Indawgyi lake (largest inland lakes in southeast asia) myanmar

Indawgyi Lake
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Indawgyi Lake (အငော််းတ ော်က ်း)
Natural causeway to the island pagoda

Location Kachin State
Coordinates
25°8′N 96°20′ECoordinates:
25°8′N 96°20′E
Basin countries Burma
Max. length 24 km (15 mi)
Max. width 13 km (8.1 mi)
Indawgyi Lake (Burmese: အငော််းတ ော်က ်း; MLCTS: ang: dau kri: [ʔɪ́ɴdɔ̀dʒḭ́]) is one of the largest inland
lakes in Southeast Asia. It is located inMohnyin Township in the Kachin State of Burma. The lake
measures 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) east to west, and 24 kilometres (15 mi) north to south.[1]
There are
over 20 villages around the lake.[2]
The predominant ethnic groups living in the surroundings of the
lake are the Shanand the Kachin, who mainly practice agriculture.[citation needed]
It is 546 feet (166 m)
above the sea level.[3]
it is the main part of theIndawgyi Lake Wildlife Sanctuary.
Indawgyi Lake and Indawgyi Pagoda
it has the vertical width of 14 miles (23 km), the horizontal width of seven miles and the area of 100
square miles (260 km2
). there are 11 village-tracts, 36 villages around the lake; 13 villages are on
the bank of the lake.[3]
Flora and fauna[edit]
Indawgyi Lake is within the confines of Indawgyi Lake Wildlife Sanctuary, which was established in
1999 by the Ministry of Ecotourism. The sanctuary, which encompasses 780 km2
(300 sq mi),
contains a variety of animal species, including rare mammals and birds.[2]
One of Burma's important bird areas, 10 endangered species can be found. Of these
species, greylag geese, Oriental darter and purple swamphen are prominent during the month of
January.[4] A tour of the lake by motor canoe allows one to view a large array of wetland species. It
appears that the lake and surrounding wetlands provide an important winter feeding habitat. Many

local fisher folk ply its waters and surrounding village waste threaten water quality. However
annual monsoons serve to flush and refresh its waters.
Indawgyi wetland
References[edit]
1. Jump up^ "Indawgyi Lake". Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. Retrieved 2006-02-20.
2. ^ Jump up to:a b
"Indawgyi Lake Wildlife Sanctuary". Ministry of Ecotourism. Retrieved 2006-
02-20.
3. ^ Jump up to:a b
http://www.mrtv3.net.mm/newpaper/209newsn.pdf Page 11 Column 2
4. Jump up^ "Indawgyi Lake and Indawgyi River". BirdLife International. Retrieved 2006-12-
17.
External links[edit]
 Indawgyi lake wildlife sanctuary - Kachin state Asterism
 Fauna Flora International's video witch talk about fish decreasing
Indawgyi Lake. Indawgyi Lake, located in the Kachin State of Myanmar, is one of the largest inland
lakes in Southeast Asia. The lake measures 13 kilometers east to west, and 24 kilometers north to
south. There are over 20 villages around the lake. The predominant ethnic groups living around the
lake are the Shan and the Kachin, who mainly practice agriculture. Half of the site is covered by
mixed deciduous forest and 30% is wetland. Evergreen forest (riverine), mixed deciduous forest
(bamboo), and hill forest (pine forest), are other forest types of the site. At least 165 types of trees
and medicinal plants, 38 mammals, 448 birds, 41 reptiles, 34 amphibians, and 50 butterflies are
present in the site. The area is an International Bird Area with some 10 threatened bird species,
including the critically endangered white-rumped vulture and the nearly threatened hooded
treepie, endemic to Myanmar.
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Indawgyi Lake
Updated over a year ago · Taken at Myanmar/Burma
Before you sense an early morning light touching the closed eyes, before you feel a fresh chill coming through
the nostrils, a twitter of hundreds birds sneak into the dreams… and lead you to the reality, where borders
between the tangible world and a myth fade like a green line under your window disappears in a mist inches
away...
Ranges of mountain embrace the lake on three sides, creating an illusion of the mist being hold in their arms. It
slips away when the Sun gets higher in the sky. Then the largest lake of Myanmar reveals itself, stretching its
16 miles from north to south and 7 miles from east to west… 215 sq miles of legends.
So far, no scientific investigation has been carried out on the geological origin of the region. All gathered
information is plated with myth. The legend, written below, is based on studying paintings in shrines around
the lake and on conversations with local people.
A great town Si Khun once existed in these lands... Its golden pagodas spire to the sky; gorgeous houses with
elaborate carving were bordering wide streets... The lands around were fertile and the waters generous;
thousands of families were happily living there... Singing and laughs could be heard all over the place...
One day, as children were playing near a river, they found big eggs hidden in the grass. The children ate them,
not knowing that the eggs had been laid by Dragon Queen…
The birds suddenly stopped singing that day, the world went quiet...
When the sun went down behind the mountains, leaving the clouds in gold, The Spirit on Pegasus descended
from the sky to warn of Dragon Queen being put into rage and of a coming deluge, her retribution. The people
wanted neither to believe him nor to leave their homes. Only one family, with hearts full of sorrow, went high
hills. As the people turned back, they saw thousands of fountains erecting out from the earth, taking away
everything they loved so much...
Then the waters became calm and birds started to sing again, the family came down to the lake, which was
now hiding their home in its depth. They stayed there and built shrines for spirits, asking for indulgence. The
spirits were kind to them and since these aforetimes they guard the people of Indawgyi.
If you listen carefully on a quiet night, you can hear dogs barking, singing and laughs coming from the depth
of waters... As if the city was still alive... but it may be only sound waves from other villages that freely glide
above the expand waters...
The hidden behind the legend cause of the inundation is left to speculation. But it is seemed to shape today's
landscape.
An unusual fact about this lake is that during summertime, fish float onto its surface. The villagers collect it to
a meal. The explanation is the birds dropping into the water chunks of bark that fishes pick. Some believe the
fish to be provided by spirits.
Shwe Myitzu pagoda

About 1, 500 feet away from the west bank of the lake stand a gracious Shwe Myitzu pagoda.
In the 19th century, Sayadaw U Thawbita, a hermit monk who lived in Indawgyi area, travelled all the way to
the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon to collect relics for enshrinement.
Originally the height of the pagoda was just over 10 feet, but further renovations brought the height up to 50
feet with a base measuring nearly approaching 39 feet 10 inches.
The Shwe Myitzu Pagoda Festival is held in Tabaung, the last month of Myanmar calendar (February -
March). Every year, the Human Path and Spirit Path, two causeways leading to the Pagoda emerge out of the
waters just before the festival and disappear when it is over.
* Women are not allowed into the pagoda, they can only walk around it.
The Wildlife Sanctuary.
Indawgyi Lake Wildlife Sanctuary was established in 1999 by the Ministry of Ecotourism in the concern of
environmental and wildlife preservation and promotion of ecotourism.
The Sanctuary, which composes of 775.25 sq km., contains a variety of animal species, including rare
mammals and birds.
The area being inhabited with Wild Elephant, Leopard, Bear, Sambhur Deer, Serow, Gaur, and Wild Boar.
You unlikely to see them, but It IS a paradise for a birdwatcher.
According to 2006 records, various resident water birds, migratory birds and forest dwelling birds of 120
species can be found in the area; among them Green Peafowl (Pavo muticus), Greylag Goose (Anser anser),
Baer's Pochard (Aythya baeri ), Lesser Adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus), Spot-billed Pelican (Pelecanus
philippensis), White-rumped Vulture Pallas's (Gyps bengalensis), Fish-eagle (Haliaeetus leucoryphus), Sarus
Crane (Grus antigone), Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio), Oriental Darter (Anhinga melanogaster).
http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/sites/index.html?action=SitHTMDetails.asp&sid=16258&m=0
Despite The Sanctuary the lake is changing. The lakeside residents confirm, that fish are caught regardless of
their size or the spawning season.
Annual monsoon rains serve to flush and refresh the waters, still the purity is diluting.
The law enforcement protecting the nature is weak, and awareness about environmental issues is lacking. A
rural population is heavily dependant on natural resources create socioeconomic pressure.
According to the Minister of Culture U Win, “at present the Kachin State Law and Order Restoration Council
is making every effort to improve the motor road to Indawgyi. So when roads and communication improve,
Indawgyi will gain more fame not only among our Myanmar people but with tourists from all over the world”.
When it actually happens and will it positively contribute to the environment remains a question.
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* Indawgyi Lake
အင္းေ ္ာ္ႀးေအင္းေ အ္းင္အ *

