Putao - Living the High Life
Myanmar is blessed with an amazing variety of natural resources ranging from pristine beaches and dense forests, to high mountains and remote islands, and the relaxed region surrounding the district town of Putao is an undeniable showcase of this diversity.
Hidden far in the north of Myanmar’s Kachin State, the remoteness and inaccessibility of the area has helped to maintain the pristine purity of its forests and eco-systems, and today it stands out as one of the region’s most picturesque hidden gems.
Surrounded by snow-capped mountains and steep cultivated valleys in a stunning zone characterized by subtropical, broadleaf and evergreen forests at heights of up to 2,000 meters, Putao is a natural wonderland famed for its rare orchid species and a great variety of mountain wildlife.
Indeed, Myanmar’s highest snow-capped mountain, Khakabo Razi stands 5881 meters tall in the town, and just an hour’s drive north west of the city the somewhat more manageable heights of Mt. Phungam attracts hardy climbers during milder summer months!
The quaint, district town of Putao surrounded by deep forest itself is far from the radar of most tourists and, like our other featured gems, one of its most attractive features is the slow simplicity of life that still exists there.
Take this awesome 8 days trekking tour at the edge of the Himalayas. Experience overnight home stays in local villages, inhabited by friendly local tribes.
