Cycle Myanmar (Burma)

Start Yangon.

Fly to Heho and drive to Inle Lake; short ride.

Cycle to Inthein pagodas, then cruise on Inle Lake past craft industries and local markets, and see the famous leg-rowing fishermen.

Ride to minority villages around Inle Lake.

Cycle across Shan Highland to Pindaya; visit Pindaya caves.

Drive and cycle to Mandalay.

Ride to Mingun and return to Mandalay by boat.

Visit U-Bein Bridge; cycle/drive to Monywa; visit cave of a thousand Buddhas.

Drive and cycle to Pakkoku; boat ride on Irrawaddy River to Bagan.

Explore Bagan temple complex by bike.

Cycle to Mt Popa, option to cycle or drive back to Bagan.

*Free morning (optional ride); afternoon flight to Yangon. *

Yangon city tour including the old colonial areas of this former capital.

End Yangon.

In the words of Kipling, 'this is Burma and it is unlike any land you know'. This may be even truer today when we arrive on two wheels in Bagan, one of Asia’s holiest cities, giving you the chance to explore this cultural nerve centre of a country only recently emerging from international isolation. Our route takes us to the tranquil Inle Lake with its famous local markets, the striking countryside of the Shan Highlands and the central plains around Mandalay. The key sites are joined up by some fantastic rural cycling in the more remote areas where tourists are still very much a novelty and villagers will be keen to greet you on your cycling adventure.