Cruise along the river

          Package Tours and F.I.Ts are allowed to cruise along the Ayeyarwaddy River for

Mandalay-Bamaw-Mandalay  Mandalay-Bagan-Nyaung U-Mandalay  Yangon-Mandalay-Yangon  Deltaic areas and  Mawlamyaing-Pa An-Mawlamyaing.

                
Restricted Areas

Authorized Travels and Tours Companies arranging Package Tours to Mogoke must contact and arrange through the Union of Myanmar Economic Holding Ltd.
Myanmar Travels and Tours of the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism can make its own arrangements for its Package Tourist to Mogoke.
Tours to Hpakant is not allowed.
International tourists and foreign visitors are not allowed to tour round in any areas of Chin State and Kayah State.

International tourists and foreigners coming in through the Border checkpoints with Border Pass are allowed to travel to the areas mentioned below:

Northern Shan State

Visitors from China with Border Pass are allowed to enter through Muse. Namkhm, Kyu Koke and Kun Lone checkpoints and then proceed up to Lashio by car.
Visitors coming in with Border pass through Lwe-je checkpoint are allowed to proceed on to Bamaw Township as Package Tours being arrangemened by authorized Travels and Tours Companies.

Southern Shan State

Visitors entering from Thailand with Border Pass are allowed to Tachilek.
Visitors entering through Wun Pone with Border Pass are allowed to travel as far as Tachilek.
For the time being, visitors entering through Mai Lar with Border Pass are not allowed to Kyaing Tone. Consideration will be given in the future.
Visitors with Border Pass to Tachilek via Kyaing Tone are not allowed. Consideration will be given in the future.

          International Tourists and foreign visitors with valid visas entering through the Border checkpoints are allowed to the areas mentioned below.
Package Tours with valid visas; arranged by the authorized Travels and Tours Companies are allowed to enter through Muse, Namkham, Kyu Koke and Kun Lone checkpoints and proceed on to Mandalay and Yangon via Lashio either by air, road, or rail.
Package Tours with valid visas; arranged by the authorized Travels and Tours Companies are allowed to enter through Lwe-je checkpoint and proceed on to Mandalay and Yangon via Bamaw either by air or water.

          Travel to certain areas of Myanmar is restricted. The list below gives an indication of where foreigners may and may not go:

Yangon and environs	Sagaing	Bagan and environs	Pyay
Thanlyin	Mingun	Mount Popa	Shwedaung
Twante	Maymyo	Meiktila	Taunggu
Bago	Monywa	Thazi	Pakokku
Mandalay and environs	Kyaukse	Inle Lake and environs	Magwe
Amarapura	Kalaw	Taungyi
Innwa	Pindaya	Heho

Mawlamyaing and environs	Pathein	Thantwe	Sittwe
Kyaiktiyo	Chaungtha	Ngapali	Myohaung

Kyaing Tong	Loikaw	Bamaw	Myeik and the Archaeological Sites
Lashio	Hinthada	Putao
Mogoke	Mykikyina	Dawei and environs