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Boualapha Limestone Forest Experience

(3 days long-tail boat, kayaking, trekking, dry season)
 

This trip takes us through the Hin Namno National Protected Area. Spend a day exploring a cave and another day hiking to a deafening waterfall. See the forest, the wildlife and the people who live in the forest.

Cave

Itinerary:
Day 1: Thakhek – Pak Thung - Ban Tham Namlort

Departing from Green Discovery Laos office, we take a 3 hours drive on an unpaved road through a landscape of limestone mountains. We stop for lunch at the boat landing of Pak Thung.

After lunch, we get on a local motorboat for the 2 hours trip past forested karsts around the Xe Bang Fai River. We arrive in the village of Ban Tham Namlort at around 5:00 pm and settle into the village lodge (home-stay style). Take a walk to explore the village!

Approximately: 3 hours transfer / 2 hours long-tail boat / 2 hours walk

Day 2: Ban Tham Namlort - Tum Lot Cave – Camp Site
After breakfast at 9:00 am, we paddle in inflatable kayaks steadily upstream for 500 meters through 2-3 small rapids to the Tum Lot Cave. We paddle into the cave to a 100 meters tall waterfall inside the cave. There is time to explore the cave and see the numerous stalactites and stalagmites. We then paddle through the cave for 5 km to the other side, have there a picnic lunch and return the same way. At the mouth of the cave we camp on the sandy river bank.

Approximately: 7 hours kayaking

Waterfall

Day 3: Camp Site - Thakhek
Rise early, have a nice breakfast, and break camp... we are ready to paddle the kayaks 500 meters to where a tractor will be waiting for the 1 hour trip to the starting point of today's trek. This is a 3 hours jaunt through an easy old growth forest with abundant birdlife to a very large waterfall in the Hin Namno National Protected Area. Picnic lunch is served at the waterfall. We then walk back to the trail head where the pick-up is waiting to take us back to Thakhek.

Approximately: 3 hours transfer / 15 minutes kayaking / 30 minutes tractor /3 hours trekking

Note: The trip is doable in the dry season from October to May

Information

Price per person - KH-T-05
1 person 441 US$
2 persons 237 US$
3 persons 169 US$
4 persons up 135 US$
Private surcharge per group 147 US$

* Maximum of 12 per tour | Booking »

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Depart from
Green Discovery Laos, Thakhek office
Arrival at
Thakhek
Start time
8:00 am
End at
5:30 pm day 3
Duration
3 days
Departure date
Daily
Activities
Kayaking , long-tail boat, trekking
Trek Grade
2-3
Transport
Truck , long-tail boat, kayaking, tractor
Accommodation
Day 1: Village Lodges or home-stay, day 2: camping
Meals
Lunch day 1 to lunch day 3 (7 meals)
What to bring
Hat, sun-screen, camera, clothes to get wet, firm but light shoes to get wet, mosquito repellent, flash light, change of clothes for the evening, sarong for bathing
What is included
Water, meals, English speaking guide, accommodation and transport as listed above

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