Myanmar is recognized as a hotspot of biodiversity. Many tourists are being encouraged to take Myanmar escorted tours to sites of ecotourism which show protected areas with values in terms of commerce and help create economic advantages to locals.
Myaing Hay Wun Elephant Camp
Myaing Hay Wun Elephant Camp is the closest one to Yangon and it is situated on Pyay Road. You can start your Burma tours with a drive of 2 hours to Hpalon town. Next, you can reach the camp through an unsealed road, which can take around 90 minutes by car. Elephants stay most active in cool hours so it is recommended that you should spend 1-2 nights in this camp where there are comfortable places for rest. Prices of this tour include meals, transport, accommodation as well the services given by a guide who will help you interact with staff.
Hukuang Valley Tiger Reserve
With an area of 5,220 square miles, Hukuang Valley is now the largest reserve of tigers in the world. In here, you can see the rarest large contiguous forests across South East Asia during your holidays to Myanmar. The majority of its landscape is lowland forest which rises to hills full of coniferous forest. The lowlands have a lot of rivers, swamps as well as lakes of Oxbow. That is why this is ideal for rare waterbirds like a white-bellied heron, masked finfoot, and white-winged duck.
A survey took place at the same time with the building of this park and it showed many species with camera traps:
The place is a shelter for elephant as well as Gibbons Tiger, Pig-tailed Macaque, Muntjac, Leopard Cat, Asian Dhole, Malayan Sunbear, Himalayan Black Bear, Capped Leaf Monkey, Black Stork, Sambar, Gaur, Serow, Hog Deer, Pangolin, Golden Cat, Marbled Cat, Stump-tailed Macaque, Rhesus Macaque, Large Spotted Civet, Crab-eating Mongoose, Wild Boar, Woolly-necked Stork and Clouded Leopard.
This area is a dream to those interested in wildlife and ornithologist. After gaining access to this park via WWII Ledo Road, your journey from Myitkyina can take approximately 8 hours by jeep or truck through this rough road to Park HQ in Tanai. Taking visits to this exotic landscape should be accompanied by a well-qualified guide and you can stay overnight in the park or in a surrounding village. An acceptance is needed if you want to travel but you may have to wait a maximum of 2 months before obtaining one. That is why you should make early bookings. Taking escorted tours to this park in Myanmar is acceptable from October to May.
The ASEAN Heritage Site, National Park of Lampi Marine
Lampi Island Marine National Park was founded in the year 1996 it is situated in the south of Myeik (Mergui) Archipelago. It spreads across a large island together with its surrounding sea. This island has the same size of the country Singapore and it is now kept in a good preservation condition. You can learn that tropical evergreen forest is remained untouched and there is a rich variety of wildlife. This island is around 48 kilometers long, and it can rise gradually to the maximum height of 350 meters, being fringed with mangrove forests in old-growth, beaches as well as bays.
This island’s wildlife includes Lesser Mouse Deer, Small-clawed Otter Asian Elephant, Wild Boar, Muntjac and Crab-eating Macaque. There are a lot of flying foxes and some nests of turtle species easily found on beaches, which are ideal for Myanmar holidays. Typical sea mammals in this area are Spotted and Striped Dolphins, False Killer, Spinner, Bryde’s, Long-finned Pilot and Minke Whales. You can also notice the appearance of Dugong as well as Estuarine Crocodile. These forests are also well-known for birdlife full of Pacific Reef Egrets, Nicobar Pigeons, Kingfishers, White-bellied Sea Eagles, and Hornbills.
You can visit Lampi Island on boats hired in the resort of Myanmar Andaman or you can travel on live-aboard boats in Kawthoung and Myeik. Such activities for you to join during Myanmar escorted tours as hiking, bird watching, fishing, snorkeling, and kayaking. One kayak trip on a mangrove river serves as a specialty.
