Mt Popa Tickets and Tours

Private Bagan & Mount Popa Tour (2 Days)

Best way to travel around Bagan and Mandalay

At first my friends were only reserved for bagan + mount popa, a 2-day guide option. However, apparently Nway Nway was very good in assisting us to prepare for our trip and found out she can also guide us for 2-day guidance in Mandalay with surrounding areas. The total of 4 days was truly worth the money. Dispite the military and civil aggression in the country, they are actually very welcoming. At first we were kind of worried with the situation but it was apparently very safe. Nway Nway also informed us that it has no issue with traveling in Myanmar especially in Bagan if you have a guide. So, showed us around and good places to see and for photography as well. In Mandalay, there were a lot of ruins due to earthquakes but the history and photo spots are not to he missed with her guidance. Highly recommended.

Mount Popa - Private Day Tour

Perfect

We had a great time. The guide was fantastic. His name was Aung. He had information about everything. I highly recommend him. A true professional

Private Tour Bagan & Mount Popa (2 Days)

Take Min as your guide and visit Myanmar

We went on a tour with Min from Tastes of Bagan and I have never met a more patient and more pleasant travel companion. He organized our airport transfer at Yangon and later picked us up at Mandalay. We went around the town and on to Mandalay hill. The next day we stopped at Mount Popa and continued to Bagan. All these places have a very spiritual vibe about them. Everything so calm and quiet. Heartbreaking to see the old cruise ships beached along the Irrawaddy-River which reminded me of the Nile or the Zambezi. Min knows his field very well - can explain every temple or ritual and still has an eye for his guests needs. Always punctual, he takes care of every wish and detour from the plan just to make his visitors happy. One week around Myanmar is of course way to short. When you look for Myanmar these days you will find travel warnings about health, civil unrest, sanctions, no credit card working, security issues - all of it turned out be utter nonsense. I have never encountered a country where the people were so friendly, timid, open and interested in you personally as a guest. Myanmar is the example where pointless Covid-travel restrictions followed by political sanctions have hurt the poorest of the poorest and made the rich even richer. After 7 years with hardly any foreign guests the tourism sector is almost totally relying on locals. Needless to say, Visa and Mastercard work fine, exchanging dollars is no problem at all and you could get the latest western products (so much for the sanctions). Security personnel at airports or at occasional checkpoints is pretty friendly and forthcoming. Myanmar is Asia how it used to be - unless you prefer Chinese bus groups or overcrowded photo spots. It turned out that I was the photo spot - whenever has a group of monks asked you if they can take a picture with you or practice English? One week around Myanmar is of course way to short. So, we will return soon and visit Kachin and the Shan-Highlands together. Thank you so very much!