Fishing on Inland Waterways

Images of fishermen using unique techniques on tranquil lakes and rivers, showcasing local fishing traditions in serene environments.

Myanmar travel attraction landmark - Traditional Burmese fisherman with fishing net at Inle lake in speeding motor boat

Burma / Myanmar: A leg rowing Intha fisherman shows off his skills with a large conical fish trap at Inle Lake, Shan State. Inle Lake is a freshwater lake located in Shan State. It is the second largest lake in Myanmar and one of the highest at an altitude of 2,900 feet (880 m). The people of Inle Lake (called Intha), some 70,000 of them, live in four towns bordering the lake, in numerous small villages along the lake's shores, and on the lake itself. The population consists predominantly of Intha, with a mix of other Shan, Taungyo, Pa-O (Taungthu), Danu, Kayah, Danaw and Bamar ethnicities.

Inle Lake at 116 sq km (44.9 sq miles) is shallow, long, crystal clear and calm. Here the Intha people live, hemmed in on both sides by tall hills. The Intha men are famous for rowing standing up, using one leg, whilst fishing with tall, conical traps for Inle carp and the other, smaller fish with which the lake swarms. The Intha women, champion market gardeners, use the fertile soil around the lake, as well as floating islands made of water hyacinths and mud, to grow cauliflower, tomatoes, cucumbers, cabbages, beans and aubergines. Inle is a simple place, but a place of plenty - both restful and sublime.

Myanmar, Shan, Lake Inle. Everyday transport on the back-waters of Lake Inle in Myanmar.

People coming to beg at passing vessels Amazon

boat in Ganga River at Varanasi Uttar Pradesh India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Rear view of a man paddling a boat, Tigre River, Loreto Region, Peru

Myanmar travel attraction landmark - Traditional Burmese fisherman with fishing net at Inle lake in speeding motor boat

Locals in a canoe, Sangha River, Dzanga Sangha National Park, UNESCO, Central African Republic

Peru, Amazon, Amazon River. The floating village of Belen, Iquitos.

People from Ganvie village, a unique village built on stilts, in wooden boats on Lake Nokoue near Cotonou, Benin.

Asia, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, the Southern Highlands, Lake Lak, people on a boat

Quichua Indian on Misahualli River which runs into the Napo River Amazon Rain Forest. Ecuador. South America

Boat and house on stilts on Inle Lake in Burma

Intha Fishermen, leg rower, Inle Lake (also spelled Inlay), Shan State, 1500 meters above sea level, Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia

People on boat going to Ganvie, a unique village built on stilts in Lake Nokoue near Cotonou, Benin.

A fisherman on Inle Lake in Myanmar.

Africa, Liberia, Monrovia. Tourist taking picture from traditional pirogue boat on the Du River.

Intha fisherman rowing boat with leg at sunset on Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar (Large format sizes available)

Kratie, Cambodia. Visitors in small boat waiting on Mekong River to see rare fresh water Irrawaddy dolphins. (Editorial Use Only)

Boatmen in boat backwaters scene on Changanacherry to Alappuzha Kerala India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Scenery along the Kaladan River, between Sittwe and Mrauk-U, Rakhine State, Myanmar (Large format sizes available)

Scenery along the Kaladan River, between Sittwe and Mrauk-U, Rakhine State, Myanmar

Gandak river, Sonepur Mela, India

Vietnam, Mekong Delta, boats, people,

Mussel pickers on Kaithapuzha Lake in the Kerala Backwaters.

Inle Lake is a freshwater lake located in the Nyaungshwe Township of Taunggyi District of Shan State, part of Shan Hills in Myanmar (Burma). It is the second largest lake in Myanmar with an estimated surface area of 44.9 square miles (116 km2), and one of the highest at an altitude of 2,900 feet (880 m). The people of Inle Lake (called Intha), some 70,000 of them, live in four cities bordering the lake, in numerous small villages along the lake's shores, and on the lake itself. The entire lake area is in Nyaung Shwe township. The population consists predominantly of Intha, with a mix of other Shan, Taungyo, Pa-O (Taungthu), Danu, Kayah, Danaw and Bamar ethnicities. Most are devout Buddhists, and live in simple houses of wood and woven bamboo on stilts; they are largely self-sufficient farmers. Most transportation on the lake is traditionally by small boats, or by somewhat larger boats fitted with single cylinder inboard diesel engines. Local fishermen are known for practicing a distinc

Vietnamese Woman ina rowing boat, Mekong Delta, Vietnam.

