Mandalay
Worth seeing in and around Mandalay
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
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- 10Yadanabon Zoological Gardens
Zoo in Mandalay, Myanmar. With 300 animals, such as, tigers, leopards and elephants
3.9 km · Wikipedia
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Getting to Mandalay
- Airports
- Mandalay (MDL), 32 km · Nay Pyi Taw (NYT), 262 km
- Stations
- Mandalay Chanmyathazi Airport, 3.8 km · Mandalay Central Railway Station, 400 m
- Naypyitaw → Mandalay189 km · quickest by road, 4h 14m · $19–26
- Yangon → Mandalay575 km · quickest by air, 5h 42m · $210–310
- Imphal → Mandalay383 km · quickest by road, 9h 35m · ₹3,740–4,680
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Mandalay
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Mandalay. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inInle Lake, Kalaw or Mid-Eastern Towns – There are buses available along this route, either a day minibus (05:00 departure, 9,000 kyat, 9 hr) or a night bus with air-con (18:00 departure).
- Get inThe minibus in the day takes a slightly shorter route than the larger (and some say more comfortable) full-sized night bus.
- Get inTamu – Minivans leave at around 14:00, 15:00 and 16:00, for 20,300-30,000 kyat.
- Get aroundTrishaws (cycle rickshaws) are a convenient way of getting around in Mandalay if you're able to find one.
- Go nextShared taxis come pick you up (6,500 kyat, back seat, 7,000 kyat front, 1½ hr).
From Wikivoyage: Mandalay, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-06.
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Next door to Mandalay
- Amarapuratown in Mandalay, Myanmar9.2 km
- Chanmyathazi Townshiptownship of Mandalay in Burma4.6 km
- Aungmyethazan Townshiptownship in Mandalay, Myanmar1 km
- Chanayethazan Townshiptownship of Mandalay in Myanmar900 m
- Pyigyidagun Townshiptownship of Mandalay in Burma6.5 km
- Maha Aungmye Townshiptownship of Mandalay in Burma2.7 km