Trekking Kalaw to Inle Lake

Trying to avoid the organized tourist packages we gathered 7 people, who were not worried of maybe getting a bit lost on the way, and some information from internet to begin our trek from Kalaw to Inle Lake.

The first day we started early and made it to the village where we had planned to sleep in less time than planned. Thus one of the local families – Da Nu people - hosted and cooked some amazing food for us.

 

           Our first house - Ywa Pu Village; Da Nu people

The morning after we were quite confident and started trekking after having breakfast and chill for a while, it was already 11am. And considering that along the way two of our friends started feeling sick, we ended up making only half of the way; then the adventure became more exciting when we needed to try any kind of communication with local – from the tribal villages known as Pa O people – to arrange accommodation for one night and some food. Due to the communication problem between our group and the locals it was hard to know whether they enjoyed our company, but they were quite helpful letting us sleep over in their bamboo house!

                                                                                      Second host - Paw Kia Village; Pa O people

The third and last day was a bit more demanding as we needed to walk around 10 hours till we reached the final destination, Inle Lake.

                                                                                                  Third day

It was a quite good decision getting on the road without a guide; asking people here and there we were able to always find the way to the villages we wanted to pass through. It also allowed us some more interaction with the locals.

We arranged with a tourist agency in Kalaw to send our luggage directly to Inle, all worked out well!

             

Would like to thank Kepa, Immanuel, Ina, Louise, Rachel and Charlotte for the amazing time I had with you all during these days! Enjoy your trip guys!