Phnom
Veal Thom Wilderness Trek
Extended wilderness trek to a natural, montane grassland with an indigenous guide, village homestay.
Trip Duration: 8 days, 7 nights
District: Taveng
Maximum Group Size: 8
people
Itinerary
Day
1: Purchase
food in the Banlung market with your park ranger guide; depart Banlung at
approximately 9.30am by motor bike or car (as who offer); arrive Taveng
district at 11.00am and proceed by boat down the Se San river to a Brau village
(Phum Phayang /Tompourn Rieng Touch / Sieng Say); spend the afternoon and night
in the village and enjoy a jar of local rice wine with your homestay family.
Timings: Banlung to Taveng district town by moto takes approx. 1.5hrs; Taveng
to the Brau village by river boat approx. 30 minutes plus time to organize the
boat.
Day
2 - 8: Depart
the village in the morning with your park ranger guide, indigenous guide and
porters to Phnom Veal Thom, natural montane grassland deep in the park. Trek
for 2-3 days to reach the grassland. Spend 1-2 nights on the grassland,
depending on progress made. Look out for wildlife in the early mornings and
evenings - sambar deer, gibbons, Douc Langurs, wild pig, Great Hornbills,
muntjacdeer and bear species inhabit this area. Lucky visitors may glimpse a
Gaur - an endangered wild cattle species. Return from the grassland on the same
trek and spend the seventh night in the Brau village of Phum Ko Pong on the
banks of the SeSan River or in the forest as dependent on progress made. On day
8 return by boat up the Se San river to Taveng. Have lunch in Taveng and return
to Banlung by motorbike or car, arriving in the afternoon.
This
trek ascends gradually through relatively undisturbed, semi evergreen forest
for about 500m, up river valleys and over small mountains to reach the
grassland. It requires a relatively high level of fitness.
Timings:
2-3 days to the grassland and 2-3 days return to the
village; approx. 30 min by boat to
the first Brau village and 3-4hrs return boat
journey from Phum Ko Pong at the end of the trip.
Note:
For
small parties or when the boat is unavailable it is possible to travel by motorbike
to Phum Phayang or Phum Sieng Say from Taveng and return by motorbike from the
same village at the end of the trek. The trip takes approx. 30min one way.
If visitor are good trekker!
The five days / four nights also available.
