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A sparsely
populated province, it is renowned for its unique natural
beauty and wealth of natural resources. The physical
and environmental characteristic of the province forms
an impressive range including undulating hills and mountains,
a level plateau, watershed lowlands, crater lakes, rivers
and waterfalls. Forest cover varies from area to area,
from the dense impenetrable forest in the northern reaches,
which are still rich in wildlife, to the drier and sparser
forest, found in the southwest. Similarly, the soil
types present range from rich volcanic soil to the sandy
soil found near rivers.
YEAK LOAM LAKE
 Yeak
Loam Lake is situated 5 km south - east of Banlung (capital
city of Ratanak Kiri). The Yeak Loam lake (volcanic
crater) is the most beautiful lake of Ratanakiri formed
by a volcanic eruption almost 4,000 years ago with 50m
deep, 800m diameter and a walking path around the lake
of 2,500 m. Two hundred meters of the track is a quaint
wooden building housing tribal handicraft, the Crafts
Museum.
KACHANG & KATIENG WATERFALL
 Kachang
Waterfall is situated 6km north - west of Banlung. This
Waterfall is located in the Kontung stream and flows
into the Sre Pok River. The height of it is 12m and
the water flows and falls throughout the year.A beautiful
or magnificent landscape and huge amounts of fresh mist
surround the waterfall.
The visitors can take a bath
and sit to look at the waterfall and other natural scenic
beauties.
OU'SENSRANOH & OU' SEAN LAIR WATERFALL
Ou'Sensranoh
Waterfall is situated 9 km south of Banlung. The height
of it is 18m and the water flows and falls all the time.
The visitors can go there rest and enjoy the fresh air,
or to see the forest and listen to the birds ' cries. Ou'Sean Lair Waterfall is situated 26 km, South of Banlung.
This Waterfall has 4 floors and the height of each floor
is 4m The water flows throughout the year. Around the
Waterfall are beautiful natural landscapes and the visitors
can go take a bath if they wish.
CHA UNG WATERFALL
Cha
Ung Waterfall is situated 8 km west of Banlung and it
flows throughout the year. The source of water creating
this Waterfall flowed from Eisey Patamak Mountain (
Svay Mountain ) . Below this Waterfall is a big hole,
visitors can stand or sit to watch the waterfall from
behind, and inhale he cool fresh air stemming from it.
LUMPHAT WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
 Lumphat
Wildlife Sanctuary is situated 37km south of Banlung.
With a total land area of 250,000 ha there are special
kinds of animals and birds like tigers, elephants, red-headed
vultures.
NOMG KABAT FOREST
Norng
Kabat Forest is situated 23 km north of Banlung. This
place has a pond. the visitors can go there to see the
animals and birds which comes to at the pond . Beside
this the tourists can go visit the ethnic villages,
ethnic culture (tradition belief, festival, dancing,
music).
VIRACHAY NATIONAL PARK
Virachay National Park is
situated 45 km north of Banlung. With a total land area of
332,500 ha. It has varieties of plants and trees in the forest
and many different kinds of animals and birds.
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