Lei Thar Gone Guest House — Hotel in Magway District

It’s hard to find words to accurately describe Lei That Gone and what it offers to you, but here goes. It might take a while to get here but - oh my - it is so worth it to be amazed by the magical views and embraced by the real Myanmar friendliness and hospitality. On top of that you contribute to a very worthy cause.||Eric Trutwein is the founder and manager of this wonderful project where the guest house helps fund their school providing dearly needed education to 130+ poor or orphaned children. Despite Eric’s ailing health, he and his absolutely wonderful staff offer the kindest and most genuine service that anyone could ask for, from dawn to dusk.||The excellent breakfast is served by the patio from 6 AM with the spectacular view towards the river where you enjoy seeing the village below awakening. ||Dinner is served at 7 PM in the restaurant and is a three course dinner with really excellent flavors. If you are lucky the desert is their mango pudding that is absolutely to die for (and we know our mango puddings well;). The price is 8 USD per person and you need to order in the morning (no worries, they will ask) so they can prepared it fresh and in enough amounts.||You can go visits the school that is just a few minutes walk. They also offer various tours including Irrawaddy fishing with local fishermen (the fish caught will be served to you in the evening), motorbike tours to see surrounding temples and monasteries without the hustle and bustle of Bagan. On your own, you can walk down to the farmer villages towards the river or the other side of the hill to Yanang Yaung village itself that has a really fun and busy morning market. If you need transport to or from their guest house, they can arrange that at a fair price. ||The rooms are large, clean and has everything you need, although not luxurious being a guest house. You get refillable water bottles in the room and there are 20 l bottle water stations around the site (yes, it’s safe and you spare the country some plastic waste). Amenities like soap, shampoo, tooth brush are provided. There is also a fridge in the room that you can fill yourself.||We got here by car from Pyay (5 h) and it is about 1.5 h from Saley on the quick route (Saley is about 1 h by car from Bagan). You can also fly into Magway and then it is about 1 h to Lei Thar Gone.||2.5 star according to the hotel ranking but 6 star for the heart, soul and mind. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did! We will for...

We stayed 3 nights as a 4-member family in 2 adjoining rooms in one of the bungalows.||Our stay was one of the highlights of our three week self-organised tour of Myanmar.||The rooms are air-conditioned, clean and comfortable and with screened windows.||||We took the advice of the guesthouse staff and explored the local area: the hand-made brickworks in the Ayeyarwady valley below and the town of Yenangyaung nearby.||It is worthwhile acquainting oneself with the history of the guesthouse, its founder Eric, and the Yerangyaung area as an historical oil producing area. This information is in the reception area.||Eric founded the Light of Love school nearby to provide high quality education to local children. This school is financed by the guesthouse as well as overseas benefactors.||||Breakfast is included and lunch and dinner can be ordered at a very reasonable cost.||Cuisine is European/local and of very high quality.||||Our stay at LTG was a unique opportunity to get up close and personal to Myanmar life, people and landscape, as well as support the education of the local children.||The management, Eric and Therese and staff recruited from the local villages are extremely helpful...

This magical little social enterprise guest house is nestled on a hilltop overlooking the Irrawaddy River. |If you are looking to escape the tourist route but maintain your comforts this is for you. |The local staff are delightful and attentive. The food is plentiful, extremely tasty and well presented. |Breakfast on the terrace was especially lovely with whole meal bread, eggs cooked however you like them, a local bircher muesli and homemade banana butter.|The pool is large and cooling with lounges.|The rooms have aircon and fans or you can open the windows as they have screens. |Quite a few local excursions are on offer and there is even a golf course in the town. |Staying here supports the school next door which is helping 100s of disadvantaged children and the Foundation has many other micro projects which are providing very poor families with opportunities that can change their lives. |It’s two hours from bagan and only about 8,000kyat each way. They can help you to book this or you can always hire a car and driver for about $60US each way. |Great value for money... lovely local village walks or just sit and look...