The second largest natural lake in Myanmar located in the middle of the greatest depression in Nyaungshwe valley between the two parallel mountain ranges running north to south in the southern Shan State. Inle's most unusual feature is its extraordinary 'leg-rowing fishermen' who have developed an original, eccentric method of rowing their small boats with one leg. Floating gardens are built-up from strips of water hyacinth and mud, dredged from the lakebed. Villages, farms and monasteries perch over the water on stilts. Visitors may observe cottage industries of weaving, netting and cheroot making etc. The Intha (who live in the Inle Lake) are devout Buddhist at that the most revered 5 Buddha statues are kept in Phaungdaw O Pagoda.

What to Do and See
Mine Thauk Market | Ngaphekyaung Monastery | Phaungdawoo Pagoda | Shweindein Pagoda | Ywama Village

Where to Stay
Paramount Inle Resort | Hupin Khaungdaing Resort | Inle Resort | Nandawun Hotel | Inle Paradise Resort | Hupin Hotel | Golden Star Hotel | Golden Island Cottage II | November Hotel | Shwe Inntha Resort | Royal Orchid Hotel | Paradise Hotel | Golden Island Cottage I | Inle Regal Resort | Inle Lake View Resort | Serenity Resort |

Getting to Inle
Inle is 35 km from the nearest airport at Heho. There are flights from both Yangon and Mandalay. Yangon 660 km by road, Mandalay 330 km.