Updated about 3 weeks ago
. Indawgyi Lake
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ကး္းေင္င္းေကးိဳ႕ အ အ ာ္္ က ာ္္ာာ္္ က္းင္ုိ ာ္ ္အာ္က ကိိိ သ င္ ာ္ ္က္ ုိိိ ာ္ ္အ ကင္းေု္း ိ
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င္ ုကာ္္ႏို္ င္အသာ္္ ထိိ အကင္တ
ကအ္က င္အသာ္္ း္င္းေ က္းးေင္င္းေကးိဳအအ္ က္ င္ု္း တိင့္သည္။
အင္းေ ္ာ္ႀးေအ္းင္ိင္မ က္းးေ ာ္ င္းေ င္းော းေ တု ္ ု္း ိင္မ အင္းေ အ္းင္အ ု င္ိင္ က ္ုအ္းေက္းင္ ကိ
က ္ုအ္းေက္းင္ ကိိအ အ္ခက္ု္း တိင့္သည္။ ကး္းေု ိႀအ းအ္ ကင္အ အ ာ္္ာာ္္ာ္က္းေ း္တးေ ္တ ႏို္င္တ အ ု္ဳာာ္္ာ္က္းေ ရ ္ ုက ာ္ းေ
ုက ာ္ းေ ု င္ိင္အ ု္ဳ
အ အ ာ္္အာ္အ္ိ္တးေ ု င္ာက္ တိင့္သည္။
အင္းေ႕ ေးေ ္းင္ အ ု္ဳာာ္္ ကင္ က္းးေ ာ္ င္းေကးိဳအအ္ အသးမ အ ု္ဳ င္ ော္္ ကင္ ္း င္- က္းးေင္င္းေ
က္းးေင္င္းေ ာ္ ာ္ ္ င္ာ္ းေအသး င္ော္္ ကင္ ကက္ာ္္းင္းေ ္းင္းေ ္ကုးင္းေကးိဳအအ္အ ကတကႀာ္ႀးေအသး
ကတကႀာ္ႀးေအသး အ အ ာ္္ော္္ ကင္
ဗအ္းေ က ာ္္ကးိဳအအ္ ႏို္င္တ က ာ္္ော္္ း္ခ ကင္ ာ္ က္းင္းေကးိဳအအ္သး ာ္အ္ိအ္းေ ႀးေ အာ္အ္ိအ္းေ က ္ုအ္းေက္းင္
က ္ုအ္းေက္းင္ ဒိာ္ႀးေ က္ ္း္တးေ ၃ကုိ၆ထ က ္ုအ္က္းင္ အ္ခု္း႔ အိအ္းေ ္း္တးော္္း အင္းေ ္ာ္ႀးေ ဒိ ္ းင္းေ ာ္ င္းေ
အ ္္အ တ က္းးေင္င္းေကးိဳအအ္႕ အအ္ ကအက္ ္ အ ဒိ )႔းင္းေ ာ္ င္းေ အိးအက္ ္ ိ အ ကင္ိင့္သည္။

ကအ္က ႏို္း္င္ငတ အသာ္္ ္းင္းေ အးအ္ု္းးေက င္ အ္းေ ကင္ တိင္ ိ
တိင္ ိ င္ာ္္အ္းေ င္ အ္းေ ္းခာငတ္ အင္းေ ္ာ္ႀးေ ဒိာ္း္ိအ္းေုတ ္ိ္းင္းေသ းေ တိင္
ကင္က းေက ္ က ာ္္ ိ င္ာ္္အ္းေ င္ အ္းေက းေ င္္ု္း ိင္အးအ္ု္းးေက က္ ာ္ ကင္ အကငတ္ိ္တးေ ဒ
အကငတ္ိ္တးေ ဒိ ္ ိ္းေကအ္ာက္ိင့္သည္။
င္ အ င္းအ္ းးေ ္္ င္ င္က းေ အ ိအာ္ တိင့္သည္။
ု င္းေ ကႀးေိင္းေု ု ိ ုးရ ္းခိင္မ က ာ္္ ာာ္္ိ္းခ င္းေ အ္အကႀးေိင္းေိင္မ အင္းေ င္ က ္း)းေ
အင္းေ င္ က ္း)းေ ာာ္္ု္း ိ ိင္ တင္းေ င္မ ာ္အ္ခးအ္ခာ္ း ကအ္းေအ င္ ္းခက္
ကႀးေိင္းေ ိ င္းေ ု ိင္ င္ာာ္္ က ္ အ္မ က္းးေင္င္းေ အအ္ခုင္းေ င္းေအိ္းခ ကႀးေိင္းေ႔ က ာ္္ာာ္္
ကႀးေိင္းေ႔ က ာ္္ာာ္္္အင္းေ ္ာ္ႀးေ အင္းေအိ္းခကႀးေိင္းေ ိင္မ အင္းေအ အ ာ္္ာာ္္ု္း ိ အအ္ခက ္တးေ
အအ္ခက ္တးေ က၂၂၆အ င္ႏို္ငတ္
ဒ္ းအ ာ္ကၻ ကက္ာ္ းက္အ အခ ္းင္ က္အ္ င္ )႔ အကင္ ကင္ ရတ ိ ကထထ
ကထထ်အ င္ ္းခက္ကႀးေိင္းေ ိ င္းေ ုိင္အ အ ာ္္ာာ္္္ အင္းေ ္ာ္ႀးေ အင္းေအ ိ္းခကႀးေိင္းေ႕
ိ္းခကႀးေိင္းေ႕ အင္းေ ္ာ္ႀးေ အ္းင္အက္ း္င္းေ း င္းေ အအ
ကင္ က္းေ င္းေိင္ က ာ္္ာာ္္ င္းေ အ္ ကႀးေိင္းေ႔ က္းးေ ာ္ င္းေကးိဳ အအႀးေ က္းးေ ာ္ င္းေ င္းေ အ
က္းးေ ာ္ င္းေ င္းေ အအ္ခ ာ္ င္းေအႏို္ငတ္ ိ္တိင္မ က္းးေ ာ္ င္းေ အအ္ခ ာ္ င္းေအ င္းေိင္ ေု ိ ႀကက္ိ္းခကႀးေိင္းေိင့္သည္။
းက္းေ က္းေ ုႀးော္ တ ကႀးေုသ းောင္တး း္င္ ကႏိုလ းးေက္ ကအ္က င္အသာ္္ ္းင္းေ ကက္ာ္ႀးေအ းေ
ကက္ာ္ႀးေအ းောာ္္သကာ္္ ိ ုသ းော္း္ကႀးေ တရုက္ ာက္ တ အ္ အသာ္္ ္းင္းေ ု ာ္္႔ ကး္းေင္င္းေ - အကု းေ ေ) အးကအ္ း္
း္ င္ေ) ု ာ္္း္င္ ိင္းေ႔
အင္းေ ္ာ္ႀးောာ္္ အအ္ခကကအ္းေ - ကး္င္းေ အ င္ - ကက္တာ္း္င္ - း္တးေ ္တ - ရ အ္ ိင္ကင္းေးက္းေ ကရအ - အက္တ ရ - း္ရကကအ္ ိး္ခသကာ္္ ိ
ိး္ခသကာ္္ ိ ာ္ းေက းေိာ္္ကႀးေး္င္ အင္းေ ္ာ္ႀးေိး္ခ ု ာ္္ တ ႀ အက္တ ရ ာ္းေုက က္ိင္းေ႔
အင္းေ ္ာ္ႀးေ ု္ကေရႊ ုးင္ေ္ု းေိး္ခေ္ု းော)းေအးိင္ တ ႀ
ာ္ းေးက္းေ း္င္းေ ုႀးော္ တ ကႏိုလ းးေကးိဳက္ ေု ိ ႀအ ု္ဳာာ္္ာ္က္းေးက္းေ ကႏိုလ းးေ - ဗအ္းေ က ္
- ဗအ္းေ က ္ းက္းေ အက္ က င္းော္္အ္းေ ာ္းေုက က္းက္းေ ကရ သႀးေ းိင္တ - က သ င္ ာာ္္ ေု ိ ႀ တ
ာာ္္ ေု ိ ႀ တ းော္း္ာ ္ တ ု္ေး္ - ကက္ာ္ႀးေအ းော္ းေးက္းေ အ
ာ္ င္းော္္အ္းေ ာ္းေုက - ကရ- အအ္ခ ရ - အင္းေ ္ - က ္း)းေ - အအ္ခိႀးေ အ င္ - ကး္းေင္င္းေ - အကု းေ - ္း င္ က္
- ္း င္ က္ အင္းေ ္ာ္ႀးောာ္္ အအ္ခကကအ္းေ င္ကး္င္းေငးိဳငးိဳာာ္္ာ္း္သကာ္္း ုက္ ာက္ တ အ္ သး္က္ - ကး္င္းေ အ င္ - ကက္တာ္း္င္
ကက္တာ္း္င္ - း္တးေ ္တ -
ရ အ္ ိင္ကင္းေးက္းေ ကရအ - အက္တ ရ - း္ရကကအ္ - အက္တကႀးေ း င္ - အက္တ င္းေိင္ - င င္ င္ သး္က္ိာ္္႔
သး္က္ိာ္္႔ ိ တ င္ တးေ က တ ိ္းင္းေ င္ ာ းော္အ္ခ ာ္ ာ္္ကးက္းေ က္ ္က းေိး္ခ ိာ္္းာ္္ိက းေး အးိင္ တိင့္သည္။
င္ာ္္ က္ိ) င္ာ္္ာ္င္တိ)က းေ ုိ င္းေႏို္င္တ င္ ု္းေ င္းေအ က္အႏို္က္ အင္းော္ႀးေ႕ိေ
အင္းော္ႀးေ႕ိေ ိအး္အ က းော္း္ းတး းး္ိ)က းေ ာ္ တ းကရကကအ္ ာ္းေုက းးေိး္ခ အ ု
အ ု ာ္္ိက းေ ငအး ္က းေ ရ ႀးေ ကာ္္ း္င္တးေ႔ အင္းော္ႀးေ႕ အ ု္ဳ
အ အ ာ္္ င္ က ာ္္ ုႀးေိာ္္ းတး အးိင္ာ္ တိင့္သည္။

