Inle Lake Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Local transport

Taxi

Share taxis to Bagan or Mandalay (about US$75, eight hours) are, short of flying, the quickest option.

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Land

Bus & pick-up

You can catch buses leaving Taunggyi at the Shwenyaung junction: the bus to Bagan (K11,000, 12 hours) passes by at 5am; buses to Mandalay (K10,000, eight to 10 hours) go from 6pm to 8pm; and night buses to Yangon (K15,000, 16 to 20 hours) stop around noon.

Pick-ups ply these routes but take much more time. Be prepared for cold if you are travelling in January.

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Air

Air Bagan (code W9; 01-513322; www.airbagan.com), Air Mandalay (code 6T; 01-525488; www.airmandalay.com) and Yangon Airways (code HK; 01-383106; www.yangonair.com) fly to Heho, 41km northwest. Guesthouses can help you arrange tickets. Flights to Yangon start at US$75, Mandalay at US$35. A taxi from Heho is hard to get for under US$18. Going to the airport it should be possible to arrange something cheaper.

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