Travel Myanmar: Family holiday in Burma

Sunrise in Bagan

Burma has only recently opened its doors to tourism but is rapidly becoming one of the most exciting places to visit in South East Asia with stunningly beautiful scenery, fabulous cultural attractions and picture perfect beaches.

It is ideal for a family holiday as there are a wealth of activities that the children will love. Spend a day in the jungle learning how to look after an elephant; ride a ‘long-tail boat’ through the narrow channels of Inle Lake, watching the unique rowing style of the local fishermen; spend the night in a rural village giving your kids a wonderful opportunity to play with local children; join the pilgrims to watch sunset from the magnificent Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, the sunlight reflecting of the gilt stupas; hike into the hills around Pindaya, visiting hill tribe villages and enjoying stunning mountain scenery and relax in the warm waters of the Indian Ocean and enjoy the idyllic views from Ngapali Beach.

The people are incredibly welcoming and will be delighted to see you travelling with your family. Walks through the market will take twice as long as friendly shopkeepers stop you to chat to your children and offer them sweets or cakes and nothing is too much trouble.

There are a wide selection of excellent hotels, many with swimming pools, which is invaluable when travelling with your children.

To summarize, if you like the idea of cycling along quiet roads that criss-cross a plain dotted with thousands of temples, stopping to admire the view from the terrace of a dilapidated temple whilst the children run off to explore, then Burma could just be your ideal family holiday!

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