Ngapali and Ngve Saung are long, many kilometers of white sandy beaches, the blue depth of the warm sea, which, with moonlight, sparkles with silver because of the plankton, excellent hotels, calm and nerazoylivye locals who sell fresh seafood at a reasonable price, handicrafts from natural stones and real pearls. But which beach is better to choose for recreation - Ngve-Saung or Ngapali?
Climate
The summer in Myanmar begins in March and ends in mid-May. The average air temperature during the day is around +40, and in the summer sand storms occur. Another note that in the middle of spring on the beaches invasion of sharks and rays. Immediately after the summer, the rainy season begins, which ends near the end of October, so if you are not afraid of tropical downpours after lunch - this is your season for beach holidays and excursions , but keep in mind that most hotels at this time of year are closed. At the end of October, the cold season begins, which ends more closely in the summer. Sunny weather, but there is no heat and there are no tropical showers, the average daytime temperature is +24 degrees.
Resort Features
In Ngapali, we recommend that you watch the Silk Balloon Festival, which locals launch in the moonlight, go to the delta of the Irrawaddy River to a small island where you can have a romantic picnic. This resort has more developed infrastructure, there are many bars and retail outlets of local residents with sea delicacies and handmade souvenirs . Plus, Ngapali is considered to be an access to good fish restaurants, where freshly prepared sea inhabitants are cooked, one of such is the restaurant of national cuisine "PVI" on a bulk island with a beautiful panorama of the sea and the bay, one minus - high prices for housing. Please note that at 21-00 all restaurants, cafes and bars are closed, but if you come to a family beach holiday, then peace and quiet is what you need. By the way, the children will be interested in watching the crabs that were carried by the sea, they create bizarre patterns on the sand, and parents will be useful to visit massage tents right on the beach.
There are no discos in Ngve Saung, but tennis courts are available for entertainment and sports, there is a rental of equipment for swimming and diving, renting bicycles and boats for excursions to the nearest settlements, so choose a hotel near the village, where you can buy alcohol and food in evening time. To the north of Ngve-Saung is a village where there is a market with souvenirs and gifts, a tourist center, a bus station and a cafe, people live in the village only during the holiday season. An hour away from the beach there is an "Elephant Camp", where you can see the bathing and training of elephants, and for a fee to ride them. The resort has a very bad signal of mobile communication, somewhere 1-2 divisions, in addition, the resort is not connected to the government line of electricity, so the hotels have generators and electricity is included on schedule, but rest does not interfere.
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Where to live?
The best choice for accommodation is a small bungalow on the beach, there are also hotels with different levels of service, from cheap motels to luxury five-star hotels with golf courses. In Ngve Saung, tourists will find hotels such as Ngwe Saung Yacht Club & Resort, Bay of Bengal Resort-Ngwe Saung, Ocean Blue Beach Hotel, Eskala Hotels and Resorts, where prices for accommodation start from $ 80 per night, and in Ngapali tourists like the Amazing Ngapali Resort and Hilton Ngapali Resort and Spa, where prices start from $ 100 per night. All Ngapali hotels have a free transfer from the airport , so tourists do not have to worry about how to get to the hotel.
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How to get to the beaches?
Before Ngapali from Yangon, a shuttle bus runs through the mountain range and the interesting city of Pi (5 hours drive), and by car from Bagan it takes about 14 hours. The bus from Yangon to Ngve-Saung travels for 6 hours, but please note that it only goes during the holiday season, i.e. from October to May. From Pathina the road will take 1,5 hours, in addition, from the resort of Chaunghtha you can swim by boat for 1.5 hours.
Whatever resort for a beach holiday in Myanmar you have not chosen, you are guaranteed pleasant memories and only positive emotions.