Located in the country´s northwest near the border with Myanmar/Burma, a little over four hours from Vientane, this 1,360-square-kilometer (525-sq-mile) forest reserve is a magical eco-experience - feel like a character in a jungle or Tarzan movie, hiking through the woods, sleeping in the tree houses, and especially meeting the reserve´s marquee wildlife species: the Laoatian black-crested gibbon, via The Gibbon Experience, opened in 1996. The park is also home to 15 km (more than nine miles) of zip lines, including one of the world’s highest and longest - 1,870 ft across a forested valley (in fact, those who stay in the tree houses can zip line in and out of them).

Read more in Tripatini contributor Nadova Tours´ post 8 Exhilarating Experiences You Can Have Only in Laos.