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6 Day Highlights of Myanmar

Yangon - Bago - Golden Rock - Thaton - Mottama (Martaban) - Mawlamyine - Shanpoo Island – Mudon – Setse Beach – Phaan – Yangon

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Arrive Yangon International Airport, welcomed by
Beyond Myanmar representative and tour guide
Check into hotel
Afternoon tour of Yangon –
- Karaweik Hall
- Royal barge ride on the Royal Lake
- Chaukhtatgyi (Reclining Buddha) Pagoda
- City centre with the gilded 2,500 years Sule Pagoda
- Colonial style buildings surrounding Mahabandula Park
- Drive through the narrow streets of China Town
- Short visit to Tao Temple
Shortly before sunset, visit the 107 meters high golden stupa of Shwedagon Pagoda which glitters in the soft light of the early evening
Overnight at hotel in Yangon

Breakfast at your hotel
Drive to Kyaikhtiyo and on the way, stop by Bago for sightseeing
Visit Kyat Khet Wine Monastery, where a thousand monks take their last meal of the day at 10am in total silence
Kanbawza Thardi Palace built by King Bayinnaung
Then continue to Kyaikthiyo (Golden Rock), one of Myanmar’s landmark - famous for its position and religious importance. Kyaikhtiyo the “Golden Rock” a huge boulder completely covered by gold leaf and delicately balanced on the edge of a cliff. To reach the pagoda from Kin Pun, a steep 11km road leads to the upper staging point by an open trunk. Take a light trekking on the summit through bamboo forest
Enjoy the sunset on the hill top
Overnight at the hotel in Kyaikhtiyo

Breakfast at your hotel
In the morning same way back to Kinpun. Then about 2 hours drive to Thaton. Long before rise of Bagan. Thaton was an important center of Mon-civilization, that stretched from the delta of Ayeyarwaddy River to Thailand and Cambodia, the center of co-called Golden Land “Suvannabhmi” from here Buddhism came to Bagan when Thaton was conquered by King Anawratha, the founder of Bagan dynasty in 1057
Visit the golden Pagoda Shwe Zayan, was built during the early Mon area, famous Standing Buddha shows similarity with Dvaravati-period Buddha in central Thailand
Continue the drive through beautiful landscapes further south to Mottama (Martaban), where Thanlwin River empties into the Gulf of Martaban. Aboard a double – Decker passenger ferry you will cross the river towards Moulmein, now Mawlamyine, served as capital of British Burma from1827 to 1852. Many colonial style buildings create the atmosphere of a by-gone era and many Buddhist stupas crown the top of hill around the tropical town
Overnight at hotel in Mawlamyine

Breakfast at your hotel
Start the day with a city tour
Then an excursion by boat to picturesque Shampoo Island
In the afternoon, drive to Mudon, where you will see a 160 meters long Reclining Buddha under construction
Visit Setse Beach
Return to Mawlamyine in late afternoon
Overnight at hotel in Mawlamyine

Breakfast at your hotel
Drive back to Yangon
Cross the Thanlwin River (Salween) using the new bridge close to Phaan
Arrive to Bago
Sightseeing includes the tallest golden pagoda of the country, a huge Reclining Buddha and Kaikpun pagoda with its four sitting Buddha’s facing the cardinal corners of Earth
Arrive in Yangon
Overnight at hotel in Yangon

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