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MYANMAR ECO TOURISM
 Alungdaw Kathapa National ParkLocation
- Located between 22' 25' N and 94' 26' E in Mingin Township of Sagaing
Division.
Area
Year of Establishment
- Established as a wildlife sanctuary in 1941 and opened as a national
park in 1984.
Access
- Yangon to Alungdaw Kathapa, 981 miles by car.
- Yangon to Mandalay, 400 miles by air and Mandalay to Alungdaw
Kathapa, 148 miles by car.
Objectives
- To conserve Biodiversity including flora and fauna.
- To study and research on ecosystem of plants and animals.
- To manage 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 Deciduous 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 environmental 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 intend for avifauna species. Study of the growing condition of
Indaing forest and Pine forest.
- Accommodation facilities for
- 5 persons in Yinmabin guest house
- 10 persons at the mountain guest house
- 8 persons in a logged cabin and 2 hotels
- 5 persons in nearby Kapaing village.
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