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.