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Touring around Golden Triangle of Asia? A visit to TRIBAL KYAING TONG (Keng Tung) is unlike any parts of the region. You are now with AKHA and ENN tribes. You can start this normally either from Yangon or Heho (Inle Lake). If you are not sick of hour-flights, Yeah.. you can join this trip from anywhere else basing within Myanmar.
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Kyaing Tong
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Tour Code:
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PHKT 4
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Morning transfer to YANGON Airport. Yangon Airways or Air Mandalay flight from Yangon to Kyaing Tong, the capital of Eastern Shan State and also one of its most powerful Shan principalities during the colonial period. On arrival at Kyaing Tong, the local guide will welcome you and transfer to the hotel.
Afternoon, sightseeing tour of Kyaing Tong including: THITTAPIN TAUNG, the 245 years old DIFEROCAPUS TREE planted by King Alaungphaya the founder of Third Myanmar Dynasty; SHAN LACQUER WARE WORKSHOP, the beautiful NAUNG TONG LAKE and MAHAMYATMUNI PAGODA, housing Mandalay Style Buddha image and near by a monastery where the monks learn "KHUN" language which is very similar to that used in northern Thailand.
Overnight in Kyaing Tong.
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Breakfast. Full day sightseeing to PIN TAUK area. Lush mixed monsoon forest with a view to the plain tree fields looking like a huge, green patchwork blanked shimmering in the water of the flooded paddy fields.
The local guide will introduce you to the villagers of AKHA and ENN tribes. Some are baptized, some tribes still animists. The ENN tribes live on the higher slopes surroundings PIN TAUK area. They have distinctively different costumes and beliefs from the other tribes. Their traditional silver jewellery is most elegant against their simple black jackets. In the Enn village of NAM LIN MIN, there is a symbolic tether post representing their and ancestors' beliefs in spiritual-beings.
Late afternoon come back to Kyaing Tong. Overnight in Kyaing Tong.
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Breakfast. Morning visit to WATER BUFFALO MARKET and CENTRAL MARKET. Then take the car about 50 minutes and trek about 1½ hours to arrive HO KYIN Village, typical AKHA Village.
From here continue for another 30 minutes to NAN PHI PHANK AKHA village and to PANG MA PHAI AKHA tribe village to learn more about their daily life. Come back to the car to go MONG ZINE (KHUN Village) to see traditional LAHU KNIVES made by LAHU BLACKSMITH.
On the way back to hotel visit JOE PHYU, "WA Village". Overnight in Kyaing Tong.
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Breakfast. Morning, visit the lively CENTRAL MARKET offering a mixture of local products, handicraft wares of the tribal folk and merchandise from Thailand and China.
Proceed to NAUNG TONG LAKE and WAT JOM KHAM PAGODA, the most impressive one.
Then transfer to KYAING TONG Airport. Yangon Airways or Air Mandalay flight from Kyaing Tong to Yangon.
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