Full Day Bago Tour from Yangon

Meet a driver at your Yangon hotel, then begin the 1.5-hour trip to Bago, the former capital of southern Myanmar.

Upon arrival, start with a visit to one of the Buddhist seminaries, called Thamanay, where 150 monks live and study. The tour continues to the Shwemawdaw Pagoda, whose golden stupa spine reaches almost 49 feet (15 meters) higher than the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon.

After a simple lunch at a local restaurant, continue to the 180-foot (55-meter) long reclining Shwe Tha Lyaung Buddha, which is among one of the country's most impressive images. Before heading back to Yangon, visit the four giant Buddha images at Kyaik Pun Pagoda, among Bago's top highlights. 

On the way back to Yangon, stop at the Taukkyan War Cemetery, the final resting place for thousands of Allied soldiers who lost their lives during the Burma and Assam campaigns of WWII. The cemetery is beautifully maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Before returning to your hotel make a final stop at a tree shrine to the nats, spirits worshipped in the country in conjunction with Buddhism.

This full-day Bago tour concludes with drop-off at your hotel in Yangon.