Asie Myanmar,Shan States,Inle Lake,Intha farmer; Inside the floating gardens, Tomato harvest

Fishing boat and beach with huts on the island Koh Deik in the Mekong River, Cambodia, Asia

fisherman on a Boat on the Inle lake, Myanmar, Asia,

Maroon People, Suriname

Asia, Myanmar,Inle Lake, Intha man bailing boat

floating houses in south cambodia

The Ganges,Varanasi,India;Man rowing on the river at sunset

Myanmar, Mandalay, Lake Taungthaman. A tourist boat and passenger on Taungthaman Lake in Myanmar.

Myanmar, Shan, Lake Inle. A view of Lake Inle from Nga Phe Kyaung jumping cat monastery in Myanmar.

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Porters carrying sacks of rice, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Lone fisherman on the boat Lone fisherman on the boat, Tonle Sap, Cambodia Copyright: xZoonar.com/MarkusxLorettox 8774426

U Bein Bridge. Made of Teak. Rower on Pahtodawgyi Lake. Mandalay. Myanmar.

U Bein Bridge. Made of Teak. Pahtodawgyi Lake. Mandalay. Myanmar.

Burma (Myanmar), Inle Lake, local children in long boat, homes and mountains in background.

Tourists sit on a boat being rowed down Yulong River; Guilin, Guangxi, China

Boats in Laos Boats in Laos Copyright: xZoonar.com/GalynaxAndrushkox 4698443

Floating market Floating market in the Thailand. Copyright: xZoonar.com/GalynaxAndrushkox 10549370

Chinese fishing nets, Fort Cochin, Cochin, Kerala, India

Traditional fisherman in a rowing canoe while fishing in a lake at early morning, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar

Bangkok Floating Market, Thailand. Southeast Asia. Asia

A thatch-roof pinasse, a long, motorized wooden canoe, anchored on Niger River, Mali, West African (Editorial Usage Only)

Inle lake Boats on Inle Lake,Myanmar Copyright: xZoonar.com/GalynaxAndrushkox 4642467

People travelling through boats in backwater near Pichavaram mangrove forest near Chidambaram Tamil Nadu India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Man rowing boat in Yamuna River ; Agra ; Uttar Pradesh ; India

Sirajganj, Bangladesh - 27 May 2024: Aerial view of a group of people hauling a net from the sandy riverbank, beside two slender boats resting on the tranquil, shimmering water.

Local village market completely at sea

Inle Lake

coconut river forest with basket boats, a unique Vietnamese at Cam thanh village. Landmark and popular for tourists attractions in Hoi An. Vietnam and Southeast Asia travel concepts

Thailand. Bangkok. Floating Market of Damnoen Saduak

Leg rower fisherman on Inle Lake; Myanmar

Intha fisherman rowing boat with leg at sunset on Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar

Oman, Sharqiya Region, Sur. Sur Bay Sandbar & Dhow / Morning

Senegal, near Dakar, Pink lake

Stilt houses at the waterfront, Requena, Rio Tapiche, Loreto Region, Peru

Fishermen in wooden boat on Atlantic Ocean off Principe Island, Sao Tome & Principe.

Man steering boat filled with coconuts in the backwaters, Alleppey, Kerala, India

Young women in a boat on Inle Lake, Inle See, Shan State, Myanmar, Burma, Asia

Maing Thauk vilage; Shan state, Myanmar (Burma), Asia ; Stilt houses ; stands in the water ; Local people in a wooden boat paddling on Inle Lake

Nampan, houses on stilts, boat, children, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma)

Africa, Benin, Ganvie. Tofinu village on the waters of Lake Nokoue. Typical tourist boat on waterway to Ganvie.

