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Festival Tours Program
Hot-air Balloon Festival
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Tour Code: |
PLG/F-02 |
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PLG Tours Modules: |
Hot-air Balloon
Festival
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Tour Duration: |
6 DAYS / 5 NIGHTS |
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Taunggyi has a special festival every November during the
Full-moon Day of Tazaungmon. This is the Buddhist festival of
Tazaung-daing which is celebrated all over Myanmar and is a public
holiday. In fact Tazaung-daing is also celebrated in Thailand as
Loi Krathorn. It is a festival of Lights like
Thadingyut, one
month earlier in October which marks the end of the Buddhist Lent
and also coincides with the retreat of the southwest monsoon from
Myanmar. Thadingyut is sometimes marred by some rain and storms as
it is a transitional period of seasonal change, but
Tazaung-daing
in November is a time of clear, bright blue, azure skies with
hardly any clouds and so this second Festival of Lights is usually
celebrated on a grander scale. In fact it is said to be a
pre-Buddhist festival.
Taunggyi is justly famous for its Tazaung-daing Festival, when
huge fire balloons are released at day and night in various
fanciful shapes and made to go up into the clear, cool, night sky.
In old days, the fire-balloons are flied up to sky, dedicating to
Sulamuni Pagoda that is said to be situated at the
Tawadaintha,
the Heaven. These huge balloons are made of local Shan paper or
rags, and are of different sizes and shapes, some human, some
animal, some just fanciful products of imagination. The hot-air
balloons are designed with colorful fireworks and firecrackers. In
fact, they compete over their beauty and the altitude they can
gain. Robe-offering ceremonies are also held at the same time.
This is the most magnificent festival in Taunggyi Region.
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Tour Program
Day 01 : Yangon Arrival <20 th Novf07
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Welcome on arrival Yangon Airport by evening flight, meet and transfer to hotel.
Dinner and overnight at the hotel in Yangon. |
Day 02 : Yangon- Heho – Pindaya - Inle <21th Novf07
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After breakfast at the hotel, transfer to airport to Heho by domestic flight.
Drive to Pindaya to visit Pindaya caves, unique for the thousands of Buddha
Images placed by there pilgrims over many centuries, drive back to Nyaung Shwe.
Transfer to Nyaung Shwe jetty and boat trip to Inle lake . Overnight at the
hotel in Inle. |
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Day 03 : Inle – Taunggyi < 22th
Novf07>
After breakfast, sightseeing in Inle Lake by boat. Visit to famous Phaungdawoo
Pagoda, the most revered one on the lake, Ngaphekyaung Monastery - well know for
its jumping cats and numerous collections of Buddha images and alters the
weaving village of Inpawkhon. Transfer to Nyaung Shwe Jetty by boat. Continue a
drive to Taunggyi. On arrival Taunggyi, late evening enjoy at Hot-Air Balloon
Festiva. Dinner & overnight at the hotel in Taunggyi. |
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Day 04 : Taunggyi <23th Novf07>
After breakfast, drive to Kakku. On the way visit to Taunggyi Market, Continue
to Kakku - very impressive with it's beautiful 2548 pagodas believed to have
been built since 307 BC and two old bronze ringing bells. Lunch and drive back
to Taunggyi. Late evening enjoy at Hot-Air Balloon Festival. Dinner and
overnight in Taunggyi. |
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Day 05 : Taunggyi- Heho – Yangon <24th Novf07>
After breakfast, drive to Heho Airport and fly back to Yangon. Arrive at Yangon
Airport, on the way visit Loka Chantha Abhayalabhamuni Buddha Image that made
from a single piece of White Marble Stone and the White Elephant, Naga Glass
Fatory , can study and buy hand-blown glass ware, Kabaaye (World Peace) Pagoda,
walk into the Great Cave (man-made cave), which was built to hold sixth synod of
Buddhist monks in order to revise the Buddhist scriptures. Evening visit to
China Town. Dinner and overnight at hotel in Yangon . |
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Day 06 : Yangon – Departure < 25th Novf07>
After breakfast, visit to Shwedagon Pagoda the landmark of Yangon and one of the
world's most spectacular religious monuments. It is said to be built over 2000
years ago enshrining the hair relics of Buddha. Continue to Chauk Htat Gyi, to
see the huge reclining Buddha Image and then to gilded Sule Pagoda, over 2000
years old, and still stands as the landmark of Yangon City Center. Proceed to
Bogyoke (Scott) Market where hundreds of stalls of souvenirs and handicraft
shops can be visited. In the evening, transfer to Yangon International Airport
for Departure. |
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THIS YEAR IT IS GOING TO START ON NOVEMBER 18 AND END ON NOVEMBER 24
Please feel free to contact us for this special event itinerary. |
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