Burma in Brief

Burma in Brief is designed for travelers who want to get the experience of the highlights of Burma within a week. Although, this is a short trip, it still brings all the good views of Burma from the 4 famous destinations: Yangon, Bagan, Mandalay and Inle Lake.

Tour length: 7 days / 6 nights
Tour type: Luxury tour
Cities: Yangon, Bagan, Mandalay, Inle Lake
Price: Please contact us
Level: Easy

Day by Day Tours

Day 1 Arrive Yangon
Day 2 Yangon – Bagan by a short flight
Day 3 Bagan
Day 4 Bagan – Mandalay by a short flight
Day 5 Mandalay – Fly to Inle Lake – take a tour
Day 6 Inle Lake Boat trip and trekking tour
Day 7 Inle Lake – Fly to Yangon – Departure

Tour Prices (US$/person)

Group of 02 persons  : OnRequest
Group of 04 persons  : OnRequest

Important notes:
Surcharge in Peak Times eg: Christmas, New Year Eve, and Water festival may be applicable.

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DETAILED ITINERARY:

Day 1 Arrive Yangon

Upon Arrival, our burmatourist.com’s guide and driver will welcome you at the airport and transfer you to the hotel in the city center. Check in hotel and then enjoy your very first visit to the most outstanding monument in Yangon to discover the symbol of Burma: Shwedagon Pagoda. This is a prominent historical site where you can enjoy panoramic view of the city and experience the local religion.

Enjoy your welcome dinner with cultural show at the Karaweik Palace restaurant.

Cultural show in Karaweik Palace, Yangon, Burma

Day 2 Yangon – Bagan by a short flight

Take a private transfer from hotel to airport for a morning flight to Bagan, the sacred land of Buddhism.

On arrival, get a pick up to hotel. Check in and prepare for a full day tour to the amazing temples and pagoda.

Bagan is located on the southern part of Irrawaddy river bank, Bagan occupy 16km2 with more than 2500 pagodas and ruins. The architecture and religious art vary from one to another, featuring the uniqueness of Myanmar with amazing beauty.

This day, we will venture into the heritages of Shwezigon, Gawdamgyi, Htilomino pagodas…

The highlight of today is hunting the sunset from the second highest temple the Shwenandaw.

Day 3 Bagan

Keep  going on spending your full day exploring the remainder of Bagan by some ox carts to the sites: Arts and Crafts Markets – where to enjoy Myanmar Culture Arts and Craftsmanship, Nandaminnya Pagoda, Minnanthu Monastery, Dhamayangyi Pagoda, Sulamuni Pogoda, Myin Ka Bar Village – where to observe the Lacquer Ware and Puppet Tapestry, Manuha Phaya temple –  which was built by King Manuha – and other some famous temples. Enjoy a short cruise on the Irrawaddy river for the sunset.

Day 4 Bagan – Mandalay by a short flight

Breakfast a the hotel then we will take a short flight to the last capital of Myanmar, Mandalay City.

Our very first discovery of Mandalay starts from Amarapura, known as the former kingdom of Inwa. It is time to watch streams of monks queing for lunch and studying. Our visit will be followed with a stroll over Ubein Bridge, the longest teakwood bridge in Myanmar. Enjoy a manual boat ride on Maha Ganayon Kyaung lake.

fter lunch, we will discover the royal Mandalay vestiges and relics including imperial Palace, Golden Palace Monastery and Kuthodaw Pagoda also known as the world biggest book.

Climb up to the Mandalaya hill to enjoy the highlight of this day: it is the panoramic sunset from this hill then back to your hotel for your relaxation.

Kuthodaw Pagoda-  the world biggest book, Mandalay, Burma

Day 5 Mandalay – Fly to Inle Lake – take a tour

Transfer to airport to take  a flight to Heho, along the way from airport, you will enjoy a scenic drive to Nyang Shwe  town from where you will embark on a beautiful boat trip to explore the life of Intha people whose image exposes vividly through one leg rower.  Spend our time to know about local traditional work such as making boat, black smith, silk weaving and enjoy the uniqueness of Jumping Cat pagoda. Back to your resort in the late afternoon.

Inle Lake , Burma

Day 6 Inle Lake Boat trip and trekking tour

From  your resort, we will visit one of the most unique market on Inle lake by boat which happens 5 days in different villages in Inlayarea : the Indein market. This is a really good time to behold the scene of Pa-O, Padang tribes in their traditional dresses.

Our guide will offer you some visit to local habitat of Pa-O people in Indein.

