Top Mandalay Day Trips

If you’re visiting Mandalay for the first time, orient yourself in Myanmar’s second city with ease during a full-day sightseeing tour that’s designed with time-pressed travelers in mind. Rather than navigating an unfamiliar city alone, you’ll be transported between dispersed attractions in air-conditioned comfort and benefit from the insider knowledge of your guide.

Explore the ancient cities of Amarapura, Sagaing, Mingun, and Innwa on a full-day, private tour that’s tailored to you. With a personal driver to whisk you between sites in a climate-controlled vehicle, you’ll cover even more historic places, pagodas, and temples. It’s an individualized alternative to group tours with fixed itineraries, so you can sightsee at your own pace.

Explore Mandalay's highlights without getting overwhelmed by trip-planning fatigue with this private tour. Meet your driver directly outside your hotel, then sit back and relax knowing the tour logistics and itinerary are sorted. Enjoy visiting Mandalay Palace, Shwenandaw Monastery, Kuthodaw Pagoda, and more, as well as taking in views from Mandalay Hill.

Enjoy a full-day discovery tour of Pyin Oo Lwin on this transport-only tour from Mandalay. Founded in the 19th-century as a military outpost, the beautiful highland town of Pyin Oo Lwin later became the summer capital where the British governor would come to escape the hot weather. This tour includes a visit to the All Saints Anglican Church and National Kandawgyi Botanical Gardens, as well as a pagoda, a waterfall, and an orange farm (entry fees not included).

Don’t let limited time stop you seeing the full breadth of Myanmar’s cultural landscape—tick off three cities in just one day on a day trip to Amarapura, Sagging, and Innwa from Mandalay. Taking a private your gives you the chance to tweak your itinerary and also guarantees the undivided attention of your private guide.