Description
Trekking in Phou Khao Khuay National Park
A great day of exploring the jungles of a national park and discovering waterfalls and swimming holes
Main info
private truck
Picnic lunch
trekking
Highlights
Discover the wonders of Phou Khao Khouay and travel into the heart of the jungle with our expert guides, ready to share their knowledge of Lao’s unique ecology
Discover four beautiful waterfalls deep in the jungle and take a moment to explore
Enjoy a unique traditional bamboo basket weaving
lesson with the locals at a small village, and make your
very own souvenir!
This 1 day excursion takes you out of Vientiane and into the countryside. In a small village you board a boat and travel up a river into the heart of the jungle. Hike through the jungle and explore the national park as local guides point out interesting plant life. Hike until you reach two waterfalls where you will have a chance to swim at the base of these falls in a natural pool.
What Will You Do
We leave Vientiane and travel to a small village on the edge of the national park. After exploring the village, we will spend some time with locals and enjoy a lovely traditional bamboo basket weaving session, where you will be able to create your own handicrafts. We then trek through an evergreen forest, slowly gaining elevation as we push deeper into the jungle.
Eventually we reach the scenic waterfalls of Tad Xay and Pha Xay, particularly beautiful during or just after the rainy season when they are in full flow, where we will enjoy a delicious picnic lunch. We have some free time at Tad Xay which has a great pool for bathing or swimming.
After relaxing under the waterfall we drive back to Vientiane, where you can be dropped off at your hotel or in the city centre to explore the city’s night life by yourself. Be sure to ask your guide for some recommendations for restaurants, cafes or bars.
Approximately: 2 hours transfer, 3 hours trekking
What to expect
This is a somewhat challenging trek as it is mostly uphill and can get muddy and slippery, especially during the rainy season.
Details
| Departure | Roughly at 8 am from Green Discovery office/your hotel |
| Return | Roughly at 5 pm to Green Discovery office/your hotel |
| Locations | Vientiane |
| What to bring | Hat, Sun-cream, comfortable clothes for trekking including trekking shoes, insect repellent, swimming clothes, towel, refillable water bottle |
| What is included | Drinking water, meals, English speaking guide, local guide/s, transport , government taxes, all entrance fees, travel permitse fees, taxes, lunch. |
Help us to become 100% single use plastic free company!
We try to avoid plastic as much as possible, that is why we encourage you to bring your own refillable bottle.
We have water refillable station at our office where you can fill up your bottle. If you don’t have one we sell the 0,75 L Green Discovery aluminium bottles at our sales office. At the moment we will still need to use plastic bottles in some of our tours but we hope to reduce it as much as possible. Together with The Green Discovery Sustainability Fund we are working on installing water filters in all the villages we are visiting and we hope in the future we will not need to use plastic bottles anymore.
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