Kalaw to Inle Lake Grand Traverse
(3-Days / 2-Nights Treks)
The Grand Traverse guided walk is a
fantastic 3-day adventure, blazing trails
leading to the Palaung, Danu, Taungyo and Pa
O territories to the spectacular western
shores of Inle Lake traversing mountain
peaks, valleys, and ravines. The overnight
stops will make at a local village house and
a monastery – great opportunity to learn the
tribes and monastic life up close.
Trip Beings in Kalaw and Ends in Inle
Lake
| Day | Description |
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| 1 |
Kalaw – Ywathit – Taryaw – Hinkhagone – Ywapu
Have your breakfast at the hotel before leaving Kalaw for 3-days trekking
tour to Inle Lake, at about 8:00am right from your hotel by heading to west.
After two hours hike along the steep slopes where tealeaves and other
seasonal corps are growing; you will firstly reach to a Palaung village of
Ywathit (literally means New Village). Then, visit another village closed by
called Taryaw, which is only 15-mins away and of the same tribe by passing
through a forest of Tha-naq-phet (Sebastian trees) where the leaves used to
wrap the Burmese Cheroots. Then head for the south for around 30-mins hike
to reach the View Point, where you could enjoy the stunning sceneries of
Shan mountain range while having your lunch. Afterwards, continue to
Hinkhagone village of Danu tribe for around 1-hour and then another 1:30hr
to Myindeik village of Taung Yo tribe, where the trains from Yangon and
Mandalay make a stop to load flowers and vegetables produced in the region.
Finally, take another 30-mins easy trek to the last village of the day,
Ywapu for dinner and overnight stay with a family of Taungyo people.
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| 2 |
Ywapu – Lupyin – Lamine – Bawkae – Konghla –
Pathubauk – Hti Thein
Have your breakfast at Ywapoo village, before taking the longest walk of
this trip. Today, you will turn east towards Inle Lake and enter the
territory of Pa O tribe passing through scenic valleys and mild slopes
growing cabbages, potatoes, raps, wheat, garlic and many other seasonal
corps. As you walk by the farms, greet to the farmers or learn their
socio-economic lifestyle. Leave Ywapu for Lupyin village where Taung Yo and
Danu tribes live together for 30-min hike. Then to Lamine village of Pa O
tribe for another 45-min across the motor-road that leads to neighboring
Kaya State, and continue trek to Bawkae (also Pa O) for another 1:30hr.
Afterwards, trek 30-mins to Konghla of Danu tribe for lunch break. After
taking a brief rest, take a long trek to basket weaving Pa O village of
Patubauk, which will take approximately 2-hrs by climbing into a ravine
before reaching up to the village. Then the last village of the day, to Hti
Thein village of Pa O’s for dinner and overnight stop at the village
monastery. |
| 3 |
Hti Thein – Kyauk Su – Nguk – Than Taung (or) to Inn Dein
Enjoy your breakfast prepared by your guides. The last day trekking trip
will begin early in the morning to complete the last leg. Break the day by
beginning with a strenuous hike to Kyauk Su village (Pa O). Approximate an
hour-long trek along the forest-clad trail and the steep slopes will take
you a mountain peak with the stunning views. Then start descending to Nguk
village of mixed Pa O and Inn Thar tribes for another 1-hour trek. This
segment of trek will give you a motivation, as you will see the vast waters
of Inle Lake lays deep in the valley below. The big descending will begin
from this village (almost 350m) to Thaung Taung villag of western lakeshore
for another 1-hour trek through deep gorge and lush green forests.
Afterwards, an easy walk to the jetty for around 45-mins along the bamboo
grooves, rice fields and a creek feeding waters to the lake. Finally,
transferred to the hotel by boat and take leisure.
(Alternatively, the last leg of the trekking trip can be rerouting to reach
Inn Dein, a village on the northwestern shore of lake connected by a fast
flowing creek. However, the tour of this village and surrounding area is
included in any of our tour in Inle Lake region.) |
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