Day 8: Transfer to Thazi

After breakfast, travel to Mount Popa (approx. 11⁄2 hours travel time). On the way, visit several villages and see how sap is extracted from palm trees and then converted into palm sugar. You will visit the large, extinct volcano. The solitary volcanic peak of Mount Popa, rising out of the shimmering heat, is home to Myanmar’s most powerful ‘nats’ (spirits). Visit the Nat Museum and its life‐size statues of the 37 nat gods. Climb the steps to the stupas and shrines on the summit above the museum and encounter many pilgrims on the way. Then continue to Thazi (approx. four hours).