Mandalay Tour

After breakfast at hotel, visit Mahamuni Pagoda, the most revered Buddha statue in entire Myanmar. En-route to the pagoda, stop to observe the process of Gold-Leaf Beating, where gold is painstakingly hammered into tissue-thin squares. Next, visit Craft Workshop specializing in one of the arts for which the city is famous: Bronze-Casting, Marble-Carving, and Wood-Carving. Enjoy lunch at local restaurant.

After lunch, continue to Shwenandaw Kyaung (Golden Palace Monastery), a delicately carved wooden building and Kuthodaw Pagoda (the world’s largest book), consisting of 729 marble slabs engraved with Buddhist scriptures. Finally, visit Mandalay Hill at Sunset. Up on the hill, you find a scenic view of the city, the plains surrounding it, the Shan Mountain, as well as the Ayeyarwaddy River, especially great at sunset. Return to Mandalay and transfer to your hotel.

Full day sightseeing in Mandalay. (by car)

• Visiting Mahamuni Pagoda which is the major pilgrimage site of Mandalay.
• Visiting Kuthodaw Pagoda which is listed on the World UNESCO Heritage Site.
• Exploring the art and crafts workshop.
• Witnessing the sunset from the top of Mandalay Hill.