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အင္းေ ္ာ္ႀးေအင္းေ ေးေ ္းင္္ ု္းေႏို္က္ ု က္္က းေကက ာ္ င္းော္ း) အ ကးိဳုက က းေ င္ု္း င္းေ
င္းေ သင္ု္ းေိင္တ ိ ာ္အ းောငတ္ အ ္ ကက္တာ္္းင္ုက င္ော္္ု္း ကးိဳ င္းော္္အ္းေိ္း ိ အု ္္
အ ု ကာ္္က အ္ခက္အ္းေႏို္းင္ ိ ကးိဳ င္းေ တ ္းင္းေ အ အခ ္းင္ င္ု္း အိင့္သည္။
ကက္တာ္္းင္မ က္းင္းေ အ င္ာ္ းေ က ္ ္ာ္ းေးက္းေ ေးေု္း ု္းေ င္းေေ္ု းေ က ႀ ာ္္ က္ိ)ိင္ ိႀုး ကု ိ ာ္ကင္
ိႀုး ကု ိ ာ္ကင္းေ င္ ိ က ႀ ာ္္ ္ တင္းေ ်ုိိအ အအာ္္ က္ိ)အ တိင္
္းင္း္တ ိ ိက္းင္းေအ သ ာ္္အသ းေကု္း ိ အ ာက္ိင္ ္ ု္းေေ္းးေ ေးေေႀေင္က းေအိ္းအုိးု႕မ ဆာ္ရတိ္းခ ိက္
ဆာ္ရတိ္းခ ိက္းင္းေအ သ ာ္္သ းေ ာ္င္းေကရတ အ ိ က ႀ ္ ာ္္က းေ အင္းေ ေးေ ္းင္္ ိက္းေအင္းောကအ္ု
အက းေအ းေ ကခု္းႏို္းင္ တိင့္သည္။
အ ိ ာ္ ကင္းေိင္ အေးိး ္က တကႀ ုအႏို္က္ ေးိး ္ တ ႀးေ ုအႏို္က္ ိ ိအ ိာ္ာု -္ ၂က်အမ ေႀကႀ ၃၂၆အ ကင္ ်
ကင္ ်ုိိိ ိ ကးိဳႏို္းင္ငတ ္းခ္ ၂၆-ာ္္ - ိ အေ ္းခာငတ္
က ႀ ္ ာ္ င္းေ ္က းေ င္ ရတိင့္သည္။
ဆိင္ာ္ းေ ကးိဳ င္းေႏို္ငတ္ ိာ္္က
ိာ္္က ္ ကးေ အႏို္းင္ာကအ္ ု္း ိ းေ ိ ာ္ က္ု ္ င္ င္းေိ ာက္ိင္မ ိ္းခု ္ အ
ိ္းခု ္ အင္းေအ္းင္ာက္ အး ိင္သာ္္ က အိင္ာ္္္းးင္းေ ိးု္းုိင့္သည္။
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အဒႀ က၂ - ု က္ ာ္္အ္းေ ေ င္ ကအ္က အ ကင္းေက းေးာ္္သာ္္ း) အကိက္ ္ က္းေ င္ု းအ္္ ိ္က္းေအႀ ္းင္းေးရ
္းင္းေးရအ္္အ ာ္ င္ႏို္ငတ္ ကအ္က ိကးေုင္းေိ းေုင္္က းေ က ာ္္က းေကက အ ္းခ အသ္းင္ ရတ းိင္မ အ င္းေ င္းေ အ္တာ္င္
းးေက းေ ုင္းေႏို္ႀးေ ရတာ္႕မ သ္းကေ္္ အင္းေ ္ာ္ႀးေ ဒိိင္ က္းးေ ာ္ င္းေကးိဳ ကႀုင္က္ က ္ေက းေ
ကႀုင္က္ က ္ေက းေအ းာ္္ အ ာ္္ တ ကင္ တက္းင္းေအအ္ ုအအအ္ႏို္ငတ္ ၂အႏ အ ္ အအ္အကး္ ္ ိ ္က္ ္သ းေ ရတ းိင့္သည္။
ဆိ္းခ ကင္ -
က့သည္။ က္းင္းေ င္းေ ာ္္ကက္တ အ တက္းင္းေ
၂့သည္။ ကင္းေ က္းေ းကရကကအ္ အ တက္းင္းေ
၃့သည္။ ငကအ္းေ-င္းေ အကတ္ ာတင္းေ-င္ အ တက္းင္းေ
ု့သည္။ က ာ္္ င္းေ ရ အ္အ တက္းင္းေႏို္ငတ္ ကအက င္ ႏ အ ၂အ း ိကအ္ က္ႏ ာက္ိင္မ အ ိ ္အ းောငတ္ ုအ ု္းင္ ၆အ
ုအ ု္းင္ ၆အႏ အ )႔အအ္အ းောငတ္ ကရ းေိ ္က္ ္ အိ္း ရတိင့္သည္။
တက္းင္းေ ိ္္းခက ္္ ္ အကးအ္းေ )ိင္ ု္က္းေေ ိ အ အာက္႕ ကအ္က း္း အ္ ိ အ - ာမ ကးအ္းေ- ကးိဳ မ ကးိဳအု္င္ိ င္
ကးိဳအု္င္ိ င္ ိ)ာ္ႀးေအ )႔ အ း ၸတအ္ုိင့္သည္။

