Ik heb zojuist geinformeerd naar de Gibbon Experience.. en omdat er in dit topic vrij veel over gesproken wordt, plaats ik het maar hier. Misschien kan bij 'alles over' gezet worden.
De experience is nu geen 125 euro meer, maar 180!
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Departure dates and fares (per person, individuals or groups alike):
Classic Gibbon Experience: 180 Euros (advance online payment)= Odd days: 1st, 3rd, etc
Waterfall Gibbon Experience: 180 Euros (advance online payment)= Even days: 2nd, 4th, etc
Tree Spa Gibbon Experience: 250 Euros (advance online payment)= Odd days: 1st, 3rd, etc
The Gibbon Experience includes:
* Exclusive access to the Bokeo Nam Kan National Park
* Transportation to and from the National Park
* Accommodation in a canopy-level tree house complete with runningwater, semi-private comfortable bedrooms, and a spectacular view
* Fire-cooked meals
* Unlimited access to an extensive canopy cable-gliding network forexploring the treetops
* Local guides with a good knowledge of the forest and a basic English
To make a *booking in advance*, please follow the next steps:
1- Send us an e-mail with your full name(s), passport number(s) and country of residence, and indicate your date preference for joining theGibbon Experience.
2- We will get back to you by e-mail with a possible date.
3- E-mail us to say if the date is suitable for you.
4- A Paypal money request will then be sent to your e-mail address.Follow the link and pay within 5 days the fare to the Gibbon Experience through Paypal (secure online payment, you just need avalid credit card or a Paypal account) to confirm your booking. Should you fail to proceed to this on line payment within 5 days, your booking will be cancelled. Please note that to change your trip dates upon availabilities, you haveto give us as much notice as possible. In case you were to cancel your trip, please refer to the _reimbursement in case ofcancellation _paragraph at the bottom of this e-mail.
5- Come to our office in Houayxay the day before departure (we closeat 7pm) to sign in. If you are coming from Louang Namtha by roadtransportation and prefer to sleep in Ban Donchai instead, pleasemention it in your e-mail and refer to the last paragraph of this e-mail.
To try a *last minute booking*, please come directly to our office.
PLEASE consider the use of cables only as a smart way to access thecanopy: making it the main purpose of your visit, you would lose outmost of the experience
The Gibbon Experience description for guests
*The Classic Gibbon Experience* is relaxing and peaceful, with only anhour of essential walking. You choose how you want to spend your time,there is no schedule; food will come when you are hungry, and the guideswill be around, at your service.
A group of twelve people departs on alternate days at 8:30 am for twonights in the Bokeo Nam Kan National Park.
*The Waterfall Gibbon Experience* takes you deeper into the reserve,trekking for two to three hours per day along the Nam Nga Valley.The waterfall tree house has a fresh-water swimming hole at the bottom,the others show sunsets overlooking several valleys or the Nam NgaRiver. Two groups of 8 people depart on alternate days at 8.30am and9:00 am for two nights in the Bokeo National Park, swapping tree houses on thesecond night.
*The Tree Spa Gibbon Experience* is designed to suit guests looking afteroptimal quietness and wildlife observation combined with a soothing massage service.Guests have access to the tree-top network of the Classic Gibbon Experience on top oftheir secluded canopy circus. A group of 4 to 6 people departs on alternate days at 8:30 for two nights in theBokeo Nam Kan National Park.
* * Travel time from Houayxay to the village of Baan Toup is about 3 hrs. Itis a difficult, 83 km trip that is either dusty or muddy depending onthe time of year. In the last village you will be welcomed by local guideswho will take care of you from there. From the village, it is aone-hour, mostly uphill hike to get to the canopy infrastructure. Whenyou arrive, you will put on a harness and glide across a cable to enterthe first tree house. There you will be informed about important thingsto know in and around the tree houses. You will split up in smallergroups and reach your other tree houses scattered in the National Park.(1 to 3 hours of cabling and trekking depending on your tree house).We offer a more private tree house for two people, which you can reservewhen booking.
On the first afternoon the guides will take you on a two-hour hike tobecome familiar with the cable network. On the second day you can usethe cables, relax in your tree house or go for short hikes on your own.Dawn, on day two and day three, is the best time for wildlifeencounters. The project received its name because the black gibbons(Nomascus concolor lu) sing on most days and hearing them is anexperience unlike many others; however, The Gibbon Experience is not awildlife park. We are visitors in their territory, which is veryextensive, so we cannot guarantee gibbon sightings. On the third day youwill leave from the first tree house at approximately 10:00 am. Ourdriver will then take you from Baan Toup to Houayxay unless you preferto wait for the bus to Louang Namtha from the National Park Gate, in whichcase you will generally arrive in Louang Namtha the same evening.
Take only the essentials to your tree house, in other words, only thoseitems you are willing to carry for at least an hour. These shouldinclude a *flashlight, *gloves or old socks and mosquito repellent.Towels, mosquito net and bedding are provided in your tree house.You may leave your large backpack in the office in Houayxay or inthe village of Baan Donchai if you plan to travel on to Louang Namtha.Don't forget to charge your camera batteries ahead of time!
The Gibbon Experience is truly unique. We take great pride in the factthat, as far as we know, there is nothing else like it in the world, andwe love to see our guests experiencing the magic that lasting memoriesare made of. We look forward to sharing it with you! You can find our office in Houayxay (pronounced "way sigh") on the mainroad, just north of the immigration checkpoint (upriver) on the side ofthe street closest to the Mekong. Make sure you pop in our office theday before the car leaves to the forest, so we can tell you more aboutour program and discuss the last important things before you leave the next day.Please email or call to make a reservation. Thank you!
