Arrival

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All visitors are required to have a Myanmar Visa and to complete an arrival/departure card, which is usually distributed during their flight into Yangon. The completed card should be submitted with passport to the immigration officials on arrival at Yangon airport. The departure...

Ngapali Beach

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Rumour has it the name came from a home sick Italian from Naples, but Ngapali beach is a far cry from any Italian city. It has become the go to destination for travelers craving sun, sea and sand in Myanmar, with some saying it is the most beautiful beach in the whole country....

Hpa-an

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It is the capital of Karen State and located at the eastern bank of the Thanlwin River, about 270 km east of Yangon. The caves and mountains surrounded and the serene atmosphere are the charming attractions of Hpa-an. Mount Zwegabin is the famous highlight of the area.

Mawlamyine

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The pleasant and picturesque city of Mawlamyine, located at the mouth of the Thanlwin River, is the capital of Mon State and Myanmar’s third largest city after Yangon and Mandalay. The quiet streets filled with colonial buildings, pretty pastel coloured wooden houses and...

Sagaing

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Once the capital of Shan Kingdom in the 14th century, is a peaceful religious centre of Buddhism and a popular place for meditation. Sagaing Hill, crested with pagodas rises out of the western bank of the Ayeyarwaddy River and is a fabulous vantage point to gaze across the more...

Mingun

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With a short and scenic trip up the Ayeyarwaddy from Mandalay you find Mingun, best known for the MingunPahtodawgyi, a huge, unfinished pagoda, which, if completed, would have stood at over 150metres and been the largest monument in the world. At 50 metres high, what remains of...

Amarapura

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Once a city of some 170,000 inhabitants, Amarapura (‘City of Immortals’), is now just a quiet southern suburb of Mandalay. The town is well known for its numerous workshops where bronze foundries and woodcarvers creating devotional objects for the markets of Mandalay, and the...

Bago

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Bago, situated on the road to Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda (Golden Rock) and Mawlamyine, it remains a quiet and easy-going town with a lot more bicycles and motorbikes than cars. It is once the powerful capital of the second Myanmar Empire, Bago now still has plenty to see with temples and...

The Golden Rock of Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda

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The Golden Rock of Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda is one of the country’s most important Buddhist pilgrimage sites. The gold-covered boulder is said to maintain its balance thanks to a single hair of the Buddha enshrined inside the pagoda. To reach the top of the mountain, one can either make...

Shwedagon Pagoda

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Shwedagon Pagoda is the ‘heart’ of Buddhists in Myanmar. The Pagoda is believed to be 2,600 years old and there are always full with many people praying and making offerings at Shwedagon and especially on Full Moon days and religious days.