Key Species: Tiger, muntjac and guar.
Numerous gibbon species, small elephant
population, marbled cat, high densities of
grey peacock pheasant, Blyth’s kingfisher,
and beautiful nuthatch. Two bird species
not recorded in any other NPA are brown-throated
tree-creeper and yellow-bellied weasel.
Habitat: Steep hills ranging from 350 m - 1809 m
close to the Vietnamese border, comprising much
of the upper catchments of the Nam Xam and the
Nam Niam Rivers. Some 40% of the area is above 1,000 m and several
summits exceed 1,500 m. Forest is mainly mixed deciduous to
semi-evergreen in character, but valley bottoms and
lower hills are dominated by permanent and shifting
cultivation, and there are large secondary growth areas
of scrub and bamboo.
Access: Difficult access on a rudimentary track
from the Viengxai-Vietnamese border road, which heads
south directly through the centre of the NPA.
