This is very inexpensive compared with Europe. In most places a taxi ride of up to about 10 minutes will cost Kyats 3000 (around £2.30) and longer journeys rarely more than Kyats 5000. The exception is where airports are involved when the cost can go up to Kyats 8000 or 10000 – still only £7-8.
There are no meters so the fare is always quoted and agreed beforehand – and we get the impression that there is one rate for tourists and a much lower rate for locals.
Several times we have taken a car & driver for a whole day – this has cost usually Kyats 40,000 – just over £30. And a licenced guide with reasonable English cost a further $30.
A horse and buggy around Bagan with a driver for a whole day was Kyats 20,000. The driver told us that he didn’t own the buggy – he gave the K20,000 to the owner and received K1500 for his days work – just over £1. That quite shocked us and we gave him a decent tip. And yes, we were cynical enough to consider that that might have been his intention, but we decided on balance to accept what he said at face value.
A tuk-tuk around Hpa-An for a whole day was Kyats 30,000 .
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