Sample tailor-made journey, fully customisable
Birmanie
10 days / 8 nights
DAY 1 – MANDALAY – AMARAPURA
Arrival at Mandalay airport and welcome by your English-speaking local guide. Departure by road to Mandalay. On the way, stop in Amarapura, a former capital 12 km south of Mandalay.
Visit the artisans of Amarapura, weavers of traditional garments, then crossing of the famous U Bein teak bridge. Boarding at Mandalay port at 4:00 pm on the RV Mingun.
Welcome cocktail on board and settling into cabins. The boat weighs anchor and cruises gently to anchor near Mingun. Passengers are invited to enjoy the sunset from the upper deck.
Monastère de Mahagandayon, Amarapura, Birmanie
DAY 2 – MINGUN, AVA
Breakfast, served on the upper deck from 6:30 am.
At 8:00 am, departure to visit Mingun village, to enjoy the site in peace before the arrival of boats from Mandalay. Visit the Pondawphaya, Settawya and Mantaragyi pagodas, as well as the town’s legendary bell. Around 10:00 am, departure for the former princely city of Ava, about 2 hours of navigation. Horse-cart tour of the former princely city of Ava, reached by local boat. Visit the Maha Aungmyay Bonzan and Bagaya monasteries.
Lunch while cruising. Return on board and sail closer to Sagaing Hill, offering views of white-and-gold-domed temples and pagodas built among century-old tamarind trees.
Exclusive barbecue dinner on the alluvial beach facing Sagaing.
DAY 3 – MANDALAY – MOUNT POPA – BAGAN
Breakfast on board and disembarkation at Mandalay. End of the cruise.
Visit Mandalay and depart by road for Mount Popa (about 4h30).
A day on the road passing scenes of everyday rural Burmese life, with several stops along the way to meet a warm and welcoming population.
At Mount Popa, you have the option to have lunch at the Popa Mountain Resort and climb to the summit of Taung Kalat. After an hour’s drive, arrival in Bagan, transfer and check-in at the hotel.
Mandalay, Myanmar
DAY 4 – BAGAN
Breakfast at the hotel. Welcome by your English-speaking local guide and a stroll through the lively Nyaung U market. Visit the Shwezigon Pagoda and its magnificent golden Burmese stupa: the elegant bell shape of the stupa became the model for all stupas later built in Myanmar.
The afternoon is devoted to visiting the main monuments of Old Bagan: the ruins of the Royal Palace and the Tharabar Gate, the Ananda Temple, a jewel of Burmese architecture with its 4 immense Buddha statues, and Ananda Okkyaung, one of the last brick monasteries. Local horse-cart ride (about 1h30) to watch the sunset from the top of a pagoda.
DAY 5 – BAGAN
Optional: hot-air balloon flight over the Bagan plain at sunrise.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Visit the beautiful Gawdawpalin temple, then the monuments around Myinkaba: the Manuha, Myinkaba-Gubaukkyi, Nampaya and Nagayon temples.
Stop in New Bagan, south of the site, to visit a lacquerware workshop: discover the ancestral techniques of this Bagan craft specialty.
Later in the day, enjoy a cruise aboard a private boat to watch the sunset over the Irrawaddy River.
Anciens temples à Bagan, Birmanie © Shutterstock
DAY 6: BAGAN – NYAUNG U / HEHO – INLE LAKE
Breakfast at the hotel, then transfer to Nyaung U airport and flight to Heho.
In Heho, welcome by your English-speaking local guide and car transfer to Nyaung Shwe (about 45 min). Visit the village and transfer to the hotel.
Motorised canoe ride among the lake villages to observe the way of life of the Intha people.
This ethnic group has developed very particular navigation, fishing and farming techniques.
The tour includes stops at a weavers’ village, the floating gardens, the Ngaphe Chaung monastery and the Phaung Daw Oo pagoda.
Return to the hotel in the late afternoon.
DAY 7: INLE LAKE
Breakfast at the hotel.
Stroll through one of the five-day rotating markets on Inle Lake, an opportunity to meet the different ethnic groups of the lake and discover local produce.
Discover the village of Indein, reached after sailing your canoe along a narrow bamboo-lined canal. Short walk to this archaeological site, made up of around a hundred 15th-century pagodas, some of them buried in vegetation.
Optional: pop-up lunch on the lake.
Your boat will turn into a floating restaurant. You can have lunch while watching fishermen cast their nets from very long boats. Enjoy a delicious meal lulled by the lapping of the water.
Return to the hotel in the late afternoon.
Ambiance sur le lac Inlé, Birmanie © Shutterstock
DAY 8: INLE LAKE – HEHO / YANGON
Breakfast at the hotel.
Transfer to Heho airport and flight to Yangon.
City tour to take in the charm of Myanmar’s largest city.
Stroll through downtown and visit the Chinese and Indian quarters in the city centre, the Sulé pagoda, the colonial district and its old buildings, such as the old post office.
Transfer and check-in at the hotel. Room available from 2:00 pm.
In the afternoon, visit Chauk Htet Gyi pagoda, known for its reclining Buddha. At sunset, visit the majestic Shwedagon Pagoda, whose golden dome towers over the city.
DAY 9: YANGON – DEPARTURE
Breakfast at the hotel.
Rooms must be vacated by around noon.
Programme subject to change without prior notice due to airline schedule changes or flight cancellations.
We reserve the right to adjust prices at any time in the event of an increase in fuel surcharges applied by airlines or any other transport company.