LuxeSiam Travel: Myanmar

Once closed to outsiders, Myanmar is emerging as one of Southeast Asia’s most engaging travel destinations. Myanmar opens its arms to embrace you in a tapestry of authentic sights, sounds and flavors. 

Begin your journey in Yangon, with a visit to Scott Market and shop for art, antiques, amber and handicrafts. Roll your own cheroot, a Burmese cigar, before taking in Chaukhtatgyi Pagoda’s Reclining Buddha. Find a comfortable spot of your own for afternoon tea and watch the gold and diamond encrusted Shwedagon Pagoda glimmer in the setting sun.  

Peddle through rice paddies to the hyacinth perfumed banks of Inle Lake and visit lively floating markets that ebb and flow with the rainy season. Admire fisherman at work and floating vegetable gardens, as the lake’s leg-rowing inhabitants drift by.

Survey 4,000 gleaming pagodas that ornament the land outside Bagan, whether by hot air balloon or by terrace and candlelight. Walk the plains of Bagan with Myanmar’s regally attired tribes and drift asleep to the lullaby of Buddhist monks chanting into the night. 

Cruise the Irrawaddy River in style with regional wine and cuisine, music and dance. In Mandalay, observe monks as they congregate by the thousands for morning alms, and sit for a homemade lunch with local nuns. 

Relax on the white sands of Ngapali Beach, and take in a seaside barbeque before retiring to your luxury cottage. Travel to Myanmar’s southern reaches to snorkel in the tranquil, turquoise waters surrounding the Mergui and Myeik Archipelagos.

Indochina Lost is found again in Myanmar, the land formerly known as Burma. Experience Myanmar’s old-world charm and roads less travelled with a personalized tour from LuxeSiam.