BREAKING NEWS:

From 1st of September 2010, till further notice, visa on arrival is not available anymore.
Therefore you have to apply as soon as possible for a Myanmar visa at the nearest Myanmar Embassy.

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LATEST NEWS

NEW AIRLINE CONNECTION:

TAIPEI – YANGON:
For Myanmar travelers there is a new, attractive journey possibility. Instead of flying via Bangkok or Singapore you can fly now with China Airlines via Taiwan to Yangon. The distance between Frankfurt and Yangon is served at present four times per week via Taipei. Comfortable jumbo jets are used for the long distance from Frankfurt to Taipei and modern machines of the type Embraer E90 serve the distance from Taipei to Yangon. China Airlines founded in 1959 has an extensive air fleet from modern machines, whose average age is only six years.

CHIANG MAI – YANGON:
Air Bagan announced a new service from Yangon to Chiang Mai, with the first flight taking off on January 7, 2010. The planned schedule from 07.01.10 – 29.04.10 has flights two times, on Thursday and Sunday. Modern machines of the type Airbus A310 are used for the distance between Yangon and Chiang Mai. The Airbus A310 is a twin-jet large-capacity aircraft of the European aircraft manufacturer airbus. This concerns a shortened and further developed variant of the airbus A300 and is conceived for medium- to long-range.

HANOI – YANGON – HANOI:
Since 2 March 2010 Vietnam Airlines is flying four times a week to Yangon.

Myanmar travelers can fly now from Frankfurt via Hanoi to Yangon, stop in Hanoi for a few days or even for a longer stay in Vietnam.

For an updated flight schedule, please click here.

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MONEY:

Since 01.10.09 there are also 5000 Kyat notes (this is based on the current exchange rate approx. US$ 4,76) in circulation.

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ADMISSION FEES:

The entrance fee for the Mandalay zone (Mandalay, Ava & Amarapura) was increased from US$ 10,-- to US$ 15,-- per person. We assume that the entrance fee for Bagan and other places will increase in the next days as well. For Bagan the entrance fee could go up from US$ 10,-- to US$ 20,-- per person. As soon as this is official, we will publish also a revised list with the new entrance fees.

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ONE TIME GSM PREPAID CARD:

Since December 2008 also Pre Paid Sim cards are available for mobile telephones in Myanmar. The Pri Paid Sim cards are available for US$ 10 and US$ 20, has then according to assets a value of US$ 10 or US$ 20.
Local calls are charged with US$ 0,3 per minute, international calls with US$ 1,5 per minute (for all countries) and incoming calls with US$ 0.05 per minute.
To send SMS messages to foreign countries (for example Germany) is not possible.
SMS
The GSM prepaid cards are valid for 30 days after activation and available. Mobile shop and also at the City Marts are selling the US$ 20 Pri Paid Sim Card for a price between US$ 27 and US$ 30.

Please note that the mobile network does NOT include Ngapali.

Please click here for an updated list of all places with a mobile network:

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RIVER CRUISES BETWEEN MANDALAY AND BAGAN:

With the Pandaw II and Pandaw IV:
The Irrawaddy Flotilla company will not offer short river cruises between Mandalay and Bagan for 2009/2010. The long river cruises on the Chindwin river and to Bhamo are also further accomplished.

Please find more information on the long river cruises under:
http://www.travel-myanmar.net/myanmar-river-cruise.htm

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EXPRESSBOOT FROM MANDALAY TO BAGAN:

Shwe Keinnery oder Zin Yaw:
The Shwe Keinnery boats will operate daily between Mandalay and Bagan from 01.11.11 – 31.03.11.

Malikha River Cruise:

Has no fixed departure days for the season 2010/2011. They adjust the schedule according to the booking situation.
For an updated schedule (December 2011), please click here.
For an updated schedule (January 2012), please click here.

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