Article cover image

Inle Lake

G

Tour Guide, Yangon, Myanmar

| 1 mins read

The most famous scenic sport in Shan State and is about 24 miles from the hilltop of Taunggyi to the plain of Shan plateau. According to one of the international researcher, this is one of the rear lake in the world, because most of the lakes the world are gone dried due to the changes of the weather.

Inle Lake, with its still waters under the hazy Blue Mountains is 900 meters above sea level with a range of 22.4 km long and 10.2 km wide. There are many ethnic minority tribes living around the lake. The lake as not deep enough to see underwater beauty, there is many vegetable gardens, floating firms and villages in and around the lake.

The most attractive tradition is traditional colorful floating market, the unique leg rowers for fishing on the lake and their traditional Phaung Daw Oo Stupas festivals.