Discover Burma and end with a barefoot experience  visiting the Mergui Sea Gypsies | 23 days

Explore Myanmar’s many dimensions from its timeless landscapes and temples to its more recent colonial past. You’ll stay in Yangon and Mandalay and travel out to hill stations, cruise on the mighty Irrawaddy River and take a memorable boat ride across the spectacular Inle Lake. The finale to your trip will be an idyllic dropout on an island in the unspoiled Mergui Archipelago – described by Fiona as ‘heavenly teardrops in the Andaman Sea’.

Day 1: Fly London to Yangon

Day 2: Arrive Yangon

Day 3: Yangon sightseeing – Shwedagon Pagoda

Day 4: Drive Yangon to Bago and Golden Rock

Day 5: Drive back to Yangon via Htauk Kyant War Memorial

Day 6: Fly Yangon to Mandalay and drive to hill station of Pyin oo Lwin

Day 7: Drive back to Mandalay

Day 8: Sightseeing in Mandalay

Day 9: Overnight river cruise Mandalay to Bagan

Day 10: Arrive Bagan and tour the temples

Day 11: Temples in Bagan

Day 12: Fly to Heho and drive via Pindaya to hill station of Kalaw

Day 13: Visit hill tribes and see working elephants in Kalaw

Day 14: Take the train to Heho and drive to Inle Lake

Days 15-16: Inle Lake to see the floating farms, villages, markets and leg rowers

Day 17: Fly back to Yangon

Day 18: Fly to Kawthaung and sail to Macleod Island

Days 19-21: Swimming, snorkeling, diving and hiking in Macleod Island

Day 22: Fly to Yangon or Bangkok

Day 23: Fly to London

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