အင္းေ ္ာ္ႀးေ ဒိ း) အကိအကေ္အး ႏို္ငတ္ အ္ ္ ိ ္ကိ ိက္းင္းေက္ ္ က္းေက းေ င္ု းအ္္ အဒႀ ၂ိအ ု က္ႏို္က္ က ္
ု က္ႏို္က္ က ္းင္က္ႀ ု္းေု က္ႏို္က္ အ အ္ာ္ ာ္ း ကင္ ိ္က္းေအႀ ္းင္းေးရအ္အ ္းခိင္ က အ္ခ အင္းေ ေးေ အ ဒိ ကင္
းင္းေ ာ္ င္းေမ ာ္ င္ ္းက္းေ ာတအ ္းခိင္ င္ အ င္ အ္းေအ ဒိ ကင္ းင္းေ ာ္ င္းေမ အ အသ္းင္ ရတ
အ အသ္းင္ ရတ းိင့္သည္။ ိ ာ္အ းောငတ္ ု္းေႏို္က္ တင္းေ ု က္က းေကက က္ အင္းေ းးေ္ အး ရတိင္ိ္
အး ရတိင္ိ္း ိ တငတအာ္းးော္ႀးေ က္ကးေ႕
အကင္ာ္္း ိ္က္းေ ္းခာ္ ) က ္း းေ ာ္းးေ က ္း းေ )႔းမ အင္းေ ္ာ္ႀးေ က ာ္္ာာ္္
က ာ္္ာာ္္ ကင္ ကငတ္က းေက ္ က ာ္္ ိ င္ က္း္တးေ႕ အကင္ာ္္း ာ္ င္ ္းခာ္ ာ္ိတ ကအ္ အ ာ င္ )႔း
င္ )႔း အ အခ ္းင္
အကင္ ကင္ အ ိအးာ္္ု္း တိင့္သည္။
ု္းေအ င္ာ္ ိ္္က္းေအႀ ္းင္းေးရအ္အ ္းခ႕ အ
အ အသ္းင္ု ဆအင္းေ ္ာ္ႀးေ ဒိ္ ိ္က္းေအႀ က ာ္က္းေ္အ္က းေ သကအ္းော္ းေ တ
သကအ္းော္ းေ တာ္္ က ာ္္ ရတု ကင္ ္ု ္းာ္္မ ုကာ္္အ သာ္္အာ္ေု ိ္က္းေအႀ
ိ္က္းေအႀက က းော္္းအ အခ း္င္ ကခကင္ႏို္းင္ာ္ တိင့္သည္။
ိ္းခု ကင္ ိ္က္းေအႀ ္းင္းေးရအ္အက ိင္ာ္ းေ းတး ္ က ာ္္ိ)ကု္းိ း ာ္္ ု္ းေ တးေ ု္ းေ တးေး္ိင္ာ္
္္း ိ္က္းေအႀ း ာ္္ အသင္အု္ းေ င္ာက္ တရု တိင့္သည္။ သး္ခ ာ္ င္တ အ ္အ တ င ္ိ္က္းေအႀ ိတသ ္က းေႏို္င္တ
း)ငအ္က းေက္ ္ အ းော္းိးေက းေအ းေသ္ ္႔ ိင္တ က းေိ္က္းေအႀ ္းင္းေးရအ္အ က ႏို
က ႏို္င္တအေ္ ာ္းေကိ ိင္ာ္ းေ ုးော္း္ အအအ္အ
အအအ္အအ္အု ္ု ္ ိအ္ာ္း္ကႀ ကရ ိာ္း္ာ္္ အသ)းေအ းေက္းာ္္ း္ ္ ိ င္ အာ္ တိင့္သည္။---------------------------
အးင္းေ႕ အင္းေ ္ာ္ႀးေ
အင္းေ ္ာ္ႀးေိက္းင္းေ က္ ္ ္းင္က းေႏို္င္တ
ိကး္င္းေက္ ္ က္းေက္ ္ု က္ ္က္က းေက္ သ္ ္ႏို္ ္ု္ ာက င္ တိင့္သည္။
See photo of indawgyi lake in this link-
https://www.facebook.com/nyinyiaungkatha/media_set?set=a.652531891553350.1073741853.100003
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Myanmar
Chances for Nature > Where we work > Myanmar
Chances for Nature in Myanmar - Nature interpretation and environmental
education
at Indawgyi Lake, Kachin State, Myanmar
Indawgyi lake is located in Kachin State, Northern Myanmar. This unique wetland system is home to rare bird and wildlife species and is also one of the most
important migratory bird locations in Asia. In 2004 the region was designated Indawgyi Lake Wildlife Sanctuary by the Myanmar government. Indawgyi is
currently being considered as UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.
The sanctuary’s fauna includes 37 species of mammal, 350 forest birds, 99 water-birds (including Lesser Adjutant Stork, Woolly-necked Stork, four species of
vulture, Sarus Crane), 80 species of sh. The wetlands are one of the most important roosting sites for migratory birds on their way between Siberia and South-
east Asia and Australia.
The livelihoods of the predominantly Shan and Kachin communities around the lake are agriculture- and sheries- based. It is one of the largest natural inland
lakes in Southeast Asia.
The main threats to the environment include unsustainable shing practicies, boat traf c, pollution from households, agriculture and illegal gold mining.
Wastewater and sediments of mining activities severely threaten the water quality of the lake. Deforestation will in the long-term have effects on erosion and the
health of the lake.
Chances for Nature is aiming to the contribute to the conservation of this unique wetland habitat and its birds and wildlife by providing supporting environmental
education and awareness as well as local ecotourism activities. Our local project partner FFI Myanmar is working since serveral years at Indawgyi lake resulting in
the nomination of the area as UNESCO Man and Biosphere Reserve (MaB). The proposed environmental education center is an vital part of the MaB`s
infrastructure, enhancing capacity building, species conservation, sustainable use of resources, environmental awareness and ecotourism.
The location will Lonton at the west bank of Indawgyi lake. The projected visitor and interpretation center will function as an important educational and cultural
resource for locals, visitors, researchers, students, and the Indawgyi communities, which includes Burmese and people internationally.
Themes of the exhibition:
Indawgyi Lake`s geology and ecosystems
birds
fish and fisheries
threats to the lake
The visitor center should also enhance the activities of the local ecotourism group Inn Chitu. It will provide space for their of ce as well as for storage of bikes and
kayaks.
Included will be a fully-equipped classroom, which can be used to conduct educative programs for schoolchildren, English language classes, hospitality and tourism
trainings, as well as trainings in sustainable agriculture and sheries for local people. Our local partner FFI has already a permanent staff member for
environmental awareness and education at Indawgyi lake.
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Indawgyi Lake Wildlife Sanctuary
Myanmar
Date of Submission:25/02/2014
Criteria:(x)
Category:Natural
Submittedby:
Ministryof Environmental Conservation and Forestryof the Republic of the Union of Myanmar
State, Province or Region:
Kachin State, Monyin Township
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Description
Indawgyi Lake Wildlife Sanctuary (WS) contains Indawgyi Lake, the largest freshwater lake in Myanmar, and a substantial portion of the
surrounding forested watershed. Established in 1999, ILWS covers 73,600 hectares and ranges in elevation from 169 m at the lake
surface to over 1,400 m. The lake drains to the north and includes 12,000 hectares of open water, along with marsh, floating
vegetation, and submerged macrophytes. Rice is cultivated adjacent to the lake in some low-elevation areas, while mixed deciduous
forest, riverine evergreen forest, and hill pine forest cover the uplands in the watershed. Half of ILWS is forest; one-third is non-rice
wetland. Species in ILWS include globally threatened waterbirds and endemic fish and turtle species.
Justification of Outstanding Universal Value
ILWS is one of the largest lakes in Southeast Asia. It has outstanding value for birds, containing three CR and two EN species, as well
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as aggregations of four congregatory waterbirds that comprise a large portion of their global populations. It contains one endemic turtle
and at least three endemic fish species. It is an Important Bird Area, an ASEAN Heritage Park, and is currently being nominated as a
Ramsar site. The lake’s watershed also supports a diversity of globally threatened wildlife.
Criterion (x):ILWS provides habitat for 10 globally threatened bird species and is of outstanding value for the conservation of migrating
waterbirds. The White-rumped Vulture and Slender-billed Vulture have been reported. Global populations of these species have
decline dramatically as a result of consumption of livestock carcasses containing the veterinary drug diclofenac. Therefore,
populations at ILWS, where diclofenac is not used, are particularly important for the survival of these species.
ILWS contains the Burmese Peacock Turtle, which is endemic to Myanmar. There are also at least three fish species that are
endemic to the lake. The last systematic fish surveys of the lake were conducted in the 1920s and future surveys may find more
endemic species. Surveys have recorded 448 bird, 41 reptile, 34 amphibian, 64 fish, and 50 butterfly species (Oikos and BANCA 2011;
Myanmar Biodiversity 2012). Species of global conservation importance found in ILWS include:
Mammals EN: Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus), Chinese Pangolin (Manis pentadactyla), Hog Deer (Axis porcinus),
Shortridge's Langur (Trachypithecus shortridgei)
VU: Bengal Slow Loris (Nycticebus bengalensis), Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa), Eastern Hoolock Gibbon
(Hoolock spp.), Himalayan Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus), Northern Pig-tailed Macaque (Macaca leonina), Stump-
tailed Macaque (Macaca arctoides)
Reptiles CR: Burmese Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle (Chitra vandijki)
EN: Burmese Peacock Shoftshell Turtle (Nilssonia Formosa)
VU: Asiatic Softshell Turtle (Amyda cartilaginea), Burmese Eyed Turtle (Morenia ocellata)
Birds CR: Baer’s Pochard (Aythya baeri), White-rumped Vulture (Gyps bengalensis), Slender-billed Vulture (Gyps
tenuirostris)
EN: Green Peafowl (Pavo muticus)
VU: Lesser Adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus), Sarus Crane (Grus antigone), Indian Skimmer (Phynchoc albicollis),
Wood Snipe (Gallinago nemoricola), Pallas’s Fish-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucoryphus), Greater Spotted Eagle (Aquila
clanga), Indian Spotted Eagle (Aquila hastata), Rufous-necked Hornbill (Aceros nipalensis), Yellow-breasted Bunting
(Emberiza aureola)
NT: Black-headed Ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus),Spot-billed Pelican (Pelecanus philippensis) and Oriental Darter
(Anhinga melanogaster)
Waterbird
aggregations of
>1% of global
population
NT: Spot-billed Pelican (Pelecanus philippensis) and Oriental Darter (Anhinga melanogaster)
LC:Greylag Goose (Anser anser), Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)
Plants CR: Dipterocarpus tuberculatus
VU: Aquilaria malacensis
Statements of authenticity and/or integrity
Although areas of paddy rice between the lake and the hills are excluded from ILWS, the low intensity of cultivation, with no use of
pesticides or herbicides, minimizes the impact of this land use on the conservation value of the property. These agricultural areas can
be included in a buffer zone of the property to ensure that future development does not degrade the natural values of ILWS.
There are 35,000 people living around Indawgyi on the banks of the lake in 13 villages, 8 of which are populated by indigenous Kachin
and 5 of which were settled by migrants in the 1990s. Whereas the Kachin are rice farmers and fish for subsistence, the migrants fish
commercially and often use illegal methods, including fishing during the closed (breeding) season and electric fishing. This threat has
been largely addressed through a public awareness campaign and the introduction of community managed fishing free zones. In 2012,
the annual fish auction to the north of the lake was canceled by the regional government. This auction had been abused by reselling
fishing rights to many fishermen who fished intensively and often tried to settle illegally.
The integrity of ILWS is threatened by hydraulic and small-scale gold mining. Most of the hydraulic mines are to the west of ILWS and
outside its boundary but are located along streams that flow into the lake. Elevated mercury levels and increased sedimentation in the

