2025 Shan Travel Guide: Must-see attractions, popular food, hotels, transportation routes (updated in March)

#getgoing2025 Kakku Pagodas Kakku Pagodas, located in the Shan State, is a stunning complex of over 2,000 stupas spread across a large area. The pagodas are famous for their unique and intricate design, with multiple tiers and ornate decorations. Kakku was a significant site for the Shan people and has remained a relatively untouched treasure compared to other well-known pagodas in Myanmar. Visitors can explore the pagodas, learn about the local Shan culture, and enjoy the peaceful atmosphere of the area. #KakkuPagodas #ShanState #BuddhistStupas #HiddenGems

#getgoing2025 Sky View Garden in Taunggyi is a popular spot offering stunning panoramic views of the city and surrounding Shan State landscapes. Perched on a hillside, it provides a tranquil escape with beautifully landscaped gardens, vibrant flowers, and well-maintained grounds. Visitors can enjoy leisurely walks, relax in peaceful seating areas, and capture memorable photos with the breathtaking backdrop. The garden is particularly popular during sunset, when the sky is painted with vibrant colors. It's a great place for families, couples, and anyone seeking a peaceful retreat with picturesque scenery in Taunggyi.

#getgoing2025 The "Sein Lan So Pyae" restaurant is located just past Hetkei Village in Yatsauk District and is designed to resemble a restaurant in Thailand. It's become a relaxing getaway for people in Shan State who can't travel to Thailand. This restaurant only serves grilled food and beer. If you want to order, you have to go to the counter, order, and pay at the same time. Then, you have to ask them to deliver the food to your chosen hut. Right now, it's very beautiful with the sunflower fields. If you go during rice planting season, it will be even more beautiful.

#getgoing2025 Traditional Houses in the Pa-O Self-Administered Zone, Almost Entirely Built of Wood This is Kyauk Kya Char Village in the Mae Nae mountain region of Hopong Township. It's the village where the movie *An Embrace* was filmed . Only in recent years have some brick houses begun to appear . Kyauk Kya Char Village is located in the San Phu Village Tract, Hopong Township, within the Pa-O Self-Administered Zone. ️ The name "Kyauk Kya" evokes images of the century-old Taing Ti Ya Nan Hote Monastery, ancient Pa-O traditional houses, the beautiful Mae Nae mountains, and stunning scenery. This has made it a favorite village for travel vloggers, filmmakers, photographers, and both domestic and international tourists, earning it fame not only in Myanmar but worldwide. ️ From the Taunggyi-Hopong-Loilem highway, after passing Hopong but before reaching Tham San Cave, turn south onto the paved road at the sign indicating Special Region (6), Mae Nae Mountain Region, near Ywar Thit Village. ️ Ascending along the Mae Nae Mountain road, you'll pass beautiful villages (Hti Lan, Hti Bwar, Sa Ngaw, Nam Hu, Yoke Pay, Lone Kin, Lone Kwin, Lone Pay, Ban Soke, Lone Htee (San Phu)). After passing these, you'll arrive at the picturesque Kyauk Kya Village and the Nan Hote Taing Ti Ya Monastery. ️ Before reaching Kyauk Kya, the beautiful Sa Ngaw rice fields are also incredibly scenic. ️ Kyauk Kya Village has over 700 houses, mostly similar old two- or three-section houses (arranged along the winding roads). A paved road reaches the village, which has a high school, clinic, telecommunications services, and electricity. Despite the prevalence of old houses, it's a modern, clean, and pleasant model village. Due to the dense forests and abundant tree cover, water reaches the houses, and the village has plentiful water flow throughout all three seasons: summer, monsoon, and winter. ️ The main crops are rice, cheroot leaves, corn, coffee, avocados, and tea, along with other diverse crops. Currently, to allow visitors to fully appreciate the beauty of Kyauk Kya Village, the locals have built a viewpoint tower.

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The encounter with Dongzhi was a wonderful accident. Because I had been in the car, I accidentally came to this quiet capital city of Shan State. Although it just passed it, it remembered its beauty for a long time. Shui Niang is a transit town to Inle Lake. This is just a noisy crossroads, not too special. The most memorable one is the happy and enthusiastic teenager in a nearby village primary school.

Located in the small town of Shan State in the eastern part of Myanmar, people believe in Buddhism and live a bleak life in the world. Every morning, the villagers and the streets are relegated, and the villagers are kind enough to give. Afternoon time, strolling through the temples beside the street, there are laughter and laughter everywhere, which is fascinating.

The closed and mysterious Shan State in eastern Myanmar, the beautiful Inle Lake is just the tip of its iceberg. The most beautiful thing here is the kind and friendly Yi people. In the temples of Shan State, the people are friendly and generous, and show their own things before the outsiders. Here, there is no Buddhist rule, no rules and regulations, only a group of small fans who really love football. Here, there is no serious and rigid atmosphere, no old-fashioned and rigorous master, only happy and hearty laughter, here, the monk is also crazy.

In order to get a deeper feel of the customs of a country, we chose to walk to the town of Kalou, which is located between Dongzhi, the capital of Shan State, and the famous scenic spot of Inle Lake. Although there are only a few streets in the town, It has become a place where hikers gather. This two-day and one-night experience, for a little visual fatigue, we say goodbye to all kinds of stupas, more feelings are rural style, and warm, hospitable, simple and kind. Country friends, I want to use all the good adjectives to describe this experience. Our entire hiking program is walking in the Shan State area. We may have a feeling of deja vu when we see the local customs here. Yes, the Shan State is mainly dominated by the Shan (Zhu), and the Yi people actually It is in the same line with the Yi people of our country and belongs to the same people.