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Excursion to Ancient Capital Bago - Full Day

Visit the city of Bago on this tour from Yangon with a local guide. Bago was the capital of the Mon Kingdom in the 15th Century. Bago is home to religious and cultural landmarks such as Shwemawdaw Pagoda, Kyakhat Wine Monastery, the reclining Shwe Tha Lyaung Buddha, Kyaikpun Pagoda and the Allied War Cemetery. Enjoy the quiet and peaceful area of Bago and study the local lifestyle of people.

Remark: This tour is just an example and can be customized to your preferences.

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Itinerary

Full Day

Meet your guide at your hotel

After breakfast, drive to BAGO (80 km - 1 ½ hours). Sightseeing starts with the charming and characteristic monastery of Kya Khet Waii, an eminent teaching center for hundreds of monks from neighboring regions to study Buddhism. You will have ample time to observe when the monks walk mindfully in procession for their last meal of the day. Continue to a thousand years old SHWEMAWDAW PAGODA with its spire taller than the SHWEDAGON PAGODA, and HINTHAR HILL. After lunch, stroll through BAGO MARKET, and visits with the 55-meter long reclining SHWE THA LYAUNG Buddha, which is among one of the country's most impressive images as well as the four giant Buddha images at KYAIK PUN PAGODA. After visiting a 'Mon' weaving and handicraft village producing woven bamboo wares continue to Yangon. Stop en-route by an Allied War Graves cemetery near HTAUK KYAN and a "Nat" tree shrine.

Overnight stay in Yangon.

What's include

  • Sightseeing with English speaking station guide
  • Transportation by air-conditioned vehicle with driver

Note: Itinerary is subject to changes depending road conditions.