Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda Festival
Inle Lake
Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda Festival
Set in and around the stilted villages of Inle Lake the Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda Festival is one of the largest Buddhist festivals in Myanmar.
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Myanmar your way
Tailor-made Myanmar holidays shaped around your passions
Monk looking out over Bagan's temples
Subject to a long period of isolation, Myanmar has remained relatively untouched by the outside world. Consequently, its temple-strewn landscapes and royal palaces survive refreshingly unspoiled. As the country has opened up, our specialists have explored Myanmar’s well-known cities and its little visited villages and countryside. Taking this first-hand knowledge, we can create a tailor-made Myanmar holiday, shaped around your preferences.
Natural attractions stretch from the highlands in the north to the pristine Myeik Archipelago in the south, and the sinuous Ayeyarwady River provides a cruising route between Mandalay and the Temples of Bagan and into more remote regions. Almost every skyline is punctuated with a temple stupa: Bagan boasts a collection of over 3,000. City streets are lined with remnants of colonial rule while mountain-top villages maintain tribal traditions. Probably the country’s greatest asset are its people, whose infectious spirit and genuine smiles are hard to beat.
Creating tailor-made tours for 30 years
Suggested activities for Myanmar
Whatever your interests, our specialists will build activities into your trip that connect to how you want to experience Myanmar.
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Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda Festival ![Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda Festival, Inle Lake]()
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Shwedagon sunset & a local beer ![Shwedagon Pagoda]()
Shwedagon sunset & a local beer
YangonShwedagon sunset & a local beer
At around 4pm in the afternoon you'll be met by your driver and guide for a visit to the famous Shwedagon Pagoda. Visiting at this time affords a wonderful opportunity for people to watch as the city's residents come to pay their respects after finishing work or school.
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Mount Popa villages on foot ![Mystical Mount Popa]()
Mount Popa villages on foot
BaganMount Popa villages on foot
Driving 80 kilometres southeast of Bagan you reach the famous Mount Popa. Rising 1,518 metres out of the Ayeyarwady flood plain, Mount Popa is one of the most sacred sites in Myanmar and home to the 'Nats'.
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Why travel with Audley?
- 100% tailor-made tours
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- Established for over 25 years
- 98% of our clients would recommend us
Best time to visit
Our specialists advise on the best months to visit Myanmar, including information about climate, events and festivals.
Travel advice
Practical tips for travelling to Myanmar, from social protocols to guidance on money matters, with a link to the latest FCDO travel advice.
Myanmar in pictures
Find your spiritual side at the Shwedagon Pagoda
Shop in the local markets
Cross the Gokteik viaduct to Hsipaw
Take a boat trip on Inle Lake
Relax on Ngapali Beach
Trek to remote hill tribes in Kyaingtong
Visit Shwedagon Pagoda at sunset
Visit the colossal Paya Mingun
Our expert guides to travelling in Myanmar
Written by our specialists from the viewpoint of their own travels, these guides will help you decide on the shape of your own trip to Myanmar. Aiming to inspire and inform, we share our recommendations for how to appreciate Myanmar at its best.
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Watch our short video on the highlights of Myanmar
Golden spires, the lily-dappled Inle Lake with its leg-rowing fishermen and hot-air balloons drifting above the ‘city of four million pagodas’ of Pagan. Myanmar will enchant you.
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Myanmar by boat: a river cruising guide ![RV Paukan 1947, Bagan]()
Myanmar by boat: a river cruising guide
Myanmar by boat: a river cruising guide
From the deck of a boat view Myanmar's traditional waterborne ways of life, which have remained largely unchanged for centuries. Spend time in Yangon and Mandalay and visit the famous temples of Bagan.
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What to do in Myanmar: our highlights guide ![Novice monks chat between lectures in Nyaungshwe]()
What to do in Myanmar: our highlights guide
What to do in Myanmar: our highlights guide
Myanmar is one of Audley's original destinations. As a first-time visitor discover its wealth of highlights, especially its charming hosts, the Burmese people themselves.
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Walking and trekking in Myanmar ![Trekking from Kalaw to Inle Lake]()
Walking and trekking in Myanmar
Walking and trekking in Myanmar
Discovering out-of-the-way places, meeting local people, seeing stunning views or just challenging yourself — a walking or trekking holiday in Myanmar will give a completely different perspective on the environment around you that is simply impossible to achieve from a vehicle.
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Is it safe and ethical to visit Myanmar? ![Nearly a mile in length, a walk on the U Bein teak bridge is one of the highlights of ancient Amarapura]()
Is it safe and ethical to visit Myanmar?
Is it safe and ethical to visit Myanmar?
How safe and ethical is it to travel to Myanmar right now? The head of our Southeast Asia team gives his balanced appraisal on events in the country, and why we still feel that visiting Myanmar is the right thing to do.
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