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7 days in Myanmar
Yangon – Mawlamyine – Hpa-an – Golden Rock – Yangon
Not far from Yangon is a small region of Myanmar that,
although packed with amazing sights, is all too often
overlooked by foreign visitors. In this tour of the best of
Mon State, you will be introduced to Myanmar through the
exotic city of Yangon before travelling overland through the
delightful countryside to the leafy, coastal town of
Mawlamyine (Moulmein), immortalised by British poet Rudyard
Kipling in his famous poem “Mandalay” with the words, “By
the old Moulmein Pagoda, lookin’ lazy at the sea”. Visits
will also be made to the small towns of Kyaikkami and Hpa-an
before heading to one of the most incredible Buddhist sites
in all of Southeast Asia: Golden Rock Pagoda, which balances
as if by magic on the edge of a cliff on the peak of Mt
Kyaikhtiyo. The trip back to Yangon includes a stop at Bago
for a look at its fascinating religious sights.
Highlights
• Explore the exotic streets
and diverse colonial and religious architecture of Yangon,
the gateway to
Myanmar
• Travel overland to Mawlamyine
through charming rural scenery, including farmland and small
ethnic
Mon villages
• Walk the leafy streets of
Mawlamyine admiring the town’s shrines, churches and
mosques, and
observing the activity on the strand along the
waterfront
• Watch the sunset gleam on the
Thanlwin River from the top of a ridge of hills lined with
Buddhist
monasteries and shrines in Mawlamyine
• Visit Kyaikkami (Amherst),
formerly a coastal resort and missionary centre during the
colonial era and
now the site a Buddhist shrine complex
resting on the edge of the sea
• Browse the local goods on
offer at the colourful Hpa-an market
• Contemplate the beauty of the
sunset from the peak of sacred Mt Zwekabin
• Wonder at the mystical aura
surrounding gold-leaf-covered Golden Rock Pagoda on the peak
of Mt
Kyaikhtiyo, one of the most revered Buddhist sites in
Myanmar
• Discover the fascinating
religious monuments of Bago, including towering Shwemawdaw
Pagoda and
the huge Shwethalyanung reclining Buddha.
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