Xe Bang Nouan
Location: Salavan & Savanakhet. 1,260 sq km
Ecotourism Activities Available: None yet
Key Species: No detailed survey information available.
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.
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.
Phoun Hin Boun
Location: Khammouane. 1,690 sq km
Ecotourism Activities Available: Trekking,
rafting, kayaking, caves.
Key Species: Francois’ langur sub-species
called laotum, Assamese macaques and
gibbons, Asian elephant, gaur, tiger, serow,
43 species of bat, sooty babbler and limestone leaf warbler.
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.
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.
Nam Kading
Location: Bolikhamxai. 1,690 sq km
Ecotourism Activities Available: None yet
Key Species: Elephant, gaur, giant muntjac, gibbons, sooty babbler and rufous-throated fulvetta, river lapwing, wreathed and great hornbills and large otters.
