Explore Inle Lake, the heaven of tranquility, fancy, and breathtaking nature; the home to the unique floating agriculture, fishing, and leg-rowing methods. These words are all precise to describe Inle Lake, the beautiful highland lake situated in the heart of Shan plateaus. Undoubtedly, it is the perfect destination that you should never miss in your Myanmar Tour. Our Inle Lake Tours & Day Trips take you to deeply immerse in the peaceful aura, behold the magical moment of the sunset reflected on the sparkling lake, and feast on the local specialty tomato salad. The long-lasting culture couples with the untouched beauty will ensure to satisfy even the most demanding one.
Our Inle Lake tour package will transfer you to the outstanding destinations such as Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda, Saga, Indein, floating villages etc. All are packed around the peaceful and simple beauty.
Inle Lake is located in the heart of Myanmar. Its weather is characterized by monsoon climate. The best time to enjoy an Inle Lake tour package is from September to October when it is less rain and the weather is cooler and more convenient for an amazing boat trip around the lake. To be in Inle Lake means that even if in the hot season, you will still be able to experience the weather that is more comfortable than other places in Myanmar. In addition to winter time, you can also enjoy Inle Lake tour packages in the summertime when the region witnesses a small number of tourists let you have more space to explore the area. Nevetherless, remember to bring your suncream and hat to protect you from the sunlight.
Go Myanmar Tours delivers you with various Inle Lake tour packages, day trips and ready-made itineraries designed by our local travel expert to cater to your budget and demand. If you don’t find any appropriate Inle Lake day tours that fit your schedule as below, feel free to contact us to customize an Inle Lake tour that meets your interests.
Consider one of the best Inle Lake tours and day trips to start a journey to this wonderful land
This suggested Inle Lake day trip to Sagar deliver you a great opportunity to explore the largest freshwater lake and also most iconic beauty of Myanmar…
Indulge in the tranquil, picturesque as well as the poetic landscape of Inle Lake in this half-day Inle Lake Trekking tour. During 5-hours sightseeing, we take you from the idyllic village to…
Going on a holiday by normal travel transports is familiar with tourists. However, why don’t we travel by ourselves? Here we offer you an Inle Lake day tour package from Kalaw that you will totally go on your foot, take a rest at a place and continue trekking another spot. Not just walk around, you will have chance to explore…
Get on your bike and cycle up to the Red Mountain Estate, you are going to be impressed with the amazing landscape nested on the hillside at about 1000 meters above the sea level. This Inle Lake wine tour takes your half-day to gaze out at the vineyard…
Reach Sagar Village by boat, enjoy the atmosphere of nature when sailing down South, pass through Inle lake and beyond Taung-To village. This amazing Inle Lake day tour to Sagar takes you to ancient pagodas and monasteries…
Overwhelmed by very traditional and local experiences will be your first impression for this 2 days 1 night Inle Lake tour package from Kalaw to Inle. It will help you learn the local lifestyle of people in Danu, Taung Yoe, Pa O Village and…
This Inle Lake day tour allows us to explore the highlights of Inle Lake and its surrounding areas. See the unique leg-rowing fishermen and visit some of silk and cotton weaving villages…
This Inle Lake day tour to Kakku trip provides us the best sites of Kakku. You will take an excursion to see Kakku Pagoda, Htan-Pha-Ya cave and the daily life of the local people in the area…
This half-day Inle Lake tour brings you from the beguiling Inle Lake to Inn Thein on a
wonderful boat trip to take a glimpse at the historical sites around the lakeshore and behold the fancy landscape that is unrivaled…
The floating vegetable garden is the first thing that hits your eyes when coming to the lake making it as the top thing to do on every Inle Lake tour. It’s on the surface of the water and creative of the Intha. The unique garden was created by hyacinth roots and seaweed, the top is the mud, using thousands of bamboo sticks to keep the garden on the lake and not drifting away. The floating gardens with a bunch of chilies, cucumber, peanut, tomato,..etc.. and even flower gardens is one of the special creation of the resident here. A boat trip in your Inle Lake tour package will take you to discover the home to the country’s tomato production and learn about these exceptional farming methods.
Apart from the unique floating garden, perhaps the most beautiful image in Inle Lake is probably the people fishing by their foot. Your Inle Lake tour package doesn’t miss an opportunity to help you save the most iconic image of leg-rowers at the fancy twilight moment. Most of the fishermen are men, especially since they use both legs and hands to catch and toss net. Specifically, those fishermen use one leg to stand on the nose of the boat and the other leg holds a pole, while their two arms are for netting and fishing. If you want to join in this experience, just ask the Intha guide you how to do.
Get around some Local Handicraft Villages
In your Inle Lake tour, we highly recommend you to spend a small amount of time to visit some handicraft villages to have an insight into unique local traditions such as lotus weaving village, silverware village, cigar village… Besides, a visit to meet the Kayan people - long neck people is also worth to pay. They are talented weavers in the field of making the most beautiful lotus flowers by handcraft without machines.
