AM-EXT-KTY+MLM-06D/05N-2024-2025
Yangon-Kyaikhtiyo-Hpa an-Mawlamyine-Yangon
Mawlamyine, formerly Moulmein, is the fourth largest city in Myanmar, 300 km southeast of Yangon and 70 km south of Thaton, at the mouth of the Thanlwin River. The city is the capital and the largest city in the state of Mon and the main commercial centre and seaport in the southeast of Myanmar.
Hpa-An is the capital of the state of Kayin, Myanmar. The population of Hpa-An as of the 2014 census is 421,575. Most people in Hpa-An are one of the Karen ethnic groups.
Itinerary At a Glance
DAY | DEPART | VISIT | ARRIVE | RANK |
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DAY-01 | YANGON | KYAIKHTIYO | ** | |
DAY-02 | KYAIKHTIYO | HPA AN | ** | |
DAY-03 | HPA AN | HPA AN | ** | |
DAY-04 | HPA AN | MAWLAMIYNE | ** | |
DAY-05 | MAWLAMYINE | MAWLAMIYNE | ** | |
DAY-06 | MAWLAMYINE | BAGO | YANGON | ** |
DAY 01
YANGON
KYAIKHTIYO
Breakfast. Depart to Kyaikhtiyo, one of Myanmar’s landmarks, famous for its precious position and religious importance. Arrival at base camp and assistance to board the trucks that climb the mountain to Yathae Taung. Departure to go Kyaikhtiyo pagoda with the cable car.
“The head of the Hermit" is an enormous rock gilded with the sheet and a miracle of balance. Burmese story says because of the hair of the Buddha, which is powerful, this rock in the overhand held in surplus where the pagoda built on it's top. A long time of difficult access, this site with the fact the object of installations which make it available to all: trucks make it possible from now to climb, supplemented by a short, easy walk.
Lunch at restaurant.
Dinner and overnight at hotel.
DAY 02
KYAIK HTI YO
HPA AN
Breakfast. On the road between Kyaikhtiyo and Hpa an, you will stop in several places. First, you will visit the Bayin Nyi winery, located north of Hpa-An, near Thaton, where you can discover statues and Buddhas in a mysterious atmosphere, due to the darkness, although the cellar sometimes lit. Through holes that allow sunlight to pierce it.
After lunch, you will leave for Lumbini Garden. Also called Buddha Park, it is at the foot of the famous Mount Zwegabin spectacular for its 725 meters high and the view it offers to the brave. Lumini Garden represents the starting point of the ascent and contains about a thousand Buddhas. Afterwards, you will visit a second cellar called Yathe Pyan.
Lunch at a local restaurant
At the hotel, overnight and then dinner.
DAY 03
HPA AN
Breakfast. Visit KawGun & Sadan cave. The climb on the hill of 'Zawe Ka Pin'. From the top, we will appreciate the panorama of the beautiful landscape of this region inhabited by the ethnic groups Mon and Pa O.
Visit the village of 'Kayan' ethnic group, called 'Phar Pu'. The day ends with the spectacle of sunset contemplated from Shwe Yin Myaw.
Lunch at a local restaurant.
At the hotel, overnight and then dinner.
DAY 04
HPA AN
MAWLAMYINE
Breakfast. Visit the KyaukKalat Pagoda, built on a mountainside with a splendid view of the lake. Visit a village of 'Mon' near the monastery called 'Kaw Nat.
Visit of the 'KadoBaw Nat' monastery, built by Burmese patriots 'U Nar Aout'. Visit the 'Bo Taw' Monastery to appreciate its colonial style of construction. You will end the day with the visit of Phoe Tait Village Kit.
Lunch at a local restaurant.
At the hotel, overnight and then dinner.
DAY 05
MAWLAMYINE (MOULAMEIN)
Breakfast. Visit the Mahamuni Pagoda stops in the Khanty U Pagoda and U Zina Pagoda. Visit the large market Zaygyi. Drive to the workshops of the traditional village of potters who kept Mupon baking ovens and conventional manufacturing methods and homemade.
Road to Hill Yadana (Yadanadaung) for a surprising encounter with the largest reclining Buddha statue in the world (Win Sein Taw Ya) which is 180 meters long, 30 meters high and contains in its labyrinth body, frescoes and sculptures of the human scale representing the stages of the life of Buddha. Back to Mawlamyine and stop at rocky outcrop Kyauktalone.
Lunch at a local restaurant.
At the hotel, overnight and then dinner.
DAY 06
MAWLAMYINE
BAGO
YANGON
Breakfast. Departure to BAGO. Full day excursion to the former capital of Pegu (Bego).She was founded in 573 by two princes, my Thaton.
Legend has it that he saw, on an island in the middle of a lake, a goose on the back of a gander, they saw a favourable to found the royal capital omen. Impressive are the 55 meters reclining Buddha, Shwethalyaung. Shwemawdaw Pagoda the "paid the great golden god", is one of the most revered of Burma, its golden dome stands out clearly in the blue sky and dominates his full height throughout the city that disappears in a mass of greenery. Back to Yangon. Arrive in Yangon.