Kachin State

On the northern part of Myanmar is famous for its snow caps mountain ranges, on the northern edge lies the highest peak called Khakaborazi about 5669 meters high. Many of the wild life are sanctuary around Khakaborazi are cold and ever green dense forest and the closest range to Khakaborazi, is from the base camp Putao.

Ecotourism in Kachin State

Putao

Situated in the north of Myitkyina, the capital city of Kachin state, can reach only by air route. The city surrounded with snow peaked mountains and the weather is cold around the year. Flora and Fauna can be seen in the forest around Putao. There are also many different ethnic minority tribes in Kachin state.
This area is famous for its Nature of originated Flora, especially there are many various kinds of orchids and even the world rarest Black orchids can be found in this area. And for fauna, one of the rarest animal species, Takin (Budorcas Taxicolor), Red Panda (Ailurus Fulgens), Black Bears, Black Deer, are all endemic to this region.
Other terrestrial species of Monkeys, Boars, Mountain Goats can also seen on this region. Various kinds of Butterflies can be seen in this area on the month of January. The Butterflies including such as an endangered species can be found, among them are Kaiser, Apollo, Bhutan, Glory and Birdwings.
The trees such as different colors of Rhododendrons, Maple trees and various kinds of Bamboos are also seen in this area. The month of January and April is the best month to see the butterflies, flowers and orchids in the icy forest.

Mountain Climbing in Kachin State

The Highest Mountain in Myanmar is Khakaborazi on the remote Northern tips of Naungmon Township in Putao region. Bordering with China in Kachin State. It's about 19296 ft or 5881 meter high. One must have to travel by flight to Putao, the nearest City to Khakaborazi.

Expedition to Mt. Khakaborazi

This virgin Peak is first made by Colonel Saw Myint, of Myanmar Hiking and Mountaineering federation, in 1956 and reached to the height of 12000 ft.
The second successful attempt was made by the Japanese mountain climber Mr. Ozaki and Mr. Numar in 1996. And his expedition was recorded as follows,
The journey started from Yangon on 18th July 1996 by flight to Putao.
After preparing the team for few days in Putao, the expedition started this adventure from Putao on 25th July and reached the height of 13025 ft on 21st August, and on 24th August, they reached at the height of 14190 ft. On 25th August, they continue climbing up the ice-clad mountain and reached up to 15180 ft. They crossed and walked along the Ice River on 26th, 27th and 28th August, and trekked up to the height of 16500 ft on the 29th August. After reaching the height of 17820 ft on 13th September, they stopped on the way for bad weather for two days.
On the final day of 15th September, Mr. Ozaki start climbing again at 7:15 AM in the morning. Finally he reached to the peak at 19315 ft on the same day. After staying few hrs on the top of this virgin peak, Mr. Ozaki returned back to Putao.
This is the first successful climbing of Mt Khakaborazi in Myanmar. In later years, many attempts had been made by many of the climbers; no one has been succeeded since his successful attempt.

Expedition to Phungaung Ice-clad Mountain

Te first expedition team from Myanmar Hiking and Mountaineering Federation reached to this 3000 meters Ice-Clad Phaungaung Mountain in the early 1970s. Later years, many amateur teams such as bird watchers, butterfly watchers, researcher teams, and video teams and many Tourists have been experiencing to this mountain.

Myitkyina

The capital city of Kachin State is situated on the southern flank of Kachin State and between the confluence of river Maykha and Malikha, and this confluence is the source of Ayeyarwaddy. Some ethnic Kachin tribes can be seen around Myitkyina. Indawgyi Lake is a night stop tour and Waingmaw is a day tour from Myitkyina.