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Wingabaw Elephant Camp

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The camp was located in Phayargyi township near Bago city where can access from Yangon-Mandalay Old road and Yangon-Mandalay express road 39 mile Junction. It’s on the way to Golden rock, Hpa an and Mawlamyine, so a short visit is worth when you are travelling to those cities.
 

Bago

Bago
info Bago was formerly known as Pegu. It is a city and the capital of Bago Division in Myanmar. It is located 80 km (about 50 miles) from Yangon. It has a population of 220.000.
 

Bebe Pagoda

Bebe Pagoda
info This Pagoda is one of the ancient pagodas in Pyay. A cube-shaped Pagoda with a cylindrical top and inside are a few Buddha images.
 

Moyingyi Wetland Sanctuary

Moyingyi Wetland Sanctuary
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Cheroot Making Factory

info Cheroots factory workers are mostly females. giving them a job opportunity to earn without disrupting their housework. A cheroot factory is a merry place as fingers fly through the motions. and the mouths do not stop chatting either.
 

Snake Pagoda

Snake Pagoda
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info  During your vacation plans to Myanmar. you should also consider visiting Snake Pagoda located in the city of Bago.
 

Dried Fish Making

Dried Fish Making
info On the way to Kyaikhtiyo is Pyinpongyi village which is near Bago. This is the place to observe how fish is dried in a traditional way.
 

Pho Kyar Forest

Pho Kyar Forest
info Pho Kyar Forest Resort is located in a foot-hill of Bago Yoma Mountain ranges and lies within the Saing Ya tropical reserved forest. 10 miles away from the town of Thargaya. which is a town on Yangon to Mandalay main motor-road and 204 miles from Yangon and 240 miles from Mandalay.
 

Kalyarni Sima

Kalyarni Sima
info Sima or Ordination Halls are the essential buildings for the Buddhist Order.
 

Kyaik Pun Pagoda

Kyaik Pun Pagoda
info  Kyaikpun Pagoda is a pagoda in the Bago Division of Burma, in the city of Bago. Most notably, Kyaik Pun Pagoda is the home to the Four Seated Buddha shrine, a 90 ft (27 m) statue depicting the four Buddhas namely Kakusandha, Konagamana, Kassapa, and Gautama seated in four positions, sitting back to back to four directions. The Four Seated Buddha was built by King Migadippa of Bago in the 7th Century AD (tradition) and renovated by King Dhammazedi in the 15th century AD.
 

Kya Khat Wain Monastery

Kya Khat Wain Monastery
info Kya Khat Wain Monastery is one of the three largest Monasteries in the country. The long line of monks and novices taking their day’s meal in silence is a pious vision for the lay people.
 

Kanbawzathadi Palace

Kanbawzathadi Palace
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Mahazedi Pagoda

Mahazedi Pagoda
info There are many revered Pagodas in Bago. like the Mahazedi (the Great Stupa) built by King Bayinnaung in AD 1560.
 

Hinthargone Pagoda

Hinthargone Pagoda
info Just behind the Shwemawdaw Pagoda. there is a magnificent view of Bago from the hilltop. Believed to be the tiny-spot of legendary source. the hillock is decorated with a small shrine and a symbolic figure of the female Hamsa bird perching on the back of the male one.
 

Payagyi Pagoda

Payagyi Pagoda
info It is located just outside the city-wall to the north-west of Therakhittra ancient city. datable to the later phase of 6-7 centuries AD. as the oldest stupa of the vincinity. It is a cylindrical shape.
 

Taungoo

Taungoo
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info Taungoo is a city in the Bago Division of Myanmar. located 220 km from Yangon. towards the northern end of the division. with mountain ranges to both east and west. The main industry is in forestry products. with teak and other hardwoods extracted from the mountains.
 

Pho Kyar Elephant Camp

Pho Kyar Elephant Camp
info Pho Kyar Forest Resort is located in Yedashe Township. It is 10 miles 2 furlong (about 16km) from Thargara. in the area of Swa forest reserved area. on the bank of Thaing creek.
 

Pyay

Pyay
info Pyay is a town and district of the Bago Division in Lower Myanmar. located some 161 km. or 7 hours north of Yangon by road. or an overnight boat trip south of Bagan. It has about a population of 83.000.
 

