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Tour Code: T-HRT-001(C)
Kalaw Region Trekking RouteDay Return trekking in Kalaw
1. KALAW to TARYAW VILLAGE
After breakfast, about (8:00 am) departs from hotel by car. Drive
about (10 minutes) you will arrive to junction point for trekking.
Leave the car at this point and down to the narrow and long road. On
the way, you can see the tea plantation, cheroot leaves etc..,.
About (2 ½ hours) walk, you can reach to Ywar Thit village. This
village has a Danu races; one of the Shan tribe village. After that
proceed to Tar Yaw village (about 15 minutes) living with Palaung
tribe people. They used to be stayed together at huge long house
with six to eight families. You can learn the ways of lives of these
people including the cheroot leaf and tea leaf drying process and
traditional weaving. And then, proceed to the view point for lunch
with beautiful panoramic view of surrounding mountains. After lunch,
take a short rest and come back to junction point. Get on the car
and come back to hotel.
Totally, you have to spend about (6 ½ hours) on that trekking trip.
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2. KALAW to PAINNEBIN VILLAGE
After breakfast drive for 15 minutes to the north-west and stop at
the junction A. From here take the footpath to the right. The road
and trail goes through beautiful scenery with walking under the pine
trees. You can also see the cheroot leaf and orange plantation. The
light shines down the valley and the stream flows through the garden
and the birds are chattering. After 1 ½ hours you arrive Painnebin
village, a Palaung Tribal village with a population of 600 people.
This village situated at 1300m above the sea level. These people
make their living from agriculture and occasionally from hunting and
live in long houses, with 4-5 families sharing the single storied
structures. Have your lunch at one of the village houses and can
learn the ways of their lives. You can also visit to a family they
earn their living with traditional weaving. There is a monastery and
basic education school with 5 teachers and 4 classrooms. You can
visit this school and chat with the students and teachers. Take a
break under the shady Banyan tree and from Painnebin village, you
have to walk 45 minutes to reach junction B from where the car will
bring you back to Kalaw (appr. 30 minutes drive).
Totally, you have to spend about (4 hours) on that trekking trip. |
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