InleLake

The road to Inle-Lake via Nyaung Shwe is located in the Southern Shan State. Inle Lake is situated in Nyaung Shwe Township to where taking a flight from Yangon to Heho, and then travel by car or bus. From Shwe Nyaung, it takes 30 minutes to Nyaung Shwe. Then transit by long speed boat, from Nyaung Shwe to Inlay Lake Water Island.

This vast picturesque lake, 900 meters above sea-level, is one of the main tourist attractions in Myanmar. The lake, 22 km long and 10 km across, has a population of some 150,000, many of whom live on floating islands of vegetation. Inle Lake, natural and unpolluted, is famous for its scenic beauty and the unique leg-rowing of the Inthars(the people from the Inle-Lake), the native lake dwellers. Inle Lake,is natural ; unpolluted; and famous for its scenic beauty and the unique leg rowing of the Inthars, the native lake dwellers. The lakeshore and lake islands erected 17 villages on stilts, mostly inhabited by the Inthars people.Inle Lake