Putao is situated in Kachin State surrounded by snow capped mountains. It is cool the whole year round and there are many varieties of citrus fruits, grown in the regions numerous orchards. Flowing streams and rivulets, straw roofed houses and fences of pebbles and creek stones provide pleasant, pastoral scenes. Suspension bridges are typical river crossings in this region. 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, (Budorcas Taxicolor), Red Panda (Ailurus Fulgens), Black Bears, Black Deer, are all endemic to this region.. People of the Rawan, Lisu, Khanti Shan, Jingphaw, and Kachin are represented in the region. Putao is the nearest town to the base camp for climbing Mt Khakaborazi (5880m) which is the highest mountain in Myanmar and in all Southeast Asia. Putao is the starting point for Myanmar’s most adventurous trekking adventures.