This program provides guests a long lasting experience of exploring authentic highlights in the South of Myanmar, from rich history-culture sites to stunning secluded beaches. Guests can not only enjoy the discovery of local life through local markets, camping at local islands, but enhance your knowledge of Myanmar religious culture by well-known temples with impressive Buddha images as well. Additionally, water-based activities such as kayaking and snorkeling in crystal calm water areas on pristine islands and lagoons will be so amazing that you should not miss.

Overview

Itinerary

Cost

Discovery of South Myanmar Highlights

Trip Duration: 14 days 13 nights
Starts/Ends: Yangon / Yangon
Route: Yangon Arrival – Yangon – Myeik Flight – Sightseeing in Myeik by car – Kyal Laik – Dana Theik Di Island – Sular Kha Mouk – Bailey Island – Smart – Thayaw Thahan Kyi island – Dome Palae Aw – Myeik – Dawei Mawlamyine – Hpa An – Golden Rock – Bago – Yangon departure
Activities: sightseeing/ Discovery / Easy adventure
Tour Operates: Year Round/ Upon Request
Dates: No fixed departure dates. You may go whenever you wish.
Tour Customizable: Absolutely! (Tell us your specific requirements in the inquiry form)

BRIEF ITINEARY

Day 01: Yangon Arrival- Overnight in Yangon
Day 02: Yangon – Myeik Flight- Sightseeing in Myeik by car- Overnight in Myeik (B)
Day 03: Myeik – Kyal Laik – Dana Theik Di Island- Overnight on boat (B, L, D)
Day 04: Dana Theik Di – Sular Kha Mouk – Bailey Island- Overnight on boat (B, L, D)
Day 05: Bailey – Smart – Thayaw Thahan Kyi island- Overnight on the Island (B, L, D)
Day 06:Thayaw Thahan Kyi – Dome Palae Aw (Moken village – Myein)- Overnight in Myeik (B, L)
Day 07: Myeik – Dawei transfer by car – Overnight in Dawei (B)
Day 08: Sightseeing in Dawei sightseeing – Overnight in Dawei (B)
Day 09: Dawei – Mawlamyine transfer by road – Sightseeing in Mawlamyine (B)
Day 10: Mawlamyine discovery- Drive to Hpa An – Overnight at Hpa An(B)
Day 11: Sighteeing in Hpa An sightseeing – Overnight at Hpa An (B)
Day 12: Hpa An-Golden Rock transfer by car – Golden Rock Exploration (B)
Day 13: Golden Rock- Bago – Yangon transfer by car- Overnight in Yangon (B)
Day 14: Yangon departure

Day 1 :

Yangon Arrival - Overnight in Yangon

Upon arrival at Yangon International airport, your guide will be waiting to transfer you to your hotel. Spend your time at leisure, then overnight at Yangon.

Day 2 :

Yangon - Myeik Flight - Sightseeing in Myeik by car - Overnight in Myeik (B)

Enjoy your early breakfast at hotel, and then take transfer to Yangon Domestic Airport to catch flight to Myeik. On arrival, transfer to your hotel. Continue your day with a tour to the market where you find the local cuisine to be a blend of Burmese, Thai, Malaysian and Indian ones. You are given an opportunity of tasting it at the local snack market. Myeik’s dry fish area might not be for everybody, it is still interesting for you to explore and see its changes for decades. You may witness a variety of fishes being dried under the sun for longer preservation. Next is the Pearl Trading Shop, a traditional-family pearl business run for over a hundred years, at which you discover the pearl cultivation. Stroll along Myeik’s office streets through the colonial quarter for further discovery. For sunset we have two options for you. The first one is that we will take a traditional long tail boat to Pathaw Pathet island (10 minutes, at your own expense), then step up to the mountain for a magnificent panoramic view over the nearby town island. The other one is that we stay in town and mingle with the locals at Thein Daw Gvi Pagoda. Stay overnight in Myeik.

Day 3 :

Myeik - Kyal Laik - Dana Theik Di Island - Overnight on boat (B, L, D)

07:30 AM– You are picked up from your hotel. 08:00am - Depart from pier. 01:30pm - Arrive Chester Island, called Kyal Laik Island. Spend your time for snorkeling and marine life exploring. 03:30pm –Take one-hour boat from Kyal Laik Island to Dana Theik Di Island. The boat anchors here for the night; a fresh-seafood dinner is served at round sunset timeWe serve dinner around sunset time with fresh seafood. Enjoy a night swim in fluorescent waters if you wish to. Stay overnight on the island with tents or on the boat (as your request).

Day 4 :

Dana Theik Di - Sular Kha Mouk - Bailey Island- Overnight on boat (B, L, D)

Wake up in the early morning, enjoying the breath-taking sunrise will be the most unforgettable moment you ever have in life. Feel a fresh cool sea breeze while having breakfast onboard before staring your snorkeling at Dana Theik Di Island in the cystal and calm waters. 10:00am - Depart from Dana Theik Di Island to Sergeant Island by boat. 11:00am: - Arrive Sergeant Island, called Sular Kha Mouk Island, and then keep your own stunning time with swimming and kayaking. 02:00pm: Get off your trip to Baily Island, which is considered as the best snorkeling spot in the whole Archipelago. Snorkeling is available for you in a big lagoon. Stay overnight on the boat.

