NEW! Burma: Land of Golden Temples & Floating Gardens (2012)

Rangoon • Bagan • Mandalay • Kalaw • Inle Lake
  • 15 days
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  • $3295
  • $220 per day
    Land Tour Only
  • 16 days
  • from only:
  • $4495
  • $281 per dayIncludes international airfare and government taxes
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Learn how to customize your adventure, or view standard air routing and travel times. The choice is yours with our True Choice program.

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With our True Choice Program, you can choose to stay longer before or after your trip on your own, or combine two adventures to maximize your value. Here are more ways to create the OAT adventure that’s right for you:

  • Choose our standard air routing, or work with us to select the airline and routing you prefer
  • Make your own international flight arrangements directly with the airline, applying frequent flyer miles if available
  • Stay overnight in a connecting city before or after your trip
  • Request to arrive a few days early to get a fresh start on your adventure
  • Choose to “break away” before or after your trip, spending additional days or weeks on your own
  • Extend your adventure with our optional pre- and post-trip extensions
  • Combine your choice of OAT adventures to maximize your value
  • Upgrade to business or premium economy class

The air options listed above will involve an additional fee of $100 per person for confirmed requests (as well as incremental airfare costs based on your specific choice). This service fee will be waived for Inner Circle/Sir Edmund Hillary Club members.

Or, when you make your reservation, you can choose our standard air routing, for which approximate travel times are shown below.

GATEWAY

TRAVEL TIME*

Atlanta, New York (JFK)

23hrs

Baltimore, Boston, Houston, Newark, Philadelphia

25hrs

Chicago, Denver, Phoenix, San Diego

24hrs

Detroit, Los Angeles

21hrs

Minneapolis, San Francisco

20hrs

Portland, OR, Seattle

19hrs

* Estimated total time, including connection and layover. Actual travel time may vary.

The information above reflects approximate flight times from the gateway cities listed to Bangkok, Thailand. Routing is based on availability and subject to change. You will receive your final air itinerary approximately 14 days prior to departure.

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Inspiring new travelers to join the OAT family is a rewarding experience—both for you and your new travelers.

Share your love of travel with others and, for each referral who embarks on an OAT trip, you will earn $100 in CASH or credit. With your 4th referral departing on a 2012 departure, your reward increases to $200 in CASH or credit per person. And once you refer 8 travelers departing in either 2012 or 2013, you'll earn a FREE trip valued up to $4,500 per household—which will bring the total value of your earned rewards up to $5,600.

And you are also passing along savings to your new traveler: We'll instantly deduct $100 off the cost of their reservation when they mention your name and Customer Number while reserving.

To learn more about the benefits of our Vacation Ambassador Referral Program, please call us toll-free at 1-800-955-1925 or click here.

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Optional Tours

Expand your discoveries with our optional tours

Day 4:
 Rangoon: Past & Present $55 per person

This optional discovery includes a visit to Burma's National Museum, a five-story building on Pyay Road that displays the full range of the country’s history, culture, literature, and people. We'll witness the splendid Lion Throne of Burma’s last monarch, King Thibaw, on the ground floor. Then we depart for Rangoon’s busy waterfront, walk along the jetty, and see the local people going about their daily lives. We'll continue to Chinatown, walking along its bustling market and exploring side alleyways while taking in local culture and discovering new surprises at every turn. Our tour concludes with a dinner at a restaurant that features panoramic views of Rangoon at night.

Please Note:The National Museum is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays—on these days travelers will visit the art gallery in the famous Strand Hotel, a colonial historical landmark built in 1896.
Day 6:
 Hot-Air Balloon Ride $310 per person

You’ll want to rise early for the thrill of a hot-air balloon ride and bird’s eye view of the thousands of pagodas scattered along the plain of Bagan. Then, celebrate your flight with a glass of Champagne upon landing.

Please note: This balloon flight is only available during the months of October through March. The tour must be reserved prior to your departure, and requires that you fill out and return a brief medical form. If you have reserved this tour but have not returned your medical form, please contact our Traveler Support Department.
Day 6:
 Mount Popa $55 per person

Get close to a unique Burmese spiritual tradition on this optional tour to Mount Popa, the “Mountain of Flowers.” Our tour takes us to the temple of the nats, perched high on a volcanic outcrop of Mount Popa. To reach the temple, we drive through fertile farmlands growing sugar palms, nuts, sesame, and rice. We pause for an included lunch and a visit to the Medicinal Museum & Plantation to learn about the plants used by the mountain herbalists for cures and as offerings. Then we tour Taung Kalat Temple, home of an extensive collection of nat statues (plus a resident colony of Macaque monkeys). We finish with a walk through a local market before returning to Bagan.