This is an overnight trip to Muang Nalè along the Nam Tha River. The tour follows the at times rugged Nam Tha River road through Black Tai, Lanten, Khmu Rok and Tai Leu ethnic villages. You will be able to see silk weaving in the Black Tai villages and paper making during the cold season in the Lanten villages. The road skirts the edge of the Nam Ha National Protected Area, which borders the opposite bank. If the timing is right you may see the monthly traders' rendezvous in Ban Nam Jaleng.

Itinerary:
Day 1: Luang Namtha - Ban Mai - Ban Soap Dute - Ban Samtao – Nale (70 Km of rough dirt road)
We depart from the Boat Landing Guest House on the banks of the Nam Tha River. After a short orientation on how to use the bikes and the trip schedule, we start along the river road stopping first at Ban Mai, a Black Tai village, to learn about silk production and weaving. We continue down the river to Ban Soap Dute, a Lanten Village. In the cold season we will be able to see bamboo paper production. At the mouth of the Nam Ha River, we stop for a picnic lunch. We then pedal down along the river, passing Leu, Samtao and Khmu villages until reaching the town of Nale for the night.

Approximately: 15 minutes transfer/ 7 hours cycling

Day 2: Nale - Ban Pueng Cave - Nale (20 Km of rough dirt road)
After breakfast, we spend the day cycling around Muang Nale and to the Ban Pueng Cave for a visit. Picnic lunch is served en route. We return to Nale in the afternoon.

Approximately: 5 hours cycling

End of 2 days tour: After lunch we return to Luang Namtha. You can either ride the bicycle for the whole journey back or use the support vehicle (Approximately: 3 hours transfer or 7 hours cycling)

Day 3: Nale – Luang Namtha (70 km of rough dirt road)
Today we cycle the 70 km back to Luang Namtha or just cycle part way and ride the support vehicle the rest.

Approximately: 3 hours transfer or 7 hours cycling

Note: The trip is only doable in the dry season
(October-May)

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Where does your money go?
From 8 people on Muong Nale Cycling Tour 2 or 3 days 2008
Actual distribution may differ slightly from trip to trip due to exchange rates, changing costs and specific conditions of a particular tour

	: Green Discovery, overhead, equipment costs, marketing, product development, profit 30%
	: Villager 5%
	: Guides, drivers, restaurant, food 46%
	: Community-based Tourism Development Fund 6%
	: Taxes 13%

	: Green Discovery, overhead, equipment costs, marketing, product development, profit 30%
	: Villager 6%
	: Guides, drivers, restaurant, food 45%
	: Community-based Tourism Development Fund 6%
	: Taxes 13%

Green Discovery recognizes that the welfare of our business depends on the welfare of the people, communities and environment around us. It is for that reason that we take extra effort to ensure that benefits from our trips are distributed broadly. Each trip is a bit different but all trips benefit the local economy and contribute to protecting the environment. The guides, drivers, the food and most of the villagers benefit from your presence. Most notably you’ll see that every village we visit not only receives some of the money that you paid for the tour, they also are active business partners in the tour. We also pay $2 per day per person to the National Protected Area and set aside 10% of the above expenses for training of guides, villagers and development of more community-based tourism programs.

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