Best Trek from Bagan to Inle with Balloon

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Activities: Trek-Walk

Tour duration: 07 days tour with 04 trekking days and 01 biking day

Country: Myanmar

Route: Bagan Biking & Balloon – Mt. Popa – Kalaw – Inle Lake - Indein - PaO villages

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An adventure for Real Myanmar is a perfect combination of classic rout spotlighted by fantastic, fun easy physical challenges. The activities will be various from early rise, hiking to stone steps, biking in semi-dessert paths to humid jungle trails to reach remote villages.

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Tour Highlights

Bagan cycling to remote villages and hiking to Mt. Popa
Unforgettable view of 2000 stupas at Bagan from Hot Air Balloon
Trek to Kalaw and overnight in local monastery - the most beautiful trek trails of Myanmar
Meet up Intha people who row the boats by one leg in Inle lake
Joining local markets in Indien and visit Pa-O people house
Wonderful balloon morning ride over Inle Lake

Brief Itinerary

Day 01: Bagan cycling
Day 02: Bagan Hot Air Balloon - Mt. Popa
Day 03: Mt. Popa - Kalaw
Day 04: Kalaw trekking
Day 05: Trekking to Inle Lake
Day 06: Inle Lake discovery
Day 07: Inle Lake - Indein
Day 08: Inle Lake departure

Day 01 : Bagan Cycling tour

Arrive the land of Heritage Bagan where your Myanmar adventure guide and driver is await. After briefing tour, depending your energy our guide will have some time to relax before starting our biking tour.

Our tour begins with the visit to Nyaung U market, the typical market of Bagan region with some interesting trading activities. After that, we will visit Shwezigon pagoda, the only golden spire in Bagan with unique architecture.

In the afternoon, we will visit the biggest temples of Bagan including Htilomino, Ananda pagoda. Indulge yourself in the sunset cruise on Irrawaddy river.

Accommodation: Hotel in Bagan

Meal: Breakfast

Day 02: Bagan Hot Air Balloon - Mt. Popa

Get up early for our most wanted activities in Bagan - Hot Air Balloon. Drive to Nyang U area, here we will start flying up by Balloon to see get stunning view of Bagan. Up on the sky with much wider view, you will understand why Bagan is called the land of thousand stupas.

We will wait for sunrise over Bagaon from Balloon which is truly magical. Get off the Balloon after about 45 minutes fly. We will head east to visit Bagan villages, Mt. Popa monastery and national park.

Accommodation: Hotel in Mt. Popa

Meal: Breakfast

Day 03 : Mt. Popa - Kalaw

Continue our journey to Kalaw, the hill station that remains the charm of British Colonial with styled houses and gardens. Upon arrival, our tour guide will show you the uniqueness of this town and surely you will like the weather here.

Accommodation: Hotel in Mt Popa

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 04: Kalaw trekking

Today, we will enjoy a trekking up and down hill to visit local tribes, experience their daily life. From Pa-O village to Palaung habitat, we will discover the differences in culture and lifestyle while you are offered to behold the great mountain view from your trekking route.

Homestay in a local monastery

Accommodation: Local monastery

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 05 : Trekking to Inle Lake

Get up with the sound of nature and keep your pace downhill toward Inle Lake including trek to the floating garden, fishing village, boat-making village and silk villages of Intha people. Upon your arrival, our boat man will await to transfer you to your resort.

Enjoy your comfort with our resort in Inle Lake.

Accommodation: Hotel in Inle Lake

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 06: Inle morning balloon - Indein - Pa O villages

We will take another balloon in Inle lake in this early morning. Balloon in Inle offers you very different views from Bagan with unbelievable scenery of water, mountains and jungles.
After enjoying balloon, the five days rotating market of Indein which happens in different village every day is our highlight of this day. We will see Pa-O tribes in their traditional dresses and observe the floating market which takes places mostly on boat.

Accommodation: Hotel in Inle Lake

Meal: Breakfast

Day 07: Inle Lake departure

Rest on your own until our driver come to pick you up to He ho airport to connect your next destinations in Myanmar or adventure tours in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia or Thailand. End of our services for this adventure

Accommodation: Not available

Meal: Breakfast

Note on client safety
- Ballooning is not available from April to Sep annually due to weather conditions.
- Any Passenger in excess of 125 kg / 280 pounds, or any passenger who requires the space in the basket for 2 passengers, will be required to pay a 100% surcharge of the ticket price
- Kids under 8 years old are not allowed. Kids from 8 to under 16 years old must be escorted by an adult.
- We reserve the right to deviate from this itinerary for any reasons, including road and weather conditions, frequency of visits to a village, or for any other factor which may influence client safety.

