18 Days Myanmar-Yunnan (China) Mongla Border Cycling Tour from Mandalay to Jinghong

Tour Itinerary:

Itinerary
Start in Mandalay and end in Rangoon! With the Bicycle tour Beautiful Land Biking ( 8 Days / 7 Nights ) (from Mandalay to Yangon), you have a 8 days tour package taking you through Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) and 3 other destinations in Myanmar (Burma). Beautiful Land Biking ( 8 Days / 7 Nights ) (from Mandalay to Yangon) includes accommodation in a hotel as well as flights, an expert guide, transport and more.
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Introduction
**** For these carefully crafted programs, all cycling abilities are accommodated. We have considered and experienced every step you will make in this program. This is a fully-supported tour with light traffic and organized to provide for any amount of cycling desired each day from an hour or two to all day. We organize our cycling trips to be cultural interactive ones, with cycling complimenting travel through Myanmar. There will always be an air-conditioned van and pickup truck around you when you bike, so that you can simply relax and hop on the van when you feel not biking anymore.

Day 1 MANDALAY (ARRIVAL)
You will be welcomed by your biking guide and the team at the airport and transfer to your hotel. Depending on the time of arrival, commence your biking introduction in Mandalay. Leave from your hotel and bike along the Moat Road south of the former Royal Palace. Cross through the heart of Mandalay city to ZAYCHO MARKET with hundreds of food and clothes stores. Continue to bike until you reach the Strand Road. Observe the busy life along the Ayeyarwaddy River with its various ports and merchant activities. Bike through the north-western quarters of Mandalay to the northern Moat Road and visit the famous SHWE INBIN TEAK MONASTERY; the GOLDEN PALACE MONASTERY, a superb example of a traditional wooden building and KUTHODAW PAGODA the worlds largest book, made of marble and visit legendary Mandalay Hill. Return to hotel by bike.

Overnight in Mandalay.

Distance – 25 km

Cycling hours – 2h /Visiting Hours 3h

Road Condition – Good tarred road. Heavy traffic in downtown area, but we will select small lanes and walkways

Places to see – Market, activities along the river, beautiful Moat Road, pagodas, monasteries.

Start point
International Airport, Mandalay, Myanmar
09:20 – 10:40
Day 2 AMARAPURA,AVA
Commence your nice day of Biking early morning. You will be transferred to Ava village (once the old capital of Kingdom of Ava) by a car and bike on small lanes of the former royal capital of AVA (INWA). Visit NANMYINT WATCH TOWER, the remains of the palace building nicknamed the leaning tower of Ava; MAHA AUNGMYE BONZAN MONASTERY, built of brick and stucco; BARGAYAR MONASTERY, famous for its impressive ornate woodcarvings and teak posts. </p><p>In the afternoon, continue to Bike through Amarapura, famous for silk and cotton weaving. Pass several farms and villages before arriving in AMARAPURA. Visit MAHAGANDAYON, a famous Buddhist monastery, where more than a thousand monks live and study. Continue to the 200-year-old U BEIN teak bridge, built in 1782 at the time when Amarapura was Royal capital. Return to Mandalay by Bike or car.

Overnight Stay in Mandalay.</p><p>Distance in Total – 30 km

Cycling hours – 2 h cycling in Ava, 1 hrs in Amarapura

Road Condition – Tarred road in Amarapura. In Ava the road is not paved and in poor Places to see – Former palace site, historical vestiges, landscape, farms, alms bowls

condition workshops and river views, U Bein Bridge

DAY 3 : MANDALAY –MYINGYAN , ( WITH BIKE & CAR)
8:00 pick up at your hotel. Then we will be transfer with car outside of Mandalay and start cycling to Myingyan. You can enjoy the local sightseeing along the ways to villages yound town. Lunch at a local. You can enjoy the daily life’s of local villages. Arrive at Myingyan in the evening. Check in hotel and refresh. Dinner at local restaurant.

Overnight at hotel in Myingyan
(Cycling distance 40-80km with flat road)

DAY 4: MYINGYAN –BAGAN , (WITH CAR & BIKE)
After breakfast, we will continue cycling to Bagan. On the ways along the road side you can pass through local villages and green fields. Lunch at a local restaurant. Arrive at Bagan in the late afternoon. Check in hotel and take rest at your hotel for a while. Evening take sunset cruise along the Ayeyarwaddy River. Then drive back to hotel and dropped you at your hotel. Dinner will be your own arrangement.

