easy
Group Size Medium Group
12

All about the YANGON & SHAN STATE 3 LAKES – 5D4N.

Visit the renowned spiritual Shwedagon and a colonial heritage walk in downtown Yangon
Excursion to the 3 lakes of Shan State by boat, walk, and car to look at the life of the locals and traditional floating villages
Sunrise and sunset photography session, including portraiture sessions with models in longyi with umbrella
Photograph farmers and traditional fisherman demonstrating one-legged rowing
Off-the-beaten photo opportunities including home visits and having home-cooked meals with the locals

The tour package inclusions and exclusions at a glance

What is included in this tour?Items that are included in the cost of tour price.

Accommodation inclusions as per the itinerary above
Domestic return air ticket including additional 25kg check in luggage per person
English-speaking Local Guide/Driver
Professional Photographer cum Tour Leader from Singapore
All ground transport and tours as mentioned above
All meals other than specifically indicated
All National Park, Admission and Conservation Fees
All scheduled activities
The current Myanmar Tourism Levies and all relevant Government Taxes

What is not included in this tour?Items that are not included in the cost of tour price.

International air-tickets (return) into Myanmar
Cancellation, baggage or medical insurance;
Any new Government taxes, levies, fuel or industry increases which are beyond our control
Visa fees where relevant
Comprehensive personal travel insurance
Tips for tour leader, drivers and staff
All Other Services not mentioned above

Day 1 (L, D) 19th Dec 2020
- Welcome and assistance at Yangon Intl Airport. Transfer to the hotel (4 star).
- Drive to Kalewa Monastery for donation (voluntary) and photos
- Lunch at local restaurant
- We will directly proceed for a Yangon colonial heritage walk
- Photograph Colonial buildings, downtown Yangon street
- Sunset shoot at Shwedagon Pagoda from a distance
- Sule Pagoda area for night photograph before a dinner at a local restaurant
- Return to hotel for overnight
Day 2 (B, L, D) 20th Dec 2020
- Early morning, we set off for a Photo shooting of Shwedagon Sunrise with 2 Burmese models in longyi with umbrella
- Street photography of local life at fish market, witness novice monks/nuns collecting alms, and visit colourful vegetable and fruit market
- Check out and lunch at a local restaurant
- Drive to airport for domestic flight to Heho
- On arrival, meet your driver and guide, and drive to Nyaung Shwe. If time permits, stop for a quick shoot of scenery along the way. You will pass different plantations and fields, and see the lake from above en route.
- Check in to 4 star hotel
- Sunset shoot will be arranged near the lake if time permits
- Walk to local restaurant for dinner
- Back to hotel for overnight
Day 3 (B, L, D) 21st Dec 2020
- Photoshoot at Sunrise on the lake with 2 Intha fisherman models demonstrating one-legged rowing
- Breakfast with Shan Noodles at colorful morning market
- Photo shooting of the following; Colourful 5-Day rotating market and Phaung Daw U Pagoda
- A home-cooked lunch will be served to you during the day at the home of an Intha family, who will be happy to welcome you to their beautiful house on the lake
- Continue on to photograph lotus weaving, Cheroot (Burmese cigar) making at local home, village life in different floating villages
- Sunset over lake and Shan Mountains on the way back to hotel
- Local restaurant for dinner
- Back to hotel for overnight
Day 4 (B, L, D) 22nd Dec 2020
- Photoshoot at Sunrise on the Inle lake, head to Indein Pagoda Ruins
- Indein Pagoda, a temple with an impressive collection of stupas in the village of Indein, southwest of Inle Lake. Surrounded by wild terrain, hills and mountains, the site seems almost to have grown out of the landscape.
- Photograph the Indein ruins with 2 Burmese models with longyi and umbrella
- You then continue with a walk around Inle Lake, enjoying the fantastic views of this large expanse of water and the rural countryside and farms around.
- For lunch you will take a boat ride to a local home to enjoy a delicious home-cooked meal served at the house of an ethnic Intha family, whose people have been living on the lake for many centuries in wooden houses built entirely on stilts.
- Next, we will visit floating plantations on long floating wooden trellises, supported by mats of vegetation
- The final shoot of the day will be with 2 Intha fishermen models demonstrating 1 legged rowing with beautiful sunset landscape
- Local restaurant for dinner
- Back to hotel for overnight
Day 5 (B) 23rd Dec 2020
- After breakfast at hotel, stop at Shwe Yan Pyay Monastery, a beautiful intricately carved teakwood building with unusual oval windows
- Transfer to airport for domestic flight back to Yangon
- Connect with International flight back to Singapore
- End of services