Things to see and do Monywa

From Monywa, you can reach the famous Hpo Win Daung caves about 25 km away. These "sandstone" caves are magnificent: pagodas dug into the rock and in which hundreds of Buddhas are arranged. These caves are named after U Hpo Win, a famous alchemist who lived in the area. Superb frescoes and images of Buddhas lie inside the caves, some dating from the 14th to 16th centuries.

This pagoda was built between 1939 and 1952. The recent construction of Thanboddhay explains its peculiarity and interesting features. More than 500,000 small images of Buddha's disciples are nestled inside the pagoda. From the outside, the Pagoda itself vaguely resembles Borobudur in Java (Indonesia), except that here it is covered with gold leaf. The whole thing is beautiful! A small tower allows men to enjoy the view of the pagoda, but is unfortunately forbidden to women.

They are an entertainment centre and local scenes interesting for the traveller.

Southwest of Monywa, you have to leave the city to find this piece of nature and spirituality. It is actually a hill covered with banyans which have the particularity of having an image of Buddha on each of their feet. One comes here to walk between the Buddha statues, as if through a sacred forest. And know that you can also see the second highest Buddha statue in the world. Decidedly, what grandiose monuments!

Very deep lake formed by volcanic eruption. To our knowledge, nobody is bathing there.