Jungle Safari Camp 2 days Trek in Nam Ha NPA

Trip overview
This is an exceptional experience that takes us into the untouched jungle of the Nam Ha Protected Area. Using our expert guide, you will be exposed to and learn about rainforest survival skills such as setting up camp and building a traditional hunter’s self-made shelter from banana leaves and bamboo. The Wildlife jungle camp will give us opportunities to immerse ourselves nearby the river of the beautiful scenery, all while learning about medicinal plants and wildlife story. We will also have the chance to learn fire-making skills and cook food from local species collected along the way, fishing, or frog hunting. This will be a chance to try our hands at jungle survival through an authentic experience.

Itinerary
Day 1: Nam Ha Village-Campsite
At 9:00 am, meeting the group and tour guide briefly in the office, then we get on Tuk Tuk to the starting point. During the way on driving, we stop at the local market to buy some food supplies. Trekking point starts from Nam Ha village, here get a local guide who is well known the trail, herb, plant, wildlife track in that region. Then we begin trek through plantation for 10 minutes before getting into the untouched jungle of the Nam Ha National Protected Area in which you may encounter and hear some of wildlife or just see their track, picnic lunch will be stopping on the way when we are hangry. Our guides will share their ancestral knowledges about the traditional use of medicinal plants, edible leaves, teach us to set the traditional hunter camp and preparing a delicious Khmu jungle food, using the supplies and resources of the jungle for a truly unique experience. Thereafter, we continue the trek downhill through primary forest until campsite.

Day 2: Campsite-Nalan-Chalernsouk village
In the morning, we can get up early to enjoy many kinds of animals singing to another from the higher mountain tops around the campsite. After breakfast, prepare the belonging we’ll cross the Nam Ha River and walk to another side of the riverbank before we get to visit Nalan Village the village award ASEAN Standard of Community Based Tourism 2018, where we 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, we will have an easy two-hour hike down the mountain slope until we arrive at the Chalernsouk Village, where a Tuk Tuk driver will pick us back to Luang Namtha.

Detailed info & Pricing:

  • Tour ID: NT-TK-01
  • Duration: 2 days
  • Trekking grade: Moderate-difficult 

Highlight:

  • Visiting the village and minority group
  • Hiking through the dense forest in the Nam Ha NPA
  • Learning how the indigenous people use the nature resource of the jungle to survive and how to cook in the bamboo pipe or banana leaf in the jungle,
  • Enjoying a jungle picnic lunch style Khmu minority group.
  • Building your own camp

Pricing:
The price ranges from US$54/Person for 8 + Pax to US$154/Person for 1 Pax.

The price varies according to the number of participants. The price decreases as more tourists book the same trek!

Please contact us to check the availability of a tour & the number of people who have already signed up for the tour for an accurate pricing.

Price Includes:

  • English speaking/local guide
  • Accommodation (Jungle Camp)
  • Transportation as mentioned
  • Food and water as mentioned
  • Nam Ha National Protected Area entry fee
  • Community distribution
  • Government Taxes and charges

Optional:

  • Snacks, fruit, your own bottle of water
  • Your own medicine if you need it.
  • Sandals or flip flops

Other:

  • Please let us know in advance if you are vegetarian or other allergic.
  • Please be at our office at 8:30am
  • You are welcome to contact us beforehand if you have any questions.

What to bring:

  • A good pair of shoes for walking
  • A hat or cap
  • Sunglasses
  • Mosquito repellent/Insect repellent
  • Sunscreen
  • Raincoat (in rainy season, June-Sep)
  • Warm clothes and clothes to change.
  • Bathing equipment
  • Pocket money etc.
  • Please wear appropriate suits during the trek

Important Do’s & Don’ts:

  • Do not give individual gifts or money to children.
  • Ask before taking photos of people or spiritual items.
  • Help keep the trails clean by not littering.
  • Please purchase handicrafts but do not purchase antiques.
  • Do not remove any archeological remains from the site of the ancient temples.
  • Always stay with the guides
  • Do not use drugs.

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