Hlaw Kar National Park

Location
Located between 17 01' N and 96 05 'E in Thauk Kyant. Model Village, Mingaladon Township, Yangon Division.

Area
540 acres comprising a wildlife park (818 acres), a mini-zoo (62 acres) and a buffer zone (660 acres)

Year of Establishment
Established in 30 September 1982

Forest / Vegetative Type
        (a) Semi-evergreen forests
        (b) Mixed deciduous forests
        (c) Swamp forests

Approach
        22 miles north of Yangon, just west of Yangon, Pyay road.

Characteristic
        (a) Study nature conservation activities in Myanmar.
        (b) Enjoyment of out-door recreation such as picnic sites, traditional huts and
             boats.
        (c) Bird watching and studying plants and mammals.
        (d) It can be studying of inhabitant of more than 165 species of birds such as Pale-capped Pigeon, Racket-tailed Treepie, Striped-throated Bulbul with white eye, Sun birds, Orioles, Flower-peckers, Bee eater, Babblers, Blue throat, Thick-billed Warbler, Wagtails, Pipits, Golden plovers, Harriers, Kites and others. 50 species of Myanmar butterfly, barking deer, sambur deer, Eld’s deer, leopards, crocodiles, which are being displayed more freely in large in spacious cages, aviaries and moated enclosures.

Conservation, Development and Research program
        (a) Effective protection and management of degraded forests.
        (b) Establishment and management of buffer zone plantations.
        (c) Construction of high quality rest house ''chalets'' that are in harmony with
             the natural surroundings.
        (d) Establishment of a new Information Centre.
        (e) Construction of a 5-storied viewing tower.
        (f) Maintenance of roads, nature tails and of all buildings and their utilities.
        (g) Research programs on vegetative study and ornithological studies on both
              resident and migratory birds.
        (h) Environment education activities to create public awareness of environment
              conservation.
        (i) Joint-venture development works between Forest Department and local private
              sectors for all-round development of Hlawga Park.
        (j) Development of one 18-hole golf course of international standard in the
             buffer zone of the park.

Objective
        (a) To establish an environmental education center near Yangon,
        (b) To protect the forest and vegetative cover in the catchments of Hlaw Gar
             lake
        (c) To establish a representative collection of Myanmar indigenous wild life
             species of mammals, reptiles, and birds, which will be kept under as near as
             possible natural conditions in such as a way that they can be readily viewed
             by visitors.

Wild Life
        (a) Thamin (Dear), Hog deer, barking deer, Sambur deer, Rhesus Monkey,
             Pythons, Pangolin
        (b) All have in the fenced wildlife park
        (c) In the mini-zoo, small mammals, birds, tigers, leopards, bears and estuarine
             crocodiles are being displayed more freely in large in spacious cages, aviaries
             and mooted enclosure, built with modern zoo concept..

Opportunities to Study and Recreation
        (a) Study nature conservation activities in Myanmar.
        (b) Observing ecological study on Thamin, hog deer, barking deer, sambar deer,
             etc., in their natural state.
        (c) Enjoyment of out-door recreation such as picnic sites, traditional huts, boats
             and elephant rides.
        (d) Conducting individual or group bird-watching activities with assistance from
              experienced bird-watchers of the park.
        (e) Study a previously human-disturbed and degraded forest, gradually restoring
              itself into a well grown natural forest, over a time-span of 20 years.
        (f) Recreation in high quality ''chalets'' built by the Forest Department.

Note : Visit all the year round but the best time for bird watching is from October to May.