February 28, 2018
Burma is a pretty big country, but with so much to see, how do you decide on your itinerary? Temples, beaches, trekking, monk watching – what will you include? Follow this 16-day itinerary to see the best Burma has to offer! There are a number of different options for internal travel, but that will hugely depend on your budget and how much time you have. Trains and buses are frequent and affordable, but often slow and unreliable. If you can, splash out on internal flights that will allow you to follow my itinerary as below. Our Itinerary In A Nutshell With two-weeks […]
January 24, 2018
We all have a bucket list of things to do, and right up there on mine was to take a hot air balloon ride. Now, I am kinda cheating here as I actually already did this a long time ago over the Yarra Valley in Australia, however the backdrop was somewhat different to my second time around so I’m going to pretend it doesn’t count. Let me set the scene. We are in Burma, in the small town of Bagan that is most famous for it’s abundance of pagoda’s and temples. In fact, Bagan contains the highest density of temples […]
June 2, 2017
One of the most popular ‘must do’ activities in Myanmar is trekking, something that I’ve wanted to do for a long time, so we made sure to include this in our itinerary. The route between Kalaw and Inle Lake sees groups of people head off into the nearby countryside for daily and overnight treks. With a basic level of fitness required, there are a number of different trekking options available including daily treks to the outskirts of Kalaw, as well as the ever popular overnight treks from Kalaw to Inle Lake. Travel Like A Local We landed into Heho airport […]