Myanmar - Northern Myanmar (PDF Chapter)

This is the Northern Myanmar chapter from Lonely Planet’s Myanmar guide-book.

Rugged and remote, northern Myanmar offers a fascinating mix of ethnic minority peoples, the prospect of travel through some of the least-visited areas of the country, timeless hill villages, Myanmar's Himalayan peaks and lazy days on the Ayeyarwady River.

• walk into unspoilt Shan and Palaung villages from Hsipaw, a delightful laid-back plateau town with royal connections
• maps
• head to Putao in the far north and the Himalaya region, where tough trekking and exhila-rating whitewater rafting are taking off
• transport
• cycle around serene Indawgyi Lake and then take a boat to the mystical Shwe Myitsu Paya
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: Lashio & Around, Pyin Oo Lwin (Maymyo) & Around, Kyaukme & Around, Hsipaw, Lashio, Mogok, Upper Ayeyarwady, Myitkyina, Indawgyi Lake, Bhamo (Banmaw), Shwegu, Katha, Kyaukmyaung, Shwebo, The Far North, Putao.