Places to visit near

Thongwa

Thongwa is a town in Yangon district, Myanmar of about 52,496 people. Within 50 km by road there are 140 places to visit: 58 forts & heritage, 15 hill stations & viewpoints and 19 buddhist sites. The must-see places are Kyauktan Ye Le Pagoda, Kyaik Khauk Pagoda and Botahtaung Pagoda.

16.7600° N, 96.5250° EPop. 52,496

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Within 30 km22 places
Within 50 km140
Must-see43
Notable165
Best timeOctober to February

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One day from Thongwa

5 stops, one loop, back by 5:15 pm

130 km on the road, in driving order so you don’t double back. Times assume an 8 am start and typical visit lengths.

  1. Leave Thongwa
  2. Kyauktan Ye Le PagodaBuddhist site · 1 hrs
  3. Kyaik Khauk PagodaBuddhist site · 1 hrs
  4. ဘုရားျကီးေက်ာင္းheritage site · 1.5 hrs
  5. ဦးတင္ႏြယ္heritage site · 1.5 hrs
  6. KhaMut Villageviewpoint · 1 hrs
  7. Back in Thongwa
Today’s loopThongwaStopStraight lines between stops — distances are road estimates
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Questions people ask

What are the best places to visit near Thongwa?

Kyauktan Ye Le Pagoda (Buddhist site, about 32 km), Kyaik Khauk Pagoda (Buddhist site, about 34 km), ဦးတင္ႏြယ္ (heritage site, about 15 km), ဘုရားျကီးေက်ာင္း (heritage site, about 24 km), ဗုိလ္ခ်ဳပ္ ပန္းျခံ (park, about 1 km), ရှစ်မျက်နှာစေတီတော် (attraction, about 1 km).

How many tourist places are there within 50 km of Thongwa?

140 places on Spotwander: 58 forts & heritage, 15 hill stations & viewpoints, 19 buddhist sites, 12 other attractions, 6 museums.

Which is the nearest fort to Thongwa?

ဦးတင္ႏြယ္, about 15 km by road; ဘုရားျကီးေက်ာင္း (24 km) is next.

Which is the nearest viewpoint to Thongwa?

KhaMut Village, about 26 km by road; Nyaung Pin Village (35 km) is next.

What is a good one-day trip from Thongwa?

Start in Thongwa, visit Kyauktan Ye Le Pagoda, then Kyaik Khauk Pagoda, then ဘုရားျကီးေက်ာင္း, then ဦးတင္ႏြယ္, then KhaMut Village, and drive back — about 130 km by road in all.