Mount Victoria Adventure - 5 Days

Day 1: Bagan – Mindat
Start in Bagan town/ Bagan Airport and drive to Mindat (7-8 hours). Cross the bridge and we will reach to the Mindat town in the evening. Mindat is located on 4860 feet above sea level.
Meals: Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel in Mindat
Day 2: Mindat (4 hours trekking)
Having breakfast at hotel. Today, we walk to the Pang Oo village which is outside of Mindat. Visit Chins people and get acquainted with their tradition. In this village, an elder man is specialized in reading the future in a particular way. He heats up bamboo sticks and holds them on emptied eggs and through the appearing cracks he reads the future. That’s sound very funny. We back to Mindat for lunch.
In the afternoon, visit another nice and very photogenic village, Ng’Nam Thai.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel in Mindat
Day 3: Mindat – Mount Victoria – Kanpetlet
Today we have chance to go up to summit of Mount Victoria from 5700 to 10200 feet.
In the morning drive to the upper base from where we start to trek the summit of the Mount Victoria through the National park. The footpath is a little steep but the reward is the fantastic view once you come out of the forest and reach the altitude where the Rhododendrons are in full bloom. Picnic lunch served on the way.
In the afternoon, return to upper camp and continue to drive down to old town of Kampelet. During the British occupancy the village of Kanpelet was located here whereas later the villagers moved to lower levels because of the temperature.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel in Kanpetlet
Day 4: Kanpelet (about 3 hours trekking)
In the morning, we visit Chin villages around Kampelet. We will find some tribes such as: Ngara, Yin Du, Dai, Okpu, Magan, Mwyn. They speak different dialects and have different costumes. The women, mostly elderly ones, also we spotted a few young girls, have tattooed faces with very different patterns. There are 5 different ways of putting the tattoos on: dots, spider, lines, curls, almost black.
We continue walking to each village take about 1,5 hours. The Chins are mostly Christians with a variety of all beliefs from Methodists to Catholics. In each village we will see houses decorated with buffalo corns. These are from animals called Mithan a cross between a domestic cow and a wild Gaur. Each time such an animal is slaughtered a kind of wooden pillar decorated with all sort of ornaments is erected in front of the house. In addition a stone table, which is also used as cover for urns is placed nearby. Picnic lunch served on the way.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel in Kanpetlet
Day 5: Kanpelet – Bagan
Today, we drive back to Bagan. We stop for pick nick on the way. The scenery today is very interesting, however as we do not cross villages, a little bit monotonous. We will cross two elephant camps and depending on the season of the year, we might be lucky to watch their working. We will arrive Bagan in the late afternoon and transfer to your hotel.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: N/A

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