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Myanmar's first and largest national park, set in the Patolon Valley between the Chindwin and Myittha rivers. An ASEAN Heritage Park, it protects mixed deciduous and dry forest home to wild Asian elep

Alaungdaw Kathapa

A wildlife sanctuary of diverse mountainous terrain in central Kachin State, linking Hkakaborazi, Hponkanrazi and Hukaung Valley within the Northern Forest Complex.

Bumhpa Bum

A mountainous national park in the Chin Hills of western Myanmar, near Mindat, protecting subtropical and montane forest habitat. Recognized as an Important Bird Area, it forms part of Chin State's pr

Bwe Par Taung

One of the last strongholds of the endangered Eld's deer (thamin), protecting indaing (dry dipterocarp) forest in the central dry zone of Sagaing. Established in 1941, it is among Myanmar's oldest pro

Chatthin

Myanmar’s largest national park, surrounding Hkakabo Razi — the highest mountain in Southeast Asia — with ecosystems ranging from tropical lowland to alpine glaciers. An ASEAN Heritage Park and one of

Hkakaborazi

A sanctuary in Putao District spanning riverine, subtropical, temperate and alpine forest, contiguous with Hkakaborazi National Park as part of the Northern Forest Complex.

Hponkanrazi

A large lowland sanctuary along the Chindwin River in northern Sagaing, lying in a transition zone of three biodiversity hotspots. It protects tropical evergreen and mixed deciduous forest and is a pr

Htamanthi

The largest protected area in Myanmar, established as the world’s largest tiger reserve in the Hukawng Valley; home to Bengal tigers, Asian elephants and clouded leopards. Spans Kachin State and Sagai

Hukaung Valley

A high-elevation national park in eastern Kachin State protecting the critically endangered Myanmar snub-nosed monkey; the first park in Myanmar established through consultation with local indigenous 

Imawbum

A sanctuary surrounding Indawgyi Lake, the largest natural freshwater lake in Myanmar, a Ramsar wetland and ASEAN Heritage Park hosting more than 20,000 migratory and resident waterbirds.

Indawgyi

A mountainous national park in Kachin State within the Northern Forest Complex, protecting montane evergreen forest and associated wildlife.

Inkhain Bum

Wetland wildlife sanctuary surrounding Inle Lake on the Shan Plateau, spanning Nyaungshwe, Pinlaung and Pekon townships and protecting habitats for migratory birds and endemic species. An ASEAN Herita

Inlay Lake

A lowland wildlife sanctuary in Kayin State established in 1928 to protect one of Myanmar’s last Javan rhinoceros populations. Its flat terrain (20–260 m) is covered in mixed deciduous teak and ironwo

Kahilu

A 22 km² wildlife sanctuary of evergreen and mixed deciduous forest (elevation 0–355 m) in Bilin Township, Mon State, established in 1942. It contains the Kaylartha Pagoda pilgrimage site and harbours

Kelatha

A 156 km² protected area of evergreen and mixed deciduous forest (elevation 50–1,090 m) in Kyaikto Township, Mon State, established in 2001 to conserve biodiversity around the famous Kyaiktiyo (Golden

Kyaikhtiyo

A government-managed wildlife sanctuary in the wet southern Chin Hills of western Myanmar, conserving montane forest and rich birdlife. It provides critical habitat for the critically endangered Araka

Kyauk Pan Taung

Myanmar's only marine national park and its first national park, encompassing Lampi (Lanbi) Island and surrounding islets in the Myeik (Mergui) Archipelago, with coral reefs, seagrass beds, mangroves,

Lampi Island

Mountain protected area in Kengtung Township, eastern Shan State, harbouring dry hill forest interspersed with pines at 925–1,920 m elevation, with leopard, banteng and Asian elephant.

Loimwe

A sanctuary in the Chindwin basin of western Sagaing, designated an Important Bird Area, that conserves mixed deciduous and evergreen forest supporting Eastern hoolock gibbons, Asian elephants and oth

Mahamyaing

Meinmahla Kyun Wildlife Sanctuary protects mangrove forest on an island in the Ayeyarwady Delta within Bogale Township, near the Bay of Bengal. Gazetted in 1993, it is one of the largest remaining man

Meinmahla Kyun

Dry-zone wildlife sanctuary in Natogyi Township ranging 195 to 375 m in elevation, providing critical habitat for the endemic Burmese star tortoise.

