Guidebook for Hsipaw
Food Scene
Super chill vibe, delicious eats (guacamole!), great place to spend an afternoon relaxing. Highly recommended!
Mrs. Popcorn's Garden
Super chill vibe, delicious eats (guacamole!), great place to spend an afternoon relaxing. Highly recommended!
Drinks & Nightlife
It is right on the Mekong river but was dark when we got there. Great food and drinks and they had a local rum which went down very well with a coke zero.
The Club Terrace
It is right on the Mekong river but was dark when we got there. Great food and drinks and they had a local rum which went down very well with a coke zero.
Sightseeing
Five miles west of Hsipaw, beside the Hsipaw–Kyaukme road, this pagoda is of great significance to Shan people and gets overloaded with pilgrims who arrive en masse during the annual Bawgyo Paya Pwe, culminating on the full-moon day of Tabaung (February/March). The pagoda’s current incarnation is an eye-catching 1995 structure of stepped gilded polygons, within which the dome supposedly incorporates genuine rubies.
Baw Kyo Pagoda
Five miles west of Hsipaw, beside the Hsipaw–Kyaukme road, this pagoda is of great significance to Shan people and gets overloaded with pilgrims who arrive en masse during the annual Bawgyo Paya Pwe, culminating on the full-moon day of Tabaung (February/March). The pagoda’s current incarnation is an eye-catching 1995 structure of stepped gilded polygons, within which the dome supposedly incorporates genuine rubies.
For sweeping views across the river and Hsipaw, climb to Thein Daung Pagoda, also known as Nine Buddha Hill or, most popularly, Sunset Hill. It’s part of a steep ridge that rises directly behind the Lashio road, just over a mile south of Hsipaw.
Sunset Hill
For sweeping views across the river and Hsipaw, climb to Thein Daung Pagoda, also known as Nine Buddha Hill or, most popularly, Sunset Hill. It’s part of a steep ridge that rises directly behind the Lashio road, just over a mile south of Hsipaw.
South of the central area, Mahamyatmuni Paya is the biggest and grandest pagoda in the main town. The large brass-faced Buddha image here was inspired by the famous Mahamuni Buddha in Mandalay. He’s now backed by an acid-trip halo of pulsating coloured lights that would seem better suited to a casino.
Mahar Myat Muni
South of the central area, Mahamyatmuni Paya is the biggest and grandest pagoda in the main town. The large brass-faced Buddha image here was inspired by the famous Mahamuni Buddha in Mandalay. He’s now backed by an acid-trip halo of pulsating coloured lights that would seem better suited to a casino.
Parks & Nature
Trekking around Breathtaking Shan & Palaung Villages & Tea Leaf Plantation Fields.
Firefly, Northern Shan State Trek
Gantgor streetTrekking around Breathtaking Shan & Palaung Villages & Tea Leaf Plantation Fields.
Getting Around
Hsipaw Railway Station