Backpacking Myanmar: 10 best places to visit
The most rewarding stops for backpackers in Myanmar, ranked and mapped — and real routes through them, written by travellers who went.
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Bagan
Mandalay
Plain of thousands of temples.
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Inle Lake
Shan
Leg-rowers and stilt villages.
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Yangon
Yangon
Shwedagon and faded grandeur.
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Mandalay
Mandalay
Royal city and U Bein bridge.
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Hpa-An
Kayin
Karst peaks and caves.
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Kalaw
Shan
Trek start to Inle Lake.
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Ngapali Beach
Rakhine
Palm-lined white sand.
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Mrauk U
Rakhine
Remote temple-strewn valley.
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Pyin Oo Lwin
Mandalay
Cool colonial hill station.
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Golden Rock
Mon
Boulder shrine on a cliff.
Backpacking routes through Myanmar
Real trips through Myanmar, drawn on maps by the people who took them.
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