Chaung Thar Beach
Chaung-tha Beach - only 246 km from Yangon is the nearest beach resort located
in the Ayeyawady Division. Along the 5-hour drive to the beach, one can feast
one's eyes the vast stretches of lush green paddy field. Only 5 hours' drive
from Yangon.
There are bungalow-type hotels overlooking the sea. Ambo Resort Hotel,
Chaung-tha Beach Hotel and Shwe Dove Hotel and guest-hous in the nearby
Chaung-tha village are at your service. Seafoods are fresh and plenty at the
restaurants there.
Enroute to Chaung-tha, one can visit Pathein, the capital to the Ayeyawady
Division, and try Pathein Halawar its speciality. Pathein umbrella is the symbol
of the Division. Reaching the Beach, one can enjoy the salubrious breeze crossin
vest expanses of the sea the horizon. Surfing over the white-crested waves is an
unforgettable experience. Pokala Island and Thebyu Island 5 minute drive by moto-boat
and 20 minute drive by boat respectively boat their beautiful, white sand
beaches. It takes exactly one hour to Ngwe Saung Beach, the latest beach resort
of Myanmar.
