Ngaphechaung Monastery
 Ngaphechaung Monastery is located in Inle Lake,
on the way to Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda. This is an
attractive wooden monastery built on stilts over the
lake at the end of the 1850s. Aside from its
collection of Buddhas the monastery may be of
interest to visit because its monks have taught a
few of the many cats living with them to jump
through hoops. 25 minutes boat ride to visit and
ancient monastery built on huge pieces of teak wood
with traditional architecture and see the popular
jumping cats leap through the hoops.
The monastery is also known for a collection of
old Myanmar's Buddha images from different areas
that are worth seeing. Nga Phe Chaug is the biggest
and oldest monastery on the Inle Lake and is worth
visiting for its historical purposes and
architecture as well as its cats.
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