lake have been documented (Than 2006). The regional government is considering what to do with these mines.
Overall water quality is good. Rice cultivation currently does not apply pesticide, herbicide, or significant quantities fertilizer that would
diminish water quality. Solid waste, including from an 80,000 pilgrims who camp by the lake during the Shwemitzu pagoda festival in
February, requires improved management.
ILWS receives support from local and international NGOs and is considered to be well managed. The establishment of the fishing free
zones, regular patrolling, reduction of electric fishing and fine-net fishing, the cancellation of the fishing auction, and improved forest
management in the watershed, indicate a positive trend in terms of site’s natural values. Traditional fishing practices also support
sustainable management. Other interventions, including the introduction of fuel-efficient cook stoves and community managed eco-
tourism, are underway.
Comparison with other similar properties
Within Myanmar, the most similar site is Inle Lake. Located in southern Shan State, Inle Lake has a high natural value, especially
because of its endemic fish and gastropods. ILWS, however, is a more important habitat for a greater number of waterbirds. The
primary difference between the two lakes is integrity, with Inle Lake suffering heavy impacts from pollution and sedimentation from
agriculture and development around the lake. The integrity of Inle Lake has been significantly compromised by the promotion of floating
gardens since the 1960s. This has accounted for most of the one-third reduction in open water area since 1935. These gardens also
degrade water quality by introducing agrochemicals that cause eutrophication. Tourism development has also impacted the lake’s
integrity.
Regionally, Tonle Sap Lake in Cambodia shares some similarities with Indawgyi. The Tonle Sap is the largest lake in Southeast Asia
(up to 16,000 km2 in the wet season) and is characterized by a unique hydrological regime. Considering the differences in species
assemblage, geophysical characteristics, and integrity, ILWS is a distinct and outstanding example of a freshwater lake.
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Fauna & Flora International’s birding expert Ngwe Lwin
invites you to visit one of Southeast Asia’s best kept
ecotourism secrets – northern Myanmar’s Indawgyi Lake.
Indawgyi Lake, located in northern is one of the biggest inland lakes in
Southeast Asia and the largest in . Every year migratory birds from as far as
Siberia follow the East Asian-Australasian flyway and flock to Indawgyi Lake to rest and
feed during the winter season.
They start arriving in November and stay until the end of March. Bird surveys over recent
years regularly record more than 20,000 wintering water birds.
More than 97 bird species, including several species of global conservation concern such
as the slender-billed vulture, Pallas’s fish-eagle, greater spotted eagle, sarus crane,
spot-billed pelican, oriental darter, and black-necked stork, can be found here.
No wonder that the Indawgyi Lake has been recognised as an important bird area and
nominated for designation as a globally important wetland under the international
Ramsar convention.
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A black-necked stork takes flight over Indawgyi Lake. Credit: ©
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At the Indawgyi wetland, birds can be observed in a large variety of habitats: the open
lake, floating vegetation mats along the lakes edge, seasonally flooded grasslands and
the surrounding paddy fields.
At the lake, large aggregations of ducks can be seen including lesser whistling duck,
ruddy shelduck, cotton pygmy goose, mallard, gadwall, falcated duck, Eurasian wigeon,
northern shoveler, northern pintail, red-crested pochard, common pochard, ferruginous
pochard, tufted duck, feeding or resting either on the open middle of the lake or at the
shallow edges dominated by floating mats of water plants.
The ornate Shwemyintzu Pagoda perched over the lake is an ideal platform for watching
black and brown-headed gulls following the pilgrim boats while hundreds of tufted ducks
are skimming the lake surface for food.
Towards the shore floating vegetation mats provide the ideal habitat for large numbers
of purple swamp hens, pheasant-tailed and bronzed-winged jacanas.
At the lake’s shore, tall swamp trees feature perched greater and little cormorants,
oriental darters and Asian openbill storks.
Brown-headed gulls at Shwemyintzu Pagoda. Credit: © www.bjornolesen.com
The southern lake edge features not only large aggregations of ducks but also of grey-
lagged and bar-headed geese.
The western (between the Pagoda and Nyaungbin village) and the north-western lake
edge (between Nyaungbin and the Indaw Chaung outlet river) is very rewarding
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Practicalities
How to get there
Option 1: Yangon to Myitkyina by flight; Myitkyina to Hopin by train; Hopin to Lonton
village(Indawgyi lake) by car/ public bus.
Option 2: Yangon to Mandalay by flight/car/train; Mandaly to Hopin by train; Hopin to
Lonton village (Indawgyi lake) by car or by public bus.
Where to stay
Indawgyi Mahar Guesthouse in Lonton Village: Basic accommodation (Bed, blanket
and shared bathroom).
featuring large floating vegetation mats with the greatest variety of water birds, which
can be explored by kayak or motorised long boat.
The Indaw Chaung (the only outlet river of the lake), featuring seasonally flooded
grasslands, is the best site for watching black-winged stilts, red-wattled and grey-
headed lapwings, purple and grey herons, oriental darters, glossy ibis, storks, cranes
and vultures.
Two crane species can be seen – the sarus crane which is resident, and the common
crane, a winter visitor – and can be watched as they feed in the grasslands or paddy
fields, and fly to their roosting sites.
Five species of storks, Asian openbill, black stork, woolly-necked stork, black-necked
stork and lesser adjutant are commonly seen feeding in the grasslands, roosting on the
few trees in the river plain or soaring above.
A pair of woolly necked storks. Credit: © www.bjornolesen.com
During the winter, white-rumped vulture and slender-billed vulture soar above the
grassland looking for cattle carcasses. If you are lucky enough, you can encounter
vultures feeding on a cow or water buffalo.
Even Himalayan griffins might join the feeding frenzy.
Besides storks, cranes, ducks and geese, you can also look out for birds of prey (such as
osprey, eastern marsh harrier, pied harrier, Brahminy kite, Pallas’s fish-eagle, greater
spotted eagle) along the Indaw chaung as they soar above the water and grasslands.
Moreover, the watershed forests of the Indawgyi Lake are home to 350 forest bird
species including five species of hornbill: northern brown hornbill, oriental pied hornbill,
great hornbill, rufous-necked hornbill and wreathed hornbill.
Head off to the surrounding forested hills to explore them.

