Inle Lake

Inlay(Inle) Lake is the most famous scenic site in Shan State. It is about 30 km south of Taunggyi, capital of Shan State. The lake is 22.4 km long and 10.2 km wide, shallow and very picturesque. It is studded with floating islands made up of growth and decay of vegetation.

Sheltered between the hazy blue mountains, the lake is approximately 900 meters above sea level. The lake is very popular among foreign tourists. It is famous for its unique leg-rowers, floating villages and colorful markets and festivals. Even when it's time to party, it is interesting to note the Innthas lives in the lake with stills from their homes, farms and floating floating markets. The Innthas have become so adapted to the lake environment that build their houses on the calm water; to construct floating farms in the lake and its long line of villagers, ships in a unique way to reduce the leg Rowing has become famous.

Inlay lake is located 900 meters above sea level in the mountains of Shan. Nyaungshwe is gateway to the famous lake. It is famous for the floating market, the beautiful cover and longyi Shan bags. A pagoda Phaungdaw Oo where five sacred Buddha images reside holly is a place of worship for Buddhists. One characteristic is that the boats were rowed by Inle local people, not with their hands, but with the legs and therefore get the name of the leg-rowers Cover. The pagoda festival is celebrated with pomp and splendor every October.

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Padalin Caves

They are a cluster of caves located four miles north east of Nyaung-Gyat village, Southern Shan State. The caves are situated at elevations of more than 300 m facing south. The caves were discovered in 1969 by a group of archaeologists, historians, geologists, zoologists and anthropologists.

These caves are the largest group so far discovered in Myanmar. Padalin (i.e. mercurial light) that has been called because of limestone reflect light of mercury in particular the spectacular stalactites and stalagmites. In the caves, visitors can study the murals on the walls of the cave which are more than 11,000 years, and are roughly the same age as the prehistoric paintings in France, Spain, Indonesia and Malaysia. Although located in Shan State, the approach is easier to Mandalay Division, as it is about 4 miles from the border division. Approach to the caves is by car, boat cruise and trekking which are very exciting and amazing journey.

The route to Padalin caves is from Kume town on the Yangon-Mandalay highway (72 km north of Meikhtila and 82 km south of Mandalay). Follow the off-highway road to the east and driving 35 km will reach Kinda Dam. After an exciting boat cruise across the Kinda reservoir surrounded by hazy Shan mountains and a short trek along the jungle trail will approach at the Padalin caves. With scenic beauties around and along the way we assure you will enjoy every moment of it.

There are two trekking routes from Padalin caves. First route is to Nat Htaik village; a six hour trekking distance will reach to a peak about 1700 m elevation. You can take an overnight stop and return to Padalin the following day. The second route is the whole day trekking to Ywa-ngan town from where you can proceed to Inle Lake 96 km by car.

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