Luxury Myanmar Honeymoon

Luxury Myanmar Honeymoon Overview

Enjoy a romantic honeymoon in Myanmar. Stay in luxury hotels offering indulgent spa treatments, go on exclusive excursions and experience the rich culture and natural wonders of this beguiling country.

Luxury Myanmar Honeymoon

Enjoy a romantic honeymoon in Myanmar. Stay in luxury hotels offering indulgent spa treatments, go on exclusive excursions and experience the rich culture and natural wonders of this beguiling country.

Touring style: Professional English speaking guide and driver, private basis.

Best time for this honeymoon: November to February

Day 1: Arrival Yangon

On arrival in Yangon, your guide and driver will be waiting to transfer you to your hotel.

At sunset, visit the Shwedagon Pagoda, the highlight of any visit to Yangon. This gleaming gold pagoda is the most sacred place in Myanmar with a history stretching back over 2600 years.

Overnight at Belmond Governor's Residence Yangon

Day 2: Yangon touring

Enjoy a walking tour of Yangon. Begin this half day tour at Maha Bandoola Street and stroll through Chinatown. This quarter of the city is especially alive during the mornings with fresh markets for vegetables, meat, and flowers. Stroll past colourful Chinese temples, steaming roadside food stalls, fruit vendors, and glittering gold shops. Stop at a typical shop to watch the making of flat rice noodles and rice flour pancakes. Continue into the bustling Indian Quarter, passing Hindu temples, the Jewish Synagogue and the famous art deco Bogyoke Aung San or Scott’s Market. Next take a trishaw, passing colonial style municipal and government offices before ending the tour with a drink at the historic Strand Hotel.

This national landmark in the heart of downtown Yangon confers a sense of its rich history to all who pass through its colonnaded exterior and enter the marble floor lobby, following in the footsteps of past guests, Somerset Maugham, George Orwell, Sir Noel Coward and Rudyard Kipling among them.

The afternoon will be at leisure, or we can recommend tours to a local village across the river.

Overnight at Belmond Governor's Residence Yangon

Day 3: Yangon to Bagan

Transfer to the airport for a flight to Bagan. On arrival, your driver and guide will be waiting to transfer you to your hotel.

Begin your discovery of Bagan with a visit to an elevated temple with spectacular views over the surrounding plains. Visit Ananda temple, one of the most revered temples in Bagan. Afterwards, visit Myinkaba Village and Gubyaukgyi Temple with its beautiful mural paintings on its inner walls. You can visit as many or as few temples as you wish. This afternoon, there is an opportunity to visit the lacquer ware workshops. End the day with a horse carriage ride passing many of Bagan's famous monuments.

Overnight at Aureum Palace Bagan.

Distance and journey times:

Yangon to Bagan by flight: 1.15 hr

Bagan Airport to centre: 14 km, 30 mins

Day 4: Bagan touring

Start your day with a spectacular Balloons over Bagan experience.

Afterwards, visit Nyaung U morning market, a buzzing hive of activity. See stalls overflowing with fresh produce, fragrant spices and freshly caught fish. Watch as shoppers haggle for the best items and joke with the friendly vendors. Continue to a nearby tea shop. Teashops serve as social hubs in Myanmar and are thus an important part of daily life. Continue your Bagan exploration with a visit to a local village.

A special Buddhist ceremony where you will receive blessings from the monks can be arranged at Taungbi Monastery.

End the day with a fantastic Irrawaddy sunset cruise. Board a private wooden river boat and cast off onto the Irrawaddy River.

Cruise along the waterways with a refreshing cocktail in hand. The boat will travel the length of Bagan, affording fabulous views of riverside pagodas and distant temple spires. Watch the colours change as the sun dips lower into the sky, with the last rays of light illuminating the red brick and whitewashed monuments.

The boat has a covered seating area and an open deck, both affording fabulous views of the waterway. Pass by small riverside villages, fishermen and local boats carrying cargo or passengers. Afterwards, return to the jetty and disembark. Then transfer by car to the hotel.

Overnight at Aureum Palace Hotel Bagan.

Day 5: Bagan to Inle Lake

Transfer to the airport for a short flight to Heho. On arrival, your guide and driver will be waiting to meet you. Enjoy a scenic one hour drive to Nyaung Shwe, gateway to Inle Lake. Start with a visit to the Nyaung Shwe morning market. Continue to the bustling canal where you will board your private boat for the transfer to your hotel.

Experience the tranquillity of Inle Lake as you float between islands, past villages raised on stilts above the water. Glide through the floating gardens, past the magical Phaung Daw Oo pagoda, step off your boat at Inn Paw Khon village to wander past women weaving garments from silk and lotus, rolling cigars, men beating iron in the hellish heat of the forge.

In the evening, head to the Resort's spa for a body treatment or soothing massage.

Overnight at Ville Inle Resort & Spa.

Distance and journey times:

Heho Airport to Nyuang Shwe: 28 km, 45mins

Nyuang Shwe to Hotel on the Lake: 20 km, 45 mins

Day 6: Inle Lake to Indein

After breakfast, take a longtail boat across the peaceful lake to visit a local farm. Meet a farmer who grows tomatoes on an island that floats on the surface of the lake. Explore the farm, and learn about the daily lives of the farmers and how they construct the floating islands from plants and water hyacinths.

Visit the village where the Inthar people live to see the typical houses constructed on wooden stilts in the water. Spend some time with an Inthar family who will generously open their home for you to explore. Sit and chat with them while enjoying local snacks such as tofu crackers, rice crackers, and tea leaf salad. After saying goodbye to your hosts, return by boat to the jetty.

Afternoon at leisure.

At sunset, enjoy an invigorating bike ride to the Red Mountain Vineyard, followed by wine tasting at sunset. Set off in the afternoon and take in fresh air as you cycle to the outskirts of Nyaung Shwe. Stop in Tuang Myot village to take photos of Kyauk Phyu Gyi, a huge seated Buddha image painted in white and gold. Carry on cycling along a trail that leads past a sugarcane farm and to the small village of Payagi.

The Red Mountain Vineyard is located on a hillside offering sweeping views over Inle Lake. On arrival, take a well-earned rest while the guide explains how the wine is produced from the locally grown grapes. Spend some time wandering through the peaceful fields and vineyards, and exploring the winery and cellar. Enjoy a tasting of some of the delicious wines as the sun sets over the lake and the beautiful surroundings.

Overnight at Ville Inle Resort & Spa.

Day 7: Inle Lake to Ngapali

Transfer to the airport for a short flight to Ngapali. On arrival, take the shuttle bus to your hotel.

The magnificent white stretches of sandy beaches of the Bay of Bengal provides a secluded and romantic setting for the elegant and beautifully appointed Aureum Palace Spa & Resort - Ngapali on Myanmar's Indian Ocean features dramatic western facing sunsets upon these natural shores. There is a spa that offers traditional Burmese massage, a large pool, and a quirky beachside bar to witness the sunset. The Resort offers al fresco fine dining with fabulous sea views and excellent seafood as well as a choice of Western fare.

Stay 3 nights.

Distance and journey times:

Hotel to Nyuang Shwe: 20 km, 45 mins

Nyuang Shwe to Heho Airport: 28 km, 45mins

Thandwe Airport to Beach hotels: 11 km, 20 mins

Day 8 and 9: Enjoy Ngapali

Enjoy Ngapali.

Day 10: Departure

Transfer by shuttle bus to the airport for a flight to Yangon for onward connection.