8-Hour Mrauk-U Religious Highlights Tour

Koe Thaung Temple

Highlights

Mrauk U

religious, architectural, sightseeing

Group Tour

8 Hours

Easy

English

Description

Explore the highlights of Mrauk-U, an archaeologically important town in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar, that used to be the capital of the Mrauk U Kingdom, the most important and powerful Rakhine kingdom. Visit Koe Thaung Temple, Pesi Pagoda, Letsekan Lake and various other highlights of this town on this short tour.

Itinerary

Mrauk-U Religious Highlights Tour
- Meet the guide at the agreed-upon location and travel to Mrauk U main market.
- Head to Koe Thaung Temple, known as 90,000 Buddha images temple by the locals.
- Visit the 12th-century Pesi Pagoda and discover 5 Buddha images on a small hillock that have been here since the Lay Mro Period.
- Proceed to Alayzee Village, interact with the locals and see the local home industries of making helmets with palm leaves.
- Discover the Letsekan Lake and the Sandamuni Monastery, a small yet vital museum displaying Buddha images with different mudras.
- Hear interesting stories about Sandamuni Bronze Casting Buddha Image and see the old Rakhine coins here.
- Have lunch at a local restaurant.
- Continue to the Shithuaung temple, known as 80,000 Buddha images temple, built-in 1535 with sandstone.
- Explore the octagonal Andaw Thein Temple with exquisite stone carvings.
- See artistic stone carving pedestals at Byala and Radanapon Pagodas.
- Move to Htukan Thein Temple, with significant 64 hairstyles stone sculptures.
- Enjoy the sunset at Discovery Hill.
End of the tour.