Wonders of Salay & Mount Popa Day Tour
- Explore the wooden Salay Youk Sone Monastery and see its exquisite wooden carvings
- Visit Man Pagoda, which houses the Buddha image covered in lacquer
- Set foot on the famous Mount Popa, an extinct volcano 1,518 meters above sea level
- Climb up 777 steps to reach the top of the volcanic plug
- Learn about the Nat shrines from your tour guide while walking with playful monkeys
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What to expect
The beautiful historic features of Bagan are yours to discover on this day long tour that takes you from Salay's Youk Sone Monastery to Mount Popa. Your journey begins when you are picked up right from your hotel by the tour staff and then led to the historic sights of Salay, a town about 15km south of Bagan where you will explore the Youk Sone Monastery. This old wooden monastery is filled with stunning wooden features, and decorated with traditional Myanmar arts and crafts. A visit to the Man Pagoda will reveal Buddha portraits and antiques adorned in laquer, gold and silver; truly a sight to behold. After a lunch at Popa Mountain Resort, your guide will take you up towards Mount Popa, with 777 steps towards the Nat (spirit) temples. This mountain is an extinct volcano 1,518m above sea level. Here you will learn about the ancient Burmese animist spirits said to still be residing inside. Finally, you will be dropped off at your hotel in Bagan for the evening, all the richer for the experience.
Reviews
Good experience with family and definitely will come again
We enjoyed the trip. My friend was unwell and the driver was nice to let her rest in the car while we went up Mount Popa. The guide climbed like it was nothing, and we came down with jelly legs.
Not much interesting things to see except the stunning view. Visiting during a wet day make it abit uncomfortable when you need to remove the shoes.
full day tour with private car. Good driver and tour guide, very attentive and friendly. guide is knowledgeable. mount Popa is worth to go, there are some monkeys around and have to walk up with 700+ steps.
It was a nice experience to immerse in the culture of the Myanmar people. Just be ready to climb up the stairs.
The guide was very kind and friendly. There are many monkeys on Mount Popa. Running around the roof or sleeping in the middle of the stairs. It has a cute face and is ferocious.
Had a fun and pleasant day tour to salay area and Mt. Popa. Our guide Aung is patient and very knowledgeable as he explains the history and culture of his people and the place to us. Highly recommended tour to do if you're in Bagan.
A pleasant trip! The tour guide is very attentive!
Good service enthusiastic tour guide climbing slightly tired
The tour guide and driver are punctual for pick up at hotel. They can speak simple English which is easy for us to understand. Scenery at Mount Popa is beautiful but climbing up the steep steps to reach mid of mount popa is the most tiring! Monastery at Salay has many nice wood craft and Buddha statues. The lunch at Salay House is good too especially the Fish Curry and wide selection of choices from menu. We are seated at the garden for our lunch, quite nice ambience.