Taung Kwin Monastery

Taung Kwin Monastery: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this Buddhist site: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Taung Kwin Monastery

Season: October to March.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Taung Kwin Monastery — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 16.49522, 97.64665. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Taung Kwin Monastery

• Kyaik Than Lan Pagoda · Buddhist site · Mon State · ~3 km · Must-see
• Gaung Say Kyun · river spot · Mon State · ~4 km · Must-see
• Pa Auk International Meditation Center · Buddhist site · Mon State · ~18 km · Must-see
• Bilu Island · river spot · Mon State · ~22 km · Must-see
• Saddan Cave (front) · cave · ကရင်ပြည်နယ် · ~35 km · Must-see
• Zin Kyaik Waterfall · waterfall · Mon State · ~39 km · Must-see
• Zwe Ka Bin Pagoda · Buddhist site · ကရင်ပြည်နယ် · ~46 km · Must-see
• Mount Zwegabin · viewpoint · ကရင်ပြည်နယ် · ~46 km · Must-see
• Kawgun Cave · cave · ကရင်ပြည်နယ် · ~46 km · Must-see
• Kan Thar Yar Lake · lake · ကရင်ပြည်နယ် · ~54 km · Must-see
• They Tha Man Aung Pagoda · Buddhist site · ကရင်ပြည်နယ် · ~55 km · Must-see
• Shweyinhmyaw Pagoda · Buddhist site · ကရင်ပြည်နယ် · ~55 km · Must-see
• Beginning of hike to Taung Wine Mountain · viewpoint · ကရင်ပြည်နယ် · ~59 km · Must-see
• Thanbyuzayat World War II Cemetery · attraction · Mon State · ~73 km · Must-see
• Tomb of Rebel Princess · fort · Mon State · ~3 km
• Dawe Kyun · river spot · Mon State · ~3 km
• Park with Painted Rocks · viewpoint · Mon State · ~3 km
• Law Ka Tha Phu Viewpoint · viewpoint · Mon State · ~3 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Taung Kwin Monastery

Other buddhist sites near Taung Kwin Monastery

• Kyaik Than Lan Pagoda · Buddhist site · Mon State · ~3 km · Must-see
• Pa Auk International Meditation Center · Buddhist site · Mon State · ~18 km · Must-see
• Zwe Ka Bin Pagoda · Buddhist site · ကရင်ပြည်နယ် · ~46 km · Must-see
• They Tha Man Aung Pagoda · Buddhist site · ကရင်ပြည်နယ် · ~55 km · Must-see
• Shweyinhmyaw Pagoda · Buddhist site · ကရင်ပြည်နယ် · ~55 km · Must-see
• U Nar Auk Monastery · Buddhist site · Mon State · ~13 km
• Pa-auk Forest Monastery · Buddhist site · Mon State · ~16 km
• Pa Auk Taw Ya Lower Monastery · Buddhist site · Mon State · ~18 km
• Wat Thai Watthanaram · Buddhist site · Tak · ~121 km
• Wat Thai Samakkhi · Buddhist site · Tak · ~134 km

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