Ecotourism Sites in Myanmar
Alaungdaw Kathapa National Park
Location
It is located in Mingin township of Sagaing
division.
Area
620.35 square miles.
Year of Establishment
Established as a wildlife sanctuary in 1941 and
opened as a national park in 1984.
Access
- Yangon to Alungdaw Kathapa by car is 981
miles (1570 km).
- Yangon to Mandalay is 400 miles by air or
land
- Mandalay to Alungdaw Kathapa (via Sagaing
and Monywa) is 148 miles by car. You have to
cross the Chindwin river.
Objectives
- To conserve Biodiversity including flora and
fauna.
- To study and research on ecosystem of plants
and animals.
- To mange forest resources, including
biodiversity by establishing as a national park
in accordance with the sustainable production
policy of natural resources
- To promote ecotourism.
Forest/vegetative Types
- Moist upper mixed feciduous forests
- Dry upper mixed deciduous forests
- Lower mixed deciduous forests
- Indaing forests
- Pine forests.
Wildlife
- Elephant, tiger, leopard, gaur, banteng,
sambur, barking deer, jungle goat, mountain
goat, bear, wild boar, jungle cat and many kinds
of birds inhabit Alungdaw Kathapa.
Conservation, Development and Research
Programmes
- Conservation of natural Forests.
- Conservation of wildlife including tiger.
- Carrying out research works and Conservation
of tiher generations with the assistance of
international organizations.
- Conservation of all-weather road from
Kapaing village to Bayana Camp.
- Conducting enviromental education programmes.
Promoting ecotourism
- Opportunities for Study and Recreation
- Worship at the place where Alungdaw
Shinmahar Kathpa has been enshrined.
- Visiting and conducting research in the
least disturbed forest types.
- Conducting research on tiger conservation
and management.
- Observing intand avifauna species.
- Study of the growing condition of Kndaing
forest and Pine forest.
Accommodation facilities
- There are guesthouses, log cabins and camp
sites in the park. Location map of parks
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