Mt. Hkakaborazi - towers 6,432 meters above sea level was
conquered only once in the history Located in the Kachin State,
situated in the extreme North of Myanmar and is perennially
snow-capped, being part of the Eastern Himalayan region. The
Hkakaborazi protected area covers 3812 square kilometers and the
headwaters of the great Ayayarwaddy river, Myanmar's main artery
for commerce and navigation, are to be found here.
Accessibility is difficult in the Hkakaborazi region. Streams have
to be crossed on precarious rattan bridges slung across the gorges
sometimes hundreds of feet above the rushing torrents and rocky
streambeds. For the most part, journeys are made on foot along
footpaths that hug the mountainsides and wind through dense jungle
undergrowth. The ethnic minorities inhabit in the Hkakaborizi area
are of Kachin, Rawan and include the fast remaining members of the
Tarong tribe, an endangered race of diminutive people none of whom
are more than 4 feet in height.
The tree rhododendron is indigenous to this mountain area, and of
the 600 knows species of rhododendria, 118 were collected here by
the English botanist Farrer in 1919-20. Wild orchids also bloom in
great profusion on Hkakaborazi. Nineteen species of pine were,
also identified including species being the striking "Blue Pine" (pirus
wallichiana). One hundred and thirty four avian species were also
recorded, among them being two on the endangered list, viz, the
Impeyan Pheasant (lophophorous impejanus) and the Blood pheasant (Ithaginis
cruentis).
Fifteen rare species of pheasant were also observed, including the
chestnut thrush and the Red-tailed laughing thrush, specimens of
which were plentifully encountered. The Hkakaborazi region is the
home of the rare "Blue Sheep" (pseudois sp)", the Red Goral (Naemorhaedus
cranbrook, the Takin (Budorcas taxi color), the serow (Capriconis
sumatrensis) and the Black Barking Deer (Muntiacus crinifrons).
The presence of criniforms in northern Myanmar has never been
recorded in the scientific literature, but this species was
founded to be thriving in the icy mountains of the Hkakaborazi
reserve.
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