Amarapura and Sagaing Day Tour
- Visit the 160 year old U Bein Bridge, the world's longest teak bridge, composed of over a thousand teak posts
- Get a glimpse of monastery life in Mahagandayon Monastery, the residence of over 1,500 monks at a time
- Cruise from the banks of Myitnge River then travel by horse drawn carriage to experience local life in Ava
- Explore Bargaya Monastery, the home of 176 teak pillars and impressive wood carvings
- Travel to U Min Thoze Pagoda and Soon Oo Ponya Shin Pagoda, located on the hill top of Sagaing
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What to expect
Experience the daily life of the locals in Myanmar with this one day tour of Amarapura and Sagaing, known as the religious and monastic center of the country. Begin the tour with a pick up at your hotel, then head towards Amarapura and see the U Bein Bridge, the world's longest teak bridge! Watch as hundreds of residents and monks pedal their bicycles across its length, before you visit Mahagandayon Monastery and observe at least 1,500 monks going about their routines. Take a quick break for lunch, at your own expense, then board a ferry from the Myitnge River towards Ava. Hop on a horse-drawn carriage and explore your surroundings, making stops at Bargaya Monastery and Maha Aung Mye Bonzan Monastery, filled with impressive ornate wood carvings and intricate stuccoed sculpture. See the 45 gilded Buddha statues at U Min Thoze Pagoda and get an amazing view of the sunset at the Soon Oo Pon Nya Shin Pagoda, right before you head back to your hotel in Mandalay.
Reviews
Booking this tour will allow you to visit and learn about Amarapura, Sagaing and Inwa, three of Myanmar’s ancient capitals, in one full day. It’s probably not possible to fit these three if you’re doing a DIY day tour. Our guide, Winnie, advised us to skip some destinations in the original itinerary and suggested other sites that are more interesting. We went to the U Bein Bridge as our last stop. Tourists flock the area to witness the sunrise/sunset so it’s difficult to get a boat when you did not make a reservation. Our guide managed to secure one for us to enjoy the lovely sunset at the Thaungtaman Lake while watching people cross the 1.2-km teakwood bridge. The guide and the driver made our full day tour convenient and comfortable.
Good tour. Good tour guide. Good driving. Quite hard to get around in Myanmar without driving or motor. It is good to take the tour. It’s private tour but reasonable price.
Pickup at the hotel was on time.. The van was quite old used but spacious.The driver was good but the guide’s English was hard to understand. Sagging was scenic but Awa”s roads were bumpy making the horse riding very uncomfortable. Overall was good.
We had a great experience during the tour as our tour guide was very nice and accommodating with our needs. We were able to visit many temples and pagodas during our tour and we even had a horse carriage ride bringing us from one place to another. We had a private tour and our van was very comfortable for the three of us. Highly recommended to try. Just do not forget to wear shirts with sleeves and pants or long skirts as to be able to get inside the temples without having to rent.
This is such a beautiful trip! We were able to see how beautiful Mandalay is for this day! Our tour guide and driver are both very helpful and very caring. They really made sure that we are well taken care of and enjoying our tour!
it was such a beautiful tour to explore Mandalay! the view was amazing, the monks offering ceremony was very special, the temples are beautiful, the horse cart ride was very unique!
Fantastic tour guide and driver provided for the tour. Guide had excellent English and was knowledgable in regards to historic and cultural sites we visited. Tour was for 10hrs so it is a full day but totally worth it to take in everything the city has to offer. Mandalay highlights was the 160 year old U Bein Bridge and visit to the monastery.
Thanks to our tour guide she’s nice and she speaks english well her name is Cleya. We learned a lot about Amarapura and Mandalay. She’s friendly, accomodating and caring. The tour was over all fun to experience here in Myanmar.
Our tour guide was very nice & informative. We had an awesome experience.
great experience the guide is nice worth going