The Best Entrance To Visit

Amazing MYANMAR

Company Profile

• Being one of the oldest travel companies in Myanmar

makes us a very special one in the country. Sri Asia Travel

& Tour Co., Ltd was established in 1991. So now it is

twenty-five years that we have been providing services to

clients worldwide with dedication and devotion.

• We focus on handling inbound tours into Myanmar by either

charter or regular scheduled flights. Skillful tour operators

work with the company and our main markets are France,

Germany, Scandinavia, Belgium, Austria, Australia,

United Kingdom and Italy.

• Special interest tours, incentive packages, conference

groups, fishing tours, adventure tours, pilgrimage tours,

biking or hiking tours, tours encompassing research for

scientific purposes, sea and river cruises, diving packages,

exclusive train journeys etc. are arranged.

• An excellent management team organized with well

experienced English and German speaking guides, as well

as other language speaking guides and operators are

enthusiastically waiting to make your journey the most

memorable in your lifetime.

• As the English proverb “Seeing is believing” says, all you

have to do is just to come and witness the amazing country

and our excellent service.

Tours & Packages

Highlights

Of

Myanmar

Regular Tour

Packages

• Cultural and Colorful Land Tour

• Classical and Northern Doscover Tour

• 5Days 4Nights Ancient Bagan and Mount.Popa

• 5 Days 4 Nights Scenic and Northern Discovery Tour

• 6 Days 5 Nights Ancient Bagan and Scenic Inle Lake

• 12 Days 11 Nights Northern Discovery (Kyaing Tong)

• 4 Days 3 Nights Yangon TwantayDelights

• 5 Days 4 Nights Magnificent Mandalay

• 4 Days 3 Nights Yangon ThanlyinDelights

• 8 Days 7 Nights Northern Discovery

• 5 Days 4 Nights Yangon Golden Rock Grandeur

We offer very

special tour

programs to

all of our

visitors.

Adventure Tour

Programs • Tale of Coral Sea Gipsy

• Scuba Diving Program

• Into the Blue

• With the Wind of Adman

Sea

• Putao Adventrure Tour

Ancient City Tours • Beautiful Mrauk U Trip

• Wonderful Mrauk U Trip

• Biking Exploration Tour

• 10 Days 9 Nights Northern

Discovery and Trekking

Tour

Biking Tour

Trekking Tour

River Cruise Tour • 8 Days 7 Nights River Cruise Tour to Ancient Bagan with RV PAUKAN

• Introducing Tours To MyaingHay Wun Elephant Nature Camp

• Introducing Tours to Pho Kyar Forest Resort

• Optional Golf Package

• Optional 4Days 3 Nights Honey Moon Package

Optional Packages

YANGON Yangon, the commercial city of Myanmar and it has colonial architectures including the legendary Strand Hotel, museums, gardens and peaceful Inya and Kandawgyi lakes. ShwedagonPagoda with its amazing mix of pavilions, stupas, images and bells is famous highlight of any visit to Yangon and Myanmar itself. Full of trees and shade Yangon could be one of the most charming cities in the East. Yangon has earned the name of “The Green City of the East”.

BAGO (Pegu) Bago (Pegu) is situated only about80 km from Yangon and easilyreached. It takes 1 hour and 30 minutes drive from Yangon. Bagois and old royal capital calledHanthawady and a full of legendrywith Mon and Myanmar 40 yearswar. Kanbawzathadi Palace andMuseum is the interesting historicalsightseeing place. There are manypagodas and monasteries such asShwemawdaw Pagoda, Hintha Gon Pagoda, Shwethalyaung Buddha, Maha Kalyani Sima ( Maha Kalyani Thein), and MahazediPagoda.

THANLYIN

(Syriam) &

KYAUKTAN

Thanlyin (Syriam) & Kyauktan are

within easy day-tripping distance

from Yangon. A short ride out of

town will take you to the large,

golden Kyaik-khauk Pagoda, rising

on a hillock. Then the tombs of two

Myanmar writers: Natshinnaung

and Padethayaza are just before this

pagoda.The Yele Paya or “mid-

river” pagoda at Kyauktan is

situated across the river to

Thanylyin.

