Destination · Myanmar
Kyaiktiyo Pagoda, also known as Golden Rock, is one of the country's most important Buddhist pilgrimage sites.
Located in Mon State 160 km from Yangon, it is reached after a winding 12-kilometre climb from the base camp at Kinpun, adventurously done in equipped trucks.
On arrival you will be surprised by the sight of a golden boulder, shaped like a hermit's head and topped by a 6-metre golden pagoda, precariously balanced on the edge of a cliff 1,121 metres above sea level.
Legend says it stays stable in its precarious balance because two sacred hairs of the Buddha are enshrined inside.