Come back to your resort for an awesome sunset time.

Indein Village, Inle Lake, Burma

Day 7 Inle Lake – Fly to Yangon – Departure

Free and easy in the morning in the middle of the lake. boat trip back to the town and transfer to airport for  the flight to Yangon in the afternoon. There you can take a  flight for your next destinations.

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Tour Prices (US$/person)

Group of 02 persons  : OnRequest
Group of 04 persons  : OnRequest

Important notes:
Surcharge in Peak Times eg: Christmas, New Year Eve, and Water festival may be applicable.

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Essential Notes

Passports and Visas

The first thing goes first. You definitely must obtain valid VISA in order to travel into any country and so is Myanmar (Burma). Unless your country is in VISA exemption list, it is your responsibility to get valid VISA before arrival. There are two ways to get Myanmar VISA:

• Go to Myanmar Embassies and Consulates in your home country and you will be guided procedure. You may want to check the list of countries where Myanmar has embassies and consulate offices by clicking here.
• Obtain VISA On Arrival (VOA). For tourists coming from countries has no Myanmar Diplomatic Rep offices, you can obtain VOA online via www.myanmarevisa.gov.mm – the official portal for VOA by Myanmar government. The portal launched in Sep 01, 2014 and took its pilot operation for a month. Providing you encounter any issue, please contact us for support.

Climate & Clothing

Generally speaking, Myanmar is a tropical country with rather hot weather. Sometimes in year or in some Northern places, temperature cools down but not that can be called cold. Roughly saying that the best time to travel Myanmar is from Oct to March due to dry and cool season. Other months, however, you may get very nice deals of promotion.For clothing: comfortable clothes, absolutely. We suggest you should take at least one long pan, a long skirt and a sleeve top because we will visit some religious site and many of them require proper code of dress.All of temples and pagodas require you enter with bare feet. A pair of sandals is highly recommended.

Cell Phones & Calling Cards

You may wish to carry a cell phone while traveling. Check with your cell phone provider if your phone will work in the destination(s) you are visiting. Myanmar service is dominated by the GMS technology standard, while some of the world such as U.S uses the incompatible CDMA standard. We suggest that you should check carefully or you may incur high international roaming fees.We said previously “the SIM card in Myanmar is not very popular and still quite expensive”. But now, forget it! SIM cards in Myanmar now are cheap and easy to buy in any main city as cheap as about US$ 02 each. Cell phones, even smart phones are available on sales widely.

Making Telephone Calls from One Country to Another

When dialing a number from one country to another, you should proceed as follows: dial your country’s Exit Code + destination Country Code + Phone Number. Country Code of Myanmar is 95.

Wireless Internet Access

Passengers traveling with WiFi enabled devices (such as a personal computer, smartphone, tablet, or digital audio player) may be able to connect to the internet via a wireless network access point (or hotspot). Wifi is now popular in most hotels from three stars up. Most of them are supplying Free Wifi but some may incur extra charges. We suggest you should ask the receptionist before.

Cards and Currency

Myanmar’s national currency, the KYAT (pronounced chat, abbreviated in MMK) is divided into the following banknotes: K1, K5, K10, K20, K50, K100, K200, K500 and K1000.We once said “ATMs are still very hard to come” but from my latest inspection of Myanmar, the country now starts using ATMs. Most three stars hotels up often have at least one AMT machine right at their lobbies. Main hotels now accepts credit cards payment.Anyway, we suggest you should bring with some cashes just in case. Local buying there accept Burmese and US dollars widely. However please pay at attention when bring US notes with you:

• The US$ notes must be new.
• The US$ notes torn, marked, folded will not be accepted.
• The US$ notes having series before 2003 backward may not accepted.

You are allowed to bring up to US$ 5000 in cash per person to enter Myanmar.

Trip Preparation

A little pre-planning can make your trip go a lot smoother. We suggest you should taking a checklist below:

• Several weeks before your trip, make a list of what you will need to take with you.
• Make sure your personal documents (passports, visas, driver’s license) are in order.
• We suggest that you make photocopies of passports, visas, personal ID and any other important travel documents and pack them separately from the originals. If you lose the originals while traveling, you’ll have copies for easier reporting and replacement.
• You may consider bringing a small supply of over the counter medications for headaches and/or anti-diarrhea pills. Pack a list of medications including dosage and generic names.
• We recommend that you pack a portable alarm clock.
• Avoid placing valuables such as cameras in your checked luggage.

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