Alaungdaw Kathapa National Park

Yinmabin Township, Kani Township, Minking Township, Sagaing Division.

- Studying several types of natural forests
- Visiting historically famous Alaungdaw Kathapa Shrine and Cave.
- Enjoying natural scenic beauty and out camping.


Yangon via Mandalay to Monywa-Yinmabin 580 miles by car/train/air.

Situated in Kanee Township, Monywa District, Sagaing Division. Approx., 620 sq – miles & was declared a National Park in 1989. It was the first of it’s kind in Myanmar. About 40 miles from Yinmarbin Town. Can see the reclining image of a Burmese Saint in the natural cave. Important religious site for Buddhist. Festival yearly held on full moon days of Tapodwe & Tabaung ( March ). A chance to pay respect to the Burmese Saint, camping in the wilderness, elephant riding & enjoying panoramic sights & scenes of the surrounding regions. It’s area is 1605.70 sq – km & the least disturbed forest types. More than 250 species of birds, elephant, leopard, cloud leopard, Gaur, Banteng, Bear, Sambhur Deer, Banking Deer, Serow, Goral, Wild Boar & other various species.

The reserved forest area comprising 620.32 sq.miles ( 397,003 acres ) was designated to National Park status in 1984. the Alaungdaw Kathapa National park is 274754 acres of Pusoelone forest and 122271 acres of Taungtwin Forest. The park is situated in Yinmabin Township of the Sagaing Division, west of the Chindwin river, and the east of the Myitha river, more or less at the foot-hills of the Chin Hills, and not too far from the India border. Other floral species are also abundant, particularly a wide variety of wild orchids. The area is also rich in wildlife with the Tiger and the Asian Elephant being the focal species. Birdlife is varied, with about eighty species having been recorded.

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