Gibbon Experience

The Gibbon Experience is part of a new(ish) approach to tourism, designed to preserve and cherish the assets of a country rather than unwittingly obliterate them. The Gibbon Experience is set deep in rural Northwest Laos – a two-hour drive and an hour’s trek from the nearest sizeable town. And that’s in dry season – in wet season a visit can involve a nine-hour trip there and back. Fair to say, it’s pretty remote.

The ancient forest of Bokeo Nature Reserve that we were heading for is home to Black-Crested Gibbons – attentive readers may by now have sussed the reason for the name of the project. These fabulous creatures were teetering on the edge of extinction through loss of habitat and poaching until the Gibbon Experience turned this on its head. Hunters became guides – using their tracking and forest skills to educate visitors rather than kill animals; local villagers became support teams for the project, rather than slash and burn farmers. Gradually, it became more profitable to preserve the forest and its precious inhabitants, which also include clouded leopards, wild cats, sun bears and a host of birds, insects and reptiles.

Trend Setting Tourism

The Gibbon Experience is a tourism-based conservation project. It is mainly known for its canopy set-ups featuring incredible tree houses and zip lines.  We believe a canopy-level tree house is a great nature observatory and a privileged spot to meet new friends, local or foreigner - far from ethnic oddities and related clichés.
By visiting our setup, worldwide travelers demonstrate their support to forest conservation. This form of daily lobby has a great potential to help preserve other nature hot spots. 

During your stay: Stay in the beautiful Tree houses, visit Nam Nga River and a fresh-water swimming pool and a charming waterfall. A series of very long ziplines flies you from mountain to mountain to the heart of the Nam Kan National Park and to the most giant tree to be found today in the Lao PDR.

For Booking and more information on this unique trip, please follow the link below.

P.O. box 400
Ban Houayxay, Bokeo Province, Lao P.D.R.
Tel : +856 84 21 20 21 / +856 30 57 45 866
e-mail: info@gibbonexperience.org

Source http://www.gibbonexperience.org/