Private Yangon Day Tour: British Colonial History Exploration with Circular Train
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16 Ratings
Yangon (Rangoon)
Experience the colonial history of Yangon on a private day tour. Ride the Circular Train and explore the city's iconic landmarks and colonial buildings with a knowledgeable guide.
Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Yangon Central Railway Station - Our Local tour guide will pick you up from your hotel around 8:30am and head to Kyi Myin Dine Raiway Station. Hop on the Myanmar Circular train and depart to Yangon Railway Station, it will take approximately 15 minutes ride.
  • Sule Pagoda - You will see the sule pagoda in the heart of the downtown Yangon.
  • Bogyoke Aung San Market - Bogyoke Aung Sann Market (Scott Market, closed on every Monday), where you may find various handicraft made in Myanmar, jade, jewelry, clothing and some beautiful longyi.
  • Yangon City Hall - Your walking tour to Yangon City Hall, Independence Monument, Mahabandoola Park and some amazing colonial buildings, such as the former Immigration Department, High Court, New Law Court, Custom House, General Post Office and ends at the Strand Hotel.
  • Chaukhtatgyi Buddha - Next visit to Chaukhtatgyi Pagoda to see colossal Reclining Buddha.
  • Nga Htat Gyi Pagoda - 14 meter tall Nga Htet Gyi Sitting Buddha Image.
  • Kandawgyi Park - Kandawgyi Lake and Park which is beautifully situated in the heart of Yangon.
  • Shwedagon Pagoda - In the late afternoon, visit to magnificent Shwedagon Pagoda, which have been built over 2,600 years ago, we wander around and explore this golden stupa, the national landmark of Golden Land Myanmar. After the tour, your driver will transport you back to your hotel safely.
What's Included
  • Train ticket
  • Shwedagon Pagoda Entrance fees
  • Complimentary Hotel or Airport pickup and drop-off by private air-conditioned vehicle
  • Professional English speaking guide
  • Water bottles and Towels
What's Not Included
  • Personal expense
  • Lunch
  • Cruise Terminal Pick up/Drop off
Additional Information

Embark on an exclusive tour with a proficient English-speaking guide in the ex-British Colonial City of Yangon (previously known as Rangoon). Delight in the thrilling journey aboard Yangon Circular Train and stroll through the streets of Yangon city, beholding an array of colonial edifices and remarkable landmarks. These experiential exploits promise an intimate exposure to the local customs and historical narrative.

  • Infant meals not included
  • Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
  • Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
Location
Yangon Central Railway Station
Kun Chan Rd
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Piter_s
Feb 8, 2024
Great experience in Yangon - Myu is very knowledgable and good english. He explained everything and answer all my questions. The trip is excellent, we went to most of the important sites in Yangoon. Even though we didn't take train because the train is no more run circular. We took the car and it is great!
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Tarnpptravel
Jan 22, 2024
Great day in Yangon - I found this tour in tripadvisor and start contact them on Whatsapp. The response is quick and nice. Our guide, Mu, pick us at the airport. His knowledge about places are excellent. His English is easy to understand. The tour is customized to our need. We get to go inside more pagodas. All pagodas are unique and elegant. The tour upgrade us to Alphard, which is so comfortable. This tour is great if you are thinking about seeing Yangon in one day. I think I will be back to go to other places with them. Myanmar is beautiful with lots of historic places. PS. Mu bring us to the famous market and let us walk around by ourself. He never try to sell us anything.
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C1044drmarkd
Dec 3, 2023
Excellent day in Yangon - look no further and book this great tour! - What a wonderful day to discover Yangon. Very informative, quick, flexible and good sites to visit. I thank the guide and the driver for a wonderful day in Yangon. Just sit back and enjoy the inetersting stories and beautifull handpicked sights!
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Janet_s
Nov 13, 2023
Excellent tour to see the highlights of Yangon - We had a wonderful day with Zin Bo Bo. He was extremely knowledgeable & gave us a great sense of the culture during our conversations. He was also very considerate, organising a wheel chair for my husband at the temples. The local food at lunch was delicious. The highlight was of course the magnificent Shwedagon Pagoda. Highly recommended!
