Discover both ancient and modern-day Bagan on a full-day bike tour, and visit famous temples and hidden gems. Cycle along narrow bike trails to interact with locals in markets and villages and experience the tranquility of the region.

Meet your English-speaking guide and get acclimatized to your imported mountain bike. Then, pedal to a local market to rub shoulders with the locals as they buy and sell fresh produce and some interesting dry goods. Continue through New Bagan and enter the Bagan Archeological Zone. At its peak, this was home to more than 4,000 religious monuments.

Bike the dirt trails in the peace and quiet of the early morning, and stop to climb up some of the brick structures for panoramic views of the temples scattered across the plains. See fields that are still farmed using traditional methods. Cycle the back streets of Myinkyaba village, famous for its lacquerware. Upon arrival at Dhammayangyi Temple, break for some fresh juice and snacks. This is the largest and most imposing of Bagan's sites and is rumored to be haunted.

Continue to beautiful Ananda Paya to see four standing figures of Buddha housed inside the pagoda. Learn the history and legends of the 800-year-old temple. Next, go to a village on the banks of the mighty Ayeyarwaddy River (Irrawaddy River), and admire the colorful long-tail boats that ferry passengers from one shore to the other. Look out for the occasional ox, and marvel at a monastery carved from teak.

A short ride on the main road passes through more local villages where pigs, smiling kids, and thatched houses set the scene. Explore the outskirts of Nyaung U, and venture down picturesque back streets to discover small factories where locals work. End your tour at a typical tea shop in Nyaung U, and sample some of the local snacks and delicacies, washed down with a welcome Myanmar sweet tea.

From the tea shop, load the bikes onto a transfer vehicle and return to your hotel in time to relax by the pool.