Hsipaw Tour Highlights
- Discover remote waterfall in Northern Shan State
- Learning about the villagers and their foods
- Where the book “Twilight Over Burma” born
- Boat trip in Beautiful Dotthawaddy river
- Lifetime experience train ride to Mandalay from Hsipaw
Hsipaw Itinerary
Day 1: Mandalay – Hsipaw by car
Meet our driver at your Mandalay hotel at 08:00 am, transfer to Hsipaw and through Pyin Oo Lwin, Naunghkio, Gokteik and Kyaukme by car. Arrived around Hsipaw at 14:00 pm in the evening Overnight in Hsipaw.
Day 2: Hsipaw
After breakfast, walk through the rice field and visit an ancient pagoda and Shan royal tomb can be seen from the path in the rice field. Swim at Nam Tok waterfall, Walk back to Farmer’s villages, enjoy the country panoramic scenery, learn the living style of Shan villages. Have Shan Rice Noodle at a tiny local village mall with the local guide.
Afterward, continue an hour by boat up the streaming river, through nice scenery with the mountain, valley, plantations along the river, visit and sightseeing at river confluence at which swimming is available on the individual wish. On the way, down-streaming by boat in beautiful Dotthawaddy river, go visit a Shan village which has typical houses with small charming gardens and then returns your hotel by boat.
Day 3: Hsipaw-Mandalay
Wake up at 05:00 am to take a walk around the morning local market to see many villagers near Hsipaw how they trade their goods. Next to Visit Shan Palace and Bowgyo Historical Pagoda 8km from Hsipaw. After that back to Mandalay by 09:40 train, arrival around 10:00 pm at Mandalay train station.
