Family vacation in Burma
Highlights
Yangon | Shwedagon Pagoda | Mandalay | Sagaing | Irawaddy River boat ride | Mingun | Bagan | Mt Popa | Pindaya | Boat tour of Inle Lake | Leg rowing fishermen | Optional: cycling, horse cart tours, Ngapali Beach extensionTravel Team
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Where possible we use small locally owned hotels that have been built and furnished using locally sourced materials.
We encourage the use of local transport (where appropriate), for example the (somewhat rickety!) train that runs from Yangon to Mandalay.
Our UK office is run as environmentally as possible. The majority of our staff either walk or cycle to work and we operate a primarily paper free environment. We do not produce brochures (which often leads to a lot of waste) but market our tours exclusively on the internet.
The Impacts of this Trip
Our tours are run in a way that maximises the interaction with local communities. Families are generally accompanied by a local guide, who will provide them with a detailed understanding of the local culture and ensure that they understand how to behave in an appropriate manner, for example removing shoes at the entrance to temples. The guides will also arrange visits with local families and, if appropriate, to a local school. Our travelers love this as it provides an excellent opportunity to teach their own children about the local way of life and explain that not everyone has quite so many material goods!
Our tours are run in conjunction with a (small, privately owned) local partner that is staffed exclusively by Burmese people. We endeavour to use small hotels where possible which not only ensures that money is retained by local communities (as these are usually staffed by local people rather than foreigners) but also usually provides a better experience for travelers.


Where possible we use small locally owned hotels that have been built and furnished using locally sourced materials.
We encourage the use of local transport (where appropriate), for example the (somewhat rickety!) train that runs from Yangon to Mandalay.
Our UK office is run as environmentally as possible. The majority of our staff either walk or cycle to work and we operate a primarily paper free environment. We do not produce brochures (which often leads to a lot of waste) but market our tours exclusively on the internet.

The Impacts of this Trip
Our tours are run in a way that maximises the interaction with local communities. Families are generally accompanied by a local guide, who will provide them with a detailed understanding of the local culture and ensure that they understand how to behave in an appropriate manner, for example removing shoes at the entrance to temples. The guides will also arrange visits with local families and, if appropriate, to a local school. Our travelers love this as it provides an excellent opportunity to teach their own children about the local way of life and explain that not everyone has quite so many material goods!
Our tours are run in conjunction with a (small, privately owned) local partner that is staffed exclusively by Burmese people. We endeavour to use small hotels where possible which not only ensures that money is retained by local communities (as these are usually staffed by local people rather than foreigners) but also usually provides a better experience for travelers.

2 Reviews of Family vacation in Burma
Reviewed on 11 May 2018 by Claire Bartolini
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?
All of it! The guides were all amazing, the hotels were fantastic and the sights and activities were just brilliant! Favourite places would have to be Shwedagon pagoda, Bagan plain, the Green Hill Valley elephant camp, Ngapali beach and the pagodas of Mandalay.
2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?
Don't be shy about eating the local food (none of our party of 8 got a dodgy tummy), try all forms of transport (including sleeper train), dress respectfully and embrace a country that is new to the western world. Take a couple if football shirts to give to your favourite guide or hotel staff. It is easy to stay in touch with home if you need to as everywhere has wifi!
3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
The Green Hill valley elephant camp is a great example of conservation supported by tourism and well worth a visit to get up close to these majestic creatures. Our vacation benefitted local people through providing an income.
4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?
It was definitely a "trip of a lifetime" vacation. It was full-on but we still managed to have downtime in the hotel swimming pools most days (important for the children). If there weren't so many other countries that we still wanted to see we would go back to Myanmar in a heartbeat!
Reviewed on 08 Aug 2014 by Joanna Macrae
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?
It was all great. Temples in Bagan, boat ride and views over Lake Inle.
2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?
Much of Myanmar great for family traveling. Comfortable hotels, great food. Warm welcome. Train from Yangon to Bagan bumpy but really fun!
3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
Yes. But would value more information particularly with regard to hotels.
4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?
Brilliant. Guides and our agent were really very very good. Logistics perfect.
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