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March 3, 2020
Overview of Tour
Go on an Adventure! Make a Difference – Community Based Day Tours of the Village of Tamarind Lake.
Try authentic local home cook lunch; ride a bullock cart to see village and farm at work; visit a local home and school.
Next visit will be to the main landmark of Salay – Yoke Sone Monastery, Shin Pin Sar Kyo Hla pagoda, Mann pagoda, U Phoe Kyi House and Salay House.
Bagan
9 am
Bagan at 9 am and then start at the tour. After 1 hour and half driving, firstly you will arrive to Tamarind Lake Village Homes ( Ma Kyi Kan Village ) and the village will welcome you with traditional music and dance performance show. After that, village’s home cooked lunch will wait for you under the bamboo house. After having the great lunch.
Late Evening visit around village and farm by riding bullock cart with guiding local guide. Delicious
dinner will be provided at the community lodge.Overnight at the Ma Gyi Kan Community Lodge.
Breakfast with local taste at the Ma Gyi kan Village.
Salay City, located in Chauk Township, approximately drive away from Ma Gyi Kan Village. Salay is well-known for the ancient religious monuments from the Konbaung Dynasty ( late 19th Century). Amoung those monuments, Yoke Sone Kyaung Monastery/Museum is a must – see for the visitors. After take a rest at village the driver and village local guide will send you to Yoke Sone Monastery, it is famous with its spectacular woodcarvings and also it is the native town of the famous writer Salay U Pone Nya during the time of the Myanmar Kings. There are very beautiful artistic work woodcarvings around it and also ancient Buddha image, utensils of Yadanarbon 19 century period. After that, Shin Pin Sar Kyo Hla pagoda, Mann pagoda, U Phoe Kyi House and Salay House which is a restaurant with souvenir shop displaying antique and traditional homemade things. And then you will have to visit to Salay Tamarind Juice production site and you can also taste and busy. After all sightseeing in Salay, the driver will take you back to Bagan.
