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Chine Village
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Home to the Tattooed Faced Women > |
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Type: |
Myanmar
Extension |
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Tour Code: |
JXT # 06 |
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Coverage: |
Bagan - Mindat
- Aye Sakan - Bagan |
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Duration: |
4 Days / 3 Nights |
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Availability: |
December - May |
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Day 01 Bagan - Mindat <jeep>
Day 02 Mindat - Kyar Do - Aye Sakan <jeep / hiking>
Day 03 Aye Sakan - Mindat <jeep /hiking>
Day 04 Mindat - Bagan <jeep> |
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Sample itinerary, actual
may vary
Day 01 Bagan – Mindat
Breakfast and cross Ayeyarwady river by ferry to Let Pan Che. Here
the adventure safari starts as you roll on in rugged and dusty dirt
road passing through dry mounds, green, velvet plain of rice fields
<approx 4 hour> to Pontaung mountain range. <Pontaung region is
famous among archaeologist as recent discovery by the International
team confirmed the fossilized remains found from Pontaung formation
about 34 to 50 million years. The team discovered fragments of such
animals as turtle, crocodile, rhinoceros, and pig in Pontaung stone
layers>
Proceed to Mindat <approx 2 hour> passing through tropical low land
scarf forest and eventually alpine altitude of Mindat at 4860 ft
above sea. Mindat is the administrative town for southern Chin
State. Overnight in local guesthouse.
<Once you get in to the Chin country weather gradually become cool
and pleasant. It is a great escape of the heat and dust of the plain
during summer.

Day 02 Mindat - Kyar Do - Aye Sakan
Breakfast and walking tour in Mindat. Proceed by jeep to Che Chaung
<approx 30 minute> From here, you can see Aye Sakan at 5700 ft right
across the valley on the other side of the mountain. Hiking to Chin
settlement villages <approx 3 hour walk up hill> through the
farmland.
Observe daily list of these remote tribe where Chin tribe women
wearing various pattern of tattoo on their face and attractive amber
necklaces, houses decorated with animal skull and sacrificial posts
which is the symbol of wealth and success. Pack lunch at village and
continue hike through the valley and up hill passing through
farmland <approx 2 hour> to get to motor way. Meet your driver and
drive <approx 30 minute> to Aye Sakan. Overnight at local home.
Day 03 Aye Sakan - Kyar Do - Mindat <jeep / trekking>
Breakfast and walking tour in the near by villages. If you are
lucky, you may come across one of the Chin traditional ritual
offering ceremony in one of the villages in the region. Chin tribal
ritual celebrates by mean of offering a Nwa Nyauk <wild ox> to the
Spirit and when sacrificed the person got to raise a totem known as
a sacrificial post recognition of his prowess and successfulness.
Decorated posts can be found in many Chin villages and are much like
the forked posts found among many tribal groups around the world. As
wild oxen have become rarer, Chin raises them domestically and the
sacrificial posts are now raised more as a symbol of wealth. A Chin
tribe who has offered such offering certain occasion would raise
another totem to keep his or her burial pot near their home. Thus,
there are several burial pots placing under large stone plaque look
like a make ship smaller stone caves>
Afternoon drive back to Mindat <approx 1 hour>. This up hill drive
provides magnificent view of the mountains. Overnight at local
guesthouse.
Day 04 Mindat - Bagan <jeep>
Breakfast and return to Bagan <approx 8 hour>. Cross the Ayeyarwady
river by
Z craft at Kyunechaung to arrive Bagan to complete this
unique experience. |
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