Wilderness and Culture
5 Days Panhou Trek and Retreat Experience
FIVE DAYS OF HIKKING, TWO NIGHTS IN PANHOU RETREAT AND TWO NIGHTS IN HOMESTAY
TRIPCODE: 2PH2HS
Five Days And Four Nights Experience – The duration of the Walk and the topography details noted in our documents are only approximations: we can possibly adapt our routes according to your expectations and the level of your group.
A trek day begins at 9am and ends in the afternoon, depending on walking pace and the itinerary chosen, by between 15 and 16h. Lunch for participants are provided as part of our services.
They are leaded by a local guide, member of a minority of the Song Chay Mountains (our local guides only speak Vietnamese).
You are arriving at Pan Hou Village in the afternoon, located in the heart of the Song chay mountains adjoining the Yunnan. This natural fortress has long been a refuge for many ethnic groups who have escaped from the Middle Kingdom, his persecution and its famines. You will have time to rest today before your trek that will start tomorrow morning.
Accomodation: Panhou Retreat
You have the opportunity before your hiking day to enjoy your breakfast from the Pan Hou Village restaurant and, if you have get up early, a time in gardens of the eco lodge maintained by the tays gardeners.
You leave Pan Hou with your local guide at 9am to explore the nearby mountains through tropical forests and rice terraces. After a three hours walk, you are taking a break in a village of the Red Dao for lunch. By necessity, they have sculpted the mountainside and use its water courses to grow rice. These laborious adjustments who enable them to live in the heights, offer you some unique landscapes to contemplate.
The cooler climate and fresh water in abundance also contribute to the growth of lush tea trees. You will reach another Red Dao village after a two hours walk that will allow you to discover the local vegetation, to meet with the local people and observe them in their daily activities.
Accommodation: Red Dao Homestay, Panhou Retreat
Walking duration: 5-6 hours. Topography: +400m/-200m
After having breakfast with your hosts, you are resuming your trekking through the cassava fields, the forests, the tea plantations towards the valley. Three hours of walking are bringing you to Nam Nghi, a red Dao village for a lunch break.
You will continue your Hike by ascending the mountains through the tea plantations. You will arrive in the late afternoon to a H’mong family house where you will have diner and will spend the evening and night.
Accommodation: H’mong homestay, Panhou Retreat, Red Dao Homestay
Walking duration: 5 hours. Topography: +400m/-200m
You can enjoy the calm of this morning in the high mountains and the
friendliness of the family around the fireplace. After breakfast, you
continue your walk through the bamboo forests, rice terraces to the
valley where other red Yao live. One of the families in the village will
welcome you for lunch. You will leave following along the river to reach
Pan Hou Village in mid-afternoon. You will rest, have diner and spend the
night in the eco-lodge.
Accommodation: Panhou Retreat, H’Mong Homestay, Red Dao Homestay
Walking duration: 5 hours. Topography: +300m/-100m
You are leaving Panhou Village after breakfast
BOOK THIS PACKAGE!
Please fill this form bellow to book this package with us. We’ll reply you asap in 24 hours. Thank you!