MANDALAY–MYITKYINA–PUTAO-MANDALAY ( 5 Days/ 5 Nights )

Meal Basis: Full board ( B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner )

Day 1: Mandalay - Myitkyina

Arrive breakfast, leave for Ta Da Oo airport for a domestic flight to Myitkyina (144 meters above sea level) which is quite hot during the summer. Check in at the hotel. Sightseeing includes Myitkyina market selling mandarin oranges, apples, cumquats and grapefruits; Su Taung Pyae pagoda; Manao (i.e. the Kachin word meaning “meeting of gods”) garden and panning of gold in the Ayeyarwady river. Overnight in Myitkyina.
(Meal: B/L/D)

Day 2: Myitkyina – Myitson - Myitkyina

After breakfast, leave for Myitson (45 km- 2 hrs drive- north of Myitkyina) where Maykha and Malikha meets and is thus the birth of the Ayeyarwady river. Enjoy the exceptional natural beauty at the confluence. Go back to Myitkyina. On the way, a brief stop at the Praying mountain (14 km north of Myitkyina) a scared site for the Kachin & Lisu Baptists and a location of a bible school and a seminary. Then, enjoy the scenery at Carain Naw, the famous view point by the river. Overnight in Myitkyina.
(Meal: B/L/D)

Day 3: Myitkyina - Putao

After breakfast, fly to Putao (402 meter above sea level). Check in at the hotel. After lunch, visit Mulasheedee village (13 km – 30 minutes drive) from Putao; walk along the famous Mulasheedee rope suspension bridge. Overnight in Putao.
(Meal: B/L/D)

 

Day 4: Putao – Shangaung Village

After breakfast, leave for Shangaung village (22 km from Putao). This village is the largest village on this route. It lies at the foot of the Shangaung range. Observe the way of life of the Rawan, Lisu, Kachin and Khmti Shan living there. Overnight in Shangaung.
(Meal: B/L/D)

Day 5: Shangaung – Putao – Myitkyina – Mandalay

After breakfast, drive back to Putao. Check out from the hotel. Transfer to Putao to fly back to Myitkyina and then to Mandalay. Overnight in Mandalay.
(Meal: B/L/D)