2-Day Mandalay Sightseeing Tour with Mingun, Sagaing and Inwa

Upon arrival at Mandalay International Airport, your Burmese guide will be ready to greet you, or you may meet the guide directly at the hotel.

Start your sightseeing tour with a visit to Mahamuni Pagoda. It is a spectacular and revered Buddha image covered with 24-carat gold plates.

Stop to see the masterpiece of artisans at the stone carving workshop, and learn how gold foils are made at the gold-leaf centre.

In the afternoon, visit the Royal Palace, the last residence of the Burmese Kingdom.

Proceed to the Kuthodaw Pagoda Complex, which houses the world's largest book, with Buddhist scriptures inscribed on it.

Visit Golden Palace Monastery, an attractive complex popular for its typical 19th-century wood carvings and the apartment of King Mindon.

Next, visit the finest architectural brick monastery known as Mahaatulawaiyan Monastery.

Climb to the top of Mandalay Hill to enjoy beautiful sunset views.

After breakfast at the hotel, the tour begins with a 2-hour drive to Mingun, a riverside 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.

Stop by the Memorial Hall of Mingun Sayadaw and Hsin Byu Me Pagoda.

Next, set sail downstream to the jetty.

Drive to Sagaing, the largest religious site in the country.

See Soonooponyashin Pagoda on top of Sagaing Hill.

Next, visit U Min-Thone-Sel, thirty caves that contain 45 same-size seated Buddha images.

Then, continue crossing to Inwa by ferry boat.

Enjoy a horse-cart ride in Inwa, the ancient capital of Myanmar kings, and later visit Bagayar Monastery, built with large teak wood and carvings. Also visit Yadanarsimi Pagoda.

Head to the Nanmyint watch-tower, the only remaining structure from the Inwa royal palace buildings.

In 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.

After sightseeing, drive back to Mandalay and transfer to your hotel. End of the tour.