TWAN-TEAA small town on the Twante canal

is noted for its pottery with well-

designed, utilitarian containers of

varying shapes and sizes. The pots

are made in huge thatched-roof

sheds in the Oh-bo district.

BAGAN Bagan is the most amazing sight in

Myanmar, also the seat of the first

Empire of Myanmar, stretching

back from the Ayeyarwady, stand

literally thousands of stupas and

temples. Spectacular sight seeing in

Bagan is sunset over the

Ayeyarwady River, viewed from

the top of Mingalazedi or

Shwesandaw Pagoda. Lacquer ware

is well known cultural product

which it can be bought there.

SALE (Sa-lay) It is a small town about 15km south

of Bagan, down the Ayeyarwaddy

River. U Pone Nya Museum,

formerly the Yoke Sone Monastery,

exhibits antique lacquer-wares,

wooden reliefs and a large standing

gilded Buddha image. The figures

carved outside the front of the

building are worth seeing. Another

place worth visiting is Tha-ta-na

Kyaung (Keythar monastery) where

Tipitaka texts are housed in a large

red lacquered cabinet.

POPAAbout 30 miles (50km) from Bagan is Mount Popa, Popa Taung Kalut in Bama(Burmese), which soars 2417ft (737m) above the plain. This is the abode of a powerful spirit, the Popa Goddess. She was Princess Wunna Theingi, the sister of King Manuha, who had escaped while her royal family was being brought to Bagan. The Popa Mother is considered kinder than most spirits, or Nat as they are called, and much loved by her worshippers. She protects women and brings them good fortune. Her two sons are more powerful and more feared, for they will not hesitate to punish those who displease them. They have a separate shrine in a small village further north, near Mandalay. A few yards from the foot of the mountain is the shrine of Min Maha Giri, Lord of the Mountain, and his family of Spirits. He is the protector of house, town or city. He and his sister, Lady Golden Face, guard the Tharaba Gate of Bagan, with their images on either side.

MANDALAY Mandalay is the second largest city of Myanmar and the last capital of the Myanmar Kings. The heart of Myanmar traditional cultures, Mandalay has a number of attractions well worth visiting. Here can see Yadanabon palace surrounding moats up from the Mandalay Hill, with stairways, temples and sweeping views. Kuthodaw pagoda, the world’s “biggest book” and Mahamuni pagoda, ancient RakhineBuddha image are the places which no one should miss. The area around Mandalay where there are ancient cities, Amarapura where U Pein bridge, Ava, Sagaing and Mingun. Then there is the atmospheric cold ‘hill station’ of PyinOo Lwin (Maymyo), about 69 km away from Mandalay.

AMARAPURA

It is situated 11 km south of Mandalay, an ancient capital before Mandalay was built. There are several interesting sites to be seen. Pahtodawgyi, built by King Bagyidaw in 1820, stood outside of the old city walls. South of Pahtodawgyi, U Pein’s Bridge which is 1.2 km- long footbridge, constructed with teak planks. Bagaya Kyaung, one of Myanmar’s largest and most active wooden monasteries, dating to the mid-19th century is located just out of town on the road of Sagaing. Once a royal city, now there are also silk weavers, bronze casters, wood carvers and other artisans.

IN-WA (AVA) In-wa is a small town south of

Amarapura and it was another

ancient capital of the Second

Myanmar Empire. The interesting

sites to be seen in In-wa are 27

meter-high Nanmyint watch tower,

Maha Aungmye Bonzan Monastery,

lacquer ware industry and In-wa

bridge 16-span bridge dates to 1934

and is the only structure that crosses

Ayeyarwaddy River.

SAGAING Another one ancient capital, Sagaing lies 21 km south west of Mandalay, which is known as a religious centre that supports dozens Buddhist monasteries and nunneries as well as a major monastic hospital. There are certainly plenty of pagodas and stupas scattered over the Sagainghills which rise on the western bank of the Ayeyarwaddy. Other places worth visiting are Thabyaedan Fort, Kaunghmudaw Pagoda ( a copy of the Mahazeti Pagoda in Sri Lanka), and Ywahtaung village where the home of the silversmiths’ guilds is.

