Sagaing, Mingun, Inwa and U-Bein Sunset
Have breakfast at your hotel in Mandalay and set out on a drive to Sagaing, the site of hundreds of monasteries, nunneries, and meditation centres.
Cross Yadanabon Bridge on the way and see the old bridge built by the British for trading with China, running parallel to the new one.
Arrive at the top of Sagaing Hill, from where you can see the confluence of two rivers.
Visit Soon-Oo-Pone-Nyar-Shin Pagoda and U Min-Thone-Sel Pagoda with your Burmese tour guide.
Proceed to Mingun, named after King Bodawphaya, who personally supervised the construction of its monuments. Visit the miniature stupa of Pahtotawgyi and Settawyar Pagoda on the banks of the river, which was moved from Amarapura to its present site by King Bodawpaya. Also visit the house for old people and see the Mingun Bell, the largest functioning bronze-cast bell in the world, weighing over 90 tons.
Visit the memorial hall of Mingun Sayadaw and Mya Thein Dan Pagoda. Walk around the village to see local life and experience its rural atmosphere.
Drive to a small jetty and board a ferry to Ava.
Enjoy a fun horse-cart ride in Inwa, the ancient capital of Myanmar, and head to Bagaya Monastery, built of large teak wood with intricate carvings.
Head to the Nanmyint Watchtower and visit Maha Aung Myay Bones, a brick monastery and an example of one of the finest architectural religious monuments of the Inwa era.
Watch a beautiful sunset over the world's longest teak-made bridge, U-Bein.
