On our three-week Highlights & Wonders of Myanmar tour, you’ll see incredible pagodas and stupas, floating villages and local people, all from planes, trains and boats to jeeps, horse carriages and hot air balloons.
Officially known as Myanmar but still often referred to as Burma, the country has seen a dramatic rise in popularity over the past five years, and rightly so. From tropical palm fringed beaches to ancient temples and so much more between, Myanmar is a hidden gem. Visitors will be greeted wherever they go with smiling faces and shouts of “Minglabar” from passers-by – just make sure you get here before the crowds do.
From the golden domes of the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, formally the colonial capital of Rangooon, to watching the sunset over the U Bein’s bridge in Amarapura, the country throws up a myriad of surprises and wonders at every turn.
Our highlight however: soaring over Myamnar’s Bagan in a hot air balloon at dawn.
Bagan, an ancient city and UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar, is home to around 2000 monuments from different periods of time and is one of the most spectacular places to visit on Earth.
In Bagan, the ballooning season runs from October until April. Sunrise is the most popular time to head up to the skies, when cooler morning temperatures allow balloons to float closer to the ancient stupas. Watch as layers of haze blanket the temples, illuminating the skyline with outlines and framing the perfect photo opportunity.
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