Golden Rock Trip

Golden Rock Trip

Category: Myanmar Tours

Duration: 4 days 3 nights

Itinerary: Yangon - Kyaikhitiyo - Bago - Yangon

DAY 01: ARRIVAL YANGON (-/-/-)                                                                                                                

Arrive at Yangon International Airport and welcome by our tour speaking guide. Transfer to hotel for check in.(The official check in time at 14:00 hours). This morning, visit Botathaung Pagoda, located close to Yangon River and said to contain Buddha relics. The tour includes visit the old colonial-style city center with the gilded Sule Pagoda, as a landmark in central Yangon. And visit BogyokeAung San (Scott) Market, is the most popular market (close on every Monday & Public holiday) and where you can buy luxury item, handicrafts, food stuff, clothing, jewelry, fashion and consumer goods.

In the afternoon, visit to Chaukhtatgyi (Reclining Buddha) Pagoda a colossal reclining Buddha. Then visit Karaweik Hall Royal barge on the Royal Lake for photo stop. Enjoy the sunset at Shwedagon Pagoda, famous worldwide - its golden stupa is the 'heart' of Buddhist Myanmar. The Pagoda is believed to be 2,500 years old and the central stupa in surrounded by dozens of intricately decorated buildings and statues. Accommodation at hotel, Yangon.

DAY 02: YANGON – KYAIKHTIYO (GOLDEN ROCK)  (B/-/-)

Breakfast at hotel. This morning drive to Kin Pun "base camp" (192 km – 4 hours) and onward to Kyaikhtiyo (Golden Rock), a huge boulder completely covered by gold leaves and delicately balanced on the edge of a cliff. From Kin Pun, a steep and rough 11-km dirt road leads to the upper staging point, a journey made in open trucks, which can be very crowded. Then take a local truck up a bumpy track about half way up the mountain. (Private trucks are available at extra costs – please ask your guide to arrange). From the "upper area", travelers must walk the final stage (about 4 kilometers – 45 minutes) up steep paths, which ascend some 500 meters to the Golden Rock. As four porters can carry an easier alternative to walking, visitors in sedan chairs, an extra cost have to be paid by the clients themselves. On arrival, watch the beauty of sunset or dawn at this important pilgrimage site. Accommodation at hotel, Kyaikhtiyo.

DAY 03: KYAIKHTIYO (GOLDEN ROCK) – BAGO – YANGON (B/-/-)

Breakfast at hotel. Drive by road for 110 Km to an ancient capital, Bago. The tour can visit ShweThaLyaungReclining Buddha (55 meters long), Shwe Maw Daw Pagoda, KalyaniSima (Ordination Hall), 28 Meter high huge image of Kyaikpun Pagoda and the place of King Bayinnaung are some of the places of interest. In the afternoon, return to Yangon, visiting the Allied War Cemeterynear Htaukkyan has 27, 000 tombstones of Allied soldiers who lost their lives in Myanmar during the World War II. The cemetery is peaceful and beautiful tended and also visit a local woven bamboo factory. In the afternoon, return back to Yangon. Accommodation at hotel, Yangon.

DAY 04: YANGON DEPARTURE (B/-/-)                                                                                                        

Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to Yangon International airport for your departure.

VALIDITY: 01 OCTOBER 2015 – 31 MARCH 2016

All rates are quoted in US Dollar per person, net rate and are non-commissionable. 

All rates are quoted in US Dollar per person, net rate and are non-commissionable. 

Services Included:

• All sightseeing tour and transfer services with private air conditioned car as per itinerary
• Road tax and bridge tax
• Join-in transfer on open truck from the base camp to the upper camp
• Meals as specified in the itinerary
• Transfers and tours with English-speaking stationed guides
• Service charges, room tax
• Accommodation at hotels as above mentioned or similar
• Filtered drinking water and towels during the tour
• One tour leader FOC for every 15 full paying participants 

Services Excluded:

• Myanmar visa fee
• Meals where specified in the itinerary
• Domestic flight ticket
• Personal expenditure, such as drinks, souvenirs, laundry, camera fees, etc.
• Sedan chair or private truck ups and downs
• Meals and services other than mentioned in the itinerary
• Drinks during meals
• Compulsory gala dinners during festive seasons and peak season surcharges
• Peak season in general is between 15 December to 15 January and 13 - 17 April
• Early check-in and late check-out at hotels, if not mentioned in the itinerary
• Travel insurance

 For more information on this tour, please contact us at: 
 - Head Office: Suite 706, No.142 Le Duan Street, Dong Da District, Hanoi, Vietnam
 - Email: contact@welcomevietnamtours.com 
 - Cell phone: (+84).98.62.62.566
 - Phone: (+84) .4. 22 42 13 52 - (+84) 4.62 53 60 22
 We are always at your disposal and will contact you by phone or email within 24-48 hours