Coverage: Yangon-Putao-Namhtunkoo-Mulashidi-Machanbaw
Duration: 7D6N
Best
Time to Visit: October
to May
About
Putao Town
Putao lies in a flat valley,
jumping-off point for trekkers who want to explore the region’s deep forests,
wildlife sanctuaries and snow-capped mountains etc.
Day
01- Yangon Arrival (L/D)
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Arrival at Yangon International Airport
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Lunch at local restaurant
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ChaukHtatKyi; fourth
largest colossal reclining image in Myanmar
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Yangon City Center-
surrounded by various colonial style buildings
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Bogyoke (Scott) Market (closed on
Mondays); colonial building where can shop Myanmar
souvenirs
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Shwedagon Pagoda- world famous golden Stupa; the wonderful holy place of
Buddha
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Dinner at Karaweik Palace Restaurant-enjoy
dinner with Myanmar Cultural show
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Overnight at hotel in Yangon.
Day
02- Yangon-Putao (B/L/D)
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Breakfast at hotel
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Leave Yangon
to Putao by domestic flight
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Have a lunch.
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After a brief fresh up take a walk
around Putao for the orientation.
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Dinner and overnight at Putao Trekking House
Day
03- Putao-Namtunkoo Trek (B/L/D)
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Early in the morning walk to Putao
market (approx 10 minute), visit attractive market often busy with
local ethnic tribes.
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Return to hotel, breakfast and head off towards Namtunkoo
Lisu village, situates west of Putao on the cross road to Mt.
Lancrumadin (20 km, approx 5 hours).
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Walk through cultivation field
passing some small villages and farm land. After about one hour walking on the
flat land you are immediately in to wildness with lush tropical evergreen
forests.
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About 3 hours trek through the
terrain uphill you reach approx 2250 ft, 680 meters shoulder of Namhtun
mountain range from where the path descends all the way.
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Far west you will see blazing 11530
ft, 3495 meters high Lancrumadin Mountain towards Indian border.
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Lunch stop and continue trek another one more
hour through the farm land to the village.
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Check in at a designated home and
heading to Namhtun creek, usually busy during the late afternoon by local
on their return home from field.
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Dinner and overnight at Namhtun guest house.
Day
04- Namhtunkoo - Mulashidi - Putao
(trek/jeep) (B/L/D)
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Breakfast and we bit good bye to the locals
and walk about 1½ hour (with the distance 2.5 km) through the field along
Namhtun creek crossing the creek a couple of time.
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Once we get in to the wildness the
terrain immediate become deep up amongst bamboo forests which leads up to
2658 ft, 810 meters, which should take us about one hour (with the distance
1.25 km).
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From here descending trek goes
through sub-tropical forests about one hour through (with the distance
1.82 km).
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Have a lunch.
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We continue trek through farm land
about one hour (with the distance 1.18 km) from where we enjoy a spectacular
view of the Putao plain spiral through snake like crawling Mula creek.
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About 1½ hour easy walks then we
meet with waiting jeep and travel further to Mulashidi village where
we enjoy beautiful surrounding often back drop with snow capped mountains in
distance. Later we return back to Putao. Dinner and overnight at Putao Lodge.
Day
05- Putao – Machanbaw – Nat Kyun –
Putao (jeep/boat) (B/L/D)
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Breakfast and excursion by jeep to Machanbaw
(20 km, approx one hour).
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Machanbaw is a small administrative
town ex-Putao with beautifully set up colonial style town.
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Arrive at Naungkhine village and
walk through by a small suspension bridge span across Malikha river to
Machanbaw.
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Excursion in town includes a small
market and walk up to the so-called stone dragon park which should takes
about 20 minutes to view the snake-like rock formation.
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Walk back to the river front, cross
suspension bridge to other side and drive back to Putao.
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Lunch at hotel and have a relaxing
afternoon in Putao. Dinner and overnight at Putao Trekking House.
Day
06- Putao – Yangon (B/L/D)
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Breakfast and perhaps a last minute
shopping at Putao market and further
visit in and around Putao
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Have a lunch
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Leave
Putao to Yangon by domestic flight.
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China Town
where can see the many vendors on the platform & can buy the variety of
Myanmar
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Dinner &Overnight at hotel in Yangon.
Day
07- Yangon Departure (B)
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Breakfast at hotel
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Transfer to Yangon International Airport
for your departure.
“Hope
to see you again”