Day 5 :

Bailey - Smart - Thayaw Thahan Kyi Island - Overnight on the Island (B, L, D)

Enjoy your breakfast, then some time at your leisure. 10:00am - Depart from Bailey Island to Smart Island, where you can discover a wonder, a rocky stone beach on the other side of the island. 03:00pm - Depart from Smart Island to Thayaw Thahan Kyi Island. Overnight at the island with tents.

Day 6 :

Thayaw Thahan Kyi - Dome Palae Aw (Moken village - Myein) - Overnight in Myeik (B, L)

Get up in the early morning, then enjoy the breakfast as well as the cool sea breeze. 10:30am – It is time to farewell Thayaw Thahan Kyi Island for Dome Palae Aw village of Moken people, who have lived as hunter-gatherers among these isolated Islands for centuries. They’re born to live on single-log sailboats known as Kabang and die at sea. The consider the ocean as their home, not just a mean of transportation or a food bank. 13:00: Back to Myeik city for another overnight stay here. **Remark: Cruise package inclusive: English speaking guide, round-trip transfer by car from hotel to pier, snorkeling mask, fins, life jackets, shared television, permission fees, two kayak boats, two carrier boats, fishing rod 2 sets, meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner, seasonal fruits, snacks, soft drinks and drinking water), mini kitchen, two shared bathrooms, accommodation on boat (air-con cabin 10 rooms for 20 persons), tents (if you would like to sleep on the beach), mats, shared three toilets, shared refrigerators, first aid kits. **If you have any special request for vegetarian, diet… kindly advise us in advance for better arrangement.

Day 7 :

Myeik - Dawei transfer by car - Overnight in Dawei (B)

After breakfast, get drive to Dawei by car with 6-hours estimation of transfer. Dawei is a sleepy tropical town with a number of beautiful beaches in the vicinity. Dawei experiences a long trade history, featuring some interesting colonial architecture, typically with numerous old wooden, thatch-roofed bungalows, some bricks and stucco mansions. Under the British rule, Dawei was known as Tavoy, which is still sometimes used to call. Then take the transfer to your hotel before take up your exploration in the town in the late afternoon. Overnight in Dawei.

Day 8 :

Sightseeing in Dawei sightseeing - Overnight in Dawei (B)

After breakfast, start your morning with a city tour, in which you have chance to visit colonial buildings and Shin Maw Pagoda on the Dawei promontory. Overnight at hotel in Dawei.

Day 9 :

Dawei - Mawlamyine transfer by road - Sightseeing in Mawlamyine (B)

Refresh yourself with the breakfast, and then take a 6-hour-approximately drive to Mawlamyine. Upon your arrival, pay a visit to the Uzina, Mahar Muni Pagoda and Bamboo Threat Pagoda. Enjoy the sunset at Kyaikthalan Pagoda - the highest structure in Mawlamyine and stands 150 feet tall on the ridge overlooking the town center. Overnight in Mawlamyine.

Day 10 :

Mawlamyine discovery - Drive to Hpa An - Overnight at Hpa An(B)

After breakfast, start your morning with a discovery of (Khaung Say Kyun ) Shampoo Island, St Patrick’s Roman Catholic church, the Soorti Sunni Jamai Mosque and the abandoned, red brick St Matthew’s church. Next is the Win Sein Taw Ra - a 560-feet-long Reclining Buddha and KyaikmayawPaya, a temple of serene and Pa-Auk Taw Ya Meditation center– one of the largest meditation centers in Myanmar. Continue your drive to HpaAn . Overnight in HpaAn.

Day 11 :

Sighteeing in Hpa An sightseeing - Overnight at Hpa An (B)

Today, you are given a great chance to enjoy the most gorgeous caves in Myanmar. The whole day will be spent by visiting these following places: Hpaan market, is busy with seller and buyer. KawKaThaung Cave, Latkhannar Village, Saddar Cave, you will enter a gigantic cavern filled with Buddha Statues and pagodas, which can be explored by walking all the ways through, to the other side of the mountain. Lunbani Garden and the Mt. Zwekabin is the most impressive example of the beautiful, sacred monolithic Mount at 16 kilometers toward Southeast of Hpa An. KyaukKaLatt– a truly unique pagoda, set on the top of an unusual rock formation in the middle of an artificial lake. Visit the attractive picturesque Kawgun Cave and YaThaePyan Cave, which are on the west side of the Thanlwin River, holding religious and historical values (details are written in English at the entrances to the caves). Overnight in Hpa An.

Day 12 :

Hpa An-Golden Rock transfer by car - Golden Rock Exploration (B)

After breakfast, get in the car for a transfer to Kim Pun camp, the basic foot hill camp of Kyaik Hti Yoe mountain range. On your arrival, let’s climb up to the Ya-The-Taung, a sub-camp, by a light truck. Continue climbing from Ya-The-Taung to the hill top, which is about 1.5km far with about one-hour walking. Ride off into the spectacular sunset view from the top of the 3615-feet-high-above-the-sea-level mountain.

Day 13 :

Golden Rock- Bago - Yangon transfer by car- Overnight in Yangon (B)

After your breakfast, set off to Bago, where you can explore its highlights, Shwe Tha Lyaung Pagoda, over-thousand-year- old reclining Buddha image, and Kan Baw Za Thadi Palace, excavated and rebuilt the same as the original one, and Hin Tha Gone, a hill top shrine famous for Nats. After a local lunch, visit Snake guarded pagoda, and Kyaik Pun Pagoda, a small monastery in Bago known for its massive images of the Buddha. Drive back to Yangon for your overnight stay.

Day 14 :

Yangon departure

Spend your last day at leisure until the transfer time to the airport for your departure flight.