Myanmar: Hiking and Visiting the Hill Tribes
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Highlights
- Explore Yangon
- Visit the Shwedagon Pagoda
- Visit Bagan Archeological Museum
- climb up Mt. Victoria
- Explore Mandalay
- Enjoy hike to Elephant Camp
- Explore Kalaw Villages and Drive Inle
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- Accommodations as listed, including all service charges and taxes
- Internal airfare broken out separately
- All ground transfers
- All excursions with expert English-speaking guides
- Entrance fees to museums, temples, etc.
- All meals as indicated with Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
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Meals: Dinner
Accommodation: Sule Shangrila, Strand Or The Governor’s Residence
Arriving in Yangon International Airport, you will clear customs and immigration. Leaving the airport, you will be met by your guide and transferred to the hotel.
Late...
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodation: Sule Shangrila, Strand or The Governor’s Residence
You have a whirlwind tour of beautiful Yangon in store for you. The city itself is bordered on three sides by water - the Hlaing River on the west and south side...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Bagan Thiripyitsaya Sanctuary Resort
Rising early, you will return to the airport and catch a 45-minute flight to Bagan on K7 262 (0700/0820).
If Angkor Wat amazes the visitor with its size, Bagan ...
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodation: Bagan Thiripyitsaya Sanctuary Resort
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Accommodation: Floral Breeze
Today you want to leave early, as you have a long drive up to the Chin area of Kampetlet. Be prepared, depending on weather, roads can be bumpy or under repair. You can stop along the way fo...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Floral Breeze
Today you begin with a climb up Mt. Victoria. After breakfast in the cool of the morning, you can head out with a picnic lunch to climb 10, 016-foot Mt. Victoria. The path begins rather stee...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Mountain Oasis Ii
After and early breakfast, you will drive out to Mindut. Assuming the roads are good, the drive should take only about a couple of hours. Arriving in Mindut, you can wander the area. Min...
Actually, the word “Chin” was a derogatory term used by the Burmans to denote all of the various hill tribes in the area. In fact, the people, about 30,000 of them, are known as the Mindut. Most of the tribes here earn their living by trapping, hunting and logging and...
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodation: Bagan Thiripyitsaya Sanctuary Resort
When you are ready, you will begin the long drive back to Bagan on some of the world’s bumpiest roads. Your drive takes you across the Pontaung and Ponnyar mountain ranges. He...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Bagan King Hotel Or Mandalay Hill Resort
This morning, you will catch a flight from Bagan to Mandalay on K7 262 (0835/0905) and begin to learn about the last seat of Burma’s kings before the British annex...
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodation: Bagan King or Mandalay Hill Resort
It is truly worthwhile to get up early and watch Buddha get a bath at Mandalay’s religious hub - the Maha Muni Pagoda. Believed to be one of only five likenesses of Buddha creat...
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodation: Amazing Kyaing Tong Resort - Suite
Returning to the airport, you will catch a flight from Mandalay to Kyaing Tong and drive through some extraordinary countryside to Kyaing Tong, the center of the Golden Triangle...
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodation: Amazing Kyaing Tong Resort– Suite
After breakfast, travel by vehicle for about 45 minutes and begin an easy walk through monsoon forests overlooking rice paddies, stopping to visit Wan Sai, an Akha village. The c...
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodation: Amazing Kyaing Tong Resort – Suite
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Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodation: Amara Mountain Resort
The morning is free to wander the market or relax. Then it’s back to “Ye Olde Airport” for a flight to Heho. When you get to Heho, you will head out to Kalaw, about 45 miles west of Taunggyi.
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodation: Amara Mountain Resort
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Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodation: Inle Princess Resort
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Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodation: Inle Princess Resort
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Accommodation: Inle Princess Resort
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
You have another day to explore the area around Inle Lake and you have two options.
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Clients who wish to book and participate in this activity will be requested to sign a release form either prior to arrival or on the ground before commencing the tour - (7.5 hours) Enjoy an authentic experience learning the traditional skill of one-legged rowing and g...
Accommodation: Sule Shangrila, Strand Or The Governor’s Residence
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Your journey comes full circle today. You will transfer by boat from the hotel to the shore and then drive back up to Heho in time to catch K7 245 (1020/1130)). ...
Meals: Breakfast
The day is free until time to transfer to the airport for your flight out.
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