Is it possible to travel through Burma (Myanmar), entering at one border crossing and exiting at another?

4/27/2013 7:12:34 AM

For those who enter from one border and depart from another border point to a different country, it is possible in Tachileik-Mae Sai, Thailand border and Muse-Shwe Li, China border (vice versa).

11/26/2011 4:20:55 PM

The same page on Wikitravel as referenced in Zeocrash’s answer continues:

As of March 2007, travel beyond Kengtung to the rest of Myanmar is not
possible, even with a valid tourist visa

Kengtung is a town several hours by bus from the Thai border. We stayed there for a few days and then took a domestic flight to Inle Lake. You can also fly to Mandalay and Rangoon and continue to the accessible rest of the country from there.

I did meet people in Burma who crossed the border from China but that involved a pseudo tour with a $200 price tag.

I also know someone who left Burma into Thailand overland from Rangoon, but I do not remember which border crossing she used.

I myself entered in Mae Sai and flew out of Rangoon to Chang Mai, which means it is possible to use different crossings when entering and exiting.

If the question is whether you can enter from one country and exit into a third, this seems
possible from China into Thailand as long as you have the required permits to visit usually off-limit areas.

Unless you try super hard and have very good connections it seems not possible to cross the Indian-Burmese border which is what many people including me would love to do.

6/30/2011 2:05:28 PM

it seems that it’s very dificult to enter Burma by land, legally. As for illegally, well burmese prisons aren’t particularly nice.

Hopping across the Thai border into
Myanmar’s border towns is easy, but
crossing into or out of Myanmar proper
by land varies between difficult and
impossible. Visa-free entry is
possible at some border crossings, but
you must then exit Myanmar via the
same border crossing, usually (but not
always) on the same day that you
enter, and fees apply (normally
US$10). All land border crossings into
Myanmar give only restricted access to
the border areas. The only way to
visit locations throughout the
country, is to enter and exit Myanmar
by air.

taken from: wikitravel – entering burma by land

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