Bagan Day Tours

Trip Overview

One of our company’s English speaking tour leaders will come and pick you up at your hotel on your appointment time ( about 8:00 am ). Our day tour will be started with morning colorful vegetable market in Nyaung Oo follow by making a cultural sightseeing to the best model Shwezegon Pagoda, famous Ananda pagoda and the tallest Thatbyinnyu Temple.  After that, enjoy inclusive Myanmar traditional lunch. After lunch, proceed to lacquer ware factory to study the process of lacquer ware making in new Bagan. It is a unique souvenir of not only Bagan but also Myanmar. In the afternoon, we will visit Manuha Buddha images and the only one stone carving decorated temple, Nan Phayar.  For 11th century, Gupyutgyi Temple will be the highlight of the day.In the evening, visit the biggest temple Damayangyi temple follow by enjoying the sunset at  a tall temple. After sunset, back to your hotel and it will be at the end of Bagan Day tour sightseeing with Travel Expert.

Included Main Highlights

• Colorful morning vegetable market
• Shwezegone Pagoda, the best pagoda-model of the country
• The tallest temple, Thatbyinnyu Temple
• Ananda Temple which is famous as the best architecture style in Bagan
• Myanmar traditional lunch
• Lacquer wear factory
• Manuha Buddha Statue, the biggest Buddha Statue in Bagan
• Nan Phayar, only one stone carving temple in Bagan
• Gupyaukgyi , the earliest 11st century painting
• Damayangyi, the most massive and the biggest temple in Bagan
• Unforgettable sunset pleasure at a high temple

Tour Facts & Features

Pricing : 70 USD per pax start from 2 pax

This above mentioned pricing will valid from 1^st June, 2019 to 31^st May 2020. We offer optional sightseeing and additional nights at a hotel or guest house in Yangon and all over the country for our clients.

What’s included

• Official licensed English Speaking tour guide
• All sightseeing mentioned in the above program
• All entrance fees and camera fees
• Myanmar traditional lunch
• Free drinking water
• Good private air-conditioned car
• Service charges and car

What’s not included

• Travel insurance
• Accommodation
• Visa fees
• Dinner and all beverages
• Personal expenses
• Tips to show your gratitude  for your guide and driver if you satisfied with them

To make tour reservation or inquiry for detail information, please Contact Us. One of our experts will get back to you within 24 hours.

“BAGAN DAY TOURS INFORMATION”

Ananda Temple : It is the most famous Pagoda in the Bagan’s temples, and it is considered the masterpiece of Mon architecture. It was built in 1091 by King Kyansitha. The structure of the Temple is that of a simple corridor temple. Other interesting features of the temple are the numerous glazed terracotta tiles ornamenting the base and the receding terraces which represent the Jataka stories of the Buddha and the hosts of Mara’s army. Each of these plaques is inscribed with a Mon legend. The inner walls are honey-combed with niches in which are set small stone Buddhas in various postures. The most notable among the sculptures is a series of eighty reliefs in the two lower tiers of niches in the outer corridor, illustrating the life of the Bodhisattva from his birth to the attainment of supreme wisdom. The western sanctum also enshrines the life-size statues of its founder, Kyanzittha and the primate, Shin Arahan.

Thatbyinnyu Temple : It lies in the center of Bagan, half-kilometer away from Ananda. It is also known as the “Temple of Omniscience” and is the tallest pagoda in Bagan, totally 201 feets in high.

It was built by King Alaungsithu in the middle of the 12th century A.D. There are two tires of windows in each story of the Thatbyinnyu, as well as huge arches inlaid with flamboyant pediments making the interior bright and allowing a breeze to flow through. Entering by east porch one is confronted by the stairway guarded by two standing figures of the guardians. At the top was a stupa containing holy relics. The upper story can be reached by climbing interior stairs to the intermediate terraces, then taking an exterior staircase to the cellar. Three Square terraces with medial stairways rest on this cubicle.

Shwezigon Pagoda : It is one of the most venerated pagodas in Myanmar,  King Anawrahta, thinking of himself as a “universal monarch”, set about to obtain all possible relics of the Buddha. He got the Buddha’s collar bone and frontal bone from Pyay and an emerald Buddha figure from Yunan of China. All these sacred relics were enshrined in this pagoda. As he died in 1077, King Kyansitha supervised the completion of the structure in 1089. It is a solid cylindrical in style and is a prototype of other similar structures in Myanmar. On each of the four sides of pagoda is small temple which enshrines the standing Buddha of the Gupta style. At the northeast corner of the platform there are 37images of nats or spirits in a shrine hall. Shwezigon Pagoda festival is held annually during the month of November or December with an honor of the pagoda.

Damayangyi Temple : It is said to be Bagan’s largest shrine. It was built by King Narathu in     1660-65 who was also known as Kalagya Min or the King assassinated by Indians. The finest brickwork is to be seen in this temple because it is said that Narathu oversaw the construction himself, and he had masons executed if a needle could be pushed between the bricks they had laid. As he was seriously concerned about his future lives after having murdered his father, Narathu built it to atone for his misdeed.

Manuha Temple : It was built by the captive King of Thaton in 1059 A.D, situated just south of Myinkaba village. The builder’s grievance is graphically demonstrated by representing one reclining and three seated Buddha images cramped uncomfortably within the narrow confines of the pagoda. It is said to symbolize the distressed soul of the defeated King, and is an example of early jail architecture in Myanmar. Unlike to most of Mon-style temple, its upper story is smaller than the lower. It is collapsed during 1975 earthquake and was renovated in 1981.grievance is graphically demonstrated by representing one reclining and three seated Buddha images cramped uncomfortably within the narrow confines of the pagoda.

Nanpaya Temple : It is situated close to the Manuha temple. According to tradition, it was used as the residence of the captive Mon king, Manuha. It is built of brick and mud mortar and surfaced with stone, and is square in plan with a porch projection on the east face. Flanking the sanctuary in the main building are four stone pillars on the sides of each of which are carved triangular flora designs and the figures of the Brahma holding lotus flowers in each hand. Like other earlier temples at Pagan it has perforated stone windows to admit light into the building.

Shwesandaw Pagoda : One of only three religious structures King Anawrahta built in Bagan, it was constructed in 1057 after his victorious return from Thaton. Its stupa enshrines some of the sacred hairs of Buddha obtained from the King of Bago (Pegu). The pagoda spire collapsed in the 1975 earthquake and it has already been replaced.

Tharabba Gateway : If you enter the ancient city you’ll pass through the main gate on the east wall named Tharabba Gateway. It is the only structure left of the old city built by King Pyibya in the 9th century . Traces of stucco carving on the frieze are visible on the exterior walls. The entrance to it is guarded by two Bagan’s guardians-nats or spirits, called MahagiriNats. These two nats, brother and sister, are namely Maung Tint de (Mr. Handsome) and his sister Shwemyethna (Miss Golden Face) whose images are deposited in a monastery shrine, the male on the left and the female on the right. They are the most important spirit beings in Myanmar history.