Day1: Bountai town – Huaykhong village (_/L/D)

Today, we start from your guesthouse to Huangkhong village at 7:00 am in the morning by a private car, it takes 45-1 hour. After driving, we will start hiking up from Huaykhong village to the top of mountain (around 1100 meters high from sea level) to see the best view point, this is the best place where you break to take your time for enjoying the landscape, views and make photos before going down. For lunch time, we can break somewhere on the trek for having a picnic lunch, the local food is carried by your local guide. The n walking down through the jungle, go along river and cross it a few times and go up and down to village, it takes between 6,5 and 7 hours. When we arrive the village in the evening, we will spend the night with local family who are the host and have local food for dinner that they offer.

Approximately: 45-1 hour by a private car, 6-6,5-hour walking. Trekking level: quite difficult and hard.

Day2: Chakhamsao village – back town (B/L/_)

Early in the morning, we spend our time to explore the village to meet local people and see the activities what they do for their living. After having breakfast, we will walk down on the bumpy road to our private car, it takes 1-1,5 hour. On the hike, you can see the rice and sugar cane fields and enjoy the views and landscapes.

Note:

• In this day, if you are planning to stay in Bountai follow our trekking program, on the way drive back, we have a lot of time to explore two more villages. In those villages, you can meet people and see the activities what they do during the day such as: weaving the stool for seating by baboo/ratan, dry rice on the mat in the sun, weaving, making knife and etc. and then drive back town. For having lunch, it depends on your time (have lunch in village or drive back town).
• if you are planning to catch your bus at 11:00 am and leave Bountai, we will take our private car drive back directly to the bus station in Bountai, it takes 1-1,5 hour to make sure you can have your bus

Approximately: 1-1,5 hour by a private car, 1-1,5-hour walking. Trekking level: easy.

• Starts: 7:00 am
• End: 10:30/1-2 pm

What you should bring for the trek: good shoes/boots, long pants, long sleeves, hat, rain coat, flashlight, sun scream, mosquito spray, cloths and flip-flops for changing, towel for washing/taking shower (taking a shower in opened public), equipment.

Trekking price: per person in Lao kip.

The price is included: drinking water, local food, all entry fees, family homestay, private transport mentioned in the program, English speaking guide, government taxes.