We intend to offer tailor-made trips to our
clients, as we don’t want to subject our
clients to a rigid itinerary or timetable - we want to give them exactly what they
want! Accordingly to this philosophy, our catalogue is rather flexible
in order to enable our clients to organize their own tours.
We offer a basic program that includes visits to the major sights of the
country. Of course, even this basic program is not compulsory but
only a proposal: If you want to replace a flight with a railway trip or have an additional day of sightseeing in Bagan
- no problem, just let us
know your requirements! You can add optional tours to our basic program or do them
separately. Duration and program
are completely at your disposal - we will be glad to give you all the assistance you
need...
 PROGRAM
ELEMENTS (Valid until December 2008): |
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Prices: The prices of our tours are generally depending on means of transport and standard
of hotels. Of course air transport is more expensive than road or railway
travel and of course there are also the usual differences in the hotels' standards.
Hotels in areas off the beaten track can be amazingly expensive in some cases. |
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Food: Generally, our tours include
breakfast only as most of our clients seem to prefer to take the food supply
into their own hands. However, should you want to include meals (full board or
half board) into your program we can of course arrange that too. |
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Hotels:
Our clients can choose between luxury hotels (only in Yangon and
Mandalay) and
middle class hotels. All our contract hotels (that includes middle class hotels)
meet minimum requirements regarding cleanliness and comfort (all rooms are usually
air-conditioned with attached bathroom). Hotels in outlying areas sometimes
might not meet our minimum standards; in this case you can be assured that
we will always book the best available hotel for you. We will be happy to mail you
a list of our partner hotels on request.
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Guided tours:
We offer two kinds of guided tours: with “throughout guide” or with
“station guide”. The former one will pick you up at Yangon airport,
accompany you throughout the trip and put you on the airplane/other
transport again after your tour - except if you want to add beach
holidays: in this case the “throughout guide” usually is not coming
along - except, you ask for it! A station guide, on the other hand, will
wait for you at your respective destinations, guide you there and after
that put you on a plane/other transport to your next destination. We
offer “throughout guides” with skills in the following languages:
German, French, Italian, Spanish - and English of course. “Station
guides” usually speak English.
Of course a “throughout guide” is more expensive than a station
guide as you’ll have to pay for his/her flight fares as well as
accommodation even though the costs are considerably lower than for a
tourist due to special tariffs.
Our prices are calculated with “station guides”. If you want to hire
a “throughout guide” there will be additional costs: count on about
180 USD (total) for our standard tour (10 days/9 nights). “Throughout
guides” as well as “station guides” will help you to find suitable
restaurants, too.
Finally, you can of course opt for a tour without local guide too!
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Transports:
Car rental prices for saloon cars and vans are extremely high in Myanmar. This
is due to the fact that cars are extremely expensive in this country. An
example: a friend of mine bought a seventeen (17!) year old “Toyota Corolla”
for 20,000 US dollars in 2001. Yes, twenty thousand!! In the West this car
would have only scrap value - but that’s the way it is here in Myanmar… To
our great annoyance this has increased the car cost percentage of some of the
tours (especially for single travelers) we’ve been offering so far to up to
70 % - with upward tendency! Moreover, if you want to hire the car for a one-way
trip you’ll have to pay for the empty ride back, too.
The same is true for a car-trip to one of the beach resorts: either you send
the car back and have it come again after your beach holiday (resulting in four
trips) or you let the car wait at the beach - neither one being a cheap option.
Being a tour operators and not a car rental agency, we are no longer willing to
support such cutthroat business and have canceled the respective tours such as
excursions to Mawlamyine or Lashio by saloon car. Bo-Tree is a travel agency,
not a car rental.
