“This is Burma,” wrote Kipling, “and it will be quite unlike any land you know about.” Though familiar with many Asian wonders, Kipling was enraptured by what is now called Myanmar—perhaps especially by Yangon’s (or Rangoon’s) Shwedagon Temple, “a golden mystery…a beautiful winking wonder that blazed in the sun.”
A Passage to Burma
Highlights: Manadalay, Irrawaddy, KyaukMaung village, Bagan, Plain of Temples, Inle Lake
Burmese Land of Gold
Highlights: Yangon, Mandalay, cruising the Irrawaddy, Bagan and the Plain of Temples, Mount Popa, Inle Lake
Custom Journeys in Myanmar (Burma)
Highlights: Golden Rock; Shwedagon Pagoda; Strand Hotel; trekking Mount Victoria or the Shan States
