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Day 11 Kyaiktiyo 17 day peregrine tour Burma. Staying overnight at Mountain Top Hotel is the best move otherwise your visit will be too rushed.
You get to see the sunrise and sunset and Mountain Top hotel is 5 minutes from Golden Rock once you get off the base camp open air transport.
Golden Rock summit is 1180 m above sea level and you are provided some of the most amazing panoramic views fir both sunrise and sunsets. It's breath taking. Myanmar has some breathtaking views of you are lucky enough to experience it.
Staying at the Mountain Top hotel allows you quality time to enjoy Golden Rock. The Golden Rock (Kyaiktiyo Pagoda) is a place of pilgrimage for Buddhists. There is a small pagoda (7.3 metres high) built on a gold - gilded Boulder, 25 m in circumference, and balanced in what appears to be a very precarious position on a tabular rock, jutting out from a ridge in Eastern Yoma mountains.
Legend has it that the Boulder is held in position by a strand of Buddha's hair. I agree that spending a night in Kyaiktiyo is one of Burma's most spiritual experiences.
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