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Trek and hikes in the Shan state between Pindaya, Kalaw and Inle Lake (1 to 4 days)
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We have prepare for you very nice treks and walks in the south Shan State around and between the cities of Pindaya, Kalayw and Inle Lac. We can organize walk from 1 day to 4 days, and you will have the opportunity to sleep in a remote monastery and village of the Shan State, to walk in the rice field, orange or tea plantation.
It is also a good way to discover ans visit local tribe villages, you can easily met 5 or 6 different ethnic groups around inle Lake (Danu, Palaung, Pa O, Shan, ....)
We have also prepare for you a boat trip to the most southern part of the Inle Lake to the ancient town of Sagar (16th centutry pagoda). You can access to Sagar only by boat for a day trip, we can also organize a boat trip to come back from Loikaw area to Inle via Sagar.
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Best time to walk around Inle and in south Shan State.
The best period is from October to February, with a really best one in October, while you have a lot of Buddhist ceremony, rice harvest and still everything green after the monsoon rains. In Winter, it is cold at night, and not too hot during the day.
Monson : June to middle septembre, you may have rain all the day (it is seldom anyway) but you can have a very big amount of water in few minutes... We do not recommand this period as the soil is slippery but in the mean time, everything is totally green, it is not hot and it is the "real" south east asia weather. If you are ready to be wet, it is a very good time.
Dry season: March-April-May . it is hot, very hot, countryside is very very dry, soil is hard, we do not recommand this period for a trek around Inle (it is better then to come during the rain), heat can be very hight, especially when you walks hours under the sun.... not a good idea.
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Light walking shoes (no stone, only soil and mud...), if you come during the monsoon, it is probably better to have good walking shoes that do not slipt so much in the mud.
Do not forget sun block cream (+ a hat), hot clothes and socks for sleeping at night during winter month, it is very cold from Novembre to February (elevation 1500m), you can also take a mosquito net (cheap to buy it here).
Take a small towel + soap. The "bathroom" is outside, near the stream.. it is a little (very) cold in winter but very good for the skin...
Ananda Travel supply one blanket, one bamboo mattress, guide, food, waters and authorization.
We do not supply a mosquito net but it is very cheap to buy here either in coton or nylon
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Trek - security problem (03-05-2006) - area open again.
We had to stop some treks between Kalaw and Indein for "security reasons" during the 2006 seasons.
The problem is over and we are resuming trekking between Kalaw and Indein. We had to sligthly modified the path of some treks, but everything is fine for the following programs :
- Tha Yet Pu - Khaung Dine
- Tha yet Pu - War Gyi - Indein.
- Kalaw - Tar Yaw
- Kalaw - Indein
- Kalaw - Nang The Le Thee
NB : it seems that the "security problem" was some pictures of military personnel taken by a group of tourist in the area..
As consequence, treks had been closed for a while.
Since 11-2007 and at today September 2009, all area for trek around Inle (west), Pindaya, Kalaw are again open.
Complete list of our treks and walkd around Pindaya - Kalaw - Inle (south Shan State)
Click for a complete list, map, description of our day walks and trek (1 to 4 nights trek) around Pindaya, Kalaw, Inle.
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