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Daily Tour
20 people
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Explore the countryside of Bagan with visits to Mount Popa, home to Myanmar’s intriguing ‘nats’ (spirits) and Salay, a famous village with the 130-year-old beautiful Yokesone Monastery known for exquisite wood carving decoration.
A pleasant hiking trip to Mount Popa, an extinct volcano, which is also a home to Myanmar’s intriguing “nats” (spirits). Take an opportunity to walk along the volcanic rocks and enjoy the beautiful dramatic scenery on the way.
Approx. 0800 A.M., pick up from your hotel and overland journey to Mount Popa, an extinct volcano with a shrine dedicated to animist spirits known as “Nats”. Driving hours is about 1 ½ hours from Bagan. For the energetic, there is time to climb the 777 steps to the shrine at the top of the volcanic plug. On the way you will be passing the palm plantation and see the toddy palm wine and candy making workshops as well as the skilful toddy-palm climber collecting the wine on top of the tree. Lunch by own account at local restaurant or at hotel.
After lunch, trek to the Summit of Mount Popa (1,518m). It will take us about 2 ½ -3 hours to reach the summit. This tour takes you to the very top of the volcano. The volcano is a national park and all around the base of the mountain are plantations with different types of trees. The path is steep, un-even and leads through different kinds of forests, up to the summit of the volcano. We can enjoy the fantastic views towards Taungkalat Monastery. One can return the same way or by a path in the volcano crater. Dinner by own account. Accommodation at Popa Mountain Resort in Mount Popa. (Superior room)
Breakfast at hotel. This morning drive to Kyaukpadaung to visit a local market and then continue to Salay. Visit Yokesone Monastery (closed on Mondays and public holidays), which is the oldest surviving wooden monastery hall, built on 154 teak posts with beautiful wood carvings decorating the outer walls. Continue to Payathonzu, a complex of three brick shrines with mural paintings from the Bagan period, and see Man Paya - a large lacquer Buddha image, said to date from the 13th century. Return to Bagan through Chauk, where you will see old Burma Oil installations ('nodding donkeys'), and along the banks of the Ayeyarwady River. Arrival in Bagan for a late lunch. Transfer to your hotel.
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