Come over Shwe Inn Thein Temple
If this is the first time you have ever been in an Inle Lake tour, Shwe Inn Thein Temple is one of the must-visit spots in your list. Well-known for its 1,000 ancient towers built with unique architecture, you might spend a day tour to visit all over small temples. The average height of the temples is about 3 meters, standing close together like serial artificial hills on the ground. The main color of those ones is gold and red brick. However, there were many accident temples destroyed over time because they built up for so long time ago. Finally, you should not miss grabbing for yourself a lot of wonderful photos right here the sun goes down.
Gaze Out at The Red Mountain Estate Vineyards & Winery
Along with the breathtaking experience on a boat tour around Inle Lake, an Inle Lake day tour will take you to explore the hidden gem high up in the Red Mountain. For many travelers, Red Mountain Winery is likely the final destination to complete their memorable Inle Lake tour. Established in 2002, the Red Mountain Winery not only attracts tourists by the wine but also the spectacular view to admire the sunset. The cost of wine is relatively cheap, just around $1-$2 for a glass of wine. Additionally, you can pay about $4 to enjoy 4 types of wine with some cheese and bread. The feeling of nibbling your wine while waiting for the majestic sunset will truly blow your heart away.
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Best Time To Visit Inle Lake
The weather in Inle Lake is the same as in other parts of Myanmar. In general, there are three seasons in Myanmar. Fall from October to February next year. Rainy season starts from July to September. Autumn is more suitable for tourism in Myanmar than all. From November to February, visitors to Myanmar are very crowded because of this less rainfall, mild climate. In May, July, and September there are very few tourists to Myanmar. The tourist season is winter visitors, the price will be more expensive, if you save money, and then choose the season to go offline.
Inle Lake General Information
Location: Burma Center
Language: Burmese
Currency: Kyat Myanmar (MMK)
Time Zone: GMT +6:30
International Dialing Code: +95
People, City & Culture of Inle Lake
People of Inle Lake
Inle Lake is home to the Inthar people - a minority of Myanmar. Inthar in Myanmar means “the people live on the lake”. From thousands of years ago, Inle Lake was home to all the social activities of the Inthar people. The people here built houses and architectural works on the lake beside have lived in four cities bordering the lake, the numerous people have lived in many villages along the lake and on the lake.
In addition, that would be a mistake when not mention to the leg-rowers of Inle Lake is famous for incredible sailing and fishing capabilities by foot, and the long-necked Kayan woman.
Inle Lake
This place is roughly 600 km from Yangon, Inle is a fresh lake located in the mountains. It is one of the two largest freshwater lakes in Myanmar with the main inhabitants living on the lake. Inle Lake has been selected by Conde Nast Traveler as one of the five new destinations in Asia that travelers should explore.
Inle Lake also means "big lake". Inle is about 889 meters above sea level, surrounded by high mountains and covers an area of 220 square kilometers. The deepest lake is about 6m. Water levels vary seasonally between the dry season and the full water season of about 1.2 m.
Culture of Inle Lake
In Inle Lake, Intha people love to plant and fish, because this is a large freshwater area. It is often said that "visit Inle without eating tomato salad is considered as never coming here". Although the inhabitants live quite sparsely, most of them live mainly around the lake with traditional villages.
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Transportation in Inle Lake
To reach Inle Lake is effortless, you can choose the most simple and popular means such as the long-distance bus. However, you can pick up some other means to get to Inle: train, plane.
On the other hand, to explore Inle Lake, you have only one option: take a motorboat. A motorboat usually carries 4 tourists and costs about 10$ a day with life jackets and umbrellas.
Phone & Internet in Inle Lake
Although some places provide free Wi-Fi the transmission speed is sluggish and spotty. You had better buy a local sim card, it works better.
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Apart from the unique floating garden, perhaps the most beautiful image in Inle Lake is probably the people fishing by their foot. Your Inle Lake tour package doesn’t miss an opportunity to help you save the most iconic image of leg-rowers at the fancy twilight moment. Most of the fishermen are men, especially since they use both legs and hands to catch and toss net. Specifically, those fishermen use one leg to stand on the nose of the boat and the other leg holds a pole, while their two arms are for netting and fishing. If you want to join in this experience, just ask the Intha guide you how to do.
In addition, that would be a mistake when not mention to the leg-rowers of Inle Lake is famous for incredible sailing and fishing capabilities by foot, and the long-necked Kayan woman.
Inle Lake also means "big lake". Inle is about 889 meters above sea level, surrounded by high mountains and covers an area of 220 square kilometers. The deepest lake is about 6m. Water levels vary seasonally between the dry season and the full water season of about 1.2 m.
On the other hand, to explore Inle Lake, you have only one option: take a motorboat. A motorboat usually carries 4 tourists and costs about 10$ a day with life jackets and umbrellas.
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