Phibsoo Wildlife Sanctuary

Phibsoo Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected reserve in western Sarpang District that stretches across varying elevations and contains diverse habitats. The terrain ranges from lowlands to hills and creates conditions for different animal and plant species.

The area was originally known as Phibsoo Reserved Forests and officially became a wildlife sanctuary in 1993. A comprehensive protection plan was put into place in 2012 to guide long-term management of the land.

The sanctuary is rooted in the Nichula and Singye communities, where families have long maintained ties to this landscape. They use certain areas in traditional ways and share the land with the wildlife that inhabits it.

The sanctuary is managed from two ranger stations that serve as starting points for visits and observations. Visitors should expect uneven paths and changing conditions, as this is a wild and minimally developed location.

The sanctuary is home to eight different cat species living side by side, an unusually high diversity of these predators in one place. This makes it a rare location where most of these elusive hunters can be found together.