Full Day Yangon City Drive and Walk
After pick-up from the hotel, an intensive half-day exploration of the former capital’s most iconic sites by foot provides the perfect insight into Yangon. Once known as Rangoon, this city boasts the largest number of colonial era buildings in South-East Asia. Our half-day walking tour takes in some of the city’s most iconic sites, including Sule Pagoda, a shrine that dates back to the time of Buddha; City Hall, the High Court; and Maha Bandoola Garden.
We then explore Bogyoke (Scott’s) Market (closed on Mondays and public holidays) which was built by the British colonialists and this is packed with countless shops and stalls selling handicrafts, antiques, arts, jewellery, fabrics and precious stones.
We finish at the jewel in Yangon’s crown, the 2,500-year-old Shwedagon Pagoda, a magnificent gleaming, gilded temple that dominates the landscape with a 99 metres high golden spire studded with 4,351 diamonds and 2,317 rubies.
As Myanmar’s largest city and most important commercial metropolis, Yangon has preserved its past for posterity and this inspirational excursion reveals this.
Route
- Duration: 9 hours, 8.30 am – 5.30 pm;
- This trail programme is operated daily on private basis with English-speaking guide.
- Tours with English-speaking, licenced assistance;
- Transportation for tour by air-conditioned vehicle, unless otherwise stated; All entrance fees for visits as mentioned in the programme;
- All applicable taxes and service charges;
- All meals as indicated in the programme (food only).
