Myanmar tours will become greater if you know where to go and how to enjoy. These top unique things must be very helpful for you to choose places and get really fantastic moment in Burma( Myanmar) travel.
1. Seeing a pagoda on rock
In Myanmar, no one can ignore Golden rock pagoda, which is located on a rock as if it was falling down soon. This pagoda was buil lon time ago at the height of more than 1000 meters. To visit this high pagoda, travellers must step up about 800 meters to visit is. Golden rock pagoda is corated with more than 500 kilograms of gold leaves. You can have wonderful and unique pictures when spending time at this unique pagoda of Myanmar.
2. Gold pagodas
Pagodas are very popular in Buddhist countries such as Vietnam and Thailand. But building pagodas and decorating them with gold seem so strange and luxury. Although Myanmar is not a rich country, people still volunteer to spend their gold to decorate the temples and pagodas.
Not only one pagoda in gold but almost pagodas in Myanmar are luxury. During any Yangon tours, you can see thousands of diamonds and gold leaves are use to decorate Shwedagon pagoda. In Golden rock pagoda, more than 500 kolograms of gold leaves are used. In other pagodas such as Sule pagoda, Shwezigon Paya pgoda are all in gold as well.
This is really a unique thing only be seen in your Myanmar tour!
3. Enjoy swimming on the mountain
Well, this is so wnderful! How can you swimm on the mountain? But it is easy for any Myanmar travellers coming to visit Inle. This is the second largest freash water lake in Myanmar. From Yangon, you can get there after a distance of 600 kilometers. Inle is suitable for whomever loves peace and quietness.
During your best Myanmar tour, you can get a stop at Inle lake to rest and enjoy wonderful experience. Condé Nast Traveler magazine has listed this as one of 5 best places to see in Myanmar and Asia. Inle is at the height of almost 900 meters and owns area of more than 200 square kilometers. You can swim, kayak and many other great activities.
4.Long neck girls
To complte your private Myanmar tour, do not miss this great experience. From Inle, you can visit Padaung minority. It is located inthe south of Inle, in Indein ancient city. Travellers can see 7000 Padaung people live happilly together. This tribe is also known as Kayan.
Kayan women make beauty with their natural ways. When a child is at 5, she starts to wear necklaces. Kayan women can wear many necklaces as much as they can. Such nake laces are very heavy, even up to 10 kilograms! But it does not make sense to them. They like this way to make them more beautiful in traditional way. From 5 years old, the size of neck, wrist and ankle do not change, and Kayan women are very proud of this.
5. Seeing sunset at best temples
During your best Myanmar tours, especially in Bagan, Myanmar tour, missing seeing sunset is such a pity! Bagan has many greeat place with good view for you to enjoy best moment of sunset. From Shwesantaw poagoda, you can easily get a place to wait for the time to be. Many come here just catch this moment! Why don’t you keep your chance?
6. Monks are more than soldiers
Myanmar is among top 10 with most soldiers in the world. But it is not famous for this. In Myanmar, monks are more than soldiers. Monks are everywhere, on the street, in the temples and pagodas, in the monasteries. Everyday, many monks gather in the pagodas and start to learn about spirit life. Monks are respected and only men can shake hands in the temples. If you have a Myanmar tours, one thing to remember, always show your good attitude to monks and dress discreetly to be smart.
7.Huge Buddha statues
Many countries also believe in Buddha, but in Cambodia and Myanmar, they are much more devout. In the ontry of temples and pagodas, people spend time and money to build huge Buddha statue. Three among great Buddha statues in Myanmar are listed in top biggest statues of the world. To visit them, you can get to Yangon, take a Yangon sightseeing tour and visit Chaukhtatgyi to see a long and high Buddha statue at 16 meters. You can also see another in Bagon in Kyaikpun with 4 faces to 4 directions. The last big one is called Laykyun Sekkya Buddha statue on Po Kaung mountain, number 2 in the list of the world.
These 7 unique things can be very fantastic to be discovered and experience! Let’s get ready and start your journey with us. Booking a Myanmar tour and see how beautiful the tour is!
