Yangon -
Kyaikhtiyo - Bago - Yangon
Day – 1: Yangon
Meet with our guide on arrival at
the Yangon International
Airport and transfer to the hotel. Today's sightseeing tour
includes the old colonial style city center, the gilded Sule
Pagoda, dating back over 2,000 years and Bogyoke (Scott’s)
Market (closed on Public Holidays & Mondays). Then proceed
to Chauk Htat Gyi, a huge reclining Buddha image, followed
by a photo stop at Karaweik Hall royal floating barge. An
extended visit to the Shwedagon Pagoda, one of the world’s most
spectacular religious monuments will conclude the tour of
this picturesque Garden City. The golden dome of the
Shwedagon
Pagoda rises 98 meters above its base and is covered with 60
tons of pure gold. Accommodation at the hotel, in Yangon.
Day – 2: Yangon - Kyaikhtiyo
Breakfast at
the hotel. Drive to bago (84 km-approximately 2 hours) after
breakfast. On the way you will visit the Allied War
Graves cemetery near Htauk Kyan, a tree shrine dedicated to
the
legendary animist spirits known as "Nats". Then continue to
Kin Pun "base camp" (110 km - approximately 3? hours) and
onward to Kyaiktiyo (the "Golden Rock"), a huge boulder
completely covered by gold leaves and delicately balanced on
the edge of a cliff. From Kin Pun take a local truck up a
bumpy track (45 minutes drive) to arrive to Yathaytaung. From
Yathaytaung travelers must walk the final stage (about 4
kilometers – 45 minutes) up steep paths, which ascend some
500 meters to the Golden Rock. On arrival, watch the beauty
of a sunset at this important pilgrimage site. Accommodation
at the hotel near Kyaikhtiyo.
Day – 3: Kyaikhtiyo - Bago - Yangon
Breakfast at
the hotel. Return to Bago (110 km -
approximately 3? hours). Sightseeing includes the Shwemawdaw
Pagoda, which is over a thousand years old. Its spire is
even taller than the one of Yangon's the Shwedagon Pagoda and
the 55-meter-long reclining Shwethalyaung Buddha image and
Bago Market. Continue to Yangon (84 km – approximately 2
hours). Accommodation at the hotel, in Yangon.
Day – 4: Yangon Departure
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the Yangon
International
Airport for your departure flight.
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