Location: Houapahn.1, 734 sq km

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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 Vietnamese border, comprising much of the upper catchments of the Nam Xam and the Nam NiamRivers. 40% of the area is above 1000m and several summits exceed 1500m. Forest is mainly mixed deciduous to
semi-evergreen in character, but valleys 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 heads south directly through the centre of the NPA.

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