Day 5: BAGAN CYCLING TO VISIT TEMPLE TOUR ( B , L , D )

With over forty square kilometers and thousands of pagodas, Bagan is nothing short of breath taking. We’ll cycle the ancient plain, pausing to explore primary and secondary temples. The tour include the visit to Shawesandaw Pagoda. The pagoda contains a series of five terraces, topped with a cylindrical stupa, which has a bejewelled umbrella. The pagoda was built by King Anawrahta in 1057. Then we visit Htilominlo Pahto, Gubyaukgyi temple and Winido temple. Dinner and overnight in Bagan.

Day 6: BAGAN – MT POPA (80 KMS) ( B , L , D)

After breakfast we set off for 55kms of cycling to Mt Popa, on a tough road made a little easier as we are now better acclimatised to the heat and humidity. Mt Popa is a volcanic plug whose surrounding Volcano walls have crumpled away and whose summit is now crowned by a temple complex. We arrive in time for lunch and those with plenty of energy can climb to the top, passing the famous monkeys along the way. After lunch we transfer one hour from Mt Popa to start our last 50km stretch of cycling to the town of Meikhtila. Here we are virtually in the centre of the country in a town that is home to The National Air Force and perhaps more interestingly the Myanmar Aerospace Engineering University!! Tonight we can relax with a glass of chilled Myanmar Beer and reflect on the challenge thus far.

Day 7: MT POPA – KALAW (90KMS) (B , L , D )

This is one of our hardest cycling days as we leave the flatter plains behind and enter the hills, rising to 1350m at the old british colonial hillstation of Kalaw. The ride this morning passes through the towns of Thazi, Hlaingdet and Payangazu before we stop for lunch at the town of Yin Mar Bin. This afternoon as we climb steadily on good winding roads with changing vegetation we enter the pine forest that brings a welcome relief of cooler temperatures. We eventually arrive exhausted at our hotel in the pretty town of Kalaw and tonight we enjoy a good meal of local dishes.

Day 8: KALAW – INLE LAKE (70KMS) ( B , L , D )

This morning we set off early on the main road, cycling alongside the old railway line to Aungpan and then on to the main town of Hehoe where we stop for our late morning break. From here is a fast and thrilling descent to our hotel in Nyaung Shwe where we have a late lunch. From here we cycle the last 10 flat kms to our final destination of Inle Lake. This is one of the areas of truly outstanding natural beauty in Myanmar and it rightly deserves its great popularity. Our good hotel is a great place to relax and recover from a tough week of cycling.

Day 9: INLE LAKE BOAT TOUR ( B , L , D )

Breakfast at the hotel. Today boat around Inle Lake there are many small villages which connect to the main lake by means of narrow canals. Once out on the lake you may see the unique leg-rowing fishermen who stand up on their boats to give them a bird’s eye view of the fish in the very shallow waters. You may also be able to visit some of the villagers in their homes above the silk and cotton weaving looms where they work. Boat tour a round 5-6 hours boat trip around Inle lake: villages, monasteries and pagodas ,Special boat trip around Inle lake: villages, monasteries, pagodas and Indein village . Overnight in Inle Lake

Day 10 Inle Lake (Nyaungshwe)-(18Mi/28KM)Taunggyi-(40Mi/64KM)Mong Pawn

Day 11 Mong Pawn-(70Mi/112KM)-Kho Lam

Day 12 Kho Lam-(34Mi/54KM)-Kunhing-(10Mi/16KM)-Kar Li

Day 13 Kar Li-(31Mi/49KM)-Hsen Mawng-(34Mi/54)-Mongping

Day 14 Mongping-(29Mi/46KM)-Tong Tar-(36KM/57KM)-Keng Tung

Day 15 Keng Tung-(58Mi/93KM)-Mongla
Day 16 Mongla-Border crossing-Daluo-(72Mi/116KM)-Jinghong
Day 17 Jinghong
Day 18 Departure from Jinghong