Where to eat
There are several local restaurants in Lonton village. Noodle soup and coffee/tea for
breakfast, and rice and Burmese / Shan curries for lunch and dinner.
Time to visit
For the migratory water bird season the best time is December to March, but bird
watching is good all year round with plenty of resident birds. Spott-billed Pelicans
appear on the lake between March and May, and many birds can be seen breeding.
Best to avoid the heavy monsoon rains from July to August.
Local transport
Bird watching is best done by kayak which can be rented from the community-based
eco-tourism group in Lonton village.
You can reach Shwemyintzu Pagoda and Nyaungbin village by rented motorbike or
bicycle.
To head for Indaw Chaung you need to rent a motorized long boat, also available in
Lonton village.
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Ngwe Lwin is Fauna & Flora International (FFI) Myanmar
Programme's Terrestrial Conservation Coordinator. Before
this role, he worked as a nature guide and conservation
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Manager for FFI's Myanmar Conservation and
Development Programme. Ngwe Lwin's interest in
birdwatching began in 2004 and has conducted several
bird surveys in Kachin state, Rakhine state and Chin state.
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INDAWGYI LAKE
Indawgyi Lake is a secluded destination for nature lovers in remote Kachin State. The largest lake in Myanmar,
Indawgyi Lake remains pristine and undeveloped; it’s still possible to find places where you won’t hear the drone of a
motor – or be able to see a single other boat – which sits in contrast to Inle lake.
Indawgyi is largely untouched by tourism, with few foreigners making the journey this far north. It’s truly a place to
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Indawgyi has also become something of an adventure destination with kayaking, trekking, cycling and recreational fishing all on
offer. Inn Chit Thu (Lovers of Indawgyi) Tourism Group is a community-based organisation made up of local people that rent out
kayaks and bicycles; they can also organise trekking and recreational fishing trips. Their profits go towards funding environmental
conservation and community projects.
LONTON VILLAGE AND ACCOMMODATION
The only foreigner-licensed accommodation at Indawgyi Lake can be found in Lonton village , on the west shore. IndawMaHar
guest house is a delightful spot, perched right on the lake, with a welcoming and generous manager. Facilities are fairly basic with
simple rooms and a shared bathroom, but it’s low-impact and fits perfectly with the environment. There is also a military-owned
guest house in Lonton and if the guest houses are full then there are homestay options nearby.
If you do try to call IndawMaHar guest house by phone, do not hold out for an immediate answer – communications are very
unreliable in this area. Both guest houses are located on the main road through Lonton, and pick-ups and taxis will drop foreigners
off at IndawMaHar guest house as a matter of course; you do not need to ask.
Shwe Myitzu Pagoda
The most famous landmark at Indawgyi Lake, Shwe Myitzu Pagoda  is beautiful from the water, especially as it casts its reflection
in the late afternoon sunlight. The pagoda festival held here in March attracts more than 100,000 people from the surrounding
area. At that time of year, towards the end of the dry season, the water level is low enough that you can walk across to the pagoda
from the mainland on a wooden walkway.

