Tour Program 3
5 DAYS/ 4 NIGHTS (YANGON-GOLDEN ROCK TOUR)
Day.01 : Yangon
Arrive at Yangon Airport by flight. Welcome by a
tour guide and transfer to Hotel.
Dinner at local restaurant and overnight in Yangon.
Day.02 : Yangon
Breakfast at the Hotel.
Yangon fullday sightseeing to SHWEDAGON PAGODA world famous golden
stupa. The golden dome rises 98 meters above its base and is covered
with 60tons of pure gold. CHAUK HTATKYI PAGODA, a colossal reclining
Buddha. Proceed to BOGYOKE (SCOTT) market, with time to browse among
the hundreds of stalls for souvenir bargain and SULE PAGODA, a
beautiful octagonal golden stupa, dating back over 2,000 years.
Lunch at local restaurant.
Continue sightseeing such as MAHAPASANA CAVE , where sixth Buddhist
synod took place; KABA AYE PAGODA (WORLD PEACE) PAGODA; Glass
Factory, BOTATAUNG PAGODA and NANTHIDA JETTY to see life on the
Yangon river.
Dinner at local restaurant and overnight in Yangon.
Day.03: Yangon - Kyaikhtiyo
Breakfast at the Hotel.
After breakfast, a long excursion by road, 190km east of Yangon, to
KYAIKHTIYO.
Lunch at local restaurant.
After lunch, to see the GOLDEN ROCK, a hue boulder completely
covered by gold leaf and delicately balanced on the edge of a cliff.
Atop the boulder is a gilded pagoda, said to hold a hair of Buddha.
Pilgrims walk the twisting 10km. Footpath through bamboo forests,
but tourists can travel to the rock by small open trucks, taking one
hour.
Dinner at local restaurant and overnight in Kyaikhtiyo.
Day.04 : Kyaikhtiyo - Bago - Yangon
Breakfast at the Hotel.
After breakfast, continue by road 110km to BAGO. An ancient capital
dating back to the 6th century sightseeing includes the SHWEMAWDAW
PAGODA. Over thousand years old, its even taller than SHWEDAGON
PAGODA.
Lunch at local restaurant.
After excursion, return to Yangon.
Dinner at local restaurant and overnight in Yangon.
Day.05 : Yangon
Breakfast at the Hotel.
Leave for airport to take the departure flight.
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