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Code: |
CATK 02 |
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Routes: |
Stung Treng - Rattanakiri
(Banlung) - The Kroeung territory - The
Jarai territory - Banlung - Phnom Penh |
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Duration: |
4 Days |
Itinerary in brief
Day 1: Phnom
Penh - Rattanakiri (Banlung)
Day 2: The Kroeung territory
Day 3: The Jarai territory
Day 4: Banlung - Phnom Penh
It is a land of rivers, waterfalls
and fields of bright yellow wild sunflowers.
Where "highlanders" worship the spirits of the
land and their ancestors who lived the same life
far back into the past, beyond memory.
Ratanakiri province offers a completely unique
experience.
Detail Itinerary
Day 1:
Phnom Penh - Rattanakiri (Banlung)
Pick up at hotel, then transfer to the airport
for flight to Rattanakiri, upon arrival Banlung,
capital of Rattanakiri, nicknamed "the Red City"
because of the omnipresent laterite, then
transfer to Terres Rouges Lodge (superb house
made of precious wood located by a lake and in
the middle of one acre of garden), to have
lunch. Then we leave in jeep on a bumpy road to
the discovery of the surrounding waterfalls.
Teuk Cha Ong is the most impressive of
them. Then trip to the Yak Laom Lake in its
extinct volcano and time enjoy a swim and the
beauty of that place surrounded by the jungle.
Dinner & night at
Terres Rouges Lodge
Day 2:
The Kroeung territory
Full
North today, in direction of Laos and the
village of Taveng. We first cross the curious
extent of volcanic rocks of Veyrum Plâng: a lava
field in the forest with a small waterfall
nearby (only in the wet season though) and what
locals call tiger caves. As we go north to
Taveng, we cross different types of landscapes :
primary forest, clear forest, bamboo forest and
“african” bush. We stop at a few nice Kroeung
villages located quite far away in the forest.
The Kroeung people have the particularity of
erecting bachelor houses standing on very long
bamboo poles, these houses will remain so till
the young man finds a wife, then, they are
destroyed. The right time to see them is usually
from February to august. We have lunch at small
waterfall lost in the forest and we go on to
visiting villages. Dinner & night at Terres
Rouges Lodge
Day 3: The Jarai territory
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
Terres Rouges Lodge.
Day 4: Banlung - Phnom Penh
Shopping at the Banlung market before the flight
to Phnom Penh in the late morning.
Arrive in Phnom Penh and transfer to hotel.
Included :
- Activities described in the programmer
- Accommodation
- Every meals except extra drinks
- All transfers and transportation
- All entry fees to natural sites and reserves
- Domestic flight Phnom Penh - Ratanakiri- Phnom
Penh
- Domestic airport tax
- English speaking tourguide
Excluded :
- Personal expenses and drinks
Note: The program could be slightly modified if
necessary (broken bridge or flood for example).
Anyhow a replacement activity would be found so
that the quality and the interest of the journey
are not altered.
