CMB - T
12: RATTANAKIRI EXPERIENCE, 8 days (L)
Phnom Penh - Kratie - Stung Treng - Banlung
– Rattanakiri
Day 1 Phnom
Penh - Kratie
Morning: pick up
from the hotel in Phnom Penh or airport, transfer by
speedboat from
Phnom Penh via Kampong Cham to Kratie –
Journey north along
the Mekong River past Mekong Island and the
provincial town of
Kampong Cham.
Afternoon at
leisure
Overnight in Kratie
Day 2 Kratie
- Stung Treng
After breakfast, sightseeing in Kratie: Capital
of Kratie Province, Kratie is a pleasant, small riverside town on the Mekong
River.
Overnight in Stung Treng
PHNOM SAMBOK: is a small hill
with an active wat, located on the road from Kratie to Kampi. The hill offers
the best views across the Meknog on this stretch of the river.
DOLPHIN OBSERVATION PARK: 14 km north of
Kratie town is the Irawaddy dolphin observation park, home to about 50
dolphins. By vehicle from Kratie to Stung Treng, journey along the Mekong River
basin through the villages of Sambok, Sre Sbov and Phumi Prek Preah. The Mekong
River, which rises in Tibet, flows 315 km through Cambodia before continuing on
through Vietnam to the sea.
Day 3 Stung
Treng
After breakfast, sightseeing in the
surroundings of Stung Treng, visit fishing and farming villages. Boat ride up
the Semsak River.
Overnight in Stung Treng.
Day 4 Stung
Treng - Banlung - Rattanakiri
After breakfast, by vehicle from Stung
Treng to Banlung - Journey east to Ratanakiri Province, a remote region of densely
forested mountains and isolated hill tribes, crossing the Mekong River and the
Sre Pok River. Sightseeing in/around Banlung (full day)
Excursion
in the surroundings of Banlung, with visits to Teuk Cha Ong waterfall, Yeak
Laom lake, a zircon mine and a pepper plantation.
Overnight
in Rattanakiri
TEUK CHA ONG: a spectacular
waterfall in a jungle gorge. The other attractions in this area are the
isolated ethnic minority villages and a zircon mine.
YEAK LAOM: a volcanic lake, which
forms a near perfect circle and is surrounded by tropical forest. Possibility
to swim. Visit the nearby museum.
Day 5 Banlung
- Rattanakiri
After breakfast, visit the local market at
Bar Kaev. Full day sightseeing in/around Banlung and visit a local market.
Excursion by vehicle to several minority villages such as Andoung Meas. Boat
ride to Phoum Dal and another village. On the way visit a rubber plantation.
Overnight in Rattanakiri.
Day 6 Banlung
- Rattanakiri
After
breakfast, excursion to Ta Vaeng
Overnight in
Rattanakiri
TA VAENG: Travel by 4WD to Ta Veang and
visit various minority villages in the Ta Vaeng area. The people of these
villages live in the country’s mountainous regions and are known as Khmer Ioeu
(upper Khmer). They number approximately 70,000 and the majority is located in
the northeastern provinces such as Rattanakiri, Mondulkiri, Stung Treng, and
Kratie. Groups include the Jorai, Tumpoun, Krung, Kra Chok and Kavet.
Day 7 Banlung
- Rattanakiri
After breakfast,
excursion by vehicle and boat to Vuen Sai. Boat trip to visit a Lao village, a
Chinese village and a village of the ethnic minority Tompoum with an infesting
cemetery. Afterwards visit a zircon mining field and, if time permits, some
more villages.
Overnight in Rattanakiri
Day 8 Rattanakiri
After breakfast,
transfer to the airport for flight from Banlung to
Phnom Penh
End of Services **Note: Itinerary subject
to change due to flight schedules.