Thailand to Myanmar – Bangkok to Mae Sot to the Golden Rock
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Overview
Highlights
- Discover Ayutthaya
- Visit caves in Hpa An
- Explore Sukhothai and Mae Sot
- Visit Shampoo Island and Mudon
- Explore Yangon and Bago
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- Accommodations as listed, including all service charges and taxes
- Internal airfare (broken out separately)
- All ground transfers
- All excursions with expert EnglishQspeaking guides
- Entrance fees to museums, temples, etc.
- All meals as indicated with BQbreakfast, LQlunch, DQdinner
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Itinerary
Accommodation: Riva Surya or the Peninsula
On arrival, you clear customs and immigration. Exiting the airport, you will see our people inside holding a sign with your names on it. They will take you to your hotel.
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodation: Riva Surya or the Peninsula
A “must” for any visitor to Thailand is time at Wat Pra Keo and the Grand Palace. One of the most beautiful examples of ancient Siamese architecture, the Grand Palace, the former resi...
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodation: Sala Ayutthaya
After breakfast, you drive up to Ayutthaya. Prior to 1350, the city was a Khmer outpost, and was named after the home of Rama, the hero of the Ramayana. As the capital city of Thailand from 1350 to...
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodation: Sukhothai Treasure Resort And Spa
Located in Uthai Thani In the midst of the Sakae Krang River and the Chao Phraya River is Thailand’s largest fresh water island – Koh Tepo. You can explore the island a bit to g...
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodation: Sukhothai Treasure Resort And Spa
For Thais, Sukhothai is equivalent to Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Bagan in Burma, or Borobudur in Indonesia. Two Thai princes, who broke away from Khmer dominion, founded it in 1228....
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodation: Centara Mae Sot Hill Resort
Leaving Sukhothai, you head to the border town of Mae Sot, located in Tak Province. As the main transit point between Thailand and Burma, Mae Sot can boast a large number of migrants a...
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodation: Mawlamyaing Strand Hotel
Crossing the border from Mae Sot into Myawaddy for foreigners is a relatively quick process, but the drive to Mawlamyaing is relatively long. The route takes you through Kayin (Karen) Sta...
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodation: Mawlamyaing Strand Hotel
If you are up for it, rise early to head to Mudon to Phar Auk Twa Ya Monastery in time to arrive for breakfast there, donated each morning by the monastery in return for a small donation....
Accommodation: Mawlamyaing Strand Hotel
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Primarily catering to locals, Setse Beach is a very wide brown sand beach, with waving casuarinas trees, vendors selling fresh young coconuts and restaurants serving seafood. After expl...
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodation: Hpa An Lodge
This morning you take a boat on the Thanlwin to Hpa An, stopping at Kaw Nhat and Kado Villages. Hpa An is the capital city of Kayin or Karen State, and surrounded lovely limestone karst mountains...
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodation: Mountain Top Hotel – Deluxe Room
Before leaving Hpa An, stop at the local market. Farmers from all around the region come to town with baskets of produce to sell. You can stroll through the market and along the r...
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodation: Sule Shangrila, Strand or governor’s residence.
Rising early, you can walk the short distance to the rock to enjoy sunrise as it comes up over the mountains. Legend has it that the rock, delicately balanced on th...
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodation: Sule Shangrila, Strand or governor’s residence.
You have a whirlwind tour of beautiful Yangon in store for you. The city itself is bordered on three sides by water the Hlaing River on the west and south side and ...
Returning to Yangon by car, you stop at Sule Pagoda, considered by many in Yangon to be their local shrine. If Shwedagon is the heart of Burma, the Sule Pagoda, is the heart of the city, the place where many Burmese go after a busy day to find relaxation and tranquili...
Meals: Breakfast
Accomodation: Sule Shangrila, Strand or governor’s residence.
This last day is spent getting to know some of the inspiring people that live in Yangon, listening to their fascinating stories and asking questions about their lives.
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The day is free until time to transfer to the airport for your flight home.
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Dates & Availability
Per Person Land Price on a private group of:
- 7-10 people: $5,125 p/p
- 4-6 people : $5,295 p/p
- 2-3 people: $6,950 p/p
Other Prices:
- Per Person Supplement for the Peninsula in Bangkok: $205/room/night
- Per person supplement for the strand in yangon: $280/room/night
- Per Person Supplement for the Belmond governor’s residence: $522/room/night
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Logistics
What's excluded
- International airfare
- Comprehensive insurance coverage, including medical, evacuation, baggage loss/delay, cancellation ins., etc.
- Visa fees
- Meals where not indicated with a B,L,D
- Tips/gratuity (porters, drivers, local guides, etc.)
- Domestic and international airport taxes
- Other items of a personal nature including laundry, alcoholic beverages, etc.
- Additional expenses resulting from the delay or extension of the trip due to causes beyond our reasonable control
Accommodation
- Royal Orchid Sheraton Or The Peninsula
- Sala Ayutthaya
- Sukhothai Treasure Resort And Spa
- Centara Mae Sot Hill Resort
- Mawlamyaing Strand Hotel
- Hpa An Lodge
- Mountain Top Hotel – Deluxe Room
- Park Royal Hotel, Strand Or Governor’s Residence.
14 Breakfasts, 13 Lunches and 1 Dinner
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