Mandalay

4 D AY S
M A N D A L AY - G E T I N

By train - 15 hours from Yangon

Several trains daily from Yangon. Old. There are sleepers in the last train leaving Yangon to Mandalay, but impossible to sleep
on the train as most of the journey is made on extremely bumpy rails. Tickets : Go to the advance booking office in Bogyoke
Aung San road on the south side of the tracks, opposite the Sakura Tower and diagonally opposite the Traders Hotel. Tickets
from MMK12,750-4,600 for an ordinary seat. In order to reserve a ticket for the evening train, must go to the train station at
07:00 on the same day.

By Bus

Three bus stations in Mandalay. Kywe Se Kan Highway station (aka Chan Mya Shwe Pyi), 8km away from city center.
Pyi Gyi Myat Shin bus station is south east of downtown.
Thiri Mandala bus station is west of downtown, the closest to city center.
From Yangon Night bus with air-con 17:00, 18:00, 19:00, 21:00 and 21:30 departure, 8.5-9 hours to Mandalay. From 17500
MMK

From Bagan MMK11,000 and MMK9,000 for a minibus(5-6 hours). Almost every hour in the morning and latest around 17:30.
Big buses leave daily at 09:00,14:00 and 21:30 (beware that 21:30 bus will get into Mandalay at around 2 am in the morning,
not 5 am like they would tell you) without pick-up. There is also an express bus at 08:00 for MMK8000 incl. pick-up from
guesthouse.

From Inle Lake, Kalaw or Mid-Eastern Towns There are buses available along this route, either a day minibus (05:00
departure, MMK 10,500, 7 hours) or a night bus with air-con (18:00 departure, MMK 10,500-12,500). The minibus in the day
takes a slightly shorter route than the larger (and some say more comfortable) full-sized night bus.

By Plane
M A N D A L AY H I L L

M A H A M YAT M U N I PAYA

S H W E K Y I M Y I N PAYA

U-BEIN BRIDGE (AMARAPURA)

M A H A M U N I PAYA . V I S I T AT A R O U N D 0 4 : 3 0 - 0 5 : 0 0 F O R T H E C E R E M O N Y O F W A S H I N G T H E
B U D D H A ' S FA C E , W H I C H O C C U R S E V E R Y D AY A N D I S AT T E N D E D B Y H U N D R E D S O F
PEOPLE

M I N G U N . T H E B O AT T O M I N G U N D E PA R T S AT 0 9 : 0 0 A N D R E T U R N S AT 1 3 : 0 0 . M M K 5 , 0 0 0
R O U N D T R I P - M I N 4 P E O P L E O N F E R R Y O R PAY D I F F E R E N C E . I T TA K E S A B O U T O N E
HOUR THERE AND 45 MINUTES BACK, GIVING THREE HOURS TO EXPLORE. CAN CLIMB
T H E M I N G U N PAYA , B U T N O S H O E S O R S O C K S A R E A L L O W E D . O T H E R S I T E S : T H E
W O R L D ' S L A R G E S T U N C R A C K E D B E L L A N D H S I N B Y U M E PAYA , A W H I T E PA G O D A

INWA

MONYWA AND THE BOUDDHA CAVES (135 KM NORTH-WEST)

TA X I C A L L E D B Y H O T E L S A R E M O R E S A F E T H A N R A N D O M H I R I N G O U T S I D E .
Mandalay to Bagan
T R A N S P O R TAT I O N

How to get there

By trains : 7 hours / one way tickets 6$ / direct trains / 2 departures daily / tickets at
the train station.

Daily express ferry : 5 hours / one way tickets 25$ /

Slow ferry : from 14 to 17 hours / one way tickets 10$ / leaves around 5am

How to get in

When entering Bagan, pass through a ticket booth, present passport, buy 10$ ticket
(need to show it for hostels or accommodations).
Bagan
5 - 6 D AY S
OLD BAGAN

MINNANTHU VILLAGE

PWASAW VILLAGE

MYINGKABA

N YA U G U & W E T K Y I I N

M O U N T P O PA & P O PA R E S O R T - 1 D AY

Mount Popa

Mt. Popa is about 50km away from Bagan. It takes about 45

minutes drive (Taxi) from Nyaung Oo Airport, Bagan. 777
steps with monkeys and a temple.

Popa Resort

Apparently, a magnificent spot to see the whole scenery and

the mountain. Some taxi drivers can bring us to those spots
for one day, plus a farms stuff to taste (seems kind of a trap
but people say it’s worth it)
PA A N ( YA N G O N R E G I O N )

SADAN CAVE