Extension & Optional Choice
Day 1:
Yangon -
Kyaikhtiyo
-
Thaton -
Pha-an (270 km - approximately 8 hrs
drive) (B)
 Leave Yangon by car around 8:00 am.
Stop for lunch and refreshment at Sein
Le Tin Restaurant. Proceed to Pha-an via
Thaton. On the way, see Bayin Nyi Lime
stone cave with hot spring. Just before
arriving Pha-an, if time is permitted,
have a look Kawtgoopn cave decorated
with 7th century artwork. Overnight in
Pha-an.
 Day 2:
Pha-an -
Mawlamyine (65 km)
(B)
Breakfast at hotel. Sightseeing at
Pha-an including Zwekabin hill, the
significant natural hill embedded with
1000 Sal trees, Kawkathaung cave in
small wood, Shwe Yin Myaw Pagoda by the
Thanlwin river, bustling jetty and city
market. Afternoon, proceed to Mawlamyine,
the capital of Mon state. Visit
Khayonegu caves that enshrines numerous
Buddha images, stalactites and
stalagmites. In the evening leisure
walking along the strand road by
Thanlwin River. Overnight in Mawlamyine.
 Day 3:
Mawlamyine -
Thanbyuzayat - Kyaikhami -
Setse' Beach. (B)
Breakfast at hotel. Drive to Mudon to
see world’s largest Buddha images.
Continue to Thanbyu Zayat second world
war memorial cemetery. Pay a visit to
Khami Yele Pagoda enshrined with 11 hair
relics of Buddha. Proceed to Set se’
Beach to relax. Return to Mawlamyine.
Via visit to Win Sein World Largent
Reclining Buddha. Late afternoon
sightseeing to Kyaikthanlan Pagoda with
view point, Maha Muni Pagoda and U
Khandi. Overnight at Hotel in Mawlamyine.
 Day 4:
Mawlamyine -
Kyaikhtiyo. (B)
Breakfast at Hotel. Proceed to
Kyaikhtiyo. Visit Kyaikhtiyo, one of
Myanmar’s Landmarks which is famous for
its precarious position and religious
importance: KYAIKHTIYO the ‘Golden
Rock’, a huge boulder completely covered
by gold leaf and delicately balanced on
the edge of a cliff. To reach the pagoda
from KIN PUN a steep 11 km road leads to
the upper staging point by truck. The
upper area must be traveled by foot, at
present, and the walk is approximately 4
km (1 hour) up a steep path and ascends
some 500 m to the GOLDEN ROCK Pagoda
(Golden Rock) Pagoda. Overnight at
Hotel.
 Day 5:
Kyaikhtiyo
-
Bago
-
Yangon.
(B)
After breakfast, return to the
base-camp by open truck and head in the
direction of Yangon for 110km to Bago,
an ancient capital dating back to the
6th century. Sightseeing in Bago
includes the beautiful 55m long
reclining Buddha called Shwethalyaung
and the Mon style Shwemawdaw Pagoda, one
of the most venerated in Myanmar. Its
spire stands 114m high and is taller
even than the Shwedagon Pagoda. Also
visit the old Palace of Kambozathadi and
the huge four sitting Buddhas. Return by
road to Yangon, visiting the Allied War
Cemetery near Htaukkyan, the final
resting place for over 27,000 allied
soldiers, and a local woven bamboo
factory. Transfer back to Yangon.
Overnight in Yangon.
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