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Adventure
Travel Tour
Himalaya
Myanmar
Mountain
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Himalaya
adventure,
Myanmar
Himalaya,
trekking,
Myanmar,
Kachin,
Putao,
upper
Myanmar,
Myanmar
mountain,
climbing
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- Adventure travel tours
Myanmar Mountains
The Myanmar Himalayas are perfect
for adventure tours/ trekking. It is a particular part of the famous
mountains
ever because no foreigners until now have been there, with the exception
of some British adventurers during
colonial times.
Myanmar Himalayas
are for the people who have
been everywhere, seen
everything but want to have a controlled risk about new frontiers, not
ending up with some mad people like in the many other
countries when leaving the beaten tracks.
Mt. Hkakabo Razi (picture above), Myanmar's
and South East Asia's highest peak at 5,900
meters,
is located in the northern most
reaches of Kachin State.
The mountain was
conquered for the first time in 1997 by a
team of Japanese and Myanmar climbers.
The closest town is Putao, a small, quiet place,
surrounded by snow-capped mountains
stretching from Tibet in the north-west.
Snow caped Himalayan mountain ranges
with plenty of snow all year long, glaciers
and pristine environment, no cable cars, no
roads, nothing gives disturbance to
mother nature. There are talks with some
Thai investors to open a ski resort for
winter fun all year round, but nothing
happen yet, its probable better when it
stays like this.
Steep fields in the valleys around are
cultivated.
There are gardens of hill rice,
maize and millet within patches of colocasia,
mixed with cereal crops, cucumbers,
gourds and huge marrows.
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Only slopes facing south to west can be
cultivated and the yield is rather poor.
Fences have been erected to keep deer, pigs,
monkeys and others animals out of the
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Himalaya Hkakabo Razi Peak. |
The higher region is populated with pine,
hemlock and silver fir mixed with some
larch. From 2,700 meters to 3,700 meters
almost pure conifer forests cover the
slopes. There is a abundance of hardwoods:
oak, maple, birch, walnut, chestnut as well
as rhododendron and others, but only at
regions not accessible by roads, if a region
is accessible all trees are immediately cut
be Chinese and local poachers. Similar
adventure tours, not so high but with
great nature, rivers and waterfalls can
be experienced close to the Myanmar
Thailand border at
Umphang south of the border crossing
at
Mae Sot.
The people in the valleys catch fish in
thorn-lined conical fish traps, with nets or
harpoon. They also eat barking deer, gooral,
serow, pheasants and monkeys.
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When
these food sources are scarce, the
valley population will eat anything from
snails and frogs, to lizards, snakes and
wasp grubs.
Cold weather mist hangs over the
peaceful and serene surroundings almost
6 months of the year.
Flowing streams and
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Myanmar Himalaya adventure tours
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rivulets, straw-roofed houses and fences
of pebbles and creek stones
provide a pleasant, pastoral contrast to
the scenes and sights of Yangon.
Peoples of the Rawan,
Lisu, Khamti-Shan,
Jingphaw and Kachin are represented in the
region.
Simple, direct, hard working and hospitable, |
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they make a
living in the lower areas by growing paddy,
fruits, roots and medical plants.
Grape fruit, American lime, Washington navel
fruit,
varieties of peaches and oranges grow.
Ginseng and musk
are plentiful. Many species
of orchid and other exotic flora and fauna
such as musk deer, takin and flying squirrel
are native to this region.
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Adventure Tour
northern
Myanmar |
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Northern
Myanmar or Burma is a destination
with great adventure travel and
tours in the mountains of the north
which are a extension of the Tibetan
Himalaya. The other adventure
destination in the south are the
islands in the Myeik or Mergui
Archipelago near to
southern
Thailand in the south of
the country.
Since
the mountains have a height of up to
around 6000 meters snow and glaciers
are eternal and the area is really
pristine with plenty of wilderness,
bamboo jungle and coniferous forests
in the upper regions, actually at
the first view it looks like being
in the Alps.
Glaciers, snow, lakes, and wild
rivers, places for trekking and
taking a deep breath, this is for
adventure lovers, also elephant
trekking is available.
The snow
is covering the mountains of the
Myanmar Himalayas; this is Kachin
State, valleys and steep mountains,
its real great Himalaya adventure.
Most tours start at Putao the center
of the very north, under British
colonial times this was Fort Hertz,
a garrison town or rather outpost.
From here several English botanists
started their journey into a not
explored mountain world, they and
hunters were the only in the
forests, actually not much has
changed until recent days, the main
problem currently are local and
Chinese poachers and Chinese logging
companies who destroy the forest.
There
are plenty of rivers with cold and
clear waters surrounded by dense oak
woods, pine, and Rhododendrons this
is primarily where the loggers cant
access because of the topology.
Aside of the poaching and logging
problems the forests still have wild
life, exotic birds and lots of
beautiful flowers, among them rare
orchid species, but also they are
the target of poachers, its
wilderness by any means, the nature
and the people.
A
adventure travel tour Himalaya into
the Myanmar Mountains of the north
has a lot to be discovered, its
really enjoyable and while trekking
in this wild nature it’s easy to
switch of the upper region and
really relax.
Since
there are no accommodations,
everything is based on camping and
usually started with a Jeep tour,
others activities such as river
rafting, kayaking etc. are only
developed minimal although there are
great mountain rivers which would
perfectly fit this kind of adventure
travel, Mountain climbing tours can
also be done in northern Myanmar. |
Myanmar Himalaya Adventure Tours
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Myanmar Himalaya Adventure Tours
Trekking through Mountain River
Myanmar Himalaya Adventure Tours
Trekking SUV through the River |
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Myanmar Himalaya Adventure Tours
Trekking Himalayas Summer in the
Snow 1 |
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