Shwe Taung (Golden Mountain)
Rising from the northern shore of Indawgyi Lake, Shwe Taung  is pagoda-topped hill that provides great views of the lake in its
entirety. It’s only a 25 minute walk up the hill from the lake at a moderate incline, and there’s a monastery on the way where the
friendly locals are likely to offer you some refreshments. Due to its distance from Lonton village, Shwe Taung can only be reached
by motor boat or motorbike (it is too far to cycle or kayak in a single day). Note that motorbikes in the Indawgyi lake area can only
be rented with driver (self-drive is not permitted).
Lake-side villages
There are a number of lakeside villages dotted around Indawgyi; visiting them and interacting with the local people is a highlight
for most visitors. Some of the most interesting villages are listed below. Namde and Nammilaung also have houses that are home
to elephants.
Lwemun Village . Set on a hillside about half-way up the western shore, Lwemun is perhaps the most picturesque village on the
lake. It has two monasteries, a nat (spirit) shrine and a shrine which tells the story of Indawgyi Lake. The story is that there
used to be a village right below the current Lwemun when the lake didn’t exist. A widow had a dream that the area would be filled
with water and left to the hill with some animals. The other villagers didn’t believe her, but then sure enough the village was
flooded and the lake came to exist.
One of the monasteries is at the southern end of the village, the other is about halfway through (heading along the main north-
south road). There is a roadside teashop at the very north of village has great views and very good cold noodle salads. Across the
street from the teashop, there are stairs up to the nat shrine, and just before the teashop (when coming from the south) are stairs
down to the shrine celebrating the widow’s dream. Her footprint is supposedly down there as well, but can only be seen during
the dry season.
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A note on the elephants: seeing the elephants is hit and miss. Sometimes they are away for two or three days at a time carrying
Hepa . The lake front of this village on the east shore is especially scenic. The first few houses on each of the east-west streets
that reach the lake are built on stilts, which the lake flows under when it is at its highest level. Further to the east (back) of town
you reach the main north-south road which runs up the eastern shore of the lake. A short walk or ride south or north along this
road will reveal some lovely scenery of rolling fields stretching towards the eastern mountains behind.

Namde . Set back from the lake shore, Namde is most notable as the turn-off point to Shwe Myitzu Pagoda and for the house
which is home to two elephants. The elephants (male and female) are kept in the second house south of the turn-off to Shwe
Myitzu Pagoda (the sign to the Pagoda is in English) and opposite the office of the Tai-Leng Nationalities Development Party (also
signed in English).

Nammilaung . Not the most beautiful village on the lake, but notable for its interesting architecture with high wooden
fences around all the houses. Nammilaung also has a cane Buddha image, which was made as a communal effort by local people.
The cane Buddha image is in a complex on the main north-south road, right next to the archway over the road. Next door, across
the east-west street to the south is an old teak monastery. On the fourth street south from the cane Buddha complex is another
house which has elephants. Head down this street towards the lake and it’s on a corner with a narrow north-south lane (the only
house with an iron gate).
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logs in the forest. But if you visit the houses at both Namde and Nammilaung you might get lucky with at least one of them.
Kayaking
At roughly 24 kilometres by 13 kilometres, Indawgyi Lake is too big to cover by kayak in one day, but it is wonderful to be out on
the water’s serene expanses, with no one in sight (or earshot). Inn Chit Thu gives advice on suggested routes that are manageable
for most people and take in Shwe Myitzu Pagoda, as well as villages on the western and south-eastern shores. Experienced
kayakers might want to push on a bit further.
Kayaks cost K15,000 per day to rent; there are single-person and two-person kayaks available in Lonton village.
Cycling and motorbiking
Heading north from Lonton, you arrive at the mainland opposite Shwe Myitzu Pagoda – where you can visit a hilltop sitting
Buddha and take photos of the pagoda if you don’t visit by water. Hiring a motorkbike (K10,000 per day) allows you to explore
further north, to the picturesque villages of Lwemun and Nammilaung, as well as the Shwe Taung (details above).
Trekking
Foreigners are not able to go into the mountains on the west side of the lake due to Kachin Independence Army activity and illegal
gold mining. This means that trekking routes generally start a good distance from Lonton and transport to and from the start and
finish points can be pricey. The local trekking guide (guides are necessary in these mountains) costs K10,000 per day. Currently
there are routes in the south-eastern mountains and the eastern mountains (behind Hepa), with more to be explored. Inn Chit Thu
can provide advice.
Boating and fishing
The price of one day’s motor boat hire at Indawgyi Lake is quite high at K50,000 to K60,000. In a way, that is a blessing – as so
much of Indawgyi’s appeal is the relative peace and quiet. However, if you want to circumnavigate the entire lake in one day whilst
being on the water, motor boat is the only way to do it. Inn Chit Thu can also organise recreational fishing trips.
Bird watching
In recent years, most of the tourists who have made it to Indawgyi Lake have been avid bird watchers, and the lake has a strong
reputation within that community. The lake is a major stop for migratory birdsand attracts thousands of them from December to
March. Even for those who aren’t enthusiasts, the sight of thousands of birds on the lake, and flying in flocks over it, is something to

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Indawgyi Lake is accessible from the start of October until the end of May and each of those months has its own charm. In
October and November the visibility is amazing, and it’s often possible to see the entire lake – at its best in the afternoon light.
From December onwards, the visibility gradually becomes worse, getting very hazy at times. But the serenity of the location remains
and the arrival of the migratory birds provides its own touch of magic.
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Going to Indawgyi lake
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Getting toIndawgayi Lake.
Indawgyi lakeis Myanmars largest lakeand oneofthelargest in South East Asia,it is located in thenorthern stateofKachin.We
camedown from Myitkyina via train in thelowest class for900 Kyats.Thelowerclasses areobviously not as comfy as theupper
but totally manageable.It tookus about 5 hours to get to Hopin.
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From Hopin thereis a pick-up servicethat runs quiteregularly.Know body really seemed to know exactly when orwhat timethey
operate.Wejust got approached by a man who tookus to thepick-up point.To find it.Ifyou’relooking at thetrain tracks with the
station behind you,walkleft down thetracks and you will cometo a point wheretheroad crosses.At that point you will seea huge
treeon yourleft and that’s whereall thepickups run from.Ifyou just askaround peoplewill point you in theright direction.
Getting a pick-up form Hopin to Lonton.
This pick-up rideis described in theLonely Planet as an excruciating experience.Admittedly theroads areawful and thepickup
isn’t comfy but its only about 3 – 5 hours ofmild discomfort forsuch a stunning destination.(it tookus 5 hours to get thereand 3
hours to comeback) Thepriceforeveryoneis 4000 kyats ($4USD) this includes as much luggageas you want.
Where to stay at Indawgyi Lake.
Thepickup arrived in Lonton and they stopped directly outsideInn Daw MaHaiGuest House wherethestaffinstantly helped us
insidewith ourstuff. Theguest houseis located about 20 meters from theLake.Theveranda out thebackis a great placeto just
relax and enjoy life.

This guest houseis pretty basicbut thestaffaresuch wonderful people.The beds are 7000Kyats each so ifyou’rewilling to share
you will get a doublebed for7000Kyats a night.Therooms comewith mosquito’s nets and areabsolutely necessary.At this time
thetown only get about 3-4 hourofelectricity a night but thepylons areall in placeand Loton gets a full electricservicein October
2014.
Onefavouritething about this placehas to bethefact that thesunrises directly in front oftheveranda.You get to enjoy an overly
sweet 3 in 1 coffeewhilst theownergives you different local food to try whilst thesun comes up.

