Day 01, Mandalay – Mindat

After breakfast at your hotel then start your long journey to Chin Hill trip. You have to travel by 4 wheel

drive and it will take approx 7 hours to reach, enjoy the scenery as you sit back on the way to Mindat, a

little town sitting at nearly 5,000 feet elevation. You will see the heart of the central dry zone and

several toddy plantations. Once in Mindat, you’ll spend the night in a welcoming local guest house.

Day 02, Mindat Excursion

Mindat (walking around )

Mindat is a small town on top of pine wood mountain and the weather can be very chilly especially early

in the morning and late in the evenings. Our hotel locates outside Mindat in the valley. This morning we

walk or drive from the hotel to visit the busy market streets with some local activities.We will have

breakfast in the market to try the tastes of local food. There is a shop where pax can buy Chin traditional

hand woven cloths. Perhaps coffee and doughnuts in a local spot along our visit.From the Buddhist

monastery on the hill, we see the beautiful views around Mindat. Total walking hours around Mindat

town from the hotel (approx. 4hr) and visit weaving cottage industries and traditional houses and ways

of life include the small local museum.Lunch at local house You can visit to Learn about the daily lives of

the Mon Chin, Dai Chin and Magan Chin tribe people during your time in Mindat. The women have

intricately-tattooed faces and the people still don their colorful, traditional dress. Return to Mindat and

retire to your guesthouse.

Day 03, Mindat – Lupet - Kyardo – Aye Village

After breakfast, drive to Chi Chaung Small River for an hour then start trek towards Lupet village and

Kyar Do village about one hour to Mun chin village. You can study ways of life of the Mun chin tribe &

their tattoo style, taking picture to the sacrifice post & their cemetery with circle stone slab. You have

picnic lunch at the village. After visiting trek slope up to Ma ChiYaw chin village for about one hour to

the place where your car will wait and then drive to Aye Village. Stay overnight at normal local guest

House.

Day 04, 02/Dec. Aye village – Kanpetlet

After breakfast at your guest house, Stroll around Aye village and chat with local people then continue

your journey to Kanpetlet. You will enjoy the Pine forest and the beauty of Rhododendron forest. Study

for different kinds of Orchid. Stay overnight at Pine wood villa.

Day 05, Kanpetlet – Mt.Victoria – Kanpetlet

After breakfast, take jeep to 10.5 miles post for 1 hr & to start trek about 1:30 hours to Mt. Victoria

summit. The beauty of Rhododendron forest and the sound of silence will drive away your exhaustion

there you are on the summit of Mt. Victoria (3050m). It is originally known as Nat Ma Taung after

named Mt.Victoria, the memorial present to England Queen Victoria in the British time. In local

language, it is called Khaw Nou Toung (The Great Mountain or The Mountain of Spirit or The Mother of

Mountain). Return to your hotel and break for your lunch then the rest of the afternoon make an

environmental excursion in Kanpetlet. Chin typical dinner at pine-wood villa. Stay overnight at pine

wood villa.

Day 06, Kanpetlet Excursion

Visit to local house and study for how they made their different kind of tattoo face, (Chin Tribe) The Chin

inhabits the mountainous region that borders on India and Bangladesh to the west. Chin is one of the

original migrate from Tibeto-Burman. In the past, the chin is one of the original high land dwellers. Men

wore Loin cloths in the wormer months and draped blankets over themselves when the weather turned

cool. The women wore poncho like garments woven with intricate geometric patterns. The most extra

ordinary chin fashion of old was the custom of tattooing the women’s faces. Chin facial tattoos cover the

whole face starting at just above the bridge of the nose and radiating out in a pattern of dark lines that

resemble a spider’s web. Even the eyelids were tattooed. The tattooing was traditionally done to girls

once they reached the age of 12 or 13. You can study and taking for photo to five different kinds of

women tattoo faces at Mindat and Kanpetlet area.

Day 07, Kanpetlet – Saw – Kazun ma – Chauk - Bagan

In the early morning after your breakfast at hotel, Start for your long journey to Bagan for

approximately 7 hour drive which is located in the east of Chin Hill about 160 Km far away. After one

hour drive you will proceed to Saw small town and stop for stress the leg and stroll around local market

and enjoy the local atmosphere. All around the way you will enjoy for different the scenery. We will pass

several nature creeks and streams on the way. Enjoy for beautiful landscape, rice fields and Thanatkha

(natural cosmetic) plant plantation. Stop for lunch at local restaurant in Kazun ma small town. Continue

to Bagan and stay overnight at hotel.

Service Included Service Excluded

o 2 night accommodation half twin sharing at

Mindat & 1night at Local Guest House at Aye

Village

o Meals as per mentioned in the program

(B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D= Dinner)

o Experience English Speaking local tour guide

o All transfer and sightseeing by private

transportation at Mindat & Kanpetlet

o All entrances fees and Zone fees

o Drinking water and refreshing towels on tour

day

o Government Tax and Service Charges

o International Air Fare

o Visa fees or Visa Arrangement

o Personal Insurance

o Drinks during meals

o Personal Expenses (Phone call, Laundry etc.)

o Any other services not mentioned

o Early check in and late check out

o Peak season surcharges (Myanmar Water

Festival, Christmas, New Year, etc.)

o Christmas and New Year compulsory dinner

supplement (TBA at time of booking)

o Tipping

Contact

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