Travel Myanmar tips

For travel Myanmar tips, A visa is required in advance for Myanmar. Tourist visa for Myanmar can be obtained from any Myanmar Embassy or Consulate world-wide. Please see our list of Myanmar Embassies and Consulates in Myanmar. Travelers who plan to arrive via Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore or Hong Kong can sometimes obtain their tourist Myanmar visas within one working day. Myanmar Tourist visa are valid for a stay of up to 28 days (4 weeks Visa). Visa on arrival can be arranged in advance with tour operator from Myanmar for your Myanmar travel.

Passengers departing Myanmar international airport on Myanmar international flights will need to pay a departure tax of US$ 10.00 per person. Make sure that you hold good US$ 10 note they custom accept your money for your Myanmar travel.

Myanmar weather country has three seasons. Winter (Cold Season from October to February with average temperatures 20-24° C but except for some places temperature might change), summer (Hot Season from March to May with average temperatures 30-35° C) and Raining Season (Wet Season from June to September with average temperatures 25-30° C).The ideal time to travel Myanmar is during winter (cold season). However, even during the Raining season, Yangon normally receives morning and afternoon showers while rainfall in Bagan and Mandalay is very low in Myanmar. The weather around Inle Lake and in Shan State is quite pleasant all year round but cold at night from December to February in Myanmar.

Credit Cards are only accepted at a very few major Myanmar hotels like Strand Hotel, Myanmar airlines and some international shops and Myanmar restaurants. Our Myanmar guide suggests bringing a sufficient amount of cash for personal expenses for Myanmar travel. The Myanmar exchange of traveler cheques as well is very difficult and time consuming. Banks in Myanmar are closed on Saturdays, Sundays and all public holidays in Myanmar (Burma).

We recommend Myanmar travel tips to our travelers to bring US Dollar in cash only; you will find larger notes receiving a better rate in Myanmar exchange. Exchange of other foreign currencies such as Euros, Yen and Pounds Sterling are maybe time consuming and difficult in Myanmar. Authorized Myanmar money changer throughout Myanmar country will usually only accept US Dollars. The FEC (Foreign Exchange Currency) used in Myanmar as currency next to the Myanmar local currency Kyat (pronounced "Chat") is equal to the US Dollar and can easily been used for payment of purchases throughout Myanmar country such as Myanmar hotels , restaurant and entrance fee.

Air Bagan, Myanmar Airways, Air Mandalay and Yangon Airways are operated airlines flying throughout Myanmar. There is a 20 Kilo limit for baggage per person and excess baggage fees may be charged in Myanmar. We suggest you leave items not needed upcountry in Yangon and collect them upon your return in Myanmar.

Here is our travel Myanmar tips. Never try to drink tap water. Purified, bottled water is available everywhere in Myanmar. Only Bottled water is readily available and some Myanmar hotels provide complimentary. You can buy bottled water anywhere in Yangon and Big cities in Myanmar.

Every foreigner who come to Myanmar are allow two bottles of liquor, two cartons of cigarettes or 100 cigars and half liter of perfume per person for Myanmar travel. Yangon Myanmar International Airport arrival hall has a selection of duty free shops with a full range of items at a good price in Myanmar.

Our Myanmar travel agency is giving you travel Myanmar tips for Myanmar travel. Please try to arrange your Myanmar travel to coincide with a festival in Myanmar. These unique Myanmar celebrations, such as the annual Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda Festival around Inle Lake offer a perfect chance to visit Myanmar villages and join the Myanmar locals as they celebrate Myanmar festivals throughout the year. Myanmar Water Festival is mid of April and hard to travel during water festival in Myanmar.

Myanmar people are genuinely happy to help foreign visitors and don't expect anything in return. But you can offer them if your Myanmar guide or any other person during your Myanmar travel was especially kind or helpful a tipping from you would be a generous gesture and greatly appreciated.

You don't need inoculations or vaccinations are required unless coming from or passing through an infected area for Myanmar travel. Clients should bring sufficient medication with them if required and should check for updated health recommendations before your visit Myanmar regarding hepatitis, malaria, typhoid, etc.

Your valuables ( jewelry, cameras, electronic equipment, etc.) should be declared on your customs declaration form upon arrival in Myanmar. Receipt of purchase and an export permit voucher for locally bought goods such as gems and jewelry may be required upon departure at Myanmar international airports.

We recommend all clients to obtain the necessary personal baggage, medical and accident insurance before arrival to Myanmar as a travel Myanmar tips. SOS Worldwide alarm center has a Myanmar local representative office in Yangon with a 24 hour on call service for emergency evacuation and medical assistance in Myanmar.

Hand Phones or Mobile Telephones from other countries currently do not operate in Myanmar. Customs will hold your telephone upon arrival and you can collect on your departure.

Any Myanmar hotels in Yangon, Mandalay and Bagan offer 24 hour power (with a generator if needed). In other more Myanmar isolated areas like Kyaingtong, the Shan Hills, Kalaw, Pindaya, Taunggyi, Nyaung Shwe, Nagpli, Ngwesaung, Chaungtha Beach and Inle Lake are generated power may not always be available. Most Myanmar hotel rooms have screens and mosquito nets in Myanmar.

Myanmar Telephones & fax facilities are available in most Myanmar hotels Yangon and Mandalay but charges are quite expensive for oversea. E mail facilities are now available at many Myanmar hotels and Myanmar local businesses in Yangon and Mandalay for your Myanmar travel.

Travelers Cheques may be very time consuming to transact and hard to use in Myanmar. Here is a travel Myanmar tips for you; you must bring the original purchase agreement for the traveler's cheques with you as proof when cashing your cheques in Myanmar.