ECO TOUR: MOUNTAIN REFRESHMENT

ECO TOUR: MOUNTAIN REFRESHMENT 04DAYS / 03NIGHTS

Day 1: Arrive Phnom Penh around noon – Visa processing – meet with guide for transfer to hotel. Afternoon half-day City Tour, National Museum of Khmer Arts, Silver Pagoda on the same ground of Royal Palace, River Front Park, renowned Wat Phnom and Boat cruise along Mekong River bank. Overnight Phnom Penh. {L & D}

Day 2: Flight to Banlung, excursion to the waterfalls
In the morning transfer from hotel for fly to Banlung, the capital of Ratanakiri, nicknamed the “Red City” because of the omnipresent laterite. Transfer to Terres Rouges Lodge (superb house built of precious wood, located by a lake, in the middle of a wonderful garden), then lunch at the Lodge.
In the afternoon, departure for a small trip through rubber plantations towards the nearby waterfalls; we end up with a detour to Yaklaom lake, a beautiful and perfectly-round stretch of water, surrounded by forest, for a late afternoon swim. Dinner & Night at Terres Rouges. {B, L & D}

Day 3: The Tampoun totems
Direction northwest today, we cross bamboo forests before reaching the village of Voeune Saï located on the left bank of the Sé San river ; the view on the Chinese village on the other side of the river is quite pretty. Besides, this place is nearly a Chinese enclave in Cambodian territory, most villagers, who are there the thirties, don't even speak Khmer. Upstream of the Se San are a certain number of Tampoun villages that practice funeral statuary ; if it is possible, we will rent a boat to go to the village of Ka Choan that has superb totems, if not we will reach it by jeep.
Dinner & night at the Lodge. {B, L & D}

Day 4: Ratanakiri, Over and Out…
Early departure for a quick shopping tour in Banlung market before taking the plane back to Phnom-Penh for connect flight back home. End of Service. {B}