Myanmar · City Tours

12-Hour Mandalay and Mingun Tour with Ayeyarwady River Boat Ride

12 Hours Round trip from Mandalay Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights

01 Enjoy a boat ride on the Ayeyarwady River from Mandalay to Mingun
02 Visit the Mingun Bell, the world's largest intact bronze bell at 87 tons
03 See the beautiful Hsinbyume Pagoda and the unfinished Mingun Pagoda
04 Explore Kuthodaw Pagoda, known as the world's largest book
05 Watch the sunset from Mandalay Hill beside glittering glass-studded temple walls

Travel through the highlights of Mandalay and Mingun on this full-day tour. Enjoy a boat ride on the Ayeyarwady River from Mandalay to Mingun, and visit landmarks including the Mingun Bell, the beautiful Hsinbyume Pagoda, the unfinished Mingun Pagoda, Kuthodaw Pagoda, Shwenandaw Monastery, Mandalay Hill, and Zeycho vegetable market.

The river here is always busy, with small long-tail boats, bamboo rafts, and ferries carrying goods up and down the river.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 12 Hours

Tour type Shared

Activity level Easy

Accommodation Not included

Transport Included

Wheelchair access No

Cities Mandalay, Mingun

Languages English, French, German

Day by day

The itinerary

Day 01

Mandalay and Mingun Sightseeing by Boat

Pick up by your Mandalay tour guide from your hotel and transfer to the jetty.
En route, stop at Zeycho vegetable market.
Board your boat and travel upstream on the Ayeyarwady River from Mandalay to Mingun (11 km, about one hour). The river here is always busy, with small long-tail boats, bamboo rafts, and ferries carrying goods up and down the river.
Visit the Mingun Bell, which at 87 tons is the world's largest intact bronze bell.
Continue to the beautiful Hsinbyume (Mya Thein Tan) Paya and the unfinished, mighty Mingun Pagoda, built to be the world's biggest, before returning downriver to Mandalay.
In the afternoon, go to Kuthodaw Pagoda, where the Theravada Buddhist scriptures are inscribed on 729 marble slabs, giving rise to its nickname, 'the world's largest book'.
Next, visit the Shwenandaw Monastery, the only Royal Palace building to survive the World War II bombing. At the top of Mandalay Hill lie glittering glass-studded temple walls, which reflect the evening glow as you watch the sunset.