Pickled Fish Making

Pickled Fish Making
info One can observe Myanmar Traditional pickled fish making in Bago. Located only 80km from Yangon. The mixture of fish and rice are fermented and wrapped with leaves. It is a famous product from Bago.
 

Shwethalyaung Buddha

Shwethalyaung Buddha
info The Shwethalyaung Buddha is a reclining Buddha in the west side of Bago (Pegu), Myanmar. The Buddha, which has a length of 55 metres (180 ft) and a height of 16 metres (52 ft), is believed to have been built in 994, during the reign of Mon King Migadepa. It was lost in 1757 when Pegu was pillaged. During British colonial rule, in 1880, the Shwethalyaung Buddha was rediscovered under a cover of jungle growth. Restoration began in 1881, and Buddha's mosaic pillows (on its left side) were added in 1930.
 

Sehtatgyi Pagoda

Sehtatgyi Pagoda
info Sehtatgyi Pagoda is situated near the famous Shwesandaw Pagoda at Pyay. Sehtatgyi means ‘Big Tenstorey’ for its height.
 

Mya Tha Lyaung Reclining Buddha

Mya Tha Lyaung Reclining Buddha
info  See the huge statue of Mya Tha Lyaung Reclining Buddha. which lies in the open with no temple or pagoda surrounding it. According to local legend. every time they wanted to construct a building over the statue. a storm brewed. preventing their efforts. Built in 2001. the statue reaches an incredible 82 m (269 ft) long. Stand next to the divine statue of the huge Buddha for a great photo opportunity. then move a bit further back to capture the whole monument in one shot. Put Mya Tha Lyaung Reclining Buddha and other Bago attractions into our Bago vacation generator. and watch your holiday take shape.
 

Shwe Bonthar Muni Pagoda

Shwe Bonthar Muni Pagoda
info This pagoda is situated at Pan Daung near Pyay. According to legend. the Shwe Bonthar Muni Buddha Image was one of the three replicas of the Maha Myat Muni Buddha Image. which was believed to have been about 554 BCE during the reign of King Sandar Thuriya.
 

Shwemawdaw Pagoda

Shwemawdaw Pagoda
info  The Shwemawdaw Pagoda is a stupa located in Bago, Myanmar. It is often referred to as the Golden God Temple. At 114 metres (374 ft) in height, the Shwemadaw holds the record for the tallest pagoda in the country although the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon is usually credited as the tallest pagoda in Myanmar (at 98 metres (322 ft)). Shwemadaw, along with the Shwedagon and Kyaiktiyo, are famous Mon pagodas. The pagoda's annual festival is a 10-day affair that takes place during the Burmese month of Tagu.
 

Shwe Kyin Paya Gyi Pagoda

Shwe Kyin Paya Gyi Pagoda
info This pagoda of Shwe Kyin. a town in Bago Region is famous for its festival. the candles floating along the Shwe Kyin River annually in Thadingyut. Myanmar month. which coincides with October.
 

Akauk Taung (Tax Mountain)

Akauk Taung
 
info The mountain was named for the crafty toll-takers from the mid 19th Century. who spent the in between hours of taxing the passing boats by carving reclining and meditating Buddhas in the steep cliffside. 
 

Shwe San Daw Pagoda

Shwe San Daw Pagoda
info The Shwe San Daw Pagoda is well known in Pyay. Shwe San Daw means the Golden Hair Relics. The Pagoda is situated on the eastern bank of Ayeyarwaddy river and Myanmar’s most venerated structure stands here.
 

Ashey Zey Gu Pagoda

Ashey Zey Gu Pagoda
 
info Ashey Zey Gu Pagoda. facing the east. is one of the unique temples of the Srikshetra Pyu Period.
 

Shwegugale Pagoda

Shwegugale Pagoda
info Extremely mouldy and old-looking but beautiful is the Shwegugale Pagoda. Unlike any temples. the stupa is a really a circular tunnel where 64 Buddha statues are kept. The pagoda dates to 1494 and the reign of Myanmar King Byinnya Yan.
 

Bawbawgyi Pagoda

Bawbawgyi Pagoda
 
info Bawbawgyi Pagoda is one of the earliest Pagodas in the history of ancient edifices in Myanmar.
 

Wunchataung Pagoda

Wunchataung Pagoda
info This gold gilded stupa is located on the hillock named Wunchataung, which means a hillock asking for an apology. This Pagoda gets the best view of Shwesandaw Pagoda and the mountain across the river.
 

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