Imagine a four-day rain dance, for more than 50 million people, spread over 676 thousand square kilometers, every year! Welcome to the biggest celebration in Myanmar – Thingyan, the Burmese new year. It is assumed that Water Festival of Myanmar has it’s origins in the harvest celebration of Holi in India.

Trips to Myanmar are unforgettable experiences. Unspoilt and pristine, dotted with thousands of temples and glittering pagodas, colored by its colonial history and characterized by its polite, kindly population, Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) is a unique experience to include in your trip to Asia.

It’s a little-known secret that the best time for a Myanmar trip is November if you want to experience unforgettable local customs! Following a fairly sedate period of alms-giving, the Festival of Lights explodes into the evening sky with an elaborate and fantastical display of pyrotechnics like nothing you’ve ever seen before!

As we travel, we often discover amazing tribal belief systems that shape communities through their wisdom and compassion.