Wonder of Kyaikhtiyo (Golden Rock)
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Tour Title
Wonder of Kyaikhtiyo
Tour Code
GTT-GR
Tour Route
YANGON-BAGO-GOLDEN ROCK-YANGON
Tour Duration
2DAYS/1NIGHT
Tour Available
available
Day 1- Yangon – Kyaikhtiyo (Golden Rock)
Driver will pick you up hotel and early morning, drive out of Yangon to the small town of Kyaikto and on to the 'base camp' of Kinpun. In the afternoon, take a local truck/bus up a bumpy track about half way up the mountain. (Private trucks are available at extra costs – please ask your driver to arrange). From here, walk up the path which climbs steeply to the legendary 'Golden Rock'. (The climb takes around 1 hour and those unwilling, or not fit enough to walk can hire four porters to carry them in a sedan chair). The climb offers magnificent views over the surrounding countryside and the opportunity to make friends with the many local people who make the pilgrimage to Kyaiktiyo. The incredible 'Golden Rock' sits precariously on top of the mountain, and is said to balance thanks to a precisely placed hair of Buddha. Weather permitting, sunset views from Mount Kyaiktiyo are amazing. Accommodation at hotel, Kyaikhtiyo.
Day 2 - Golden Rock – Bago – Yangon
Breakfast at hotel and walk down the mountain and return by truck to your car/minibus, or alternatively walk all the way down to the base camp at Kinpun. Drive back to Bago and visit Shwemawdaw Pagoda, which has a stupa inlaid with diamonds and is Bago's golden landmark. See Shwethalyaung Buddha, which dates from 994 and is revered throughout Myanmar as the most beautiful Reclining Buddha. Just outside Bago, visit Kyaikpun Pagoda with four 30-meter high Buddha figures seated back to back. An optional visit is included on the way back to Yangon at the British War Cemetery near Htauk Kyan. Arrive Yangon in the evening and transfer to your hotel.