Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda is one of the famous pagodas in Myanmar and is about 3600 feet above sea level. The small stupa, just 7.3 meters high, sits atop the ‘Golden Rock’, a massive, gold leaded boulder delicately balanced on the very edge of a cliff at the top of Mt. Kyaikhtiyo. At a glance, it seems that the boulder will fall at a slight push. Kyaikhtiyo is 160 km from Yangon. From Kin Pun camp, a steep and rough 11 km road leads to the upper staging point, a journey made in open truck, and then hiking up steep paths which approx: 4 km to the “Golden Rock”. Sedan chairs, carried by four men are for rent for the wearier travelers. From the pagoda platform one can have a panoramic view of the valley of the Sittaung River in the west, and in the south, the north and the east one can see green forests as well as mountain ranges and pagodas.