Jungle Experience 1 Day Trek in Nam Ha NPA

Trip overview
This jungle experience 1 day trek will include visiting the village of Khmu and Lanten minority group, walking through the dense forest in the Nm Ha NPA, learning about herb, edible plant, 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.

Itinerary
Departure from the office by Tuk-Tuk at 9:00 am to the Southwest, which is about 40 minutes on transportation to the starting point. During the way we stop at a local market for supplies and again stop at Chalernsouk village to pick a local guide who is well known the trail, herb, plant, wildlife track in that region. Then we begin the gradually ascent trek from Doiluckkam (Lao word for Gold Mountain) 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 tracks only. Our guides will share their ancestral knowledges about the traditional use of medicinal plants, edible leaves, and finding a suitable location to stop for preparing a delicious Khmu picnic lunch, using the supplies and resources of the jungle for a truly unique experience. Thereafter, we continue the trek downhill through primary forest until rice paddy cultivated lands. At around 3-4 pm we will end the trek at Nam Ha village, Khmu Tribal village, which we will visit shortly after. The Tuk-Tuk will get us back to Luang Namtha town.