Get going: a new Shangri-La

Sule Shangri-La, Yangon, Myanmar
To all ends of the world, from  Chilean Patagonia to the new frontier of Myanmar, in this week's Sun-Herald travel deals. Closer to home, eat and sleep all things Manfredi on the NSW Central Coast or snap up the Novotel St Kilda's six-bottle special. Enjoy!

GO NOW
MYANMAR
Stay two nights at the newly rebranded Sule Shangri-La, Yangon, and get $40 hotel credit and a one-way airport transfer until July 31. The former Traders Hotel is in walking distance of the 2000-year-old Sule Pagoda. "Celebration packages" from $265 a night, deluxe room. shangri-la.com.

NEW SOUTH WALES
Bushwalk, read, eat at hatted restaurants: stay three nights and pay for just two on an escape to the Central Coast at Bells at Killcare. Includes a Manfredi continental breakfast until June 30. From $700 for the king spa suite for three nights. (02) 4349 7000, bellsatkillcare.com.au.

Novotel St Kilda
GO SOONER
VICTORIA
The Novotel St Kilda's famous "wine and wind down" deal is back: book a standard non-bayview room from $209 a night and get six bottles of wine worth $200. Includes car parking and breakfast. Until December 30, quote "wine and wind down". (03) 9525 5522, novotelstkilda.com.au.

SINGAPORE
Transit passengers on Singapore Airlines and SilkAir passing through Singapore's Changi Airport can get $34 of vouchers to spend in the airport's shops, or to use the Ambassador Transit Lounges in Terminals 2 and 3 for up to six hours. The offer is available until September 30. See singaporeair.com.

GO LATER
CHILE
Book eight nights in two of Abercrombie & Kent's Chilean lodges on Easter Island, in Patagonia and in the Atacama desert, and get two free nights in Santiago's Lastarria Boutique Hotel, worth $1140 a couple, until October 31. From $6484 a person, twin share. 1300 590 317, abercrombiekent.com.au.

Patagonia's Explora Lodge
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Catch a "last seat superdeal" in the Kimberley and save on 15-day trips from June to September. Save $500 on the 15-day 4WD Kimberley Complete tour, $8295 a person twin share including a helicopter ride over Mitchell Falls and cattle station tour. Book by May 31. 1300 196 420, aptouring.com.au.

Tourwatch

ANZAC CENTENARY
Missed out on tickets to the 2015 Gallipoli centenary commemoration? Tempo Holidays' two tours let you watch it on large screens from a ferry offshore. The tour starts in Istanbul and takes in the ruins of Troy and Anzac Cove, Lone Pine Australian Memorial and Chunuk-Bair New Zealand Memorial accompanied by military historians. Departs from Istanbul on April 19, 2015 (eight days) and April 22, 2015 (nine days), from $3700 a person, twin share. 1300 558 987, tempoholidays.com.

CYCLE OF LIFE CAMBODIA & VIETNAM
Combine cycling, culture and kids in a new mountain bike adventure from Angkor to Saigon. The seven-day trip covers an almost flat 275 kilometres, departing Siem Reap monthly from July 19. The journey includes a boat cruise down the Mekong River, visit to Can Tho's floating markets and the support van carries your gear and weary travellers. Best for bike-riding kids from 10 years, with tag-alongs and bike seats available. Costs $1930 for adults, $1544 for kids under 12, (03) 9016 3172, grasshopperadventures.com

This travel deals column by Belinda Jackson is published in Sydney's Sun-Herald newspaper every Sunday.

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