Nepal, Pokhara, local lake, boats

India, Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary. A group of Indian tourists take a boat tour through Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary.

Rainawari, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Traditional shikara boats at Dal Lake.

Inle Lake in Shan State in central Myanmar (Burma). Local people traveling through a water channel in the floating gardens on the western side of the lake.

Intha man in proa at lakeside village with traditional bamboo houses on stilts in Inle Lake, Nyaungshwe, Shan State, Myanmar, Burma, Asia

Floating market Floating market in the Thailand. Copyright: xZoonar.com/GalynaxAndrushkox 10569793

Hang Dua Bay, fishing boat arriving on the beach with the catch of the night. Vung Tau. Vietnam.

Fischer mit Senknetz bei Sonnenuntergang am Mekong, Luang Prabang, Laos, Asien *** Fischer with Senknetz at Sunset on Mekong, Luang Prabang, Laos, Asia 1031608467

People on board a boat on Lake Sentani, Papua, Indonesia

A woman is selling produce out of her boat in the floating village on Tonle Sap Lake near Siem Reap in Cambodia.

Once one of Thailands remotest provinces, Mae Hong Son is now readily accessible by air from Chiang Mai, as well as by a wonderful loop drive through Mae Sariang and back via Pai and Soppongor vice versa. Singularly isolated, Mae Hong Son is not yet very developed. The townsfolk may be citizens of Thailand, but most are Shan, Karen, Yunnanese Chinese or Hill Tribes. The temples are Burmese in style, and the pace of life amazingly tranquil.

Luxor, Egypt, Africa

Guests game viewing by boat. Macatoo Camp. African Horseback Safaris. Okavango Delta. Botswana

Women rowing, Mekong Delta, Vietnam .

Local people on Boat, Zambezi River, near Kasane, Caprivi, Namibia

Buguma, Nigeria - 29 March 2025: Aerial view of a vibrant procession of people in a decorated boat, contrasted against the calm river and lush green trees.

Myanmar travel attraction landmark - Traditional Burmese fisherman with fishing net at Inle lake in Myanmar famous for their distinctive one legged rowing style

Floating markets of Damnoen Saduak The floating markets of Damnoen Saduak, Thailand Copyright: xZoonar.com/ChristianxMueringerx 5489705

Girls with conical hats in bamboo basket boats, Nha Trang, Vietnam.

Young woman traveller on boat trip amongst the 4000 islands of Si Phan Don., Mekong river, Laos.

Khulna, Bangladesh - 13 July 2025: View of a man navigating a narrow wooden boat through the calm waters, stilt houses with thatched roofs standing resiliently against the overcast sky.

Backwater, Ernakulam, Kerala, India

Don Det is part of the 4,000 islands, the stunning region at the southern tip of Laos. Boat transport is the only way to get here.

Myanmar. Shan State. Inle Lake. Intha fisherman on Inle Lake.

Asia, Thailand, Bangkok. Floating market.

VIETNAM - The horticultural village of Sa Dec. Located in southern Vietnam in the Mekong Delta region, Sa Dec is known as the birthplace of writer Marguerite Duras. There is her autobiographical novel The Lover, award Goncourt 1984, in which she delivers the story of her first love in the heart of French Indochina."Garden of Cochin China" is Sa Dec was baptized in the mid-nineteenth century. Bonard, then French governor of Cochin China, saw a land nestled between two main arms of the Mekong and a favorable climate for floriculture. He therefore brought seeds from many species of France.It is six o'clock in the morning when the city comes to life. We start working before the big heat. At sunrise, 300 hectares of chrysanthemums, marigolds, dahlias, hydrangeas, roses, bonsai and others are revealed. At each plot, various smells are interfering with us. We are immersed in the scenery of a film by Hayao Miyazaki.Day after day, trucks and boats queue on the dock to load the more than 12 m

Chinese fishing nets, Fort Kochi, Cochin, Kerala, India.

Chitwan Reserve in Nepal. Canoe for traveling through the river through the jungle

High angle and rear view of a couple in yellow life jacket paddling a canoe on lake Arrowhead, Ontario, Canada

People on sail boat at the Niger River between Lake Debo and Sebi, Mali

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