• Located between 22' 25' N and 94' 26' E in Mingin Township of Sagaing Division.

Area

• 620.35 square miles.

Year of Establishment

• Established as a wildlife sanctuary in 1941 and opened as a national park in 1984.

Access

• (a) Yangon to Alungdaw Kathapa, 981 miles by car.
• (b) Yangon to Mamdalay, 400 miles by airway and Mandalay to Alungdaw Kathapam, 148 miles by car.

Objectives

• (a) To conserve Biodiversity including flora and fauna.
• (b) To study and research on ecosystem of plants and animals.
• (c) To mange forest resources, including biodiversity by establishing as a national park in accordance with the sustainable production policy of natural resources
• (d) To promote ecotourism.

Forest / Vegetative Types

• (a) Moist Upper Mixed Deciduous Forests
• (b) Dry Upper Mixed Deciduous Forests
• (c) Lower Mixed Deciduous Forests
• (d) Indaing Forests
• (e) 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

• (a) Conservation of natural Forests.
• (b) Conservation of wildlife including tiger,
• (c) Carrying out research works and Conservation of their generations with the assistance of international organizations.
• (d) Conservation of all-weather road from Kapaing village to Bayana Camp.
• (e) Conducting enviromental education programmes.
• (f) Promoting ecotourism.

Opportunities for Study and Recreation

• (a) Worship at the place where Alungdaw Shinmahar Kathpa has been enshrined.
• (b) Visiting and conducting research in the least disturbed forest types.
• (c) Conducting research on tiger conservation and management.
• (d) Observing intand avifauna species.
• (e) Study of the growing condition of Kndaing forest and Pine forest.
• (f) 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.