Three weeks in Burma in all seasons for all ages


Trip description

Burma can be visited in any season, even if a stay outside the monsoon season seems to be the most appropriate. Note that you will have no difficulty in making this trip with the whole family and even the youngest ones, Burma being recently a very accessible destination for all ages

Day 1: Yangon - Bago - Kyaiktiyo

Day 2: Kyaiktiyo - Taungoo

Day 3: Taungoo - Kalaw

Day 4: Kalaw and trekking within Palaung ethnicity

Day 5: Kalaw - Pindaya - Nyaung Shwe

Day 6: Inle lake, Inle lake, Inle lake

Day 7: Trekking around Inle Lake

Day 8: Inle lake - Mandalay

Day 9: Mandalay

Day 10: Mingun - Sagain

Day 11: Mandalay - Monywa

Day 12: Monywa - Bagan

Day 13: Bagan

Day 14: Bagan

Day 15: Mt Popa - Salay

Day 16: Bagan - Mrauk U

Day 17: Mrauk U

Day 18: Mrauk U

Day 19: Mrauk U - Sittwe

Day 20: Sittwe - Yangon

Day 21: Yangon

Day 1 : Yangon - Bago - Kyaiktiyo

Day1 : Yangon - Bago - Kyaiktiyo ©Alamer - Iconotec


In Bago visit the lying Buddha of Shwe Tha Lyaung and the Shwe Maw Daw pagodas. Kyaiktiyo, visit of the rocher d'Or.




Day 2 : Kyaiktiyo - Taungoo



It will take you a day to do this journey. 




Day 3 : Taungoo - Kalaw

Day3 : Taungoo - Kalaw ©François JANNE DOTHEE


The ascent of the Shan Plateau is surprising, even if the road is very uneven (gorges, teak forests).




Day 4 : Kalaw and trekking within Palaung ethnicity



One day trekking in the mountains and plantations of cheroots leaves. Départ, village of Palaung minorities (about 4 hours walk).




Day 5 : Kalaw - Pindaya - Nyaung Shwe

Day5 : Kalaw - Pindaya - Nyaung Shwe ©Author's Image


On the road to Pindaya, we will visit the cave with 8,000 Buddhas and then continue on to Taunggyi and Nyaung Shwe, located on the edge of the channel leading to Inle Lake.




Day 6 : Inle lake, Inle lake, Inle lake

Day6 : Inle lake, Inle lake, Inle lake ©Author's Image


Discovery day of the lake between floating gardens, Phaung Daw Oo pagoda, Shwe In Dein south of the lake, monastery of the Jumping Cats, and the lake villages of the Inthas populations.




Day 7 : Trekking around Inle Lake



Take advantage of this day to discover the whole area around the lake via a beautiful trekking route.




Day 8 : Inle lake - Mandalay



It will take you 8 hours to connect the capital of Burma.




Day 9 : Mandalay

Day9 : Mandalay ©Alamer - Iconotec


Walk on the U Bein bridge, visit the Maha Gandayon monastery and the city of Ava with its Bagaya Kyaung monastery.




Day 10 : Mingun - Sagain

Day10 : Mingun - Sagain ©kongjongphotostock


Mingun (boat trip, its famous bell and unfinished pagoda) and Sagain (Kaugmudaw pagoda, pottery workshops and silver work). Visit Mahamuni Pagoda, marble and bronze sculptors, gold drummers, tapestry, Zegyo market, Shwenandaw monastery, Kuthodaw pagoda. Mandalay Hill. Evening performance of traditional music or puppets.




Day 11 : Mandalay - Monywa

Day11 : Mandalay - Monywa ©Alamer - Iconotec


Visit of the Monywa site. Silver craftsmen of the great reclining Buddha, Thanboddhay temple, Po Wing Taung cave and Shwe Ba Taung.




Day 12 : Monywa - Bagan

Day12 : Monywa - Bagan ©Agence de Promotion de Madère


It will take 7 hours of road or then, other alternative, take a boat very early in the morning to get down the Ayeyarwaddy to Bagan.




Day 13 : Bagan

Day13 : Bagan ©Balloons over Bagan


Visit of the site with the discovery of its temples, monasteries and ruins, the old Bagan market, a lacquer factory, the Tayokepyay pagoda.




Day 14 : Bagan



Second day of visit on this memorable site.




Day 15 : Mt Popa - Salay

Day15 : Mt Popa - Salay ©Author's Image


Visit of the Popa mountain to 1 520 m (700 steps) and the former English colonial town of Salay.




Day 16 : Bagan - Mrauk U

Day16 : Bagan - Mrauk U ©François JANNE D'OTHEE


It will take 16 hours to reach the heart of Arakan.




Day 17 : Mrauk U

Day17 : Mrauk U ©François JANNE D'OTHÉE


Visit of the "other Bagan" in the heart of Arakan.




Day 18 : Mrauk U

Day18 : Mrauk U ©Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority


2nd day of visit of the "other Bagan", temples, monasteries, and a unique atmosphere.




Day 19 : Mrauk U - Sittwe

Day19 : Mrauk U - Sittwe ©François JANNE D'OTHÉE


Travel by bus or boat, visit the port of Sittwe, the main town of Rakhine.




Day 20 : Sittwe - Yangon



Return to the country's main metropolis by plane.




Day 21 : Yangon

Day21 : Yangon ©Alamer - Iconotec


Visit Kyaukkktagyi Pagoda with its reclining Buddha and Shwedagon Pagoda, national museum. Sule Pagoda, Bogyoke Market, Botataung Pagoda and Chinatown.




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