Virachey National Park

This park (admission US$5) is one of the largest protected areas in Cambodia, stretching for 3325 sq km east to Vietnam, north to Laos and west to Stung Treng Province. The park has never been fully explored and is home to a number of rare mammals, including elephants, clouded leopards, tigers and sun bears, although your chances of seeing and of these beasts are extremely slim. However, you'll probably hear endangered gibbons and might spot great hornbills, giant ibises, Germain's peacock-pheasants and other rare birds. So important is the park to the
Mekong region that is was designated an Asean Heritage Park in 2003. However, the bad news is that it is seriously under threat from developers and Cambodian authorities have already sold more remote regions of the park to Vietnamese rubber plantation developers.
    Virachey has one of the most organised ecotourism has one of the most organised ecotourism programs in Cambodia, focusing on small-scale culture, nature and adventure trekking. The program aims to involve and benefit local minority communities. All treks into the park must be arranged though the Virachey National Park Eco-Tourism information Center in Ban Lung.

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