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Myanmar
Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) sits between India, China and Thailand, and spent decades largely closed off from the outside world under military rule. It’s only in recent years that the country has begun steadily reopening to travellers, which means it remains one of the least-visited and most unspoiled corners of Southeast Asia — a rare chance to see a country before mass tourism catches up with it.
Buddhism runs through almost everything here. Myanmar is home to thousands of golden pagodas and stupas, from the towering Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon to the extraordinary plain of Bagan, where more than 2,000 ancient temples rise out of the landscape — one of the great archaeological sites anywhere in the world. Saffron-robed monks, daily alms rounds and quiet monastery towns are part of everyday life here rather than something staged for visitors.
The country is also home to an extraordinary mix of people — officially 135 recognised ethnic groups, including the Bamar majority alongside Shan, Karen, Rakhine, Kachin and Mon communities, each with their own languages, dress and traditions. Add in a colonial history as British Burma, a name change on independence, and decades of political complexity, and you get a country with a deep, layered story that most visitors have barely scratched the surface of.
If our group tour dates don’t work, then we can also arrange private tours for you and your friends.
Tours
Myanmar February Summer Tour
From Yangon to Mandalay, a tea leaf salad festival and a golden rock on the way. The empty highways of Naypidaw, the pagodas of Bagan, and the mystical Pindaya caves, making for nine fascinating days.