Earth

Asia

Myanmar (Burma)

Shan State

Nyaungshwe

Song of Travel

Our Place

An award-winning, three-story boombox.

Hostel / Hybrid

Coliving

Your Hosts

Fiona & the Song of Travel team.

Good for 18-35 Year Olds

Good for Groups

Good for Solo Travelers

Your Stay

The first social enterprise hostel in Myanmar.

Creative & Cultural

Slow & Simple

Social & Communal

Our Neighborhood

At the gateway to the floating villages of Inle Lake.

Rural

Village

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.

  • We are 100% independently-owned by Fiona and a small group of investors who helped us buy our land and build our hostel.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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!
  • 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!)
  • 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!)
  • 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!

Good for 18-35 Year Olds

Good for Groups

Good for Solo Travelers

Fiona & the Song of Travel team.

A fearless and visionary entrepreneur who left her previous job as a bank teller to build the first social enterprise hostel in Myanmar (Burma).

  • We are 100% independently-owned by Fiona and a small group of investors who helped us buy our land and build our hostel.
  • 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.

Creative & Cultural

Slow & Simple

Social & Communal

The first social enterprise hostel in Myanmar.

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.

  • 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
  • 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.

Rural

Village

At the gateway to the floating villages of Inle Lake.

Aung Chan Thar Street 5, Nandawun Block 6, Nyaung Shwe, 11221, Myanmar (Burma)

  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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!
  • 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!

Earth

Asia

Myanmar (Burma)

Shan State

Nyaungshwe

Song of Travel

Hostel / Hybrid

Coliving

Good for 18-35 Year Olds

Good for Groups

Good for Solo Travelers

Creative & Cultural

Slow & Simple

Social & Communal

Rural

Village