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Itinerary:
Day 01: Yangon arrival & visit
Day 02: Yangon -Kyaikhtiyo(Golden Rock)
Day 03: Kyaikhtiyo-Bago-Yangon
Detailed program:
Day 01: Yangon arrival & visit
Meet on arrival at Yangon International Airport .
Today's sightseeing tour includes the gilded SULE PAGODA, dating back over 2,000 years, BOGYOKE (SCOTT’S) MARKET (closed on Monday and public holiday) with hundreds of stores and a visit of a gems shop. The tour continues to CHAUK HTAT GYI, a huge reclining Buddha image followed by a photo stop made at KARAWEIK HALL, a royal floating barge.
An extended visit to 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.
Overnight in Yangon. (no meal)
Day 02: Yangon -Kyaikhtiyo(Golden Rock)
Leaving Yangon in the morning enjoy a scenic journey by road to Kyaikhtiyo,190 km to the east. Late morning ,arrive at Kyaikhtiyo base camp and transfer to the transit junction with one of the small open trucks in a 1-hour ride . One of Myanmar's great pilgrimage sites is the Golden Rock at Kyaikhtiyo, a huge boulder covered by gold leaf and delicately balanced on the edge of a cliff. The pagoda at the Golden Rock is said to hold a hair of the Buddha.Overnight in kyaikhtiyo.(Breakfast)
Day 03: Kyaikhtiyo-Bago-Yangon
Afterbreakfast, Continue by road for 110 km to Bago , an ancient capital dating back to the 6 the century,Sightseeing in Bago includes the beautiful 55 meter long reclining Buddha called Shwethalyaung and the Mon style Shwemawdaw Pagoda, One of the most venerated in myanmar.Its spire stands 114 m high and is taller even than the Shwedagon Pagoda .Visit also the huge 4 sitting Buddha's "Kyaikpun" .Return by road to Yangon,visiting the Allide War Cemetery near Htaukyan, the final resting place for over 27,000 allied soldiers,and also visit a local woven bamboo factory.Transfer to Yangon International Airport for departure.
