Luxury Travel in Myanmar

Authentic, friendly and diverse is how most travelers to Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, describe this country, one of the least accessible countries in the world up until very recently. The fact that the country has been inaccessible for so long has meant that Myanmar has been relatively untainted by the excesses of modern life and retains an aura of a bygone age.

Myanmar is the largest country in the South-East Asian peninsula with flat plains and wide rivers characterizing the geography of the centre of the country while mountain ranges run along the Thai border up to the Himalayas in the east. The southern coast of the country borders the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea.

The gateway to Myanmar for international travelers is the capital Yangon, the former Rangoon of colonial times. To the west of Yangon is the beach resort of Nagpali sitting on the Bay of the Bengal while to the north lie Bagan, Mandalay and Inle Lake. Bagan is a magnificent archaeological site with some 3,000 temples dating back to the 11th century scattered over an arid plain on the banks of the Irrawaddy River. Manadalay is the cultural capital and a former royal city.

A not to missed experience in Myanmar is an overnight cruise along the Irrawaddy from Bagan to Mandalay.