Pyay Escape (2 Days/ 1 Night)

Our professional guide will pick you up from your hotel located and drive to Pyay approximately 6 hours.

Pyay is principal town and located on the Irrawaddy River and is 260 km (160 mi) north-west of Yangon. Along the western side of Pyay District are the Arakan Mountains and along the eastern side are the Pegu Range. Pyay District’s main towns are Pyay, Shwedaung, and Paungde. There are Unesco World Heritage Sites and one of the Pyu ancient cities.

Visit the cylinder-shaped Bawbawgyi Pagoda, Payagyi and Payama stupas each with a high conical dome.
Then, visit old city Thirikhitayar of 2000 years and its environs including several pagodas and museum.
Evening visit to the most famous Shwesandaw Pagoda and sunset from there.

Meals : Lunch and dinner are your own cost.
Overnight at hotel in Pyay.

After the breakfast, visit ancient buddha images carved on stone walls of Akauk Mountain.
Akauk Mountain is situated near the bank of Ayeyarwaddy River between the southern most part of Pyay District and northern most part of Hinthata District can be reached by waterway from Pyay.
You take a 2 hours’ drive to Htone Bo – a small town on the other side of Ayeyarwady River where heavy industries of Government located and from where you take a boat to visit amazing numerous Buddha images of different size and posture carved along the cliffs of the riverbank.
After 15mins’ boat ride, you visit to Akauk Taung Mountain). Even though the “mountain” is more like a hill, its face along the side of the river contains a large variety of different sizes and styles of Buddha images (30-50 feet about sea level).
Return back to Pyay.
Then, drive back to Yangon.

Meals : Lunch and dinner are your own cost.