Puta O-base Himalayan
Expeditions
 In the far and remote part of northern
Myanmar, surrounded by some of Southeast
Asia’s highest ice-capped peaks of Himalayan
Range, lies the peaceful town of Puta O, the
last biggest town of the northern Myanmar,
and the gateway to the unique frontier
explorations – from trekking journeys into
the ecologically rich dense forests and
snow-capped mountains that separate Myanmar
from India’s Arunachal Pradesh; ethnic
tribal village adventure trips to some of
Myanmar’s most colorful tribes: Rawang, Lisu,
and Khamti Shan; to the challenging
whitewater rafting trips on Nam Lang River
and more testing Mayhka River – literally
know as “Everest of Rivers”!
Puta O was known as “Fort Hertz”, a
military outpost during Second World War.
The town actually sits on a hilltop of 420m
above sea level. To the north of the town
lies Southeast Asian highest peak, Hkakabo
Razi soaring at 5889m, conquered once by
Takeshi Ozaki and his native pilot Nama
Johnson, and snowcapped year round. A
National Park was established by the govt.
according to the continuous efforts of WCS,
supervised by Alan Rabinowitz who is the
author of Beyond the Last Village. This is
the home for the hundreds of butterfly
species, Himalayan Black bear, the red
panda, and the red goral. The immediate
regions of Puta O offers stunning views of
Himalayan range that borders northern India
and Tibet and picturesque rice terraces, the
forgotten hill tribes where their way of
life unchanged for
 centuries, the untouched
sub-tropical forests that have huge
biodiversity, the scenic Nam Lang River
valley and canyon where the headwaters of
might Ayerwaddy begins its epic journey. The Puta O surrounding is distinguished for the
incredibly intact and the most biologically
diverse regions of Indochina – the
transition zone of where the Indo-Malayan
species come to overlap with the
Sino-Himalayan species. Huge range of
endemic animals including Takin (Budorcas
Taxicolor), Red Panda (Ailurus Fulgens),
Black Bears, Black Deer, and other
terrestrial species of monkeys, Boars,
Mountain goats, to the various kinds of
butterflies as well as some of endangered
species like Kaiser, Apollo, Bhutan, Glory
and Birdwings can be found in the regions of
the common climax old growth forests and
high alpine meadows, where also many of
world’s rarest flowers blossom – including
Black Orchids, different colors of
Rhododendrons, and Maples etc…in fact, the
entire Puta O region offers many of
picturesque & exciting treks in the world’s
last greatest wilderness.
Puta O can only be reached by air from
Yangon or Mandalay on one of most reliable
private airlines in Myanmar, Air Bagan,
which has twice a week flights. The most
convenient season for visiting this area is
from November to April.
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