Burma Tailor-Made

One of Burma's top five tourist destinations, scenic Inle Lake lies in Shan State and is famous for its floating gardens and villages, the leg-rowers of the Intha tribe, and a diverse mix of ethnic minority cultures. The main access point is Nyaung Shwe located at the north end of the lake. The town was once a sleepy village which has grown into a bustling traveller centre with many guesthouses and hotels, restaurants and cafés serving pasta and pancakes. The main means of transport for tra... read more

Kalaw is a former British hill station located on the Shan Plateau in Taunggyi District approximately 2 hours from Inle Lake and 1 hour from Heho airport. The town sits at 1,300 metres above sea level and enjoys a cooler climate; its population is a mix of Burmese, Pa-O, Palaung, Intha and Shan minorities as well as Indian and Nepalese descendents of soldiers that followed the British here. Kalaw is an ideal base for trekking to ethnic minority villages in the hills surrounding the town.... read more

Located on the wide bend of the Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy) River, Mandalay is Burma's second biggest city and the last royal capital before the British took over and the royal family was forced to flee to India. The city's name is named after nearby Mandalay Hill, one of its main tourist attractions. Throughout the colonial years, Mandalay was the centre of Burmese culture and Buddhist learning and there are still many temples and monastic schools in and around the city which draw pilgrims and visit... read more

Located in southern Rakhaing (Rakhine) State, approximately 7 km from Sandoway (Thandwe) Airport, Ngapali Beach is Burma's most famous and developed beach resort. The beach is a 2-mile, palm-fringed white sand beach on the Bay of Bengal's crystal clear water. Some say Ngapali was named by an Italian who was reminiscing about his Napoli home many years ago. Ngapali Beach still retains its fishing village roots and there a few charming villages as well as some offshore islands that that can be ex... read more

Situated in the dry central plains of Burma on the banks of the Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy) River, Pagan (Bagan) is the capital of many ancient kingdoms in Burma. The area is now a rural historical site, known as Pagan Archaeological Zone, and is one of Burma's top attractions. The zone covers an area of 26-sq mile with hundreds of temples and pagodas filling the horizon in every direction. After conquering the Mon capital of Thaton in 1057, King Anawrahta brought back the Tripithaka scriptures, Budd... read more

Burma's former capital and its biggest city, Rangoon (Yangon) is a relatively young city. It became the capital in 1885 when the British completed its conquest of Northern Burma. In its early history, it was known as Dagon, the district in which the magnificent Shwedagon Pagoda is located. The capital was moved to Nay Pyi Taw in central Burma quite unexpectedly in November 2005. Despite this, Rangoon remains the country's commercial and diplomatic capital.... read more