FACTFILE
Tour type Discovery Comfort Active
Minimum Age: 7 years.
Accommodation and Meals: 13nts hotel with 13 breakfasts included. Swimming: Available at some hotels.
Transport: Bus, boats, horse and cart, internal flights.
Tour Staff: Explore Tour leader, local guides and drivers. Group Size: Generally 14 to 20.
TOUR DATES
Sat 31 Mar - Sun 15 Apr Tue 03 Apr - Wed 18 Apr Sat 21 Jul - Sun 05 Aug Sat 28 Jul - Sun 12 Aug Sat 04 Aug - Sun 19 Aug
TOUR DATES
Sat 23 Mar - Sun 07 Apr Tue 26 Mar - Wed 10 Apr Sat 20 Jul - Sun 04 Aug Sat 27 Jul - Sun 11 Aug
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TOUR ONLY – 14 DAYS Tour price without flights from £1219
Please go online for our tour only child price. * Aged 7-11 years on date of departure. Teenage departures; age 11 and over. These are guide prices, see p92 for details.
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Sat 11 Aug - Sun 26 Aug Sat 18 Aug - Sun 02 Sep Wed 19 Dec - Thu 03 Jan Sat 22 Dec - Sun 06 Jan
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Sat 03 Aug - Sun 18 Aug Sat 10 Aug - Sun 25 Aug Sat 17 Aug - Sun 01 Sep
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Ref: FBUR £2199 adult from
*child from £1999
Spot Inle fishermen rowing with one leg
Go tribal on the Kalaw hilltribe trek
Learn Burmese games from the local children
Jumping cats in a monk’s monastery
ADVENTURES IN BURMA 16 DAYS – HIGHLIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN LAND
Half hidden from the world for decades and only recently re-opened to visitors, Burma is an exciting and adventurous destination. Admire gold-encrusted pagodas in Rangoon, witness the amazing ‘leg-rowers’ at Inle Lake, visit a giant’s pagoda and bell in Mandalay and the temple-studded plain of Bagan. We also explore the Shan highlands, discovering old British hill stations and meeting the local tribal people.
ITINERARY
Days 1/2 Overnight flight to Rangoon. Day 3 Maymyo hill station We fly to Mandalay and drive to a former British hill station. Days 4/6 Mandalay Time to enjoy the cultural capital of Burma, exploring the surrounding ancient royal capitals, travelling by boat, bus, horse and cart. Days 7/9 Bagan A flight or cruise on the Irrawaddy River (depending on the season) takes us to the magical temples of Bagan. We meet the local people living among the remarkable temples. Days 10/11 Inle Lake We fly to Inle Lake then take to the water by longtail boat to discover the floating gardens, leg-rowers, stilt villages, local paper makers and silk weavers. Day 12 Pindaya Thousands of images of Buddha adorn a cave. Day 13 Kalaw Hilltribe trek An easy walk into the Shan highlands to see the colourful hilltribe villages. Day 14 Rangoon Time in the colonial capital to see the gold-encrusted Shwedagon Pagoda. Days 15/16 Overnight flight to UK.
Adventures In Burma Ref FBUR Mingun
Pagoda & Bell
Magnificent Temple Complex
BAGAN Mt Popa
Pindaya Caves
Painebin village trek
KALAW
MANDALAY MAYMYO
Inwa
British hill-station Amarapura
Shan Plateau Heho
Nyaung Shwe
INLE LAKE
One-leg-rowers, floating gardens
(MYANMAR) BURMA
Shwedagon Pagoda Colonial architecture
RANGOON (YANGON)
km 0200
Andaman Sea
For detailed information visit
www.explore.co.uk/tours/fbur
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