Myanmar Himalayas

Myanmar Himalaya Mountains are situated in the northern most of Kachin State of the Union of Myanmar, bordered to India and the Tibetan Highlands of China.

The Himalaya (Abode of Snow, in Sanskrit) is the highest mountain range on earth run along Pakistan, several northern Indian states, the Kingdom of Nepal, Butang and Tibetan Highland and Myanmar. Myanmar Himalaya is the lower mountain range of southern Himalaya.

Myanmar Himalaya is the perfect place for trekking and adventure tours for those who want to explore the off the beaten treks. Khakabo Razi Mountain in Myanmar Himalaya is the highest peak in South East Asia at above 5900 metres with permanent snow field all year round above the snow line and was said to be conquered for the first time by a team of Japanese and Myanmar climbers in 1997. Putao (pronounced Bu Tao) is the gateway to the Myanmar Himalaya Mountains. Most Myanmar Himalaya mountains including Phon Gan Razi (one of the lowest range and the easiest mountains to get to) are very well blessed with heavy snow fall in the winter time usually from November till April or May.

There are plenty of activities you could do in Myanmar Himalaya region: such as village trekking, mountain trekking, mountain biking, rafting, snow shoeing, back country and mountain ski touring.

Myanmar Himalaya travels not only gives you a truly wonderful experience and a completely different sights and scenes from the mainland Myanmar but also gives you the opportunities to meet and experience the local hill tribes, their culture & ways of living. Your Myanmar Himalaya travel is also a mean of contributing the local people and their economy as all our crews (mountain guides, cooks, porters) are all local recruits including Hkamti Shan, RaWang and LeSu.

We also provide made-to-measure travel services, so that you could tailor made your holiday in Myanmar Himalaya. Contact us with your choice of activities, prefer Myanmar Himalaya destinations and details of your travel needs to info@taistartnt.com.

Also see our Classic Myanmar Tour Packages for travel services in other parts of Myanmar.

Snow shoeing
Myanmar Himalaya is blessed with snow capped mountains from lower range mountains like Phon Gan Razi and Namh Lant (that has good snow fall from November to May of the year) to the highest mountains like Khakabo Razi (the highest peak in South East Asia) where there are permanent snow fields above the snow-line.
We provide snow shoeing tours to the lower range Myanmar Himalaya mountains from November to April and all year round in Khakabo Razi.

Back country/ Mountain Ski Touring
This is for advanced off peak skiers who already had a good experience of Ski Mountain touring. At this present we only facilitate it for you with our mountain guide. You will need to bring all your ski gear and the skin for climbing with ski is also recommended.
Note that: At this moment, there is no road for car beyond Awandam Village in the north west direction towards Myanmar-India Himalayas border (towards Phon Gan Razi & Namh Lant) and beyond Ratbaw in the north Myanmar–Tibet Himalayas border (towards Khakabo Razi). So travellers would be trekking from sub-tropical part to snow capped summits of Myanmar Himalaya.
We are currently developing a wider variety of winter fun/ sports and snow adventure activities in Myanmar Himalayas. If you have any specific travel needs or would like to do any winter and snow adventure activities listed or not listed here, please send us all your travel needs to myanmar.himalaya@taistartnt.com.