Instead, we’d recommend you to go by bus or train even though it might take a
little longer and be a little uncomfortable - but it’ll be an experience
you’ll remember for a long time. However, should you plan a trip by saloon
car nevertheless of course we will help you to find a suitable car. A round
trip by car certainly has its advantages - but it comes at a price… |
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STANDARD PROGRAM |
| Day 01 |
Arrival Yangon (morning or evening); overnight (O/N)
Yuzana Garden Hotel, Yangon |
| Day 02 |
Sightseeing (S/S) Shwedagon Pagoda, National Museum, downtown walking
& S/S, Bogyoke Market and various kinds of temples; O/N Yangon
| | Day 03
| Morning Flight to Heho, transfer to Pindaya & visit to cave; O/N
Conqueror Hotel, Pindaya | | Day 04 |
Transfer to Inle, visit markets and have a look at the Lake Inle; O/N
Shwe Inn Thar Resort, Inle | | Day 05
| Morning sightseeing on the lake, after lunch continue to Heho airport and fly to Mandalay, O/N
Mandalay Swan Hotel, Mandalay |
| Day 06
| Mandalay sightseeing:
Morning excursion to Mingun, return to Mandalay and see Golden Monastery, Kuthodaw
Pagoda and Mahamuni Pagoda. Continue to Amarapura to see beautiful sunset at
U-Bein Bridge. Return to Mandalay, O/N | | Day 07
| Transfer by boat on the Ayeyarwaddy River to Bagan (whole day); O/N
Gaday Aung Hotel, Bagan (optional: Transfer to Bagan by flight or by
overland journey (supplement)) |
| Day 08
| Full day S/S in Bagan; O/N Bagan
|
| Day 09
| Morning S/S in Bagan and transfer to Yangon; O/N
Yuzana Garden Hotel, Yangon
| | Day 10
| Leisure
in Yangon; evening departure to Bangkok |
| Price
per person in double room (Dbl)
|
| 1
pers. |
2
pers. |
3-6
pers. |
7-10
pers. |
Extra
single
(X'sgl) |
| US$
1,380.- |
US$
897.- |
US$
877.- |
US$
692.- |
+
US$ 132.- |
| For more than 15 pax we offer one person FOC |
|
Included:
Overnight with breakfast in middle-class hotels (usually with air-conditioning
and bathroom), transport in buses, mini buses (vans) or cars (please kindly
note that we usually reserve two seats per client on buses in order to give you more space to
breathe...), flights with the
private airline Air Mandalay or Yangon Airways, boat (we'll usually use the public ferry "Shwe Keinnaryi" for the boat trip to Bagan. For groups with more than 21 participants we might charter an extra vessel.), local
English- or German-speaking guide, dinner in local restaurants.
Not included: Lunch, international airport tax in
Yangon, entrance fees - we let you choose which sights you would like to visit.
You should consider entrance fees of altogether app. US$ 45.- for all
important sites.
To our standard program you can add the following program modules (optional):
EXTENSION PROGRAMS
(Choice or connection programs) |
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I.) Golden Rock (2 days) |
| Day 01 |
4-hour-morning transfer to base camp (Kinpun Sakhan), from there
continue by lorry to "Yathe Taung" car park and walk up 1 hour to the Golden
Rock. O/N Mountain Top lodge (app. 10 minutes from the Golden
Rock) |
| Day 02 |
Return journey to Yangon, lunch at Bago, after lunch visit program in Bago (Shwemawdaw, Shwethalyaung,
Kyaikpun) |
| Price per person in Dbl
|
| 1
pers. |
2
pers. |
3-6
pers. |
7-10
pers. |
X'sgl |
| US$
385.- |
US$
193.- |
US$
148.- |
US$
127.- |
+
US$ 26.- |
| Please
kindly note kindly that car rental fees have skyrocketed in Myanmar lately; therefore we have some steep increases in tours that involve long car rides! |
|
II.) Sittwe & Mrauk U
(5 days) |
| Day 01 |
Flight Yangon -
