Pink dolphins and elephants to admire in Burma

Geography

With a total area of a little over 261,000 square miles, you will discover in the course of your trip to Burma a country that is nearly three times bigger than Britain. If you are trying to place Myanmar (the other name for Burma) on a map, note that the country is to be found on the Asian continent. Burma shares a border with Bangladesh to the west, India to the northwest, China to the northeast and Laos and Thailande to the east. The entire west coast stretches in a fine coastline facing the golf of Bengal and the Andaman sea. Burma spreads over its whole length from north to south for 1,240 miles. The highest point in the country, which is also the highest summit in Southeast Asia, is Mount Hkakobo Razi at an altitude height of 19 295 feet. Burma also has the specificity of possessing different landscapes on its territory. You will find over there tropical forests, high mountains, plateaus and a long coastline.

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David Debrincat

Fauna and flora

Among the most typical fauna that you will discover during your stay here, are the the pink dolphins of Irrawaddy that you might be lucky enough to get a chance to admire. The Burmese cat with its long hair is a highly prized race the world over. As they are more wild, you will need a lot of luck to see a leopard and even more perseverance to come face to horn with one of the last rhinoceros of Burma. On the other hand, you will have no difficulty coming face to trunk with one of the 12,000 elephants who live on Burmese territory. It is estimated that half of this population lives in the wild. The others live in captivity and belong to private owners or to the government and are employed to give tourists a ride or to log wood in the forest.