Yangon Pagodas, Market, Circular Train and Sunset
After hotel pick-up in the morning, the day starts at Botahtaung Pagoda, a religious monument rumoured to have been built 2,500 years ago and to contain a Buddha's hair. The stupa is highly revered in the Buddhist community and is one of the city's most important landmarks.
Explore the picturesque centre of Yangon with your Yangon tour guide, passing Sule Pagoda (view from outside), Mahabandoola Park, City Hall, and the High Court.
Visit Yangon's largest outdoor market, Bogyoke Aung San Market (closed on Mondays and public holidays). Hosting vendors from across the country, it invites you to weave through stalls of clothing, handicrafts, and jewellery while sipping fruit juice and browsing art galleries.
Afterwards, change gears and hop on the circular train. For an hour, ride the rails through the hustle of the city for a closer look into the lives of its passengers - commuters, fruit vendors, monks, families, and students on their way to class. Then set off to the magnificent reclining Buddha at Chauk Htat Gyi Pagoda.
Stop at a local tea shop to taste some of the Burmese people's favourite snacks and Myanmar's national drink, "Le phet yey," a strong black tea perfectly blended with evaporated and condensed milk.
Proceed to Shwedagon Pagoda, Myanmar's most distinctive landmark. Aside from its 99-meter-high stupa rising over the city's skyline, Shwedagon is Myanmar's most sacred pagoda and a major pilgrimage site.
After taking in the sunset, you will be returned to the hotel.
