Virachey National Park
A national park in northeast Cambodia covering about 3,380 square kilometres, on the borders with Laos and Vietnam. Its remote rainforest is reached from the Ratanakiri side, and it is a protected habitat for gibbons, elephants and tigers.
- Where
- Banlung, Ratanakiri, Cambodia
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 14.3257, 106.9980
Get the Virachey National Park stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Virachey National Park. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Ratanakiri volume with your photos and a note.
Near Virachey National Park
Yeak Laom Lake 66 km
A volcanic crater lake in Ratanakiri, close to Banlung. The round lake is about 800 metres across and ringed by forest, and is a sacred place for local highland communities. Visitors swim in its clear water, and a small cultural centre explains the area's minority peoples.
Yok Don National Park 184 km
A national park 40 kilometres west of Buon Ma Thuot, set up in 1991 to protect dry dipterocarp forest. At over 1,100 square kilometres it is one of the largest in Vietnam, and runs to the Cambodian border.
Pha Taem National Park 199 km
Sandstone cliffs above the Mekong at Thailand's eastern edge, looking straight across to Laos. A path along the cliff face passes prehistoric paintings of fish, people and hands, and the viewpoint here is among the first places in the country to see the sunrise.
My Son Sanctuary 200 km
A jungle valley of ruined brick temples built by the kings of Champa between the 4th and 13th centuries. They were raised to Shiva, worshipped here above all as Bhadreshvara, and the site is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Ba Na Hills 214 km
A hill station and resort in the Truong Son mountains west of Da Nang, reached by cable car. Up top are gardens, a mock French village and the gold bridge held up by two giant hands.
Golden Bridge 214 km
A 150 metre gold footbridge high in the Ba Na Hills, looping almost back on itself above the forest. Two giant hands, made of fibreglass and wire mesh but built to look like weathered stone, appear to hold it up.
Japanese Covered Bridge 224 km
A small roofed footbridge with a temple built into it, said to have been raised by Japanese merchants in the late 16th century. Repaired and renovated many times since, it still links two halves of Hoi An's old trading town.
Hoi An Ancient Town 224 km
A trading port that drew foreign merchants from the 15th to the 19th century, its streets still lined with more than a thousand preserved old houses. At its heart is the Japanese Bridge, and at night the riverside glows with silk lanterns.
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Questions
Where is Virachey National Park?
Virachey National Park is in Banlung, Ratanakiri, Cambodia. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Yeak Laom Lake (66 km), Yok Don National Park (184 km), Pha Taem National Park (199 km).
How do I get the Virachey National Park stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Virachey National Park and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Ratanakiri volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Virachey National Park before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Ratanakiri volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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