Best Things to Do in Irrawaddy River

• Gazing in wonderment at the thousands of colorful temples, pagodas, and monasteries in Bagan (Pagan) that make this a “Buddhist wonderland.”
• Taking a hot air balloon ride over Bagan for a bird’s eye view of the temples. 
• Viewing the world’s largest reclining Buddha in Bagan. 
• Visiting legendary Mandalay, the last royal capital and center of Buddhist culture.
• Spending time in Yangon (formerly Rangoon), where British colonial architecture mixes with ancient Buddhist temples.
• Gliding past remote villages and spotting saffron-robed Buddhist monks walking briskly to a temple. 
• Encountering a pagoda made of solid gold bricks in Minhla. 
• Being unexpectedly invited into a villager’s modest bamboo house for tea.