2020 GeoEx Catalog

Southeast Asia

Inner Burma TOURING · RIVER CRUISING | 12 DAYS · CUSTOM R are is the traveler who returns from Myanmar untouched by its unstinting loveliness, its calm and strong people, its gracious culture. The land inspires almost immediate affection. On this well-rounded journey, we first pay our respects to Yangon and its splendid Shwedagon Pagoda. Then we’re off to Mandalay for a thorough exploration of the city’s famed temples, monaster- ies, and markets. Next we board a stylish riverboat for a phenomenally relaxing, two-night cruise on the Irrawaddy, stopping at waterside villages along the way. Disembarking in Bagan, we gaze at the remarkable assem- blage of more than 2,000 temples. Onward to Pindaya, in the eastern Shan State, home of hill tribes to whom national boundaries are irksomely theoretical. We visit the town’s limestone caves, graced with upwards of 8,000 statues of Buddha, then continue to the former British hill station of Kalaw. Here we spend an extraordinary day at the Green Hill Valley Elephant Camp, where we learn about these gentle, intelligent animals and their important place in the history of Myanmar. We wind up with a serene flourish at Inle Lake, wandering its pagodas, floating gardens, and haunting ruins, marveling at the leg rowers and hill tribespeople who inhabit this delicious spot.

offered nov.–mar. from $8375

Day 1  arrive in Yangon ✦  2  fly to Mandalay ✦  3 & 4  Irrawaddy River cruise ✦  5  disembark in Bagan ✦  6  Bagan ✦  7  fly to Heho, drive to Pindaya and Kalaw ✦  8  elephant sanctuary ✦  9  on to Inle Lake ✦  10  Inle Lake ✦  11  fly to Yangon ✦  12  depart.

BELOW  Leg-rowing fishermen, Inle Lake, Myanmar.

DAVID LAZAR

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