Horizontal shot from an elevated viewpoint, partially framed by tree branches, showing a stilted village of thatched huts over turquoise water, with golden dry grass and shrubs in the foreground and distant mountains across the lake.

Le Bat, Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam

Naga village houses with bamboo stilted verandahs, clinging to the hillside, in morning light, Chanlangshu village, Nagaland, India, Asia

Village of stilted houses on the banks of the Rejang River, Sarakei district, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

A quaint Japanese tea house surrounded by autumn foliage, its reflection shimmering on a peaceful pond in Nara, Honshu, Japan

Apatani father and daughter in Apatani village street of traditional stilted bamboo built houses, Hari, Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh, India, Asia

A row of colourful beach huts on the sand at Wells next the Sea in North Norfolk, United Kingdom

Akha man sitting outside stilted house, Nun Lin Kong village (Akha Tribe), Kengtung (Kyaing Tong), Shan state, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Stilted buildings overlooking rice terraces, Banaue, Philippines

Stilted buildings, zone of Castro, Chiloe, Chile, South America

Villagers homes. Kampung Kiau Nulu Village, Sabah, Borneo, Asia

Mangrove cleared for holiday home, South Water Cay, Belize

Traditional Stilted Building. Vietnam .

Lakeside houses built on stilts, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar, (Burma)

Lakeside houses built on stilts, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar, (Burma)

Aerial view of stilted buildings on the beach, North Sea coast, St Peter-Ording, North Friesland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Stilted buildings on the beach at St Peter-Ording, Schleswig-Holstein, North Sea coast, Germany

Stilted houses and suspension bridge over Mekong canal, Long Xuyen, An Giang Province, Vietnam

People on beach chairs and stilted house, beach at St. Peter Ording, Eiderstedt peninsula, Schleswig Holstein, Germany, Europe

Stilted house, Wasserburg, Lake Constance, Bavaria, Germany

Beach chairs and stilted house under blue sky, St. Peter Ording, Eiderstedt peninsula, Schleswig Holstein, Germany, Europe

People on beach chairs in front of a stilted house on the beach, St. Peter Ording, Eiderstedt peninsula, Schleswig Holstein, Germany, Europe

Stilted house with pirate flag, Wasserburg, Lake Constance, Bavaria, Germany

Rococo portal, local heritage museum, Remscheid-Hasten, Bergisches Land, North Rhine-Westphalia, , Germany

Cafe and restaurant Silbermoewe, stilted house on the beach, North Sea, St. Peter-Ording, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

View of the natural harbour and stilted houses, Vinh Hy, Vietnam, Asia

The Traditional Miching Houses Are Generally Stilted And Have A Thatched Top With Bamboos

Poor district slums with wooden houses over water, Cebu city, Philippines

Cambodia, Architecture, Rural stilt housing.