DESCRIPTION

Take 'roads less traveled' between some of Myanmar's most iconic destinations and explore 'off the map' while sleeping comfortably of an evening in boutique lodgings. Start your adventure in a remote outpost near the border with China. Explore by river, rail, road, and flight, as your private guided tour links a diverse and fascinating series of destinations that puts you among the locals for authentic and memorable experiences. This tour of discovery can be made to suit a variety of physical abilities.

 

HOLIDAY TYPE:  Private

DEPARTS: Five times weekly September thru March 

(Other times of the year on application)

HIGHLIGHTS

• Indulge in your boutique Hsipaw riverside lodging, set alongside a quiet country laneway and in easy walking distance to a quaint village setting.

• Travel by traditional riverboat to a classic Shan village in the countryside and enjoy a simple, tasty Shan noodle lunch there.

• Visit what was once the home of the last Shan Prince of Hsipaw and his wife, Austrian born, Ingre Sergeant. (Author of Twighlight over Burma: My Life as a Shan Princess).

• Journey by slow train through picturesque countryside and over the colonial era trestle bridge of Gokteik, transversing a plummeting, rock-faced gorge.

• Tour the colonial hill-station of Pyin Oo Lwin and visit it's epic National Botanical Gardens.

• Explore the 3 past royal capitals of Mandalay, Mingun, and Inwa. All close at hand, but historically and architecturally diverse.

• Visit a remote, riverside pottery village and take a short ride in a traditional long-boat to a welcoming farming community that's home to hundreds of water buffalo.

• Overnight in a remote, deluxe riverside lodging located halfway between Mandalay and Bagan. Dine in the evening on a marvelous wooden deck overlooking the Ayeyarwaddy River.

• Discover the ancient pagoda plains of Bagan, Myanmar's 1st Burmese Empire with its beginnings dating back to the 9th Century.

• Following a short flight, travel to Pindaya and spend your days with your guide exploring the ethnically diverse district of the Danu, the Pa-O and the Shan Peoples. Relax and dine of an evening in a family-run, boutique lodging known as The Farm House.

• Explore the waterways of Inle Lake. Travel through traditional stilted villages and the floating gardens. Stop along the way at different artisan villages known for their exquisite arts and crafts.