Completed in 1931 and measuring 240ft long and 69ft high, Shwethalyaung Daw Mu is the largest reclining buddha in the country.
A round trip from Dawei by thoun bein, including a stop at Shinmokhti Paya, should cost around K10,000.
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
Maungmagan
11.43 MILES
Dawei's most accessible beach, Maungmagan is a wide, sandy strip spanning approximately 7 miles along a pretty bay. On weekdays, and outside holiday…
Division Development Committee
3.32 MILES
This pale-green, colonial-era building could almost be a church. It's not open to the public, but you can take photos from the garden in front of it.
Nearby Tanintharyi Region attractions
1. Shinmokhti Paya
2.29 MILES
Shinmokhti Paya dates back to 1438 and is one of four shrines in the country housing a Sinhalese buddha image supposedly incorporating pieces of the…
2. Office of Tanintharyi Division
3.3 MILES
Dating to 1928, this imposing off-white building is still home to some Tanintharyi government offices.
3. Division Development Committee
3.32 MILES
This pale-green, colonial-era building could almost be a church. It's not open to the public, but you can take photos from the garden in front of it.
4. Si Pin Tharyar Zei
3.4 MILES
Dawei's main market has the usual selection of produce, clothes and household goods.
5. Payagyi
3.49 MILES
The main Buddhist monastery in town, colloquially referred to as Payagyi (Big Pagoda), is an expansive glittering, Disneyland-like compound centred on…
6. Maungmagan
11.43 MILES
Dawei's most accessible beach, Maungmagan is a wide, sandy strip spanning approximately 7 miles along a pretty bay. On weekdays, and outside holiday…
7. Teyzit
13.76 MILES
Teyzit is really two sweeps of white sand, separated by a headland. The western side of the beach curves seductively and is one of the prettiest beaches…
8. Nabule
22.47 MILES
One of the nicest beaches in the area and often deserted, Nabule is a long expanse of sand fringed by swaying palm trees and with a small golden pagoda at…