Myanmar Airways International (MAI), Thai Airways
International (TG), Silk Air, Biman, PIA, Indian Airlines, Royal Brunei, Air China, operate regular flights to
Yangon. Air Mandalay
operates Yangon - Chiangmai - Yangon flights.
By Sea - Cruise Ships call at Yangon Port with Visa on
Arrival being granted on prior arrangement.
By Overland - Overland entry with a
Border Pass is permitted at the following Border Check
Points: Kyukoke, Namkhan and Muse on the Myanmar-Yunnan
(China) border; and Tachileik, Myawaddy and Kawthaung on
the Myanmar-Thai border. Tourists can also cross Myanmar
Indic Border at ......
A valid passport with Entry visa is required for all tourists &
businessmen, applicable at Myanmar Embassies and Consulate General Offices
abroad. Both Tourist Visa & Business Visa are valid for 28 days,
extendible to 14 days for tourists & 3 months for business.
There are
two types of Visa called Visa on Arrival and EVT . We encourage you
to apply Visa on arrival visa .Please see as follows.
VISA ON
ARRIVAL
This Procedure was specially designed for the tourists who
live in the country where there is no Myanmar Embassy. But
now everybody can apply. How does it work: Tourists send
information necessary to Authorized local Travel Company and
that travel company will do all the paperwork in Myanmar.
Then the company will send Approval letter which clients
have to show to airlines and immigration officer when
entering Myanmar. The information of the clients as
follows is necessary:
1.
Clients full name and Passport numbers. 2. Date of issue and place of issue. 3. Date of expire. 4. Father’s name. 5. Date of Birth and place of birth. 6. Occupation. 7. Home address. 8. Nationality. 9. 2 recent photos size photographs. 10. Countries for passport valid.
Visa-on-arrival takes about 10 working days but sometimes it
took 3 days.
EVT
Tourists can apply EVT visa at Myanmar Embassies & Consulates General
offices worldwide. Please refer to our
FAQ for more
information. Please refer to our FAQ for more information.
Yangon International Airport is located 20 km from
downtown Yangon. The Arrival Terminal is located separately from the Departure Terminal
and the Domestic Terminal and simplified procedures ensure that on arrival and departure,
international passengers are processed quickly through immigration and customs.
A Limousine Service Counter is located in the Arrival Hall.
Major hotels provide transfer services; and taxis are also
available. Passengers are advised not to use the services of
touts for taxi.
Tourist information is available at the Arrival Hall of Yangon International Airport;
Head Office in downtown Yangon at 77-91 Sule Pagoda Road (Tel: 95-1-252859); Bagan Office
(Tel:95062-252859); Mandalay Office (Tel: 95-2-60356, 02-60357) at Mandalay Swan
Hotel; Taunggyi Office (Tel: 95-081-21611, 95-081-21302) at Taunggyi Hotel; Kawthaung
Office; Tachileik Office and Muse Office.
Light, casual wear, preferably cotton is suitable all year round. A cardigan or light
jerkin, when visiting northern Myanmar in the cold season and an umbrella during the rainy
season are suggested. Sandals or slippers are convenient, as the dress code for pagodas
and monasteries prescribe decent apparel and no footwear (i.e. removal of shoes and
socks).
Postal Service - The Yangon Central Post Office, located at 39, Bo Aung Kyaw
Street, is open from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm., Monday through Friday. Major hotels provide mail
boxes; and postage stamps are available at the Reception Counters.
Telephone - International phone calls can be made by International Direct
Dialing (IDD) phone or through operators from most hotels in Yangon, and from some hotels
at major tourist sites. Teledensity is 0.95.
Internet-E-mail - Internet & email access is possible at
Cyber Cafes and some hotels.
Cyber Cafes in Myanmar
Newspaper - Three morning newspapers
Myanmar Ah Lin and
Kye
mon in Myanmar and The New Light of Myanmar in English are published in Yangon
and The Yadanabon News in Myanmar is published in Mandalay.
Myanmar
Times Journal (English Version) is distributed every Monday, and
the Myanmar Version is distributed ever Friday. Both journals are
published in Yangon. An evening newspaper City
News Myanmar is published in Yangon. The locally published magazines in English;
Golden Myanmar, Myanmar Chronicle, and
Myanmar Perspective, are available in
bookshops. Foreign newspapers such International Herald Tribune, as Singapore Straits
Times. and some foreign magazines and periodicals are available at In-wa (Ava)
Bookshop, No.232, Sule Pagoda Road.