MINGUN It is located about 11 km upriver

from Mandalay on the opposite

bank of the Ayeyarwady. There is

the huge and incomplete Mingun

Pagoda, King Bodawpaya of the

late 18th century planned to build it

to a height of 500 feet but it was

left unfinished at 160 feet. Then

you can see there Mingun Bell, a

hung, uncracked bell and weighing

55,555 viss (90 tonnes).

PYIN OO LWIN A popular hill station, Pyin ooLwin was renamed Maymyo. It is about 69 km away from Mandalay and over 1000 meters above sea-level. It is well known for its colonial era buildings, pine trees, eucalyptus and silver-oak abound in town. The town itself is easygoing and full of interest. One of interesting places is 175 hectare Botanical Garden. There are several natural attractions around Pyin OoLwin, including a number of caves, waterfalls and tribal villages. PweKauk and Ani-Sakan Waterfalls, Goteik Viaduct and Peik Chin Myaung Caves are places which attract to tourists.

MONYWA It is about 136 km to the west of

Mandalay and situated on the eastern

bank of the Chindwin River.

Monywar is a major trade centre for

agricultural products of Chindwin

Valley. The interesting sites are

Than-Bok-De Pagoda with over

500,000 Buddha images, Bodhi-ta-

htaung which means ‘one thousand

of Bodhi trees’, Ledi Kyaungteik

monastery where Buddhist scriptures

are inscribed on 806 stone slabs and

Kyauka village noted for its own

style of lacquer ware.

YANDABO (CRUISE TOUR, MANDALAY to BAGAN) On the way of Mandalay-Bagan

boat trip, we can make short visit to

that village. A Place renowned for

its pottery industry is Yandabo,

where you can meet with rural

people and closely study their daily

lives.

INLE LAKE The highest lake rimming high hills is 22

km long, 11 km wide, 1328 meters above

sea level. The home to the Inthar national

race, Inle lake is famous for having floating

villages, pagodas and monasteries.

Interesting distinctive rowing style of local

fishermen is which involves standing at the

stern on one leg and wrapping the other leg

around the oar. The Inthar grow vegetables

on floating beds of slit and cut weeds

tacked to the lake bottom with bamboo

poles. The beds can be detached and moved

as necessary. Phaung Daw Oo Kyaung,

Kaungdine which is Inthar village seen

potting, weaving and there is hot springs

spa are places worth visiting.

PINDAYA CAVEThe three caves along the cliff are believed to contain more than 8,000 images. The southernmost cave containing the main shrine is 490 ft (149m) long and is filled with images of all sizes, carved in wood, stone, marble and bronze, some thickly gilded.

Here one can see many Buddha images in the “healing posture, with a bowl on the upturned palm of the left hand while the forefinger and thumb of the right hand holds a fruit called hpankhar, (Terminalia chebula) which is often used in traditional medicine.

TAUNGGYIThe capital of Shan state, Taunggyi

is situated at 1430 meters as a hill

station and also a growing trade

center of southern Shan state. You

can go to Inle lake area takes about

one hour and also Kakku pagoda

complex from there.

KYAING TONGThe city of Golden Triangle

Region, Kyaing Tong is surrounded

by Wa, Shan, Akha and Lahu

villages. It is interesting to see

many ethnic tribes in colorful

dresses. It is far away 163 km from

north of the border town of

Tachilek ( opposite Mae Sai,

Thailand).

KYAIKHTIYO

Golden Rock PagodaThis mystical pagoda is built atop

an enormous gold-leafed boulder that is delicately balanced on the very edge of a massive cliff face. It is on the edge of the hill over 1100 km above sea-level. Kyaikhto the town at foot of the hill is about 160 km from Yangon. It is the path 11 km climbs about 1000 meters in altitude and long the way from the base camp of Kinpun. There are various rest halls and shrines. There is a steep path for cars leading to the mountain top.

MAWLAMYAING The capital of Mon state is the third

largest city after Yangon and

Mandalay and was once an ancient

city. Former name Motmailain in

the Mon language evolved in

Mawlamyine. This town fell into

British hand after the First Anglo-

Burma War in 1826. That’s why

you can feel the atmosphere of

post-colonial decay till now.

