Bago (Pegu) Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Local transport

Taxi

Some travellers make a day trip out of Bago with a hired car from Yangon, starting from about US$40. One-way rides should cost US$20.

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Land

Bus & pick-up

Buses from Yangon (K2000, two hours) depart approximately hourly from 6am from Yangon’s Highway Bus Centre. Pick-ups to Bago (K1500, front seat K2500, up to four hours) depart frequently from Yangon’s Tha-khin Mya Pan-gyan Gate terminal (Strand Rd).

Hadaya Café can help with boarding a Yangon bus heading north. To Mandalay, buses arrive around 7pm; you’ll have to pay the full fare (from K9000) for the 12-hour ride.

Air-con buses to Nyaungshwe (Yaunghwe), for Inle Lake, leave around 1.30pm (from K9000, 15 hours), arriving at 4.30am.

To reach Bagan, take a Mandalay-bound bus to Meiktila and catch a ride the next morning to Nyaung U.

Pick-ups east to Kyaikto (for Golden Rock) leave from Hadaya Café (K2500, three hours). Buses go from near the Emperor Hotel (K3000).

Train

There are several trains daily to Mandalay (ordinary/upper class US$11/29, 14 hours), stopping in Taungoo (US$4/8, four hours), though it can be tricky getting a seat. There are also trains for Yangon (US$2/5, two hours).

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