Inle is a freshwater lake located in the Nyaungshwe Township of Taunggyi District of Shan State where is one of Myanmar’s most spectacular and breathtaking sights. Your trip to Myanmar is not completed if you miss this amazing place
Accommodation: Hotel in Inle
Meals: Breakfast
After enjoying your breakfast, you will be transferred to the airport for your domestic flight to Heho. From Heho, you will experience a lovely one-hour scenic drive (32km – 1 hour) which leads to Nyaungshwe, gateway village to Inle Lake. Along the way, you will have an opportunity to visit rural workshops that specialize in traditional Shan paper and unique handcrafted umbrellas. Upon reaching the edge of the lake, take a short orientation tour of Nyaungshwe, a small town of narrow streets dotted with temples, monasteries, tea shops and local houses.
Then you will board a private motorboat and begin heading out onto Inle Lake, one of Myanmar’s most spectacular and breathtaking sights. Its calm waters are dotted with floating vegetation and fishing canoes, to which scenic hills provide the perfect backdrop. Along the way you will pass several villages that are built on stilts over the lake, which are inhabited by the local Intha people. Observe the daily activities of the local leg-rowing fishermen and see their ‘floating gardens’, which are built up from strips of water hyacinth, earth and anchored to the bottom of the lake with bamboo poles. There are also many traditional crafts originating on Inle Lake and, should you wish, we can stop for a visit to weaving factory, boat builders (depending on the time of year), a cigar making workshop and blacksmiths.
Proceed to the Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda, the lake’s main haven, which contains five sacred images of Buddha decorated in gold leaf. Head to the Ywarma village, where you have the chance to admire the floating gardens and silver smiths. The day will come to a close with a return trip by boat back to your hotel around 17.30
Lunch and dinner are on own account. Overnight in Inle Lake.