Yok Don National Park
The largest of Vietnam’s nature preserves, Yok Don National Park (Vuon Quoc Gia Yok Don; 783 049; yokdon@dng.vnn.vn) has been gradually expanded and today encompasses 115, 545 hectares of mainly dry deciduous forest, with the beautiful Serepok River flowing through it.

Yok Don is home to 67 mammal species, 38 of which are listed as endangered in Indochina, and 17 of those endangered worldwide. The park habitat accommodates elephants, tigers and leopards, as well as nearly 250 different species of bird – including a pair of critically-endangered giant ibis (Thaumatibis gigantea), sighted in 2003. More common wildlife in the park includes deer, monkeys and snakes. In recent years previously unknown animals like the Canisauvus, a species of wild dog, have been discovered.

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Getting there & around
Local buses head from Buon Ma Thuot bus station to Yok Don National Park (US$1, 40km, eight daily). Motorbike taxis in Buon Ma Thuot can take you to the park for around US$7/10 one way/return.

Elephants can be hired overnight for 600, 000d per day.

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