15 Ng. 100 Đ. Nguyễn Xiển, Thanh Xuân Nam, Thanh Xuân, Hà Nội 100000
Now you can discover Nam Ha National Protected Area-an ASEAN Heritage Siteby hike through mountains of the jungle forest, explore real nature and wild lifestyle, overnight in the riverside camp near the Nam Ha River, enjoy traditional local food prepared with selected forest spices (bamboo cooking), fishing on the Nam Ha river and visit the countryside of Khmuthe village award ASEAN Standard of Community Based Tourism 2018 to learn about their lifestyle, culture and traditional.
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More Information about Treks
Do I have to be very fit to do a trek?
For the first day we have to trek 4-6 hours include relaxing along the trail. No transfers for pick up who can’t trek. If you can’t trek on the second day that we can use kayaks travel along the Nam Ha River. For the longer treks you need to be reasonably fit, but a lot depends on your own flexibility. You will not sleep as well as usual because of the primitive way of sleeping and the sounds of the village.
In the jungle
During the trek there will be hardly any flat parts. All the paths are used by the local people. Sometimes the path is overgrown, and the guide has to use his machete. We walk through dense jungle of Nam Ha National Protected Area, before arrival village we will walk through open areas, plantations of the hill tribes and sometimes along or through rivers. If you want, you can hire a porter to carry your luggage.
River Camp
Built up by local people of Nam Ha & Nalan Village (Khmu tribes) who will serve your service when you stay overnight there. The camp very basic made by woods and bamboo located on the bank of Nam Ha river. The camp will provide sleeping bag and mosquito net.
Village Passing
Nalan Village the village award ASEAN Standard of Community Based Tourism 2018, where your will learn about Khmu lifestyle, culture, and traditions. The village started tourism since 1999 that you know Nam Ha Ecotourism the first project in Laos PDR. In the village they offer homestay, local foods, local guides and many activities as traditional performant, rice husking, bamboo baskets, bamboo cup, blacksmith, archery and etc.
When is the best time to do a trek?
This is very hard to say. During the Laos winter, from November to February (the high season), the weather is the best (not to warm in the daytime, no rain and cool to cold in the nighttime). During the summer (March to May) it will be very hot in the daytime but there are few tourists. During the rainy season (July to September) the nature is at its most beautiful with green forests and beautiful natures. Walking can be hard sometimes after or during a tropical shower.
What you should bring on a trek
Sleeping bag (in winter) or sheet bag (in summer), mosquito net (only for sleeping in the camps the local guide will bring for you. No need if you overnight homestay in the village), small backpack, T-shirt, short pants, long pants, towel or sarong, pair of socks, long sleeve shirt, pair of slippers, pair of shoes, swimsuit, soap, shampoo, toothbrush /toothpaste, mosquito spray, sun cream, flash light, 2 liter drinking water for the first day (buy at day 1 first stop), hat or cap, first aid kit, toilet roll
Extra in Rainy Season (June-October) = Raincoat and Hiking Boots
Extra in Cold Season (November-February) = (Jacket and Warm Pants)
The luggage you do not take on the trek you can leave in the store room at your hotel or our office as well as passport, ticket and travelers cheques which they will put in their safe. Good hiking boots are essential in the rainy season but also very handy in the other months. You can buy water in the villages.
In the mountains it is a few degrees cooler than in Luang Namtha town. During winter it can even be cold, a few degrees Celsius above Zero. Please remember this when you do a trek during this time.
What you should NOT take on a trek
Passport, Flight ticket and Travelers Cheques. Whenever you lose your passport you have to go to Vientiane to get a new one. Also, a tropical shower can reduce your precious papers to something else. At the safe in your hotel your belongings will be safe!
Make sure that your photo or film camera is packed water proof, nature here is unpredictable
Candies for the children would be nice but they usually can’t go to the dentist easily. A donation for the village or village school is a better idea.
Bank notes in high denominations will be a problem changing them in smaller ones
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Day 1: Doiluckkam-Riverside Camp.
8:30AM pick you up from your hotel in Luang Namtha by Tuk-Tuk, is roughly half an hour ride to Doiluckkam, where a local Khmu guide will join you on your journey. The first day’s pace is moderate though the Nam Ha NPA where the guide will share some of his knowledge of edible and medicinal plants. Next, you will be hiking uphill to see several massive old trees, many types of bamboo and diverse forest plants. If you travel quietly you may see some wild animals. Our Khmu man will prepare the traditional picnic lunch. After lunch the trek continues down from the mountain to your riverside camp, which we should reach by around 4:30 pm. You spend a night near the Nam Ha River. Besides resting, you are free to go fishing for dinner with your Khmu guides, stroll around the camp or opt for a refreshing swim in the Nam Ha River close to your camp.
Day 2: Riverside Camp-Nalan Village-Chalernsouk Village.
In the early morning you are likely to hear many kinds of animals communicating with one another from the higher mountain tops. You might be very fortunate if you spot some moving through the forest. Before breakfast, early risers are free to take a walk around the camp. (Please, be always mindful about the dos and don’ts in these fragile cultures), ask your guide if you are not too sure what is correct). After breakfast, prepared by our guide, you’ll cross the Nam Ha River and walk through fields, next you’ll get to visit NalanVillage the village award ASEAN Standard of Community Based Tourism 2018, where your will learn about Khmu lifestyle, culture, and traditions. Then there is a hike uphill through forest. Traditional lunch will be prepared on the forest path. Thereafter, you will have an easy two-hour hike down the mountain slope until you arrive at the ChalernsoukVillage, where your driver will be waiting for you and shuttle you back to Luang Namtha.
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