Xe Xap
Location: Salavan & Sekong. 1,335 sq km
Ecotourism Activities Available: None yet
Key Species: Two species of bears, gaur, dhole, serow, large antlered muntjac and tigers.
Habitat: Hill evergreen, semi-evergreen and pine forest. The NPA, which encompasses part of the Southern Annamite Mountains, is mostly steep terrain with high plateaus at about 1,400 m. There are very steep faces on the eastern and southern sides of the NPA, rising from 400 - 1,400 m. The highest peak, Dong Be, rises to 2,066 m.
Access: Access is via the road leading from Salavan to Ta-Oy and further east to Samuoy.
Xe Bang Nouan
Location: Salavan & Savanakhet. 1,260 sq km
Ecotourism Activities Available: None yet
Key Species: No detailed survey information available.
Dong Amphan
Location: Attapeu, 1,975 sq km
Ecotourism Activities Available: none yet
Key Species: Douc langur and buff-cheeked
gibbon,fishing cat Asiatic golden cat, clouded
leopard and tiger. Gaur, Trong Song muntjac
and small populations of Asian elephants.
There are a total of 280 bird species including
Siamese fireback, crested argus and the
woolly-necked stork & rufous-winged buzzard.
Dong Phou Vieng
Location: Savanakhet, 1,970 sq km
Ecotourism Activities Available: Trekking
Key Species: Douc and Francois’s langur,
elephants, cattle, tigers, pangolin, Oriental pied hornbill, great hornbill, wreathed hornbill and the white-rumped and red-headed vultures.
Dong Hua Sao
Location: Champasak, 1,100 sq km
Ecotourism Activities Available: none yet
Key Species: Elephant, grey-faced tit-babbler, yellow-cheeked gibbon.
Phou Xang Hae
Location: Savanakhet, 1,060 sq km
Ecotourism Activities Available: Trekking
Key Species: Douc and Francois’s langur, elephants, tigers and other big cats, bears and the bar-bellied pitta.
Xe Pian
Location: Champasak and Attapeu, 2,400 sq km
Ecotourism Activities Available: Trekking, bird watching and elephant riding.
Official Website: www.xepian.org
Key Species: Tiger, banteng, irrawaddy dolphin, Asian elephant, gaur, sun bear, Asiatic black bear, yellow-checked crested gibbon. The Xe Pian-Dong Hua Sao NPA gibbon population is of major global conservation significance. Xe Pian has the highest number of birds recorded for any NPA. Seven of these species have not been recorded in any other protected area in Laos. Important species include the giant ibis, black ibis, sarus crane, white-winged duck and the white rumped, long billed and red headed vulture.
Hin Namno
Location: Khammouane. 895 sq km
Ecotourism Activities Available: None yet
Key Species: Douc and Francois’s langur, giant muntjac, fruit bat, harlequin bat, great evening bat, wreathed and great hornbills and the sooty babbler.
Phou Xieng Thong
Location: Salavan & Champasak, 1,200 sq km
Ecotourism Activities Available: Trekking & orchid photography.
Key Species: Green peafowl, banteng and leopard.
Nakai-Nam Theun
Location: Khammouane. 3,710 sq km
Ecotourism Activities Available: None yet
Key Species: Three of the last five large
mammals to be discovered or rediscovered world-wide occured in Nakai. The most distinct of these remarkable discoveries is the Saola. Other newly discovered species are a small dark muntjac and Giant Muntjac The Indochinese warty pig was recently rediscovered in 1997 after being considered extinct. At least nine species of primates occur including pygmy loris, douc langur, Francois’ langur and white-cheeked gibbon.
