Half days trek
Half day treks are trips that take 5 to 6 hours in total.
Option 1: Waterfalls and Shan villages
Leaving the hotel at 8:00am in the morning , walk through rice paddy field for 2hr with a panoramic view and go to the water fall, nice pool for swim at the bottom and spend some time there.And go to visit ancient Royal king families tombs.After that we will Cross the paddy field again to reach to farmer villages where we can see their daily activities ,living style of people ,bamboo fan weaving, beautiful scenery of mountain, local crops and river from the village.
Price: 2 persons $20each. 3 to 8 persons (the maximum), $10 each.
Option 2: Boat trip
Take a boat up streaming river with a beautiful scenery of mountain, orange plantations, and Shan villages along the river. Stop boat riding at the river bank and start walking up the mountain for an hour to visit to the Shan Monastery which is more than one hundred years old .we will see pineapples plantations,rice paddy field,teak forest and a giant beautiful banyan tree along the way to monastery .After learning an interesting monastery, return back to boat to drive up to the water confluence or water juction where the two water join together and become Duhtawaddy river.Swimming are available there.On the way back to town we stop by at the Shan Charming villages to learn and see their products and living style and traditional houses.when we finished walking inside the village, we will get on the boat again to drive back to Hsipaw.
Price: $50 fixed price, to be shared among the participants.
Full days trek
The full-day treks start early in the morning and take 8 up to 10 hours.
Option 1: Water falls, Shan villages, boat ride
Leave hotel at 8:00am, walk through rice paddy field with a pleasant scenery and local crops .And go to the water fall , Shan ancient Royal King tombs and monastery will be seen on the way. Moreover cross rice field to reach to shan Farmer village ,learn their daily activities ,way of life ,bamboo weaving and cheroot rolling .Then take a boat up the river to the water confluence and enjoying boat riding up river .stop boat by Shan village to visit .After visiting shan village return back to Hsipaw.
Price: $70 fixed price, to be shared among the participants.
Option 2: Mountain walk, tea plantation, Pulaung village
Start trekking at 8 am ,walk through rice paddy field and along the villages for an hour.And then take a tea break at the farmer family for 15 min .After that start walking up the mountain, enjoy the pleasant scenery ,tea plantations ,and local daily work . Then we take second break at the local tea shop,After tea break we continue our way to the remote Palaung minorities village . As soon as we get there we enjoy a delicious meal which is home cook . After lunch break we explore Palaung culture,tradition,and how they prepare tea . After exploring we climb down the mountain to get back to Hsipaw by different routes .on the trek we will visit three tribes, namely Shan, Palaung and Lisu.
Price: 2 persons $25 each. 4 persons 15$ each. 8 persons (the maximum), $10 each.
All prices listed here include meals and transportation.
Shan State Trekking 