TMDY # 2 Yangon – Bago – Thanlyin (Syriam) (4 days / 3 nights)

Day 1: Yangon
Arrive at Yangon Int’l Airport and transfer to hotel with afternoon at leisure. Evening visit to the magnificent Shwedagon Pagoda. Overnight in Yangon.

Day 2: Yangon – Bago - Yangon
After breakfast at the hotel, leave Yangon and enjoy a scenic journey by road to Bago, 80 km to the northwest of Yangon. Bago is an ancient capital of the former Mon Kingdom dating back to the 6th century. Sightseeing in Bago includes Shwethalyaung (the beautiful 55-metre long reclining Buddha), 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 well-restored former palace Kambozathadi. End the tour of Bago with a walk around the colourful Bago Market. On the way back to Yangon, visit the Allied War Cemetery near Htaukkyant (the final resting place for over 27,000 allied soldiers), and a local woven bamboo workshops. In Yangon: Kaba Aye Pagoda (World Peace Pagoda), Maha Pasana Guha Cave (where the sixth Buddhist synod took place in 1952), Buddhist Art Museum (a wide collection of religious paraphernalia and Buddhist texts).

Day 3: Yangon – Thanlyin – Yangon
After a leisurely breakfast, drive to Thanlyin and visit Thanlyin’s Kyaik-khauk Pagoda and Kyauktan Island’s Kyaik-mhawwun Yele Pagoda. Afternoon drive back to Yangon and enjoy city tour including Chinatown and the fruit market, Bogyoke Aung San (Scott) Market, Sule Pagoda, Botataung Pagoda. Overnight in Yangon.

Day 4: Yangon
Morning visits to Chaukhtatkyi Reclining Buddha, Karaweik Royal Barge (a royal floating barge on the Kandawgyi Royal Lake, for photo stop). Transfer to Yangon Airport for departure.

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