Yok Don National Park is located at Dak Lak Province, composed of a flat plain and reaching as far as from Eastern Cambodia up to the Southern provinces of Gia Lai. It is situated within the borders of the four communes of the province namely Ea Bung and Chu M'Lanh Communes, Ea Sup District; Krong Na Commune, Buon Don District; and Ea Po Commune, Cu Jut District.

Yok Don's topography is flat with an elevation of 200 meters. It has a lowland landscape composed mostly of dry forest and seasonal pools. Semi-evergreen forests are located along watercourses. There are some low-range hills, the highest being Mount Yok Don in the South-EAstern range with a 482-meter elevation. Srepok River, a major branch of Mekong River, cuts through the park. There are several streams of which Dak Ken and Dak Na are the biggest, expanding into a serries of interrupted pools during the dry season.

Yok Don is rich in both flora and fauna life. Its flora life is composed of deciduous forest and semi-evergreen or mixed deciduous forest. The former is composed of the following: Dipterocarpaceae family (including Dipterocarpus tuberculatus, D, obtusifolius, and Shorea obtusa); Anacardiaceae; Combretaceae; Fabaceae; and Myrtaceae families. The canopy of the forest is open with thick, fire-resistant barks.

The latter, the semi-evergreen forest, has a closed canopy and five layers. Lagerstroemia calyculata; Shorea cochinchinensis; and Anisoptera scaphula are some of the species which can be found at the park. The evergreen forest on the otherhand, although limited and can only be found at the higher, South East part of the park, is thicker. It is composed of members of the Fagaceae; Euphoorbiaceae; Sapindaceae; Ebenaceae; and Meliaceae families.

Since deciduous forests generally have a lower floral diversity than evergreen forests, floral heterogeneity at Yok Don is also lower compared to the other national parks in Vietnam. Based on Anon's record in 1998, the park is home to 474 vascular plant species, 28 of which are listed in the Red Date Book of Vietnam. Yok Don National Park is recognized as one of seven “internationally important” Centres of Plant Diversity in Vietnam.

Yok Don is known for preserving big mammals such as the Asian elephant elephas maximus, gaur bos gaurus, banteng B. javanicus and tiger panthera tigris. Endangered mammals such as the eld's deer cervus eldii, black-shanked douc pygathrix nigripes, yellow-cheekedcrested gibbon hylobates gabriellae, giant ibis and sarus crane are also being conserved at the park. In fact, Yok Don is the only recognized area where the giant ibis can be seen, while the sarus cranes found at the park are the last known breeding individuals of its kind. Other animals being protected at Yok Don National Park are green peafowl, white-winged duck, masked fin foot, lesser, grey-headed fish eagles, white-rumped and red-headed vultures. But most of these animals are located at the Western area of the park, near the Cambodian border, of which visitors are not allowed.

Elephant riding is available at Yok Don National Park, a tradition among some ethnic groups in the Central Highlands and a growing tourist attraction in the place. Buon Don District, one of the communes of Dak Lak of which the park is bordering on, is known as the center for elephant riding in the province.

With its one-of-a-kind topography, biodiversity and tourism, Yok Don is truly a sight to behold and a beauty to protect.