Adventure travel tours Myanmar Himalaya
The Myanmar Himalayas are perfect for adventure tours/ trekking. It is a particular part of the famous mountains ever because no foreigners until now have been there, with the exception of some British adventurers during colonial times.
Myanmar Himalayas are for the people who have been everywhere, seen everything but want to have a controlled risk about new frontiers, not ending up with some mad people like in the many other countries when leaving the beaten tracks.
Mt. Hkakabo Razi (picture above), Myanmar s and South East Asia s highest peak at 5,900 meters, is located in the northern most reaches of Kachin State. 
The mountain was conquered for the first time in 1997 by a team of Japanese and Myanmar climbers. The closest town is Putao, a small, quiet place, surrounded by snow-capped mountains stretching from Tibet in the north-west.
Snow caped Himalayan mountain ranges with plenty of snow all year long, glaciers and pristine environment, no cable cars, no roads, nothing gives disturbance to mother nature. There are talks with some Thai investors to open a ski resort for winter fun all year round, but nothing happen yet, its probable better when it stays like this.
Steep fields in the valleys around are cultivated. There are gardens of hill rice, maize and millet within patches of colocasia, mixed with cereal crops, cucumbers, gourds and huge marrows.
Only slopes facing south to west can be cultivated and the yield is rather poor. Fences have been erected to keep deer, pigs, monkeys and others animals out of the fields.
Himalaya Hkakabo Razi Peak Myanmar-BurmaThe 
higher region is populated with pine, hemlock and silver fir mixed with some larch. From 2,700 metres to 3,700 metres almost pure conifer forests cover the slopes. There is a abundance of hardwoods: oak, maple, birch, walnut, chestnut as well as rhododendron and others, but only at regions not accessible by roads, if a region is accessible all trees are immediately cut be Chinese and local poachers.
The people in the valleys catch fish in thorn-lined conical fish traps, with nets or harpoon. They also eat barking deer, gooral, serow, pheasants and monkeys. When these food sources are scarce, the valley population will eat anything from snails and frogs, to lizards, snakes and wasp grubs.
Cold weather mist hangs over the peaceful and serene surroundings almost 6 months of the year. Flowing streams and rivulets, straw-roofed houses and fences of pebbles and creek stones provide a pleasant, pastoral contrast to the scenes and sights of Yangon.
Peoples of the Rawan, Lisu, Khamti-Shan, Jingphaw and Kachin are represented in the region. Simple, direct, hard working and hospitable, they make a living in the lower areas by growing paddy, fruits, roots and medical plants.
Grape fruit, American lime, Washington navel fruit, varieties of peaches and oranges grow. Ginseng and musk are plentiful. Many species of orchid and other exotic flora and fauna such as musk deer, takin and flying squirrel are native to this region.
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