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Price valid till Sep 30, 2020 Exchange rate: 1US$ = 23.500VND (in May 2022)

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What is Included

Private English speaking guides (on spots).
Private transfer with air-conditioning.
Daily breakfasts and 01 welcome dinner
Balloon ride in Bagan values 300$/person (Classic service)
Balloon ride in Inle values 340$/person
Boat trips as mentioned in itinerary
Biking rentals (regular bikes)
Overnight at Local monastery and permission
Entrance fees where requested.
Accommodation in twin sharing, 3 star standards
Local monastery accommodation - basic, clean conditions
Service charges and taxes

Important note: Balloon ride is not available from April to Sep due to weather conditions

What is NOT Included

Visa arrangement (now with Evisa)
Drinks during tours
Mechanic supports
Professional bike and trek protection gear rentals
Personal expenses
Travel insurance
Others not mentioned

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Passports and Visas

The first thing goes first. You definitely must obtain valid VISA in order to travel into any country and so is Myanmar (Burma). Unless your country is in VISA exemption list, it is your responsibility to get valid VISA before arrival. There are two ways to get Myanmar VISA:

Go to Myanmar Embassies and Consulates in your home country and you will be guided procedure. You may want to check the list of countries where Myanmar has embassies and consulate offices by clicking here.
Obtain VISA On Arrival (VOA). For tourists coming from countries has no Myanmar Diplomatic Rep offices, you can obtain VOA online via www.myanmarevisa.gov.mm – the official portal for VOA by Myanmar government. The portal launched in Sep 01, 2014 and took its pilot operation for a month. Providing you encounter any issue, please contact us for support.

Climate & Clothing

Generally speaking, Myanmar is a tropical country with rather hot weather. Sometimes in year or in some Northern places, temperature cools down but not that can be called cold. Roughly saying that the best time to travel Myanmar is from Oct to March due to dry and cool season. Other months, however, you may get very nice deals of promotion.

For clothing: comfortable clothes, absolutely. We suggest you should take at least one long pan, a long skirt and a sleeve top because we will visit some religious site and many of them require proper code of dress.

All of temples and pagodas require you enter with bare feet. A pair of sandals is highly recommended.

Cell Phones & Calling Cards

You may wish to carry a cell phone while traveling. Check with your cell phone provider if your phone will work in the destination(s) you are visiting. Myanmar service is dominated by the GMS technology standard, while some of the world such as U.S uses the incompatible CDMA standard. We suggest that you should check carefully or you may incur high international roaming fees.

We said previously “the SIM card in Myanmar is not very popular and still quite expensive”. But now, forget it! SIM cards in Myanmar now are cheap and easy to buy in any main city as cheap as about US$ 02 each. Cell phones, even smart phones are available on sales widely.

Making Telephone Calls from One Country to Another

When dialing a number from one country to another, you should proceed as follows: dial your country's Exit Code + destination Country Code + Phone Number. Country Code of Myanmar is 95.

Wireless Internet Access

Passengers traveling with WiFi enabled devices (such as a personal computer, smartphone, tablet, or digital audio player) may be able to connect to the internet via a wireless network access point (or hotspot). Wifi is now popular in most hotels from three stars up. Most of them are supplying Free Wifi but some may incur extra charges. We suggest you should ask the receptionist before.

Cards and Currency

Myanmar’s national currency, the KYAT (pronounced chat, abbreviated in MMK) is divided into the following banknotes: K1, K5, K10, K20, K50, K100, K200, K500 and K1000.

We once said “ATMs are still very hard to come” but from my latest inspection of Myanmar, the country now starts using ATMs. Most three stars hotels up often have at least one AMT machine right at their lobbies. Main hotels now accepts credit cards payment.

Anyway, we suggest you should bring with some cashes just in case. Local buying there accept Burmese and US dollars widely. However please pay at attention when bring US notes with you:

The US$ notes must be new.
The US$ notes torn, marked, folded will not be accepted.
The US$ notes having series before 2003 backward may not accepted.

You are allowed to bring up to US$ 5000 in cash per person to enter Myanmar.

Trip Preparation

A little pre-planning can make your trip go a lot smoother. We suggest you should taking a checklist below:

Several weeks before your trip, make a list of what you will need to take with you.
Make sure your personal documents (passports, visas, driver’s license) are in order.
We suggest that you make photocopies of passports, visas, personal ID and any other important travel documents and pack them separately from the originals. If you lose the originals while traveling, you'll have copies for easier reporting and replacement.
You may consider bringing a small supply of over the counter medications for headaches and/or anti-diarrhea pills. Pack a list of medications including dosage and generic names.
We recommend that you pack a portable alarm clock.
Avoid placing valuables such as cameras in your checked luggage.

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