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HRT- 019
6 Days / 5 Nights in Myanmar
YANGON-MAWLAMYAING-KYAIKHTIYO-BAGO-YANGON
Day1. YANGON (arrival with evening flight)
You will be arrive Yangon International airport at 19:00 P.M.
Welcome by our tour guide and transfer to hotel .Overnight at
hotel.
Day2. YANGON-MAWLAMYAING
Early morning, drive to Mawlamyaing(appr:7 hours) passing through
Bago, Thathon
(the ancient capitals of Mon Kingdom).Upon arrival, check into
your hotel. After a short break, visit Mawlamyaing, the capital
of Mon State, is located at the bank of Thanlwin River and a good
place for a journey back into British times. Visit Kyaikthanlan
Pagoda, from where you have terrific views over the city and drive
to View Point and take photos. Overnight at Hotel.
Day3. MAWLAMYAING-KYAIKMARAW-MAWLAMYAING
After breakfast, drive to Kyaikami, where Judson, an American
Priest, arrived in 1825, with a nice view of beach and some shopping
at the colorful local "souvenir shop". On the way back,
visit Thanphyuzayat war cemetery, which contains 3771 graves of
Allied POWs who died building the Burma-Siam railway. Come back
to Mawlamyaing and drive another 24km to Kyaikmaraw. Kyaikmaraw
picturesquely located at the river bank of the Ataran River, easily
reached by good road condition. Stroll around the charming town
consists of mostly wooden homes with thatched palm or some covered
with metal. Visit the famous Kyaikmaraw pagoda, built by Queen
Shin Saw Pu in 1455 in the late Mon regional style. Please don't
forget to come back to Mawlamyaing!
Day4. MAWLAMYAING-KYAIKHTIYO
After breakfast, drive to Kyaikhtiyo(appr:4 hours); transfer from
our car to a special open pick-up truck. They will ascend to Hermit
camp passing through the hair-pin curves of the road (appr: 45
min).After 15 minutes walk, you will arrive Golden Rock Hotel
and check into your room. In the afternoon, proceeds your walking
to Golden Rock. On the way, you can see many side street sellers
displaying their local herbal medicine. When you arrive at platform
of Pagoda, you will see hundreds of pilgrims are lighting candles,
incense sticks, worshipping towards the Golden Boulder which stands
at precious position. Enjoy the sunset from the platform and have
a stroll at local shopping centre. Walk back to the hotel and
overnight.
Day 5.KYAIKHTIYO-BAGO-YANGON
After breakfast, descend from Hermit camp with open truck. Transfer
to our car and continue the journey with visiting rubber and cashew
nut plantation. Near Seikphu village, you can visit one of the
monastic education centres with poor students. In the afternoon,
you will arrive at Bago, the last capital of Mon Kingdom with
famous Shwemawdaw pagoda, Hinthagon pagoda (the birth place for
Bago) and Kanbawzathardi Palace complex. You can also visit Bago
local Market, Shwetharhlaung pagoda (reclining Buddha image) and
Kyaik Pon pagoda with four sitting Buddha Images. Before you enter
Yangon, you can visit Htaukkyant War Cemetery with 27000 graveyards,
they died for all free man during World War II. Late afternoon,
drive back to Yangon and overnight at Hotel.
Day6. YANGON (departure with morning or evening flight)
The tour ends with breakfast, and appr: 7:00 am transfer to Yangon
International Airport for your departure.
(OR)
In the morning sightseeing starts with famous Shwe Dagon Pagoda
described by Somerset Maugham: "The Shwedagon rose superb,
glistening with its gold, like a sudden hope in the dark night
of the soul of which the mystics write, glistening against the
fog and smoke of the thriving city". This massive bell-shaped
stupa rises nearly 100 meters above its hill-top surroundings.
Wander through this magnificent structure and its courtyards,
stupa, bells, temples and Buddha images and see religious and
secular visitors from all parts of the globe. Shwedagon has become
the symbol of Myanmar.
And then visit Chaukhtatgyi pagoda (72 m long reclining Buddha
image),Karawaik Hall(designed as a Royal Floating Barge on Royal
Lake) for Kodak moment. In the afternoon, visit Sule pagoda, Mahar
Bandula Park with Independence Monument, City Hall and Scott market.
Then, transfer to international airport and fly back to your home
with evening flight.
Itinerary (for Arrival & Departure Day) is subject to changes
depending on your flight schedules.
 
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