Mandalay Sightseeing Tour: Explore Ava, Sagaing, Amarapura

Schedule of Mandalay Sightseeing Tour

After having breakfast at the hotel, visitors depart for an amazing Mandalay sightseeing tour to former capitals of Ava, Sagaing and Amarapura.

In the morning, travellers cross a bridge over the Irrawaddy River to Sagaing which covered with 600 white-painted pagodas and monasteries. Sagaing Hill, home to 3,000 monks and 100 meditation centers, is widely considered as the religious center of Myanmar. In this Mandalay Travel, tourists have chances to discover many well-known pagodas in the region such as Swan Oo Pon Nya Shin and U Min Thone Sae.

Continue moving south to the capital of Ava in 14th – 18th centuries. From there, a short ferry ride will take tourists across the river to where horses and carriages are waiting to transfer the tourists to the old wooden Bagaya Monastery and the Royal Palace and Fort. Travellers can discover this area by horse and cart as welcomed to small villages located amid Ava’s ruins to get a picture of local life in the Burmese countryside. Visitors enjoy lunch in Ava before continuing the adventure.

Move backwards to the city and stop at Amarapura, the former capital that its name means ‘City of Immortality’. Here, tourists can visit a silk weaving workshop, walk along U Bein which is a 200 year-old bridge constructed from 984 teak posts that were a part of the deserted Inwa Palace. Thanks to its 1.2 kilometers in length, U Bein has recognized the world’s longest teak span. Tourists can stroll along the bridge and enjoy the fabulous views of the farms and streams in the surrounding area.

Visitors are transferred back to Mandalay center in the late afternoon and finish the interesting journey.

End of Mandalay Sightseeing Tour !