Destination Myanmar

• Yangon
• Bagan
• Mandalay
• Inle Lake
• Ngapali Beach
• Ngwe Saung Beach
• Kyaikhtiyo
• Kengtung
• Sittwe and Mrauk U
• Putao
• Myeik Archipelago

Kyaikhtiyo (Golden Rock)

Kyaikhtiyo is home to the famous Golden Rock. Located 160km from Yangon and rising 1,100 meters above sea level, the golden rock is truly an amazing site.

The meaning of Kyaik Hti Yo: According to Mon tradition, the name is a corruption of Kyaik-ithi--yo being derived as follows. In Mon language the word “Kyaik” means “pagoda” and “yo” to “carry on the hermits head”, in Pali the word “ithi” means a hermit and therefore the name means “the pagoda carried on the hermit’s head”.

The rock sites at the top of the mountain precariously perched on the edge of the hill, it looks as if at any second the huge rock may comes tumbling down. Revered by the Buddhists in Myanmar as a sacred site, many people come here to pray. The site is closed during the rainy season when access roads become impassable under the heavy rain.

Like the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon and the Mahamuni Pagoda in Mandalay, Kyaikhtiyo is revered to be one of the most sacred sites in Myanmar.