Nga Phe Kyaung Jumping Cat Monastery, Inle Lake

Nga Phe Kyaung Jumping Cat Monastery is a Buddhist monastery by the banks of Inle Lake in Myanmar. Also written as Nga Hpe Chaung, this attractive wooden monastery built on stilts over Inle Lake at the end of the 1850s.

Nga Phe Kyaung has become a tourist attraction in Myanmar for its jumping cats. To while away time in the monastery, the monks of Nga Phe Kyaung have taught a few of the many cats living with them to jump through hoops. This has provided some entertainment and made Nga Phe Kyaung Monastery an unlikely tourist attraction. Apart from that, visitors may admire the beautiful architecture and picturesque setting in which the monastery was built.

Cat in the Air: the friendly felines of Nga Phe Kyaung giving a demo of their prowess during my visit to the monastery.

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