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Jorge_g
Nov 8, 2023
Wonderful Yangon - It was a nice tour with a great guide Yan Nig. He picked me up on time and shared a lot of information about the places we visited like colonial buildings during the walking tour, circular train, different parks and Swhedagon Pagoda. I would definitely recommend this tour if you're short of time .
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Joshua_t
Sep 4, 2023
Amazing tour - I had a great time with the touring much of Yangon. Got to see and experience much of the History and culture of the city, it was amazing.
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Joshuatt354cm
Sep 3, 2023
Great tour of Yangon. - I had an amazing tour, the tour guide was very helpful and gave me great information. I also got to see amazing culture and History of Yangon, the Temples, Colonial buildings, and parks were incredible.
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Bjcaus
Feb 23, 2020
Great introduction to Yangon - This trip was outstanding. My guide, Ms San San Shwe was a font of knowledge, carefully planned the day to correspond with the heat and was happy to oblige with a side trip to ‘The Lady’s House’ to satisfy a bit of hero worship on my part. The circular railway was a great deal of fun also, but it was Ms Shwe’s knowledge, bubbly enthusiasm and obvious love of her country that won me over. If this is your first time in Myanmar, this is a must do tour. I was sooooo impressed.
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Mac8915
Jan 8, 2020
Yangon City Tour - Our guide, Sinshe (hope I spelt it correctly) picked us up from our hotel on time, she explained in perfect english what we were going to do and where we were going first, we then left and went to our first stop which was the Pagoda, this was wonderful to see and we understood more from it through what Sinshe was telling us, we both felt enlightened at the end of this visit, it was peaceful and a wonderous site to see. From there we went to see the Lady Buddah, a hugh lying down Buddah of which is one of the biggest, the transformation from when it was built and what it is today was fascinating and is a must see. We then went downtown to see the lovely colonial buildings. We walked round, which was very relaxing and all the time Sinshe was telling us about the area. We stopped at the Rangoon Tea House for lunch and sampled a few of the local dishes, all of these were lovely but the favourite was the byriani. After lunch we went to the scottish market, I think it was, where we had time to walk round and sample the local handicrafts as well as jewellery before headin to the train station for our train ride, it was standing room only but the draft we got from the open doors was much needed. The traders on the train selling their wares and the lady making the salads on request was great to watch. Sinshe made it a very special day, she was very knowledgable and I can't recommend this tour enough, I'd do it again and again if I could.
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Friedemann_k
Jan 8, 2020
Best way to see the most remarkable sights in Yangon in 1 Day - After Pickup in the Lobby we startet a Walking tour (Fresh Market, Townhall, Sule-Pagoda, Ferry-Pier etc). Than our driver took us to the Central-Station (I want to see) but there were trackworks and we should wait 60‘ for the next circilair-train! So we asked the guide to visit other sights in between! So we walked for 15‘ more to the Aung-San-Market (a sight on the itinerary, too) - nice shopping there and we were able to catch the ciculair-Train there, too! To get in local touch - Trainride was amazing! After we had Lunch we wanted to expand the itinerary, because the Tourguide wants us to offer a break for 2-3 hours in our Hotel, but were fit and wanted to see more - so we asked the guide and driver to bring us to the Kandawghy-Park (very nice)! After stopping in a shopping place, we went to the Chaukhtatgyi-Tempel (!!!) and after directly to the Swedagon-Pagoda (!!!!)! Should be visited after 4.30 pm (otherwise floor it‘s to hot walking outside), but we did it at 3 pm (walking on the floor was more than ok)! Thoroughly we are very powerful Sightseers and we walked fast and our visits at the sights should not to be very long! So it was a challenge for the guide, because he often wants to offer us breaks, what we don't wanted and need! So we were a challenge for the guide and perhaps it was not his day! But at the end - we recommending this tour very much!
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