Centre of the Golden Triangle and the crossroads of cultural exchange and trade.  Kyaing Tong is a beautiful town of tidy huts and shuttered roofs, tucked within the high, rugged mountain landscape of eastern Shan State.

It is the perfect starting point for trips deeper into the relatively unexplored Golden Triangle to visit ethnic minority villages scattered throughout the hills, home to the Akha, Ann, Lisu, Lishaw, Wa and Lahu people, as well as the majority Shan people of the region.

Longer treks to the border towns of Tachilek (Thailand) and Monglar (China) are possible for those looking for greater adventure and challenge.

In the uttermost east of Myanmar, nestled at 3,000 feet in a valley of green rice fields ringed by wooded hills, lies Kyaing Tong (Keng Tung), considered by some people to be the most scenic and atmospheric town in the country. It is an ancient town, continuously inhabited for 800 years or more by the Shan, the Khun and the Thai Lue peoples who still today comprise the majority of the area’s population. It is a crossroads of cultural exchange and trade, both licit and illicit. In addition to its proximity to Thailand, Kyaing Tong lies a mere two-hour drive from the Chinese border crossing at Monglar, or to the Mekong River, with Laos on its opposite bank.