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YOU ARE LOOKING AT DIVING IN MYANMAR, EXCEPT THAT YOU CAN’T DIVE HERE, OR AT LEAST NOT FROM HERE! YOU HAVE TO BOOK THE TRIP IN, AND TRAVEL FROM, THAILAND

That’s easy - you cannot dive in Myanmar! Well, at least not from Myanmar itself. Liveaboards run from Phuket, Khoa Lak, & Ranong.

Badly affected by the monsoons, little diving, if any, takes place May till September

VISA

Your liveaboard operator will arrange your visa for you which is normally around US$100 for diving trips,.

However, a normal visa to Myanmar cost little more than US$20! (This is not your liveaboard operator ripping you off, this is what  Myanmar charge)

For live aboard diving at Burma Banks or Myiek Archipelago is it currently necessary to book the trip in Thailand. Contact these dive operators

RANONG

A ONE DIVING

Liveaboards to Similan & Surin islands and the Burma banks. This is as close to Burma as you can get and still be in Thailand!

PATONG

WEST COAST DIVERS

We invite you to come and  look and find out for yourselves why we are the Dive Company with a difference.

WARM WATER DIVERS  

No other dive operator on the island carries such a wide selection of diving equipment.

KHOA LAK

SEA DRAGON

We personally own and operate  all three of our liveaboard boats

GETTING THERE

There are flights into Rangoon, but if you want to dive at the Burma Banks or Myeik Archipelago then, at the moment, these must be booked in Thailand, which is a shame but hopefully common sense will eventually prevail and a trip to Myanmar can include a diving trip!

Incidentally, Myanmar is a great place to visit. It has culture, enough Buddhist temples to satisfy anyone (Bagan), and is very cheap. Well worth a visit despite what some guide books say about it.

"Map & Flag courtesy of www.theodora.com/maps used with permission

Some of the thousands of temples in the Bagan region of Myanmar

The mighty Ayeyarwady river during the dry season where the uncovered banks are used to grow crops

DIVING IN MYANMAR

The name game : Myanmar or Burma

Burma changed it’s name to Myanmar some years ago. It claimed, apparently with some justification, that they have always referred to their country as Myanmar and it was this name that was in all of the treaties drawn up by the British, although the British translations used the name Burma.

MYANMAR  AT  A GLANCE

Details of dive sites

If you are visiting Myanamr then click for some budget accommodation: