Mandalay - Samkar - Htikaung - Maetine - Inle - Yangon 5 days

The tour guide will be pick you up at the Air Port in Mandalay international Air Port and check in to the hotel.And, visit Mahamuni Pagoda, home to a spectacular Buddha image covered with thick layers of gold leaves. Stop at local workshops to see Kalaga tapestries being made, gold leaf being beaten into paper-thin pieces. From here, we go to Kuthodaw Pagoda, where the Theravada Buddhist scriptures are inscribed on 729 marble slabs, giving rise to its nickname ‘the world’s largest book’. Next visit beautiful teak-carved Shwenandaw Monastery, the only Royal Palace building to survive World War II bombing. Atop Mandalay Hill lie glittering glass-studded temple walls which reflect the evening glow as you watch the sunset. U Bein Bridge, which at over a kilometer is believed to be the longest teak bridge in the world. Return to your hotel in Mandalay

Meals: L, D

Accommodation: Hotel in Mandalay

The tour guide will be pick you up and send to the CBT meet point and , leave from Samkar village and walk up the western slope of Lwekhaw mountain range. When we arrive on the peak of the mountain, you can look back to SamkarLake and view patches of seasonal crops on the mountains. After a rest in the forest we continue to walk down to Lwemoon village, which is located on the eastern foot of Lwekhaw mountain range. Lwemoon village population is formed from both Shan and Pa-O ethnic groups. The villagers can speak both languages and they are still wearing their particular dresses. Then we continue to the east until Namtek village. The trek between Lwemoon and Namtek is flat and it will take about one hour. On this land depending on the season either rice or garlic is grown in paddies. So we will walk across these paddy fields and can see many villagers as they are working in the fields. The villages around the plain make marvelous sceneries. We will have lunch in one of the local houses at Namtek village. It is located between the eastern part of the plain and western foot of the mountain range. The population of Namtek village is Shan and Pa-O as well and they are also still wearing their own costumes all the time. Some of their homes are still built in their traditional style. We can learn about their language, cultural, building style and ways of life and enjoy the view of the landscape in and around the village during lunch. The night stop will be in Htikaung village. The village is located in the valley of the Kaungneinmountain range, which keeps an important memory concerning national and ethnic history. The village is surrounded by hills and mountains. High trees are grown surrounding the village and look like the village’s fence. There is a big water source in the center of the Htikaung village. It is among a village forest and there is a very old monastery nearby the water source. The villagers still are maintaining their own culture and rely on agriculture for their livelihood.

Distance = 23 km, Walking Hour = 7hrs (approximate)

Trek condition = 10 % down, 50 % up & 40 % flat

Meals: B, L, D

Accommodation: CBT Village

After having breakfast in Htikaung, we start walking to the top of Kaungnaine mountain range at 8:00 AM. This is the highest mountain range in the eastern part of Inle Lake. The trek is winding up from the foot to the top of the mountain. Even though the mountain is high, it is easy to walk up. There are orange fields, natural forests, stone banks or rock faces, natural orchids on trees and different species of birds to observe throughout the valley. When we get to the top, we take a rest at the top of the mountain and enjoy the view of Inlevalley to the west and Hopong-Seseng valley to the east. Then we precede to Pinton village, through an area dense with pine and other valuable trees. Moreover, the monastery in Pinton village is good to visit because all the pillars are made from teak so huge that it cannot be embraced with both arms. We can also see the young monks studying Buddhist literature. The picnic lunch will be taken on the way to a panoramic view point. After lunch wepass through the seasonal cropssuch as beans, corn, cheroot, garlic and paddy fields on the way to Maetine village.Here too, the villagers are still wearing their traditional dresses and speak their own language. We will stay overnight at that village.

Distance = 23 km, Walking Hour = 7hrs (approximate)

Trek condition = 30 % down, 30 % up & 40 % flat 

Meals: B, L, D

Accommodation: CBT Village

After having breakfast at Maetine village we continue to Phatponvillage. On the way, we can see their ways of life while passing through seasonal plantations such as paddy fields, cheroot, corn, and beans. Lunch will be served with Pa-O traditional taste at Lwekanvillage. After lunch, we proceed to Kantawdamwhich the villagers use for irrigation of summer crops. After that, walk up to Thetlutt Mountain and down to Lwekhaw, a Pa-O village. Then we continue to Inpawkhon boat jetty. From here you take the boat to return to your hotel on Inle Lake or the NyaungShwe jetty. While we return on the way we will stop some place to visit if we have time.
Distance = 16 km, Walking Hour = 5hrs (approximate)
Trek condition = 10 % down, 5 % up, 85 % flat

Meals: B, L, D

Accommodation: CBT Village

You have to transfer to Heho Air-port and will fly to Yangon international Air-port.

Meals: B

Accommodation: N/A