Day
3: Yangon - Twante - Yangon (B)
Leave after breakfast by road to take the ferry across
the Yangon River. It is an interesting journey to Twante,
offering a glimpse of life in the countryside passing rice
fields, small villages of bamboo huts and banana plantations.
After 45 minutes stop to visit a market. Continue by horse
and carriage to visit a ceramics making area where more
then twenty family workshops produce ceramic pots using
centuries old methods. Also visit the pottery market from
where the pots are shipped to Yangon. After walking around
in the village transfer by horse and carriage to the ferry
terminal for the two hour ferry crossing back to Yangon.
From the boat you can enjoy the scenery along the river
where boats are being loaded with local goods, women are
washing clothes and children are playing by the riverside.
Back in Yangon transfer to the hotel and free time. Overnight
in Yangon.
Day
4: Yangon - Bago - Yangon (B)
After breakfast at the hotel, leave Yangon and enjoy
a scenic journey by road to Bago. Bago, 80km to the north
west of Yangon, is an ancient capital of a former Mon kingdom
dating back to the 6th century. Sightseeing in Bago includes
the beautiful 55 metre long reclining Buddha, Shwethalyaung,
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 Kamboza Thadi. 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 Htaukkyan, the
final resting place for over 27,000 allied soldiers, and
also visit a local woven bamboo factory. Transfer to the
airport.
Tour codes : ND-4-GC
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