What to do at Indawgyi Lake.
A small community based organization set up theInn Chit Thu TourismGroup.They offera numberofservices fortourist in the
area such as;
Motorbikes – 10,000 Kyats fortheday this does not includefeul
Kayaks – 15,000Kayts fortheday
Fishing trips – Pricevaries,weI was therethey weren’t currently doing thesetrips
Boat Tours – 50,000 to do a full days rivertour– You can haveup to 8 peopleon theboat I believe
Boat Taxi– pricedepends on how faryou go.
Bird Watching – pricevaries on what you do.
Bicycle rent – 8000 Kyats a day.
Motor biking around Indawgyi lake.
Beawarethat theroads arein very bad condition so I would advisenot doing this ifyou’renot confident on a bike.It’s very easy to
navigateyourway up to go seetheBlack Buddhaand floating pagoda. I would recommend taking a photo ofthemap you seeever
where– seebelow.This will help you know which villageyou’rein.
Onehighlight oftheday had to bein Nyaungbin.Wedecided to havelunch thereat a very local looking restaurant.They had a huge
pileofsamosa on display which was what got us in.We’d ordered a coupleeach and various otherfired sacks.They young lady who
worked therewas talking with us and ended up teaching how to makesamosas.Oncewe’d eaten up and makethedecision to pay
up and go they insisted it was all a present and refused ourmoney and waved us on ourway.

Thesecond highlight oftheday was wedecided to bikenorth ofNyaungbin to seewhat was happening.Theroads don’t last much
longerafterNyaungbin and wewereoff-roading shortly afterweleft.Wefinally arrived at thenorth oftheriverwherewemet 3
young girls.They werefishing forsmall shrimp likecreatures in thelakes reeds and invited us to comejoin.Wespent a good 20
minutes swimming around in themidday heat speaking very littleofeach other’s languages beforewehad to set offagain.
Kayaking around Indawgyi Lake.
Kayaks arerented at 15,000Kyats a day.Thelakeis giganticand would beimpossibleto get around in oneday.What wedid was
rent a boat taxi from Inn Chit Tourism Group for15,000Kyats to get across to theothersideofthelake– about 8 miles.To the
small villageofHepu.Wehad a short walkaround beforeweheaded down to thevillageHepa wherewestopped fora coffee.From
therewespent thenext few hours head to Mamon Keing.Along theway wedidn’t seea singlesole.Wespent a whileswimming in
thelakeand just enjoying thesilence.When weeventually arrived in Mamon Keing a young boy called us in to the‘pier’– a tree
pushed in to thewater. Hetookus to his family homewherethey treated us with unbelievablehospitality.They fed us a widerange
ofMyanmarfood as wetried ourbest to communicate.At theend weoffered to pay but they insisted it was a present and the
young boy tookus backto ourKayaks.Welet him havea play around in oneoftheboats which heseemed to lovebeforeweset off
again.When wearrived backto Lonton weweretired and extremely sun burnt.

Eating at Indawgyi Lake.
Thereare2 restaurants in Lonton located about 30 meters down theroad to theright from Inn Daw Ma Hai Guest House. Thefirst
placedoes a great noodle soup breakfast for 500 Kyats.Next doorto that is theonly placethat you will get a cold beer.Then next
doorto that is theotherrestaurant which is best fordinner.They will let you takethecold beerfrom theshop and allow you to
drinkit with yourmeal in therestaurants.
Getting laundry done at Indawgyi Lake.
At this point I’d only done one hand wash during my time In Myanmar and with the serious heat that April brings
I was long overdue for some fresh undies. I handed them pretty much my entire bag worth of cloths (which is a lot
seeing as I just left Australia) In total it was 5000 Kyats to get everything cleaned (to a very high quality and
folded).
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MM008 Indawgyi Lake Wildlife Sanctuary and surroundings
Location Myanmar, Kachin
Central coordinates 96 20.00' East 25 10.00' North
IBA criteria A1, A4i
Area 90,000 ha
Altitude 170 m
Year of IBA assessment 2004
Biodiversity and
Nature
Conservation
Association
(Affiliate)
Populations of IBA trigger species
Species Season Period
Population
estimate
Quality of
estimate
IBA
Criteria
IUCN
Category
Green Peafowl Pavo muticus resident 2004 present - A1 Endangered
Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri winter 2004 present - A1 Critically
Endangered
Greylag Goose Anser anser unknown 2004 present - A4i Least
Concern
Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos
javanicus
resident 2004 present - A1 Vulnerable
Spot-billed Pelican
Pelecanus philippensis
non-
breeding
2004 present - A1, A4i Near
Threatened
Oriental Darter Anhinga
melanogaster
resident 2004 present - A4i Near
Threatened
Pallas's Fish-eagle
Haliaeetus leucoryphus
resident 2004 present - A1 Vulnerable
White-rumped Vulture Gyps
bengalensis
non-
breeding
2004 present - A1 Critically
Endangered
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio
porphyrio
unknown 2004 present - A4i Least
Concern
Sarus Crane Antigone
antigone
- 2004 present - A1 Vulnerable
IBA Monitoring
Monitoring summary
Year Of Assessment Threat status score
(pressure)
Condition status
score (state)
Action status score
(response)
2013 high near favourable medium
Was the whole site
covered?
State assessed by Habitat
Accuracy of
information
Good - based on reliable and complete / representative data
Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat
Level 1
Threat Level 2 Timing Scope Severity Result
Agriculture
and
aquaculture
annual & perennial non-timber
crops - agro-industry farming
happening
now
some of
area/population
(10-49%)
moderate to
rapid
deterioration
high
Biological
resource use
hunting & collecting terrestrial
animals - intentional use (species
being assessed is the target)
happening
now
majority/most
of
area/population
(50-90%)
moderate to
rapid
deterioration
high
Human
intrusions
and
work and other activities happening
now
majority/most
of
area/population
slow but
significant
deterioration
high
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and
disturbance
area/population
(50-90%)
deterioration
Pollution domestic & urban waste water -
type unknown/unrecorded
happening
now
majority/most
of
area/population
(50-90%)
moderate to
rapid
deterioration
high
Pollution industrial & military effluents -
seepage from mining
happening
now
some of
area/population
(10-49%)
slow but
significant
deterioration
medium
Condition of habitat (state)
Habitat Habitat
Detail
Reference
Area (ha)
Actual
Area (ha)
% of habitat
remaining
% of carrying
capacity (overall)
Result
Forest 0 0 good (> 90%) moderate (70-90%) near
favourable
Condition of key/trigger populations (state)
Scientific Common TargetPop ActualPop Units Remaining Result
Leptoptilos javanicus Lesser Adjutant 1 1 individuals 100 not
assessed
Haliaeetus leucoryphus Pallas's Fish-
eagle
2 2 individuals 100 not
assessed
Gyps bengalensis White-rumped
Vulture
assessed
Gyps tenuirostris Slender-billed
Vulture
assessed
Antigone antigone Sarus Crane 2 2 individuals 100 not
assessed
Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation
Designation
Management
Planning
Conservation Action Result
Whole area of site
(>90%) covered by
appropriate
conservation
designation
A management plan
exists but it is out of
date or not
comprehensive
Substantive conservation measures are
being implemented but these are not
comprehensive and are limited by
resources and capacity
medium
Protected areas
Protected area Designation Area
(ha) Relationship with IBA Overlap with IBA
(ha)
Indawgyi Lake Wildlife
Sanctuary
77,524 protected area contained
by site
77,524
Indawgyi Lake Wildlife
Sanctuary
ASEAN
Heritage
77,524 protected area contained
by site
77,524
Habitats
IUCN habitat Habitat detail Extent (% of site)
Forest -
Wetlands (inland) -
Grassland -
Protection status Status area: Bird Sanctuary.77524 ha area protected.
References Joost van der Ven 2000/2001 report. Scott 1989 Group discussion at WCS Dec 2001 The
records in Jan 2003 were all from the wetland surevy team (Joost van der Ven, Simba Chan, Thein
Aung and others)
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