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1. Pindaya Caves
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 630 reviews
Reviewed By milliesmum2016 - Christchurch, New Zealand
.....on entering this series of caves. It's a very holy site and to ensure access for all there is a choice of covered walk up or elevators. We took the elevator up but walked back down. There is so much to see that you really just don't know where to look first and there are quite a number of caves and caverns to visit. There are Buddha images of every conceivable size, shape, style, colour in every nook and cranny. All been lovingly placed there by some devout family or individual and all bearing different meanings and intentions, I'm sure, dependent on the donor. This is an amazing experience. Don't miss it if you can possibly get there. The path up from the carpark is fun. It has all sorts of large concrete images, notably a large globe where even NZ is featured (good one, Burma), a series of statues which more or less equates to Shakespeares speech for Jacque about the Ages of Man, and most amusingly, an enormous and supposed to be scary spider perched right by the steps! Do note that shoes have to be left behind and that the pathways and steps inside the cave can be slippery and uneven. A most facsinating visit. Allow at least a couple of hours.
2. Aung Tha Pyae Cave
3. U Min Thonze Caves
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 151 reviews
Reviewed By travelwithshreya - Phitsanulok, Thailand
The pagoda has a crescent-shaped colonnade lined up with 45 beautiful gilded Buddha images, which are unique in different sizes and facial expression. After walking out of the enclosure at the very end, we climbed even farther to the top from where we got an amazing view of the beautiful green valley below and many stupas
4. Phowintaung
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 317 reviews
Reviewed By Nomadsat
So many caves dug into the hillside and so many beautiful Buddhas within. A piece of history and an architectural dream created into reality
5. Sadan Cave
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 337 reviews
Reviewed By pikshanh
it's absolutely worth to go, the cave is very big and small rivers inside, children will like it very much, an interesting adventure in the cave, with lots of bats inside, when you come out from the cave, there is a really beautiful view outside and you can take boat trip to enjoy the view of entire lake. it's so beautiful and it's good that the boat will bring you back to the main entrance at your beginning point.
6. Kawgun Cave
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 155 reviews
Reviewed By Nomadsat
Buddhas carved in the thousands into the rock faces. Unbelievable how many and how high up and how symmetrically they are placed. I am not sure how many is too many and neither are they.
7. Yathaypyan Cave
8. Htat Eian Cave Temple
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 32 reviews
Reviewed By Birdsocks - Boston, United States
A group of us went by bike, and it was a HIKE - man, uphill the whole way there! And for whatever reason, we had the hardest time finding it....I think we kept stopping at every pagoda because we were just hoping it was the right one so we could stop biking uphill in the sun :D It is probably not ACTUALLY hard to find.... We did find it though, and it was much bigger than I had expected. There is a giant main chamber and then lots of smaller tunnels and pathways you can explore...we all used the flashlights on our phones but if you are able an actual flashlight might be useful - though not necessary. The cave is really dusty and the temperature drops several degrees as soon as you start to descend into it - it was like a scene from Indiana Jones! As you go down the stairs from the main entrance, there is a second large chamber on the left that is packed to the gills with smaller statues, if you go to the end of that one, it opens up again on the other side and you have an incredible view over a massive field of sunflowers.
9. Bayin Nyi Caves
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 64 reviews
Reviewed By Nomadsat
Another amazing hillside Pagoda that extends into caves and has lovely rural views across the rice fields. Some crazy characters have statues here and health and safety is not included in all areas.
10. Peik Chin Myaung Cave
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 68 reviews
Reviewed By fadanothai - Ayutthaya, Thailand
I did not expect so many different cave chambers! The walking path goes on and on from one to the next, with interesting lighting displays and many diverse grottos with different style Buddha images and mini pagodas and fake trees
