Kalaw is located at an altitude of 1,300 metres and was the summer hill station for the British colonials escaping the heat of Mandalay.
My suggestion
Kalaw will suit fans of trekking to a tee. You can go on treks for one or several days to Inle Lakeand spend a night in a monastery.
Marine Faure
Seasoned Traveller
5
Kalaw is a small town in Shan State, in the north of the country, lying at an altitude of 1300 meters.
My suggestion
Take warm clothing with you as the air can be quite cool!
Anonymous traveller
Seasoned Traveller
4
Kalaw is a small town on the hills of Shan State in Burma and is the starting point for hikes that take several days.
My suggestion
Be sure to take a look around the central market when it's being held. It's wonderful to visit and it's a perfect place to buy arts and crafts souvenirs.
The trek fills your trip with adventure but also enables you to come into contact with the country's nature and culture. This is the perfect opportunity to see a Myanmar far from urban rhythm and to reflect upon the impact of tourist activity and opening up the country on Burmese people, and upon the interest in travelling responsibly.
Môn and Kayin, States and neighbouring peoples in the south-east of Burma. Te anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss said, "the majority of customs of people is always marked by a style" and these two ethnic groups have in effect a style which separates them from other people in a way that is more severe than geographical frontiers. The Môn and the Kayins have their own Identity.
Nat Ma Taung, which is also called Mount Victoria, is the highest point of the Chin Hills and also the highest point in Chin State. It is more than 3,000 m high, which makes its one of the highest in south-east Asia.
When you talk about Burma (nowadays also called Myanmar), people immediately think about Buddhist monks, a multitude of pagodas with golden roofs, unequalled cultural riches or luxuriant forests. They usually forget that the country has coasts along a large part of its borders and is a seaside destination that hasn't yet been discovered by mass tourism.