Yangon Cycling and Trekking To Golden Rock. The Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda, also called the Golden Rock is one of Burma's most sacred Buddhist sites. A massive boulder on the edge of a cliff with a pagoda on top of it enshrining a hair of the Buddha is a vital pilgrimage site for Burmese Buddhists. The huge Golden Rock in high altitude climates North East of Yangon hanging over a steep cliff provides for an amazing sight. The rock that seems to be gold serves as a granite boulder that is covered with gold leaf applied to the rock by Buddhist devotees.
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Day 1: Yangon-Bago-Kyaik Hto-Kyaik Hti Yo (Trekking 7 hours!) ( L, D)
8:00 Am our Myanmar cycling tours team will collect you your hotel, our truck loaded with all the bikes will pick you up to begin the flavor of some adventure. It takes approximately 4 hours to succeed in the Kinpun Base Camp in which you start your hiking about the Golden Rock. En route, the Ancient Capital of Second Myanmar Dynasty, Hantharwaddy, or Bago presently named. That can be done the sight-seeing at Bago on how back. Upon arrival, leave your bikes and equipment at the resort, Golden Sunrise.
Start your hiking approximately the summit of Golden Rock, approximately 7 hours around the summit of Golden Rock, Paung Laung mountain measuring 1000 meters above sea-level. The length from Kinpun Base camp to Golden Rock is 8 miles. A huge number of pilgrims is normally the fellows that are also doing trekking and hiking towards Golden Rock to recieve more merits compared to those going up by open truck. The views and sceneries on how up to # 1 make your tiredness relieved. You normally takes a rest every once in awhile at the others houses up up.
Upon arrival, check-in at your hotel and you can check out Golden Rock from the hotel at dusk or at night.
Overnight at Golden Rock.
Day 2: Kyaik Htiyo-Kyaik Hto-Kyaik Htee Saung (Cycling for 4-5 hours + Trekking to Kaylatha Hill 2. 5 hours) ( B , L , D)
Day, after breakfast (you may check out Golden Rock again in the early morning if you would like!!), walk because of Hermit Hill to accept open truck ascending to Kinpun Base Camp where your mountain bikes are waiting that you can taste your cycling adventure.
Upon arrival at Kinpun base camp, get furnished with the necessities; Helmet, Gloves, Sun Glasses and for that reason on. Start your biking from the base camp to Kyaik Hto town approximately 25 minutes along the High way. In the town, Kyaik Hto, turn towards rice fields to get started the Unspoiled Biking Method to Kyaik Htee Saung Village. The scenes all the way to the Village relax you bit and piece and there is a constant feel tired. Passing through the Mon Villages, you can get through to the foot of Kaylartha Hill (The past and excavations strongly prove that on the other hand in the foot of the hill lies the Thuwuuna Bhumi Kingdom, the Kingdom of your Gold!). You begin your hiking inside the Kaylartha Hill for your awesome views towards the Mataban Sea and Bay.
After a chance to the Famed Kaylartha Hill and the Pagoda which is believed to have a Buddha's hair enshrined, you may walk down on your bikes on the Cycling Route to go forward to Kyaik Htee Saung Village.
Kyaik Htee Saung village is incredibly famous due to its monk who's thought to obtain the last stage of Nirvana and many a pilgrim visits him daily. Besides that, it's the standard Granite Kingdom Wall. You are going to arrive there around nightfall. Experience the photographing on your heart's content up to the individuals, villages, and old palace wall.
Then, drive back to your hotel in Kyaik Hto.
Overnight at Golden Sunrise Hotel
Day 3: Kyaik Hto-Bago-Yangon
After breakfast, drive to Kyaik Hto town to visit Kyaik Hto Morning market where one can see a great deal of local foods, seasonal vegetables and fruit, fish and prawns. Walk around out there and take pictures. Talk towards vendors who are quite friendly rather than used to the visits of foreigners. Then, go on to Bago. On how, stop from time to time to accept photo opportunities at some villages. Upon arrival at Bago, visit Shwe Maw Daw pagoda, the largest and tallest Pagoda in Southern Myanmar,Bago Central Market, Shwe Thar Lyaung (Reclining Buddha) which extends back to centuries and which has got the astounding reputation its recovery with the bushes, and lastly before continuing to Yangon, along the way visit Kyaik Pun pagoda with four Giant Buddhas relaxing in back-to-back position. Upon arrival at Yangon, transfer on your hotel for check-in.
(End of Tour Program)
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