Myanmar (formerly Burma) is a Southeast Asian nation of more than 100 ethnic groups, bordering India, Bangladesh, China, Laos and Thailand. Yangon (formerly Rangoon), the country’s largest city, is home to bustling markets, numerous parks and lakes, and the towering, gilded Shwedagon Pagoda, which contains Buddhist relics and dates to the 6th century.
Yangon – Bagan – Mandalay – Heho – Inle Lake – Yangon
Type: Private travel experience
Pick up by our guide and transfer to hotel. Enjoy a food tour with our expert food guide. Visit downtown Yangon and stop into our favourite curry shops and Myanmar’s most amazing desserts.
Meals: Dinner
Overnight: Sule Shangri-la Yangon
Transfer to the airport for early morning flight to Bagan. Spend a day at the Bagan Temples. A picnic lunch will be served. Continue on a horse cart ride for a dramatic sunset over Bagan.
Meals: Breakfast/Lunch
Overnight: Bagan Thiripyitsaya Sanctuary Resort
An optional hot air balloon ride over Bagan before sunrise and enjoy a tipple of champagne.
If not, after breakfast, an adventure through ancient Bagan. Take a guided tour on a horse cart or a bicycle before a picnic lunch. Free and easy.
Meals: Breakfast/Lunch
Overnight: Bagan Thiripyitsaya Sanctuary Resort
After breakfast, transfer to the jetty. Embark cruise at Bagan Aye Yar jetty. Welcome Cocktail followed by Lunch. In the late afternoon stop in a typical river village.
Meals: Breakfast/Dinner
Overnight: Onboard
Cruise all day to visit Yandabo. Also visit the Pot workshops, monastery and the school. Moor overnight nearby a Ywar Thit Gyi village.
Meals: Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner
Overnight: Onboard
After breakfast, disembark at Sagaing Jetty. Visit the U-Bein Bridge and the Mahagandayon Monastery. A drive to attend Gold Leaf Beating workshops. Return to Mandalay for lunch, then visit the Shwenandaw Monastery. Last stop at the Mandalay Royal Palace.
Meals: Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner
Overnight: Mandalay Hill Resort
After breakfast, transfer to airport to fly to Heho. Pick up by our guide and drive to the Elephant Conservation Project. Hike through the jungle. Enjoy a Nepalese lunch. Next help the mahout wash and feed the elephants. Drive to Inle Lake. Free and easy.
Meals: Breakfast/Lunch
Overnight: Sanctum Inle Resort
Visit a colourful market. Stop at a local cheroot factory where Burmese cigars are made. Lunch followed by a visit to the traditional weaving factory.
Meals: Breakfast/Lunch
Overnight: Sanctum Inle Resort
A full day trek including horsecart ride in Pa’O. Visit their villages in the hills. Enjoy a traditional Pa’O lunch. Continue through plantations of ginger, garlic and turmeric. Stop for a beautiful view over the lake before heading back.
Meals: Breakfast/Lunch
Overnight: Sanctum Inle Resort
Morning flight from Heho to Yangon. Pick up by our guide and transfer to hotel, your room will be available for refreshment until your night flight. A car and guide will be available for use until your departure.
Meals: Breakfast
Overnight: NA