Thein Ko Oo (Tour Expert)
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Duration: 7 days
Group size: 1 - 999
Amaze with Historic Buddhist Sites
Monywa, Myanmar (Burma)
Thein Ko Oo (Tour Expert)
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Duration: 7 days
Group size: 1 - 999
About this trip
Learn about the activities of the Buddhist people. See the historic and ancient arts, wall paintings and pagodas in the sandstone caves since 16 century. See the rural life and countryside view in the tropical region.
What’s included
- Untitled ItemEnglish-speaking Burmese tour guide. Safe driver and air-conditioned car service. Purified drinking water. Snow towels. Camera fees. Road taxes.
What’s not included
- Untitled ItemOther personal expenses. Food and drinks. Entrance fees. Hotel
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mandalay-monywa-Mandalay
Amaze with Historic Buddhist Sites
- After breakfast at the hotel, drive to Monywa (about 8:00 am in the morning) is a provincial city in central Myanmar, 136 km north-west of Mandalay. It serves as a major trading center for India and Burma through Kalay Myo road and Chindwin River.
- Start exploration in the local market of Monywa where typical Burmese are coming here to sell their products, foods, fruits and meats by boats crossing the river. You might get friendly with these smiling local people and familiar with Monywa.
- Visit Thanboddhay Pagoda. Its modern architecture is unique and the most revered pagoda among Buddhists. There are many different Buddha images, row upon row in ascending tiers in niches along the walls with an amazing total number of 582. 257! Most of the pagodas in Myanmar guarded by lions’ statues, but this pagoda is guarded by statues of a pair of magnificent white elephants which are sacred and auspicious in Buddhist symbolism.
- Continue your visit to the nearby Bodhi Tataung (1000 Bodhi trees where under each tree one Seated-Buddha image is placed). The most impressive standing Buddha image (130 meters) which has been recognized as the world tallest one.
- Driving to the famous caves of Po Win Daung, 25 kilometres west of Monywa. Watch sandstone caves which contain many carved Buddha images and well-preserved mural paintings of Nyaungyan period in 17-18 centuries. Some caves have beautiful exterior decorations with mythical features such as giant, angles and animals. It has to be a popular pilgrimage site among the local visitors.
- Finish your tour with the 46 caves of Shwe Ba Taung cut vertically down into the sandstone that are believed to have been cut out at the same time of Po Win Daung images. They enshrine larger Buddha images standing or sitting positions with entrances built up during the colonial period giving touches of Victorian architecture.
- After sightseeing, drive back to Mandalay and you arrive back to the hotel in the late evening.
Your Organizer
Thein Ko Oo (Tour Expert)
I am starting guide profession in Myanmar tourism with culture, birding and adventure tours as freelance guiding. I had over 2 years experience for front office desk as receptionist in hotels . Then, i changed my job and moved to this travel agency as operation assistant and destination developer in 2016. I am very willing to experience my clients with authentic beauty, diverse culture and variety of birds in Myanmar. I love traveling, guiding, and trip planning. I have official tour guide license.