'Exclusive Travel Experience with Myanmar Tourism Services'

Location
Located between 23'36' N and 92'32' E in Kanbalu Township of Sagaing Division.

Area
103.55 square miles.

Year of Establishment
Established in 1941.

Access

• Yangon via Mandalay to Chatthin, 502 miles by rail.
• Yangon via Mandalay to Shwebo, 577 miles by car, Shwebo to Chatthin, 80 miles by car

Objectives

• To conserve and protect the Dry Forest Ecosystem and related biological species.
• To preserve one of the World's endangered animals, Thamin spp. (Cervus eldi Thamina) which can be found only in Myanmar and to maintain an optimum number for the existence of this species.
• To establish an out-door laboratory to study the ecology of Thamin and the biodiversity.
• To establish a centre for public recreation and natural environmental education.
• To upgrade the sanctuary to promote ecotourism. .

Forest/vegetative Types

• Low Indaing Forests
• High Indaing Forests
• Flooded Indaing Forests
• Upper Mixed Deciduous Forests
• Grass Savanna Matric Forests 

Wildlife
Macaca species, barking deer, wild boar, wild dog, leopard, cat species, bats and Guano species, amphibian species and 158 species of birds and approximately 1530 numbers of Thamin reside in the park.

Conservation, Development and Research Programs

• Conservation of wildlife and natural forests.
• Establishment of natural regeneration and plantation in the buffer-zero and taungya encroachment areas.
• Construction of rest houses in Kye-In to facilitate ecotourism schemes.
• Education works for conserving natural ecology with the assistance and aid of the Smithsonion Institution from the United States of America.
• With the assistance and aid of Smithsonian Institution .

Promoting ecotourism

• Study of the Dry Forest ecosystem
• Enjoyment of the natural beauty of the famous Kye-In wetland.
• Study on the advanced research works on wildlife.
• Study on the medicinal plants, climbers and biodiversity museum in Chatthin Wildlife sanctuary.

Accommodation facilities
Rest house in San Myaung and another temporary building, each of which can accommodate 4 guests.