Reflecting the life style and the daily life of Myanmar people, there are
a few magazines in Myanmar while journals in all form come out.
Some magazines are:
Fashion
Image, Mahaythi, Faces, Digharyu, Idea, Living Color, Lifestyle, and Alinkar.
Some Journals are: Ray of Light (A-lin-tan), Achit, Myanmar Thit, Interview, and Internet
Journal.
Radio -
Radio Myanmar broadcasts English on the following
schedule: 8:30 am to 9:00am 1:30 pm to 2:00 pm; and 9:00 pm to 10:30 pm. The
new City FM broadcasts from
07:00 A.M. to 09:00 P.M. daily.
Television -
There are two
local TV channels: TV Myanmar and Myawaddy
with programs running as follows and most hotels also have satellite TV.
TV Myanmar : (mon - fri)
from 07:00 to 08:45
from 16:00 to over 20:00
(sat - sun)
from 07:00 to 09:00
from 11:00 to 15:00
from 16:00 to over 20:00
Myawaddy : (mon - fri)
from 07:00 to 08:15 A.M
from 04:00 to over 08:00 P.M
from 07:00 to 08:45 A.M
(sat - sun)
from 07:00 to 08:10
from 16:00 to over 20:00
MRTV 3 -
English programs are telecast for viewers in Myanmar
from 9:00 A.M. to 10:00 A.M. The transmission hours for viewers from
abroad are from 13:00 A.M. to 14:00 A.M., 18:00 P.M. to 19:00 P.M., and
from 02:00 A.M. to 04:00 A.M.
The main tourist centres are located at a distance from Yangon, and it is convenient
for visitors to travel by domestic flights. Myanmar Airways, Air Mandalay and Yangon
Airways operate flights of major tourist sites including Mandalay, Bagan, Heho, Thandwe,
Myitkyina, Tachileik and Kawthaung.
Yangon-Mandalay is the main rail link with four express trains running daily between
Yangon and Mandalay. Furnished coaches (Cherry and Padauk) for a group of 4 or 8 persons
are available. From Thazi on the Yangon-Mandalay line, a branch line runs to
Shwenyaung
(the nearest station to Inlay Lake) and to Taunggyi.
From Mandalay, there are rail services to Pyin Oo Lwin, Lashio, Monywa and Bagan. There
is also a rail service from Yangon to Bagan which operate on alternate days.
Most tourist sites are also accessible by road. There are 12 Highway Bus services running
between Yangon and Mandalay using air-conditioned coaches. Travelling time is about 14
hours with brief stop - overs at Taungoo and Pyinmana.
NO.
NAME
OF CAR GATE
TYPES
OF CAR
PLACES TO LEAVE
TIME TO LEAVE
1.
SHWE KABAR
AIR-CON
TAUNGYI
12:30
2.
TAUNG PAW THAR
AIR-CON
TAUNGYI
12:30
3.
YE` THU AUNG
AIR-CON
TAUNGYI
12:30
4.
PYI KHINE
PHYO(SHAN)
AIR-CON
TAUNGYI
12:30
5.
TOE
AIR-CON
MANDALAY
17:30
6
LEO
AIR-CON
MANDALAY
17:30/17:00
7.
NEW MANDALAR HTUN
AIR-CON
MANDALAY
16:30
8.
MANDALAR HTUN
AIR-CON
MANDALAY
16:30
9.
MYAT MANDALAR HTUN
AIR-CON
MANDALAY
6:30 / 17:00
10.
MANN YARZAR
AIR-CON
MANDALAY
17:00
11.
TAUNG PAW THAR
AIR-CON
MANDALAY
17:00
12.
NAN
HTIIKE AG
AIR-CON
MANDALAY
17:00
13.
SEE SEIN SHW
AIR-CON
MANDALAY
16:30
14.
YE` THU AUNG
AIR-CON
MANDALAY
17:00
15.
AUNG KYAW MOE
AIR-CON
MANDALAY
16:00
16.
MANN SHWE PYI
AIR-CON
MANDALAY
17:00
17.
AUNG KYAW MOE
AIR-CON
MONYA
16:00
18.
SHWE TAI AUNG
AIR-CON
SAIGAI
15:30
19.
MAHAR
AIR-CON
MYIN CHAN
16:30
20.
SEIN KABAR
AIR-CON
MYIN CHAN
16:30
21.
MAHAR
AIR-CON
MEIK THI LAR
16:30
22.
HTIKE TAN
AIR-CON
MA GWAY
17:30
23.
HTUN AYAR
AIR-CON
MA GWAY
17:30
24.
