Itinerary

1. Day 1: Mandalay - Amarapura

   • Meet your tour guide at the hotel.
   • Sightsee the gold leaf hammering craft shop; learn how to make gold foils at the gold-leaves centre.
   • Visit the Mahamuni Pagoda with your Myanmar tour guide. It is a spectacular and revered Buddha image, covered with 24-carat gold plates.
   • Stop by to see the masterpiece of craftsmen at the Stone Carving workshop and proceed to the wood carving & tapestry workshop.
   • In the afternoon, visit the Royal Palace, which was the last residence of the Burmese Kingdom.
   • Proceed to the Kuthodaw Pagoda Complex, which houses the world's largest book on which Buddhist scriptures are inscribed.
   • Explore Golden Palace Monastery, an attractive complex popular for its typical 19th-century wood carvings and the apartment of King Mindon.
   • Head to the finest architectural brick monastery known as Mahaatulawaiyan Monastery.
   • Climb to the top of Mandalay Hill to enjoy beautiful sunset views.

   Overnight stay at the hotel

2. Day 2: Mingun-Sagaing-Ava-U Bein

   • After breakfast at the hotel, the tour begins with a 2-hour drive to Mingun (a river-side historical site).
   • Start sightseeing at Settawyar Pagoda, which was built and moved from Amarapura to the present site by King Bodawpaya.
   • Visit Pahtotawgyi, a massive unfinished pagoda.
   • Explore Mingun Bell, the largest functioning bronze-cast bell in the world.
   • Proceed to Memorial Hall of Mingun Sayadaw and Hsin Byu Me Pagoda.
   • Set sail downstream to the jetty.
   • Drive to Sagaing, the largest religious site in the country.
   • See the Soonooponyashin Pagoda on top of Sagaing Hill.
   • Step into U Min-Thone-Sel, thirty caves that contain 45 same-size seated Buddha images.
   • Continue crossing to Inwa by ferry boat with your local tour guide.
   • Enjoy horse-cart riding in Inwa (the ancient capital of Myanmar Kings), and later visit Bagayar Monastery, built with large teak woods and carvings.
   • Continue visit to the olden pagodas complex and visit the "Yadanarsimi" Pagoda.
   • Head to the Nanmyint watchtower, the only remaining structure from Inwa royal palace buildings.
   • On the last leg of the tour, visit Maha Aung Mye Bonzan Monastery, the finest architectural marvel and a famous religious monument of the Inwa era.
   • Finish the tour with the sunset watching on the world's longest teak-made bridge known as U Bein.
   • Drive back to Mandalay and then transfer to your hotel.

   End of the tour.