Nam Ha National Protected Area

Nam Ha—third largest of the National Protected Areas—869 square miles (2,224 km2)—is in the globally important northern Indochina subtropical moist forest along the border with China, Myanmar, and Thailand. It adjoins the Shaing Yong Protected Area in the Xishuangpanna National Nature Reserve of Yunnan, China.

Within its borders are at least 38 large mammal and 288 bird species, notably silver pheasants, Blythe’s kingfishers, short-tailed parrot-bills, rufous-throated fulvettas, rufous-necked hornbills, and pied falconets, some globally threatened or vulnerable.

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Phou Hin Phoun is a huge wild area, 610 square miles (1,580 km2), with turquoise streams, monsoon forests, striking irregular limestone outcrops and endangered douc and Francois’langurs.

Three other large NPAs with rare and threatened species that are open to tourism are PhouXang He in Savahnakhet province and Dong Hua Sao and Xe Plan, both in Champasak Province.

Laos has two distinct seasons—wet May–October, dry November–April. Vientiane is connected by air with Bangkok, Hanoi, Phnom Penh, and Kunming in China, and travel and lodging outside the city is readily available. There’s reasonably good bus service throughout most of the country. Internal flights can be unsafe. River taxi or long-distance boats are commonly used.

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