BAGAN MINN THAR
AIR-CON
BAGAN / NYAUNG U
15:00
25.
ASIA
AIR-CON
BAGAN / NYAUNG U
15:00
26.
YEE THU AUNG
AIR-CON
BAGAN / NYAUNG U
15:00
27.
ASIA
AIR-CON
TAUNG TWIN GYI
15:00
28.
YOMA
AIR-CON
PYIN MA NAR
6:30 / 18:30
29.
YOMA
AIR-CON
TAUNG NUU
8:30-9:30-19:30-20:30
30.
GAN DA WYNN
AIR-CON
TAUNG NUU
18:30 / 20:30
31.
MYO SAT THIT
AIR-CON
PYAY
6:30/8:30/11:30/12:30/14:30/16:30/18:30
32.
SUN MOON
AIR-CON
PYAY
9:00 / 11:00 / 13:00 / 17:00
33.
SKY LINE
AIR-CON
PYAY
9:30/10:30
34.
YOMA
AIR-CON
PYAY
8:30 / 9:30
35.
ASIA
AIR-CON
PYAY
8:30/ 10:30/ 13:00 / 14:00
36.
ASIA
AIR-CON
AUNG LAN
10:30/ 20:00
37.
YOMA
AIR-CON
MYAN AUNG
7:30 / 10:30 / 19:30 / 20:00
38.
WIN YADANAR
AIR-CON
MYAN AUNG
8:30 / 17:00
29.
YAR ZAR MINN
AIR-CON
MOAT THA MA
20:00
30.
PYIT TAI TAUNG
AIR-CON
MOAT THA MA
20:00/ 20:30
31.
YAUNG NI HTUN
AIR-CON
MOAT THA MA
20:00
32.
YAUNG NI HTUN
AIR-CON
MAW LA MYAING
20:00
33.
YAUNG NI HTUN
AIR-CON
MAW LA MYAING
20:00
34.
AUNG
AIR-CON
MAW LA MYAING
20:00
35.
UNIVERSAL
AIR-CON
MAW LA MYAING
20:00
36.
CHAU MYAY KYAWE
AIR-CON
MAW LA MYAING
20:00
37.
MYAT EAINDARAY
AIR-CON
PHAR AN
20:00
38.
SHWE NAT TAUNG
AIR-CON
PHAR AN
20:00
39.
SHWE CHIN THAT
AIR-CON
PHAR AN
20:00
40.
SHWE KAYIN
AIR-CON
PHAR AN
20:00
41.
PYI AHAR MANN
AIR-CON
PHAR AN
20:00
42.
AUNG SIT THI
AIR-CON
PHAR AN
20:00
43.
MYAT EAINDARAY
AIR-CON
MYA WADDY
20:00
44.
MYAT EAINDARAY
AIR-CON
KAW KA RATE
20:00
45.
CHAN MAYA KYAWE
AIR-CON
KAW KA RATE
20:00
46.
AH SWE TAW
AIR-CON
KAW KA RATE
20:00
47.
YAUNG NI HTUN
AIR-CON
MU DOUNG
20:00
48.
YAUNG NI HTUN
AIR-CON
THAN PHU ZAYAT
20:00
49.
YAUNG NI HTUN
AIR-CON
KYAK KHA ME
20:00
Limousine taxis and mini-buses are available in Yangon
for sightseeing and up country tours.
Myanmar has many rivers and a large delta in which the Inland Water Transport operates a
huge fleet of double and triple-decker boats. There is a regular service between Bhamaw and
Mandalay and between Mandalay and Pyay (Prome) via Bagan.
A journey on Burma’s Irrawaddy River is one of life’s great travel
experiences. No vessel could be more appropriate for this than the
RV
Pandaw. Built in Scotland in 1947, the Pandaw is the same design as
the original Irrawaddy Flotilla Company steamers that coped so well with
the difficult conditions of the Irrawaddy.
"The Road to Mandalay", a luxury boat operated by E & Q Services, sails
from Mandalay to Bagan during the open season. Irrawaddy Princess, a catamaran, operates
between Mandalay and Bagan and is also available for charter to Bhamaw and Pyay (Prome).
The north and western part of the country are very rugged and mountainous. Three parallel
chains of mountain ranges run from north to south. They begin from the eastern extremity of
the Himalaya to Hka-kabo Razi (5881 meters), the highest peakin South-East
Asia. The mountain chains separate the country into three river systems the Ayeyarwaddy,
Sittaung and Than-Lwin.
