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Amarapura, Mingun, Sagaing, Innwa Sightseeing Tour: Exciting Day Trip to Beautiful Landmarks
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Amarapura
A driver will arrive at your hotel for pick-up at 09:00 AM. This day tour is crafted to explore Amarapura, Mingun, Sagaing, and Innwa. The landmarks in these cities are quite fascinating and visually appealing.
Duration:
10 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Amarapura - Driver will pick you up from your hotel at 09:00AM.Starting is Amarapura City.There are “Mahargandaryone Monastery”(A largest teaching monastery in Myanmar. Founded around 1914.),”Weaving Workshop”(Weaving is Amarapura people main business),”U Bein Bridge”( Largest teak bridge. A great time to see the sunset).This bridge will arrive in the evening because it is your place to see the sunset.
- Mingun - After Amarapura City ,continue to Mingun City.When you go Mingun city, you must cross the Ayeyarwady River and enjoy the beautiful river side. After drive around 45minutes, the first you will see is a huge pagoda.Name is “Pahtodawgyi pagoda”(Described as the world’s largest pile of bricks).You will also learn about ancient construction techniques.And go ahead to the two “Giant Lions”(established by King Bodawpaya in 1790) facing the Ayarawaddy river.”Mingun Bell”(A bronze bell weighting 55,555 viss 90 tons).Introduce you to one of the most beautiful places in Mingun City.The place is called “Mya TheinTan Pagoda”.Color is all white color. That place is great for you to take pictures.
- Sagaing - After Mingun City,you can take 1hour for your lunch time at Sagaing City.Sagaing City have two place for sightseeing.One is “U Min Thounze”(literally 30 caves is famed for its crescent-shaped colonnade of 45 buddha images).Another is “Soon U Ponya Shin Pagoda”(This is most famous of the temples on Sagaing Hill).
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Innwa - Continue to Innwa/Ava City.Stop at Innwa/Ava boat jetty.And then you will rent boat to visit Innwa/Ava city and also rent horse-cart to go Innwa/Ava city.You will across small river by boat.On the other side you will rent Horse-cart.Innwa/Ava sightseeing are “Maha Aungmye Bonzan”(the royal monastery is a rare survivor from the Innwa/Ava),”Watch Tower”
(Beautiful, expecially high but wide views from the top are great),”Yadanar Semi”(three sitting buddhas and a handful of old brick),”Bagaya Monastery”(Inwa/Ava’s most memorable attraction teak monastery built in 1834. It’s supported on 267 teak posts, the largest 60ft high and 9ft in circumference, creating a prayerhall that is cool, dark and feels genuinely ancient monastery).
Finish a lot of palce.It time to see the sunset.Let’s go to a place that is always remembered for your life,is a “U Bein bridge”.From Innwa/Ava City to Amarapura City drive 15minutes.After 15minutes,you can enjoy your beautiful sunset.
After all,your driver will go to your hotel in Mandalay.
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What's Included
- Bottled water provided
- Air-conditioned vehicles
- All parking fees included
What's Not Included
- Speaking guide
- Lunch
- Mingun Zone 5000MMK for one person
- Horse-Cart 20000MMK for two persons
- Innwa or Ava Zone Fees 15000MMK for one person
Location
Amarapura
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Robhm7372aa
Aug 2, 2024
Quite simply the best tour experience I've ever had. - While we were unable to visit all 4 areas because of civil unrest in Myanmar, it actually worked out for the better - our exploration of the three areas was unhurried and extensive. It was an amazing day spent visiting 800 year old religious sites with pagodas, temples, and monasteries! Honestly, pictures don't do these sites justice - they were all breathtaking. Our guide/driver, Mr. "Choy-yay" (phonetic spelling), despite somewhat limited English was extremely attentive to our needs and desires, and made the entire day a true joy! I recommend him without hesitation!
The different extra costs (admissions, cart ride, etc.) have increased slightly from those listed on TripAdvisor (example: cart ride is now $25,000, up from $20,000), but despite the big numbers it is a very slight increase in dollar amount. Financially the entire day was truly a bargain. Lunch was at a lovely riverside local vendor, spent sitting comfortably beside the river, eating an excellent, full meal of fried prawns, rice, salad, and beverages for 3 people, for a total cost of around $15 usd!
An observation about the optional horse-drawn cart ride: it is a quaint way to get from one point to another, but don't expect to sight-see while in the cart - visibility is extremely limited. However, our "driver" was very willing to stop at several places when we expressed a desire to explore a bit; very accommodating! The other thing about the cart ride is the roughness of the ride; if you've happened to have back surgery or have back problems, I'd recommend forgoing the cart ride and stick with Mr. Choy-yay and his very nice car.
The final stop of the trip was the wooden bridge, expertly timed to correspond with sundown. It was a sight to see and a walk to experience, and provided the perfect closure to an incredible day!
I cannot recommend this tour and Mr. Choy-yay enough!
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Neyomal_p
Jul 29, 2023
Best day trip with a great guide.. - Driver named Ye Lin oo picked me on time from the hotel. He was really professional and knew the route. Took me all the places listed in the tour. Had plenty of time at each attraction. My guide speaks very good English and assured my safety throughout the day. I would definitely recommend this tour if you are visiting Mandalay.
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O8815qroscara
Mar 22, 2020
The best tourist guide Htun Htun - An incredible experience!! Htun Htun excellent service, friendly, accessible, explains everything very well, good conversation ... I give more than 5 stars to the places and to Htun Htun.
Thanks for everything, I definitely recommend this tour to everyone visiting Mandalay !!
Note: Htun Htun is an excellent photographer !!
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Kevin
Feb 6, 2020
Three different tour with Excellent Choice - Easily organised via email some weeks before arrival, all arrangements were adhered to exactly. One full day driver around Mandalay. One full day driver for Amarapura, mingun etc and finally a road transfer Mandalay to Bagan.
We have had many drivers in different countries around the world and Naing was definitely one of the best. His timekeeping, attentiveness in stopping near entrance gates, ensuring our safety when exiting the car and explaining where to get the tickets and the price was excellent. We had a wonderful time with Naing thanks very much. He was truly professional, friendly and helpful. Excellent Choice services represented excellent value for money. The price obviously does not include entrance fees to sites, but these are low by Western standards and there was no issue or queuing obtaining the few necessary. You could not cover the range of places we visited by taxi in the times allowed. A professional company knowing the route and how to best use your time was essential and Excellent Choice fully played their part. Unless you want a fully detailed explanation of the history of each site, a guide is not necessary. It is easy to wander the monasteries and pagodas and perfectly safe everywhere.
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Miriane
Jan 25, 2020
Wonderful experience - Today I went with Htun Htun (guide and driver) arou d Mandalay, was a wonderful experience, he was kind and explained everything! Congratulation Htun Htun!
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