DAY |
ITINERARY |
1 |
Yangon – Golden Rock (By car) (-/-/-) |
2 |
Golden Rock – Bago – Yangon (By car) (B/-/-) |
Our professional guide will pick you up from your hotel located and drive to Kyaikhtiyo Kin Pun (base camp), which situates (~ 5 hours) North- East of Yangon.
Kyaiktiyo Pagoda, also known as Golden Rock, is a well-known Buddhist pilgrimage site in Mon State, Burma. It is a small pagoda (7.3 metres (24 ft)) built on the top of a granite boulder covered with gold leaves pasted on by its male devotees.According to legend, the Golden Rock itself is precariously perched on a strand of the Buddha’s hair. The balancing rock seems to defy gravity, as it perpetually appears to be on the verge of rolling down the hill. The rock and the pagoda are at the top of Mt. Kyaiktiyo. Another legend states that a Buddhist priest impressed the celestial king with his asceticism and the celestial king used his supernatural powers to carry the rock to its current place, specifically choosing the rock as the resemblance to the monks head. It is the third most important Buddhist pilgrimage site in Burma after the Shwedagon Pagoda and the Mahamuni Pagoda.
At Kin Pun base camp ride a public transportation open truck that will lead you to the Yathe Hill.
From Yathe hill, you will take a cable car to the upper staging point. Watch the beautiful scenery from the Golden Rock precinct for daybreak.
Visit Golden Rock pagoda & surrounding mountains nearby such as hunter mountain.
After that, climb down to the Kimpun base camp.
Meals : Lunch and Dinner are your own cost.
Overnight at Kimpun base camp.
After the breakfast at hotel, take excursion to the ancient capital Bago (formerly known as Pegu), 80 kilometers northeast of Yangon.
Visit the Shwetharhlaung Pagoda, with its giant reclining Buddha, having a history over 1000 years old; the nearby Monastic Education Center; the tour continues to the Shwemawdaw Pagoda, with 114metres the highest pagoda in Myanmar.
Drive back to Yangon.
Meals : Lunch & dinner are your own cost.
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