This 1 day trek is ideal for someone who wants to do some trail hiking, see different types of agriculture and mixed forest and visit a variety of nearby ethnic groups. The tour has an easy and a more challenging option. The tour starts on the broad open rice fields of the Namtha Valley at the Lanten Village of Ban Nam Dee. It wanders up into the hills above the valley through a local reserve forest. You will see terraced upland rice paddies and visit the Sida ethnic group, a Tibeto-Burman group which only has two villages in Laos. On the way back return to the starting point of Ban Nam Dee and refresh yourself at the village’s waterfall.

Itinerary: Luang Namtha - Ban Nam Dee – Ban Sida – Ban Nam De - Luang Namtha
An early start will give us the chance to see and do more along the way. The trip starts at the Lanten Village of Ban Nam Dee. Learn a bit about the village before heading up into the hills. The trail will go through mixed forest, upland fields, terraced paddy and cross streams. For lunch you have the choice of having a picnic in a hut in the rice paddy or eating in the house of one of the villagers.

In Ban Sida visit with the village and learn a bit about the life of this small ethnic minority group in the hills. Have our guide ask the villagers to tell the story of how they got separated from their relatives by the banana trees growing on the trail. The easy option is to return the same way that you came. The more challenging trail will take you up from Ban Sida along a ridge with expansive views of mountains area before descending through reserve forest. The trip ends at the Lanten village of Ban Nam Dee where you can spend some time resting at the village’s waterfall. The water isn’t deep enough to swim in, but the falls make up for a wonderful refreshing shower. Bring clothes to get wet in!

Approximately: 15 minutes transfer / 6 hours trekking

* Maximum of 8 per tour | Booking »

*Note: during the rainy season you have to return the same way went to Ban Nam Dee.

1 day tours cannot be booked in advance by Email. Please visit our respective branch office directly.

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Where does your money go?
From 8 people Ban Sida 1 Day Trip in 2009
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 23%
	: Villager 19%
	: Guides, drivers, restaurant 28%
	: Nam Ha NPA 11%
	: Community-based Tourism Development Fund 6%
	: Taxes 15%

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 vendors, 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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