Earth
Asia
Myanmar (Burma)
Shan State
Nyaungshwe
Song of Travel
Hostel / Hybrid
Coliving
An award-winning, three-story boombox.
The convivial and beloved place to be in Inle Lake, where adventurers and backpackers from around the world gather to socialize and stay.
What makes this a place to StayAltered?
- We are 100% independently-owned by Fiona and a small group of investors who helped us buy our land and build our hostel.
What details make this place soulful?
- We are a 100% local team of Intha, Pa-O, Shan, and Bamar people.
- Everyone who works with us is from a 20-kilometer radius of our home.
Sleep & Rest
- Super cool capsule beds with reading lamps, oversized lockers, electrical outlet, and a 100% blackout curtain offer guests a restful night.
- 5 shared rooms with 14 super cool capsule beds each.
- 2 private rooms with 1 double bed & private bathroom.
- 1 travel room for guests arriving/departing on overnight buses.
Amenities & Services
- A long list of complimentary guest amenities no other place matches, including:
- A daily-rotating hot breakfast with both authentic dishes and local interpretations of global favorites.
- Free 10mbps internet (if you want it, this is as fast as you can get it here)!
- Free bicycle rentals.
- All-day coffee & tea stations.
- And more!
Relax & Play
- Enjoy sunset sundowners & delicious local dishes on our panoramic rooftop bar & restaurant.
- Our menu offers both local Shan dishes and Burmese spins on international favorites made with locally-sourced and organic ingredients (vegan-friendly, too!)
Eat & Drink
- Enjoy sunset sundowners & delicious local dishes on our panoramic rooftop bar & restaurant.
- Our menu offers both local Shan dishes and Burmese spins on international favorites made with locally-sourced and organic ingredients (vegan-friendly, too!)
Meet & Work
- Some of our guests check-in for a night and then stay with us for weeks, even months, because of the various immersive experiences we offer, including:
- Weekly Burmese language lessons.
- Sunrise yoga.
- Sunrise/Sunset boat trip
- One day trekking
- Every day Saturday Family dinner
- Play local games.
- And more!
English
Burmese
Mandarin
Fiona
A fearless and visionary entrepreneur who left her previous job as a bank teller to build the first social enterprise hostel in Myanmar (Burma).
Why did we open our place?
- We are 100% independently-owned by Fiona and a small group of investors who helped us buy our land and build our hostel.
How do we alter how the world works, plays, travels, and stay together – for good?
- We are a 100% local team of Intha, Pa-O, Shan, and Bamar people.
- Everyone who works with us is from a 20-kilometer radius of our home.
Culture & Heritage
Education, Work & Opportunities
The first social enterprise hostel.
Our hospitality goes above and beyond the duty of care – we were the first social enterprise hostel in Myanmar (Burma). When you stay with us, we gain real-world hospitality experience, practice our English, and exchange ideas with people from around the world.
How do we make your stay sustainable?
- Our culinary team works to source over 75% of our ingredients locally.
- We always try to make everything from scratch in-house instead of importing it from outside our country.
- We also try to offer vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free variations of everything on our menu
How does your stay help support local neighbors?
- Every month, we donate 1% of all bookings to support the local hospital, orphanage, and other worthy causes in Nyaungshwe.
- We also offering select guests with essential skills a chance to stay long-term and support organizations directly.
The gateway to the floating villages of Inle Lake.
Aung Chan Thar Street 5, Nandawun Block 6, Nyaung Shwe, 11221, Myanmar (Burma)
What makes our area special?
- Nyaungshwe a little harbor town surrounded by the idyllic Shan hills.
- Taunggyi, the capital of Shan State, is 75-90 minutes by car.
- Heho Airport is 45-60 minutes by car.
Move & Go
- Super cool capsule beds with reading lamps, oversized lockers, electrical outlet, and a 100% blackout curtain offer guests a restful night.
- 5 shared rooms with 14 super cool capsule beds each.
- 2 private rooms with 1 double bed & private bathroom.
- 1 travel room for guests arriving/departing on overnight buses
Learn & Do
- We designed a bespoke Inle Lake boat tour exclusively for Song of Travel guests.
- We partner with carefully-chosen Intha people, all of whom lead an authentic, all-day experience on Inle Lake, including a home-cooked lunch by the wives of the boat drivers in the floating villages dotting the lake.
- With 90% of proceeds benefiting the local Inthar boat drivers and their families, the boat tours are a locally-celebrated social impact program.
See & Visit
- A long list of complimentary guest amenities no other place matches, including:
- A daily-rotating hot breakfast with both authentic dishes and local interpretations of global favorites.
- Free 10mbps internet (if you want it, this is as fast as you can get it here)!
- Free bicycle rentals.
- All-day coffee & tea stations.
- And more!
Give & Help
- Some of our guests check-in for a night and then stay with us for weeks, even months, because of the various immersive experiences we offer, including:
- Weekly Burmese language lessons.
- Sunrise yoga.
- Sunrise/Sunset boat trip
- One day trekking
- Every day Saturday Family dinner
- Play local games.
- And more!