HPA-AN Hpa-an, the capital of Kayin state

is a beautiful town with wide lakes,

lush islands, limestone cliffs and

soaring peaks, with mountains

ranges receding into the distance.

You can see “Zwe’ Ka Bin”

mountain, symbol of Kayin state.

SITTWEThe capital of Rakhine state, Sittwe

sits at the mouth of the Kaladan

River where it empties into the Bay

of Bangal. Sittwe has at least a

2000 year history of habitation,

though it developed as a modern

trading port after the first Anglo-

Burma war of 1826.

MRAUK U Mrauk U, a centre for one of

Myanmar’s most powerful

kingdom was founded in 1430. It

lays the banks of Aungdat Chaung,

a tributary of the Kaladan River, 72

km from the coast. The two earlier

kingdoms in the area are

Danyawady (circa 1st to 6th

centuries) and Wethali (3rd to 10th

centuries), the remains of which are

still visible to the north. Mrauk U is

look like another place of Bagan,

where there is a host of ancient

pagodas.

MYITKYINA Myitkyina is the capital city of

Kachin State. One of the

‘sightseeing’ attractions in

Myitkyina area is Myit-Son, the

confluence of the Mekha and

Malikha rivers, 45 km north of

town, the beginning of the great

Ayeyarwaddy River. There are

regular flights from Yangon and

Manadalay to Myitkyina.

PUTA O Putao is a town in the far north

of the Kachin state surrounded by snow-peaked mountains. The highlands north of Putao are considered one of the most pristine Himalayan environments in Asia and could become a major ecotourism destination. It is the nearest town to the base camp for climbing Mt. Hkakaborazi which is 5889 meters high. This mountain is the highest mountain in Myanmar and in Southeast Asia.

MT. VICTORIA Trekking to Mount Victoria, a well-known summit in Chin State of Myanmar is gaining favour among eco tourist. The 10,200-foot, Mount Victoria is snow free the round. Apart from vigorous trekking, its flora and fauna hold a great attraction. The thick forests of Mt.Victoria used to be abundant in wild life-tigers, leopards, bears and sambur and barking deer. It is great for bird watching and observing butterflies. In the houses among plantations, tattooed women in colourful national races, doing household chores with smoking pipes in their mouth. Local youths in national dress welcomed and greeted the visitors in ceremonial fashion complete with bonfires and dances.

NGAPALI BEACHNgapali Beach is one of Myanmar’s most attractive seaside spots with white sand beach and crystal clear water. The origin of the name is some of a mystery, but the most popular story says that it was named by a homesick Italian who came from Naples. There is more to do around Ngapali than just swimming, sunbathing and snorkeling. The bicycles can be rent to tour several of the villages, such as Ngapali, Lintha, Kyitawand Myabyin. The beach is about 6.4 km from Thandwe. There is a number of airlines offer flights from Yangon. It is also accessible by road.

Chaungtha Beach Chaungtha beach, an attractive

wide beach with a muddy delta

look is located 40 km to the west

of Pathein in Ayeyarwady

Division. There are bungalow

type hotels along the beach with

modern facilities. Chaungtha

beach is the nearest ocean resort

available to foreign tourists,

being easily reached from

Yangon in half a day by road.

Ngwe Saung Beach Ngwe Saung Beach, opened in the

year 2000 became known as one of

the most popular seaside resorts for

domestic visitors. It is located in the

Ayeyarwady Division, some 48

kilometers from Pathein. It takes

only one hour drive from Pathein and

about six hours drive from Yangon.

Ngwe Saung Beach and Chaungtha

Beach are also possible to travel

from Yangon to Pathein by plane or

double-decker river boat and take a

car for the rest.

Contact Information

Yangon Office

Telephone: +95 1 225 989+95 1 225 915+95 1 227 702+95 1 227 703

Fax: +95 1 227 127

Address: No. 44. Lantit Street Lanmadaw Township, Yangon , Myanmar.

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Email: info@sriasiamyanmartravel.com

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Office: Ulrich Bieber

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Europe : Amelia Wong

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