Ecotourism Sites in Myanmar
Myaing Hay Wun Elephant Camp
Location
Located in Taikkyi Township of Yangon Division.
Area
10 acres.
Year of Establishment
Established in 1986.
Access
- Yangon to Pa-lon, 60 miles by car, Pa-lon to
Kwan Ti Myaung, unmetalled road 8 miles, and
Kwan Ti Myaung to Myaing Hay Wun, forest road
4.5 miles.
Objectives
- To develop and promote from Elephant Nursing
Camp to Myaing Hay Wun Elephant Research Camp.
Forest/vegetative Types
- Than-dahat Forest
- Low 'Indaing' (Dry Dipterocarp) Forest
- Dry Deciduous Forest
Wildlife
- Elephant, Gaur, Banteng, Barking deer. Wild
boar, Hear Wild cat, Green Peafowl, Ruddy sheld
duck, Hill myna, Blossom-headed parajeet,
pheasant, Red jungle fowl, Quail, Dove, Duck,
lesser tree duck, Butterflies, Moths, Snaker,
Monitar lizard, Groung lizard, Grass lizard and
Chameleon are present.
Conservation, Development and Research
Programmes
- Research on Elephant Artificial Inseminaion
(EAI)
- Increasing elephant population by Elephant
Artificial Insemination (EAI) method.
- Study reporduction of female elephant by
feeding food additives.
Opportunities for Study and Recreation
- Study of fishes and aquatic creatures in La-har-ma-nge
fishpond and recreation by fishing.
- Viewing of pyinkadoe plantation situated
near Sinte and listening to the sound of birds.
- Hiking and mountaineering in the forest.
- Observing training of domestic elephants.
- Elephants riding around the camp
- Study of the capture of wild elephants.
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