Minsontaung

A dry-zone sanctuary in the low Minwun hill range of Sagaing Township, ranging in elevation from about 75 to 305 m. It protects deciduous and scrub forest and associated wildlife near the Irrawaddy Ri

Minwuntaung

Moeyungyi Wetland Wildlife Sanctuary is a freshwater reservoir and seasonal marsh in central Bago Region, established in 1988 and designated as Myanmar's first Ramsar Wetland of International Importan

Moeyungyi Wetland

An island chain in the Andaman Sea off the coast near Dawei, protecting nesting sites for edible-nest swiftlets and breeding beaches for sea turtles amid coral reefs and evergreen forest. One of Myanm

Moscos Islands

A wildlife sanctuary in Kyain Seikgyi Township of Kayin State, gazetted in 1936, spanning the slopes of Mount Mulayit (Mulayit Taung) in the Dawna Range near the Thai border. Elevations from 80 to 2,0

Mulayit

A coastal marine national park of estuarine and shallow marine waters, rocky shores, and mangrove forest on Myanmar’s western coast. It is a breeding ground for green, olive ridley, and leatherback se

Nanthar Island and Mayyu Estuary

Surrounding Nat Ma Taung (Mount Victoria), one of Myanmar's highest peaks at about 3,053 m, this ASEAN Heritage Park spans subtropical and temperate montane forests rich in rhododendrons, orchids and 

Natma Taung

North Zamari Wildlife Sanctuary protects a tract of tropical upland forest in the Bago Yoma (Pegu Range) of northern Bago Region, in one of Myanmar centre of remaining Asian elephant habitat. Designat

North Zamari

Limestone cave wildlife sanctuary in southern Shan State near Ywangan, protecting mixed deciduous and dipterocarp forest and the prehistoric Padah-Lin (Pyadalin) caves with 11,000-year-old rock painti

Panlaung and Padalin Cave

Protected area in eastern Shan State (Tachileik District) near the international borders with Laos and Thailand, ranging from 370 to 1,105 m in elevation and harbouring hill forest habitats.

Parsar

One of Myanmar’s oldest protected areas, established in 1927 in Myitkyina Township to protect deciduous forest and large mammals including gaur, elephant and deer.

Pidaung

Mountain national park surrounding Mount Popa, an extinct volcano in central Myanmar's dry zone. Contains five forest ecosystems and the largest population of the critically endangered Popa langur.

Popa Mountain

Bird sanctuary on the Shan plateau near the hill town of Pyin Oo Lwin, gazetted in 1918 to protect montane forest and its diverse avifauna.

Pyin-O-Lwin

A mountainous wildlife sanctuary of evergreen and mixed deciduous forest in the Rakhine Yoma range, established to protect the Asian elephant. It also shelters the Critically Endangered endemic Arakan

Rakhine Yoma Elephant Range

A protected dry-zone wildlife sanctuary of mixed deciduous forest spanning Minbu, Pwintphyu, Sidoktaya and Ngape townships, established to conserve the Mone and Mann creek watersheds. It holds Myanmar

Shwesettaw

Mountainous forest wildlife sanctuary straddling the Mandalay Region and Shan State, established in 1918 and historically a tiger conservation area in the hills north of Pyin Oo Lwin.

Shwe-U-Daung

A strict nature reserve in the Tenasserim Hills protecting extensive lowland and hill evergreen rainforest interspersed with grassland, home to Asian elephant and the endangered Gurney’s pitta. Gazett

Tanintharyi

Hill wildlife sanctuary in the Shan Hills near Taunggyi, protecting dry hill forest at 1,045–1,750 m elevation. Established in 1906 as Taunggyi Wildlife Reserve and redesignated a bird sanctuary in 19

Taunggyi

Thamihla Kyun, also known as Diamond Island, is a small wildlife sanctuary on an uninhabited island in the Bay of Bengal off the mouth of the Pathein River, in Ngapudaw Township, Ayeyarwady Region. De

Thamihla Kyun

A small wetland wildlife sanctuary in Salin Township centred on a roughly 2 km2 lake and surrounding marshland about 16 km west of the Irrawaddy River. The reedy wetland is a key wintering and migrati

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