Yok Don National Park (Vietnamese: Vườn quốc gia Yok Đôn) is a national park in the Krông Na area of Buôn Đôn District, Đắk Lắk Province, which is part of the Tây Nguyên region in Vietnam. It is located 40 kilometers west of Buôn Ma Thuột city. The park was created in 1991 to protect 582 square kilometers of a biological area known as khộp lowland forest. The total area of the park is 1,155.45 square kilometers, which does not include a buffer zone of 1,138.9 square kilometers. The park borders the Mondulkiri Protected Forest in Cambodia to the west and is possibly part of the largest protected area complex in Southeast Asia.

Biodiversity

Yok Don National Park has a mix of forests, including deciduous forests, mixed forests with some trees that lose leaves seasonally, and smaller areas of evergreen forests, especially on hills and near rivers. Scientists have found 474 types of vascular plants in the park.

Yok Don National Park is one of Vietnam’s most diverse forests, home to many plant and animal species. It is important for protecting animals that are endangered worldwide, such as the Indochinese tiger, Indochinese leopard, Indian elephant, and gaur. However, the numbers of these four species in the park have decreased significantly.