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