U Bein Bridge Sunset Cycling Day Tour from Mandalay
Overview
Inclusions
- Hotel pickup and drop-off in Mandalay
- Bottled water
- Snacks
- Local guide
- Use of bicycle
- Use of helmet
What to expect
You will start the bike ride and take a leisurely ride through farmland and villages where locals will be pleasantly surprised to see you and call out with greetings. Along the way you will stop by the hometown of the Mayor U Bein after whom the bridge is named. Also learn more about a Muslim community that has lived here for the last two hundred years. You will have the opportunity to explore the shady paths through the ancient capital of Ava and finish our ride at U Bein Bridge.
U Bein Bridge spans 1.2 km and was reportedly built by Mayor U Bein from salvaged teak wood that was left behind in the move of the capital from Amarapura to Mandalay in 1859. Although the bridge has been repaired in the past, the pillars are still the original wood. After relaxing in the last light of the day, you will be taken back to your hotel in Mandalay arriving by 7:30pm.
Additional information
- A maximum of 10 people per booking
- Dress code: Please have shoulders covered and shorts mid-thigh or longer. We will be biking through some rural villages where dress code is more conservative
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travelers
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
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Dan was a great and knowledgeable tour guide taking us around the village and ancient site of Innwa. Much better way to travel than horse and cart in my opinion because you move freely. Dan provides good snacks and we got to sample some local street food also. We cycled 21km (we used a FitBit to ...
Dan was a great and knowledgeable tour guide taking us around the village and ancient site of Innwa. Much better way to travel than horse and cart in my opinion because you move freely. Dan provides good snacks and we got to sample some local street food also. We cycled 21km (we used a FitBit to measure) through countryside and village stopping at various interesting points as we went. Safety helmets were provided and the bikes were excellent condition. As well as stopping at ruins and pagodas, we also stopped at a weaving factory which was interesting. We took a short ferry hop across the river which was fun and finally we take a rowing boat into the river to look at the U Bein Bridge. Excellent trip, highly recommend.We had a wonderful day. The bikes are good, the guides are great! Would highly recommend this tour, you get to see village life, as well as pagodas and other amazing sights.
We had a wonderful day. The bikes are good, the guides are great! Would highly recommend this tour, you get to see village life, as well as pagodas and other amazing sights.Cycling around villages and seeing the sunset at the U Bein bridge seemed to be a very right choice for me to escape from the hustling and burstling of Mandalay. I was taken through local houses making tobacco, silk/ cotton weaving, some pagodas and ended with a sunset boat trip by the guide name...
Cycling around villages and seeing the sunset at the U Bein bridge seemed to be a very right choice for me to escape from the hustling and burstling of Mandalay. I was taken through local houses making tobacco, silk/ cotton weaving, some pagodas and ended with a sunset boat trip by the guide named Hliang Phyo Oo. He was so nice, attentive, knowledgable and paced the tour that made me relaxed. Great adventure, great guide, great bike and great Grassshopper Adventure. I highly recommend this tour.I ended up not being able to go on this tour as I had come down with something. So my friend was taken alone. So this is his experience “Lots of interesting stops along the way, beautiful sunset boat. The cycling was tough in parts, but this was probably due to my own personal fitness! Sadly I co...
I ended up not being able to go on this tour as I had come down with something. So my friend was taken alone. So this is his experience “Lots of interesting stops along the way, beautiful sunset boat. The cycling was tough in parts, but this was probably due to my own personal fitness! Sadly I couldn’t do the last 9km but they got the minibus to pick me up for the last bit. The guide was super helpful and informative. Even calling his wife (a nurse) for advise on some medicine for my friend! Which he then picked up on the way back. Hlaing Phyo Oo really made the journey for me. Thank you!”i was alone with a very nice guide Sai Pai Soe Aye. He explained me a lot of things while we were stopping in few houses to understand local business. Bike is a good way to visit countryside. U bein bridge is amazing but too crowdy compare to the rest of the day.
i was alone with a very nice guide Sai Pai Soe Aye. He explained me a lot of things while we were stopping in few houses to understand local business. Bike is a good way to visit countryside. U bein bridge is amazing but too crowdy compare to the rest of the day.I got picked up at the hotel, they were on time. I was alone so I got a private tour. My tour guide was amazing. He knows a lot about the villages and if you ask you can also stop next to the road and ask some questions. My guide was Hlaing if you get him as your guide, you are definitely lucky...
I got picked up at the hotel, they were on time. I was alone so I got a private tour. My tour guide was amazing. He knows a lot about the villages and if you ask you can also stop next to the road and ask some questions. My guide was Hlaing if you get him as your guide, you are definitely lucky. I next time I book a tour I will definitely book it again at grasshoppers.