Adventure Jungle Mountain Trek in Kachock Area: 5 Days
Highlights
Beautiful panoramic views, submerge in the semi-evergreen dry jungle, an amazing boat trip with breathtaking on the SeSan River, waterfalls, creeks and small streams, enjoy a swim, jungle camping, and engaging indigenous communities
Short Description:
Close to the Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia triangle, a beautiful jungle awaits for your discovery. Its name is Virachey Forest.
In this part of Virachey jungle, we conduct an interesting adventure trekking from 1- 6 days.
Itinerary
Day 1: (Approximately 4 hours jungle trekking, discovery jungle & camping)
Day 2:(Approximately 4-6 hours of trekking & camping)
Around 7 am the guide and ranger get up to make the campfire going and boil water for coffee or tea. They start preparing breakfast. After you enjoyed your breakfast and the campsite is cleared, today you will trek deeper into the pristine forest, learning about different jungle plants with great chance to see silvered langur, giant hornbills, and some trees that have been crashed by bears to eat insects. We start this day by following the small stream further upstream. In the dry season we can walk close to the stream while in the wet season we walk higher through dense vegetation. You will spent the whole day trekking through primary forest. We take regular breaks to take pictures and be taught about the forest plants.
We take some gentle hill slopes up and down, cross a few small creeks and enjoy the silence of nature. At the end of the day we reach the campsite for the second night. This campsite is also close to a small stream at a large open space of stone field surrounding by jungle. You can take a refreshing bath and relax a little while you cool of and rinse the sweat off of your body. Enjoy dinner with candle light at the campfire.
At night time after enjoying dinner, you can go for a short safari night trek try to spot nocturnal species like slow loris, flying squirrels, fawn-deer, reptiles and other native wildlife. The night trek is sure to be an exceptional experience. However, there is no guarantee for wildlife seeing!
Day 3: (Approximately 4-5 hours of trekking & camping)
At between 6-7am if you can get up you’ll hear the calling of gibbons from different families, they call to mark their territory and sometimes they go across some close to where we camp as well!
After a good night’s rest and breakfast, you pack your luggage and then trek for around 5 hours. You will at times veer off the beaten track, expect your guide and ranger to use their machete to clear some trails!
Tonight you camp by a big waterfall, where you can enjoy swimming and refreshing at a picturesque place.
Day 4: (Approximately 4-5 hours of trekking & camping)
In the morning you rise early. You enjoy a hot coffee or tea. Breakfast will be prepared on a wood fire. After breakfast you organize your back-packs while the team untie the hammocks and prepare for the day. This part of the track is mainly of the beaten track. So you can expect dense vegetation where a path is often cut with a machete. Beautiful forest with lush vegetation. At some points (this can vary by the season because of the trees canopy) there are some panoramic views to enjoy. You have lunch at a small river around noon you’ll get to a nice spot for a one hour break to enjoy lunch. You change direction and loop in southern west direction to Koh Peak village spend time to learn about the culture, tradition, lifestyle and livelihood of the Kachock tribe who live next to the park. Learn how local brew their jar wine and the way they process their own Tabaco grown in their garden. Dinner will be with the local family, it is time to taste local diet and sharing stories with them. You will stay overnight with one of the local family. Kachock are very friendly people but they have no greeting with Words like’’ Hello and How are you’’ as it is not something in their mindset since their ancestors! All they say when seeing you is just’’ Ghai Doc?’’ it means where are you going and ‘’Doc ghai ?’’= what you are doing ?
Day 5: (approximately 4km walking, swimming, visiting sacred cemetery, and return to Banlung
7:00 – 8:00: Rising up, packing and ready to leave After breakfast, you’ll pack your back-packs and then walk to visit the sacred Kachah cemetery. This cemetery has remarkable high wooden statues that resemble the deceased. Your guide will provide you details about the animist beliefs of the indigenous people. And then you walk to visit the old dam that was constructed by the Khmer Rough to learn some history of the past. Lunch will be in the village and then you walk to SeSan river and take a ferry across it. From here, you are transferred back to Banlung arriving in Banlung at around 4:00pm.
Prices:
1 Person: $75 per day
2 People: $42 per person/day
3 – 4 People: $35 per person/day
5 – 7 people: $32 per person/day
8 – 10 people: $28 per person/day
The prices include:
- Transportation by moto or 4x4WD (1-3 people by moto, 4 people up by 4x4WD)
- A good english speaking guide
- Indigenous ranger / expert tracker
- Meals meals : B, L, D
- Water ,coffee and tea
- Boat trip
- All camping gear: hammock, mosquito net, blanket & tent
- All entrance fees
The prices exclude:
- Personal expenses
- Snacks
- Tips
- Insurance
- Breakfast before the trek
- Dinner after the trek
Things to bring:
- During the actual trek: long trousers, T-shirt, bathing suit, closed shoes, sun cream, insect repellent, sun glasses, camera, small first aid kit, toileteries
- During the night: a set of clothes for the night, sandals or flip flops, towel.
Note: From November till half February nights can be cold.
If you are an individual, we will try and pair you up with another group. If this is not possible and you still wish to do the trek then we will have to charge you a single supplement at the rate of 90% of two people. For a private trek please ask for the price. Treks run throughout the year, in both wet and dry seasons.
*Please Note:
Safety is our main priority, we will do our best to provide a safe, fun and memorable trips to all our guests!
***Important note:
This itinerary is written based on our research expeditions. It should be read in order to get a good impression and NOT as a detailed hour by hour itinerary.
Parrot Jungle Trekking Tours Ratanakiri, Cambodia has the right to change parts, or divert the route of the trek due to extreme weather and terrain conditions for your safety and /or in order to follow guidelines of the indigenous rangers without any prior notice.
Please Note: All tours must have a tour briefing at ‘’Parrot Tours or The Green Carrot restaurant ‘’ in Banlung the evening before the tour taking place!
