Zoo
Hlawga National Park
🇲🇲 Myanmar (Burma)
🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, Myanmar (Burma) 14 spp. present
Hlawga Park is an open zoo covering 6.23 km2 (2.41 sq mi) that was established in 1982. It was created to protect evergreen, mixed deciduous and swamp forest and for environmental education. Located in Mingaladon Township, it is jointly managed by the Nature and Wildlife Conservation Division and private enterprises. The nature park is located on the outskirts of Yangon and includes an 818-acre (3.31 km2) wildlife park, a 62-acre (0.25 km2) mini-zoo and a 660-acre (2.7 km2) buffer zone. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
17.046° N 96.103° E
🎟️ Visit
Essentials
Entrance
—
Tourism
Medium
Species present
14
speciesOpened
1982
Size
Large
Visit
Opening hours
Every day · sunrise to sunset
Getting there
- Access
- Partly wheelchair accessible
What visitors say
🦒 Animals in captivity
LC
Lady Amherst's Pheasant
Chrysolophus amherstiae
CR
Banteng
Bos javanicus
Before you go
Where is Hlawga National Park?
Myanmar (Burma)
Hlawga National Park is a zoo or wildlife park in Myanmar (Burma). Its coordinates are 17.046° N, 96.103° E. The nearest national park in our atlas is Doi Inthanon National Park, about 306 km away.
What animals can you see at Hlawga National Park?
14 species
Citizen-science photos record 14 species at Hlawga National Park, including Lady Amherst's Pheasant, Saltwater Crocodile, Sun Bear, Gayal and Sambar. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.
Where can you see the animals of Hlawga National Park in the wild?
Saltwater Crocodile: Daintree National Park
Some of the animals photographed at Hlawga National Park also live in the parks and cities we cover: Saltwater Crocodile (about 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Daintree National Park), Sun Bear (about 50% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Kaeng Krachan National Park) and Gayal (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Kanha National Park).
When is Hlawga National Park open?
Every day · sunrise to sunset
According to its open map listing, Hlawga National Park is open Every day · sunrise to sunset. Opening hours change with the season and on public holidays, so confirm them on the official website before you travel.
When did Hlawga National Park open and how big is it?
Opened 1982, 389 ha
Hlawga National Park, a zoo or wildlife park in Myanmar (Burma), opened in 1982 and covers about 389 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 14 species are photographed there.
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Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata (CC0) · iNaturalist observers · Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)