Dhammayazaka Pagoda Tickets and Tours

Faces of Bagan Private Photography Tour

Fantastic photography tour!!

I traveled through SE Asia for 3 1/2 months, and my full day photo tour with Three-Treasures, and its fantastic guide, Thandar Oo, was my favorite activity of my trip! We toured a couple of temples, but at my request focused on local people. Thandar took me to some local villages that Three-Treasures supported, and I was able to photography and meet locals. This was just a fantastic experience, and I highly recommend it to anyone visiting Bagan!!

Bagan Family Tour with Sand Painting Class

Worth every cent - superb

Thank you Thandar (our guide), Ian (founder) and Three Treasures Tours for your exceptional commitment to the people and communities of Bagan. I could list the many wonderful things we did on this 12-hour tour - from the sunrise over the templed landscape, the delicious South Asian samosas and Chinese-style doughnuts for breakfast, the sand-painting (I had no idea what it was either, but all will be explained, and it is both relaxing and fun - and in a temple, no less), a visit to a local farm, a ride in an ox-cart (arranged last minute at our child's request), wandering the sandstone caves of a local monastery, the sunset boat ride down the Irrawaddy river - but in fact the most wonderful aspect of this tour was our guide Thandar and the company she works for. Thandar was flexible and arranged our day so that it unfolded seamlessly. She knew exactly when to share information and when to let our little family explore things for ourselves. Thandar trained in Law and has a million other qualifications to her name, including speaking Japanese (and English), being a social justice advocate, and taking beautiful photographs. Three Treasures Tours was established only a few years ago as a way of strengthening existing engagement with locals, especially in education and agriculture, reflecting Ian's background in permaculture. The depth of these relationships was apparent everywhere we went. Our post-sunrise breakfast, for example, was prepared by a family living adjacent to a quiet and lovely temple we had visited, whose income is supplemented by Three Treasures Tours. You could spend your money on a purely commercial enterprise when you visit Bagan/Myanmar, or you could give something back by choosing to spend you money with organisations like Three Treasures Tour. I definitely recommend the latter - you won't regret it.