Tour Program
Day 1 Yangon-Bago-Kyaikhtio
Today, we excursion to Kyaikhtiyo (185 km, 4 hours drive). Kyaiktiyo Pagoda is a well-known Buddhist pilgrimage site in Mon State, Burma. It is a small pagoda built on the top of a granite boulder covered with gold leaves pasted on by devotees.
En route visit at Bago, Kyaikkhawine Monastery where a thousand monks living in this monastery (We can arrange to donate for lunch to the monks and the Buddhist monks requisites). Buddhist monks, however, eat only two meals a day. The sixth of the ten basic precepts that order monastic life is to abstain from taking “untimely” meal – with “timely” defined as between dawn and noon. So, the last meal of the day, at 11:00 am, is an important one.
The Kanbawzathardi palace of King Bayinnaung is some of the places of interests and then proceed to Kyaikhtiyo. Kyaikhtiyo is a major pilgrimage site for Buddhists.
From the base camp (Kinpun Sakan) take a public open truck ride up to the Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda (45 minutes). This is where you will find the famous “; Golden Rock”;, a huge boulder precariously perched on the edge of a cliff face seemingly defying gravity. It is believed that Buddha’s hair is precisely placed on the Golden Rock stupa thereby keeping its fine balance. Enjoy the panoramic view and walk back from the top of the hill to the hotel.
Day 2 Kyaikhtiyo – Yangon (B)
This morning visit a local market at Kyaikhto or Waw village. Also visit dry fish making village on the way. Afterwards begin your return journey to Yangon.
In Bago, visit Shwetharlyaung Reclining Buddha which has a length of 55 metres (180 ft) and a height of 16 metres (52 ft), is believed to have been built in 994, and Shwe Maw Daw Pagoda at 375 feet (114 m) in height, the Shwemawdaw holds the record for the tallest pagoda in the country although the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon is usually credited as the tallest pagoda in Myanmar (at 98 metres).
Arrive in Yangon, transfer back hotel and relax for the day. Tour ends