Sittwe, transfer to port, journey to Mrauk U by boat; ,O/N
Nawarat Hotel, Mrauk U
|
| Day 02 |
Full-day program in Mrauk U; O/N Mrauk U | | Day 03
| Journey from Mrauk U to Vesali & Dhanyavati; O/N Mrauk U
| | Day 04 |
Return to Sittwe by boat; O/N
Shwe Thazin Hotel, Sittwe | | Day 05
|
Visit Sittwe, after lunch flight to Yangon; O/N
Yuzana Garden Hotel, Yangon
|
| Price
per person in Dbl
|
| 1
pers. |
2
pers. |
3-6
pers. |
7-10
pers. |
X'sgl |
| US$
906.- |
US$
758.- |
US$
553.- |
US$
462.- |
+
US$ 79.- |
|
III.) Mandalay - Monywa - Mandalay (2
days) |
| Day 01 |
Drive from Mandalay to Amarapura, S/S, lunch in Sagaing,
continue to Monywa; O/N Win Unity Hotel, Monywa |
| Day 02 |
Cross the Chindwin River to Hpowindaung Caves, S/S, return to
Monywa, lunch, continue to Thanboddhaye Pagoda S/S, return to Mandalay; O/N Swan
Hotel, Mandalay |
| Price
per person in Dbl
|
| 1
pers. |
2
pers. |
3-6
pers. |
7-10
pers. |
X'sgl |
| US$
298.- |
US$
169.- |
US$
1534.- |
US$
122.- |
+
US$ 29.- |
|
IV.) Excursion Pyin U Lwin (2 days) |
| Day 01 |
Drive from Mandalay to Pyin U Lwin by car, Pyin U Lwin S/S (Beitshinmyaung caves, BE Falls, Botanical
Garden); O/N hiri Myaing (formerly Candacraig) Hotel, Pyin U Lwin |
| Day 02 |
Further S/S around Pyin U Lwin, afternoon return to Mandalay;
O/N Swan Hotel, Mandalay |
| Price
per person in Dbl
|
| 1
pers. |
2
pers. |
3-6
pers. |
7-10
pers. |
X'sgl |
| US$
267.- |
US$
154.- |
US$
147.- |
US$
110.- |
+
US$ 35.- |
|
V.) Kengtung (Kyaingtong) & environs (5 days) |
| Day 01 |
Flight
Yangon - Kengtung, S/S in Kengtung; O/N Old Kyaingtong Hotel, Kengtung |
| Day 02 |
Hilltribe
trekking aorund Kengtung; O/N Kengtung | | Day 03
| Excursion
to Loimwe; O/N Kengtung
| | Day 04 |
Excursion
to Loi village, O/N Kengtung
| | Day 05
| Return to
Yangon or other destinations |
| Kengtung excursions may be connected with excursions into
China’s Yunnan province, for example to Xishuangbanna, Kunming,
etc., depending on approval of local authorities. As the roads are rather rough around Kyaingtong we've quoted for
four-wheel-drive cars and vans; buses are not easily available. |
| Price
per person in Dbl
|
| 1
pers. |
2
pers. |
3-6
pers. |
7-10
pers. |
X'sgl |
| US$
977.- |
US$
661.- |
US$
573.- |
US$
498.- |
+
US$ 79.- |
|
VI.) Lake Inle sightseeing & trekking (6 days) |
| Day 01 |
Flight Yangon - Heho, transfer to Kalaw, half day trekking near Kalaw;
O/N Pine Hill Resort, Kalaw |
| Day 02 |
Drive to Pindaya, S/S Pindaya Caves, O/N
Conqueror Hotel, Pindaya | | Day 03
| Full-day trekking tour around Pindaya
(Danu and Palaung villages); O/N
Conqueror Hotel, Pindaya | | Day 04 |
Drive to Lake Inle, S/S on the
lake; O/N
Shwe Inn Thar Resort, Inle | | Day 05
| Full-day sightseeing including excursion to rarely visited Katku
Pagodas; O/N
Shwe Inn Thar Resort, Inle |
| Day 06
| Visit tribal markets and continue to Heho, afternoon flight to
Yangon; O/N Yuzana Garden Hotel, Yangon |
| Price
per person in Dbl
|
| 1
pers. |
2
pers. |
3-6
pers. |
7-10
pers. |
X'sgl |
| US$
1,093.- |
US$
721.- |
US$
644.- |
US$
604.- |
+
US$ 129.- |
|
VII.) Beach Holiday Ngapali (4 days) |
| Day 01 |
Flight Yangon - Thandwe, transfer to
Ngapali; O/N Linn Thar Oo Lodge |
| Day 02 |
Beach holiday Ngapali;
O/N Linn Thar Oo Lodge | | Day 03
| Same program as day 02; O/N
Linn Thar Oo Lodge | | Day 04 |
Afternoon flight Thandwe - Yangon; O/N
Yuzana Garden Hotel, Yangon |
| Price
per person in Dbl
|
| 1
pers. |
2
pers. |
3-6
pers. |
7-10
pers. |
X'sgl |
| US$
285.- |
US$
262.- |
US$
262.- |
US$
262.- |
+
US$ 69.- |
|
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