Kandawgyi Lake

Kandawgyi Lake (Burmese: ကန်တော်ကြီး pronounced ]; literally "great royal lake", formerly Royal Lake), is one of two major lakes in Yangon, Burma (Myanmar). Located east of the Shwedagon Pagoda, the lake is artificial; water from Inya Lake is channelled through a series of pipes to Kandawgyi Lake. It was created to provide a clean water supply to the city during the British colonial administration. It is approximately 5 miles (8 km) in circumference, and has a depth of 20 to 45 inches (50 to 115 cm).

The 150-acre (61 ha) lake is surrounded by the 110-acre (45 ha) Kandawgyi Nature Park, and the 69.25-acre (28-hectare) Yangon Zoological Gardens, which consists of a zoo, an aquarium and an amusement park.

The lake itself is bounded by Natmauk Street to its north and east, Bahan Street to its west, and Kanyeiktha Street to its south. The lake used to be the site of the Rangoon Rowing Club turned Kandawgyi Palace Hotel, which was gutted by a fire in 2017. Along the eastern shorelines of the lake is the famous Karaweik, a concrete replica of a Burmese royal barge built in 1972. It houses a buffet restaurant today.

On 15 April 2010, three bombs exploded in a road near to the lake in the afternoon during the Burmese New Year festival; 10 people were killed and 178 injured.

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Angel Dominguez
18 March 2013
Come early morning or before sunset, long pier walkways around lake, nice views, admission charged (2k kyat) on entry. Go to the zoo across the street while you're here.
Caprio Redorn
15 March 2018
The bridge that runs along the south is currently undergoing repairs (2018) so you are unable to walk the southern part of the lake.
Ankur Banerjee
28 March 2016
If you're trying to get to the Karaweik, there doesn't seem to be any way to do that through the park / lake itself - could be a lot of wasted energy trying to walk the length of the park to get there
Lover of Life
23 August 2017
Go to the eastern shore of Kandawgyi Lake there is a restaurant with this beautiful architecture.
Anders Bärlund
27 January 2019
This place must have been a thing of beauty in the past. Good to see what looks like a massive renovation effort ongoing throughout
I am Gie
17 October 2015
สวนสาธารณะมากๆ มีสระกว้างๆ ที่เดินเล่นเยอะแยะ เดินแล้วสบายใจดี ต้นไม้เยอะมาก ร่มรื่น
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