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Air
The closest airport to Indawgyi Lake is Myitkyina Hopin
Myitkyina airport is about 15 minutes from the town centre and railway station, and a taxi should cost no more than K5000 ; a tuk-tuk will be slightly less.
Detail Timetable and pricing information below
Name
From
To
Departure time
Arrival time
Price (US$)
Via
Day
Asian Wings
Yangon
Myitkyina
6:00 AM
8:50 AM
203
Mandalay
Thu/Sun
6:30 AM
9:20 AM
Fri
Air Bagan
Yangon
Myitkyina
11:30 AM
2:25 PM
$204-$221
Mandalay
Fri
Air KBZ
Yangon
Myitkyina
2:00 PM
4:55 PM
$196-$202
Mandalay
Daily
Name
From
To
Departure time
Arrival time
Price (US$)
Via
Day
Myanmar National Airlines
Mandalay
Myitkyina
7:05 AM 8:45 AM
$88~$114
Bhamo
Wed,Fri
7:30 AM
8:15 AM
Tue,Thu,Sat
9:20 AM
11:00 AM
Bhamo
Mon
10:30 AM
11:40 AM
Sun
Mann Yadanarpon Airlines
8:00 AM
9:10 AM
$123~$133
Daily
Yangon Airways
8:00 AM
9:10 AM
$108~$110
Mon,Wed,Thu,Fri,Sat,Sun
11:00 AM
12:10 PM
Tue
Golden Myanmar Airlines
9:00 AM
10:10 AM
$100~$117
Mon,Wed,Fri
Air Bagan
1:00 PM
2:10 PM
$118~$121
Mon,tue
Air KBZ
2:10 PM
3:20 PM
$84~$104
Daily
Name
From
To
Departure time
Arrival time
Price
Day
Yangon Airways
Bhamo
Myitkyina
10:40 AM
11:10 AM
89
Wed/Fri
Air Bagan
Bhamo
Myitkyina
2:30 PM
3:00 PM
$91-$104
Thu
Air KBZ
Bhamo
Myitkyina
10:55 AM
11:30 AM
$78-$82
Fri/Sun
Name
From
To
Departure time
Arrival time
Price
Day
Air KBZ
Tachileik
Myitkyina
9:25 AM
11:05 AM
$200-$211
Tue
Name
From
To
Departure time
Arrival time
Price
Day
Air KBZ
Putao
Myitkyina
12:10 PM
12:55 PM
$83-$85
Mon/Wed
Air Bagan
Putao
Myitkyina
11:25 AM
12:15 PM
$85-$98
Tue/Sun
3:25 PM
4:15 PM
Fri
Bus
Detail Timetable and pricing information below
From
To
Departure time
Arrival time
Price (US$)
Notes
Yangon
Hopin
10:00 AM
10:00 AM + 1
$70
Special bus
4:00 PM
4:00 PM + 1
There is a daily bus from Mandalay Lonton Village
The next closest bus station to Indawgyi Lake is Hopin pick-up or car . There are regular daily buses to Hopin from Mandalay, Myitkyina Katha Yangon train .
From Hopin, you can hire a private car to Lonton village on Indawgyi Lake, where accommodation can be found; cost is around K100,000 on the spot and will take two hours. You can also take a shared pick-up truck (K5000 , around 3 hours). Pick-ups leave from just to the south of the centre of town, by a railway level crossing. Pick-ups leave as they fill up – so your best bet for to get to Indawgyi Lake quickly is to find one that is already nearly full.
To find out more about bus travel, go to getting around Myanmar by bus
Train
The closest train station to Indawgyi Lake is Hopin pick-up or car (more details below).
Detail Timetable and pricing information below
From
To
Departure time
Arrival time
Price (US$)
Sleeper
Upper (seat)
First (seat)
Mandalay
Hopin
4:30 AM
7:00 PM
30
27
18
2:10 PM
8:00 AM
There are also several daily trains (‘Express’ and ‘Slow’) to Hopin from Myitkyina Naba (for Katha
From Myitkyina , the 7:40am express train is the best one to take to reach Indawgyi Lake the same day; if things go well you should arrive by 3pm. An Upper Class ticket costs K1750 at Myitkyina station.
From Hopin, you can hire a private car to Lonton village on Indawgyi Lake, where accommodation can be found; cost is around K100,000 on the spot and will take two hours. You can also take a shared pick-up truck (K5000 , around 3 hours). Pick-ups leave from just to the south of the centre of town, by a railway level crossing. Pick-ups leave as they fill up – so your best bet for to get to Indawgyi Lake quickly is to find one that is already nearly full.
To find out more about train travel, go to getting around Myanmar by train .
You can hire a private car from Myitkyina to take you on a return trip. The drive will be around five hours from Myitkyina to Lonton village on Indawgyi Lake, and a 3 day/2 night-return trip is recommended - click here
