Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Elephant Riding Tour in Pho Kyar Camp !

This Myanmar (Burma) ecotourism, birds watching, birding and elepheants riding tours site is located on the Bago (Pegu) Yoma mountain range in the Southern Myanmar. Vegetation is characterized by moist upper mixed deciduoes forest, dry upper mixed deciduous forest and lower mixed deciduous forest. These forests are home for Wild Elephant, Leopard, Barking Deer, Sambhar Deer, Guar, Banteng and other mammals.
In this site only 157 bird species have been recorded but it is believed that others are get to be discovered. Hightligh would be Oriental Pied Hornbill, Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker, Yellow-crowned Woodpecker, Chestnut-headed Bee-eater, Pompadour Green Pigeon, Yellow-footed Green Pigeon, Green Imperial Pigeon, Golden-fronted Leafbird, White-rumped Shama and Velvet-fronted Nuthatch.
In this elephant camp, elephant riding in the forest at mountian range, watching the elephant shows and study of the demonstrations of logging with elephants can be made.
In addition one can also trek in the forest at mountain range. Besides teak forest , plant, butterfly, and life of the elephant keepers( mahouts ) and local people can be observed in this Myanmar (Burma) ecotourism, birds watching, birding and elepheants riding tours site.
Recommand to visit all the year round but the best time for bird watching is form October to May.

http://www.sstmyanmar.com/ecotourism/ecotour_elephant.htm

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