Song of Travel
Asia > Myanmar (Burma) > Shan State > Inle Lake
The convivial & award-winning boombox beloved by solo adventurers who crave local experiences.
Aung Chan Thar Street 5, Nandawun Block 6, Nyaung Shwe, 11221, Myanmar (Burma)
The World's Top 10 Medium Hostels in 2018 (Hostelworld)
Myanmar's Best Hostel in 2018, 2019, 2020 (Hostelworld)
Best Value for Money (Booking)
#1 of 37 Specialty Lodging in Nyaung Shwe (TripAdvisor)
Inspiring People
Yin Yin "Fiona" Aung is the award-winning visionary entrepreneur who left her previous job as a bank teller to build the first social enterprise hostel in Myanmar (Burma).
Incredible Place
Nyaung Shwe is the gateway to the floating villages of Inle Lake, 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.
Impactful Planet
Fiona designed a bespoke Inle Lake boat tour exclusively for Song of Travel guests, with 90% of proceeds benefiting the local Inthar boat drivers and their families.
This is the meeting place where solo travelers meet, share stories, and exchange itineraries.
- 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.
- Enjoy sunset sundowners & delicious local dishes on the panoramic rooftop bar & restaurant.
- Menu offers both local Shan dishes and Burmese spins on international favorites made with locally-sourced and organic ingredients (vegan-friendly, too!).
- A long list of complimentary guest amenities no other place matches, including:
- A daily-rotating local set breakfast
- Free 10mbps internet (as fast as you can get here)!
- Free bicycle rentals.
- All-day coffee & tea stations.
- Weekly Burmese language lessons.
- Sunrise yoga.
- And more!
Why we think this is an incredible place to stay.
Capsule beds with reading lamp, outlets, and oversized storage.
100% locally-owned and locally-operated.
Meet the inspiring people on Fiona's all-star team.
People travel from around the world to stay with Fiona and her staff. Born and raised in northeast Myanmar, she speaks Burmese, Mandarin, English, and is working on her Spanish and Italian.
Guests rave up the hospitality – all 100% local Intha, Pa-O, and Shan people who go above and beyond the duty of care while also gaining real-world hospitality experience, practice their English, and exchange ideas with people from around the world.
How your stay nurtures a more positively impactful planet.
Home-cooked lunch on the Song of Travel bespoke Inle Lake boat tours.
Fiona and her culinary team work on sourcing over 75% of their ingredients locally and making what they cannot find from scratch in-house.
Unlike others, Fiona offers full pay, free housing and board, free English lessons, and includes all of her front desk and back-of-house teams in a pooled bonus program.
Fiona donates over 1% of her top-line revenue to support the local hospitality, orphanage, and other worthy causes in Nyaung Shwe, offering select guests a chance to stay long-term and support directly.
The Song of Travel Bespoke Inle Lake Boat Tours are a celebrated social impact program. Fiona partners with carefully-chosen Intha people who lead an exclusive 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. 90% of proceeds benefit the Intha families directly.