Myanmar is the "pearl of Indochina", a great place for exploratory excursions with Buddhist culture. The country of amazing beauty of fabulous pagodas and benevolent inhabitants is one of the most mysterious places in the world, where significant monuments of stone architecture and Buddhist shrines of the world are preserved. Having decided to go to Myanmar , get ready for this journey through time, the absence of modern civilization and a meeting with new impressions.
Yangon - Bagan
Yangon is not only considered a commercial city, but also a center of spiritual life thanks to the 98-meter Shwedagon pagoda (Shwedagon), which contains relics of four Buddhas: eight Gautama hair, the Kakusandhi staff, part of the Kassala tunic and the Konagamana water filter. We recommend to take a walk along the main sights of Yangon ( Pagoda Sule , Botataung Pagoda and many others), buy souvenirs from sea shells and teak on the market, try local beer in the Chinatown, take a train and visit the Hindu temple. The city tour takes half a day.
After the tour of Yangon, lunch and transfer to Bagan (the ancient city of Pagan). Accommodation in a hotel, night in a 4 * hotel in Bagan. During the tour you will visit the old town of Bagan with the gate of Taraban. Now there are only ruins, among which are two small temples of Mahagiri and Shvemyatna. Then the group goes to the most famous building of the city - the pagoda Shwezigon (Shwezigon). The pagoda is covered with gold and is surrounded by a large number of temples and stupas. In Shwezigon, the tooth and bone of the Buddha are kept. Also, the excursion includes a visit to the temple of Damhaiji (Dhammayangyi), which was built in the second half of the 12th century. The price of a two-day excursion with transfer, accommodation and meals is an average of $ 300.
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Mount Popa
A sightseeing tour to one of the country's main attractions, the sacred mountain of Pop, takes almost the whole day. Usually excursions are conducted from Bagan. The road to the mountain takes almost an hour and a half, on the way visit the factory for the production of palm alcohol with tasting. A trip to an extinct volcano is considered the most popular in Myanmar. Popa has been a place of pilgrimage for more than 700 years. At the top of the mountain there is a temple, it takes about two hours to climb it up the stairs. Nearby are dozens of pagodas, which were built almost a millennium ago. At the end of the inspection - return to Bagan. The price of a one-day excursion with food and alcohol tasting is $ 150.
Mandalay
A tour of Mandalay usually takes the whole day. Here you will get to know the second largest city in Myanmar , which is the center of Buddhist culture. In Mandalay, you can count more than 650 pagodas. The tour of the city includes visiting the Kuthodaw pagoda (Kuthodaw), here is the world's largest book, weighing more than 1200 tons.
Not far from Kuthodo you will be shown the pagoda of Sadamuni (Sandamuni), where there also stand marble plates with Buddhist texts. Also, the excursion includes a visit to the ancient city of Amarapura , where the royal families lived, and now there is the Mahagandayon monastery. The price of a one-day excursion with transfer and lunch depends on the operator and averages $ 120.
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Mingun - Saga'in
The most popular excursion from Mandalay is visiting Minghun and Sikain (Sagain), for half a day for each town. In the morning from the pier, the ferry to the place Mingun, which is 11 km from Mandalay in the top of the Irrawaddy River. Here is located the world famous pagoda Mingun (Mingun). Nearby is Mingun bell , which is considered the largest active bell in the world, its weight is about 90 tons. Further transfer to Sikain and city tour.
Sikain is the spiritual Buddhist center of the country. Here are hundreds of monasteries of different sizes and thousands of Buddhist monks inhabit the city. After lunch, a local restaurant is supposed to visit the Kaunhmudo pagoda - the most revered and famous in these places. It is made in the form of a hemisphere, in the spirit of Ceylon architecture. After that, the ascent to Saginsky Hill, where the Umin Thonze pagodas are located with 45 Buddha statues and the 14th century pagoda - Shun U Ponya Shchin. After visiting the pagodas, return to Mandalay. The price of the excursion with a transfer and lunch is about $ 180.
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Inle Lake
Tour of Inle lake takes the whole day and usually ends with an overnight stay at the lake. It is located at an altitude of 885 meters above sea level in the cool green area of the Shan plateau. A feature of the reservoir are whole villages on floating islands. Local people create on the water gardens of roots and grass, on top of which land is planted for growing vegetables and fruits.
The tour begins with the village of Yva Ma, where you will get acquainted with the craft of local people - making out silverware. Further you will visit the heart of the lake where the Monastery of Bouncing Cats (Nga-Phe-Kuang) is located, where monks, for the amusement of visitors, teach cats to jump over the rings. Then lunch and visit the village of Nam Pang, where they produce local cigars. Excursion with transfer, lunch and overnight costs about $ 250.
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