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include hotel transfers, day-trips and activities (including T09 840 0138, Wputaotrekkinghouse.com. Tastefully
rafting and elephant trekking) and all meals. Some guests decorated wooden bungalows with small verandas, private
find the meals a bit monotonous. Open Oct–April. $1250 bathrooms and fireplaces both in the dining room and on
Hotel Putao Putao Airport Market St T09 5965 5777, the outdoor deck. The largely Kachin staff also organize a
Whotelputao.com. A comfortable, modern hotel, set in good range of treks – full details are listed on their website.
its own compound with a full range of amenities. The Closed June–Oct. $120
downside is its location, three minutes from the airport – Thawan Razi Near the market T09 840 0186. The
great for arrival and departure, but quite a trek down into second of Putao’s two guesthouses is owned by a Rawang
the town. $70 family. The rooms are airy, and some come with en-suite
Putao Trekking House 424/425 Htwe San Lane facilities. K40,000

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