Tag: Fair Trek

Biking, trekking and kayaking in the Laos countryside

Updated: March 5, 2018

My name is David, the Short Tours Manager at Tiger Trail Travel. Recently I enjoyed some customers on a two-day Fairtrek out of Luang Prabang into the countryside for an overnight adventure and insight to the 2 day experience we provide to travellers. We started off at the Tiger Trail bike shop in town where

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Category: Adventures, Cycling, Nature, People, Trekking

Tags: Activities, Community, Fair Trek, Home stay, Trekking, Waterfall

Fair Trek interview with Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office

By David Allan

Updated: June 5, 2017

Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office (MTCO) and Hopineo present Fair Trek in partnership with Tiger Trail Outdoor Adventures. Fair Trek is a community-based tourism initiative that works with local communities to create authentic travel experiences that leave a positive impact.

Category: Interviews, Projects

Tags: Community, Fair Trek, Tiger Trail

Empowering Lao Women With Soap

By Kyle Wagner

Updated: August 1, 2015

Jonathan Look of LifePart2 travels to remote villages of Phongsali with a member of Soap4Life to help train rural women in soap-making.

Category: Adventures, Culture, Projects

Tags: Adventure, Charity, Community, Fair Trek, Laos, Learning, North Laos, Project, Tiger Trail, Tour, Travel, Volunteer, Waterfall

Laos Nam Nern Night Safari

By Markus Neuer

Updated: July 28, 2015

The Nam Nern Night Safari in Laos The Nam Nern Night Safari is a 24-hour, boat-based adventure tour into the core of the Nam Et-Phou Louey National Protected Area in north east Laos. The highlight of the trip is the nighttime wildlife-spotlighting, when long-tail boats drift down the Nam Nern River looking for wild and endangered animals before

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Category: Adventures, Nature, Travel, Trekking

Tags: Adventure, Community, Fair Trek, Learning, Projects, Travel, Trekking

Fair Trek’s Largest Volunteer Group

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By Kyle Wagner

Updated: July 3, 2015

In May, Fair Trek hosted 144 students and teachers from Hwa Chong International School in Singapore. They came to Laos with Fair Trek’s partner, World Volunteer, a Swedish-based service-learning organization, to support the Eco Bungalow.

Category: Adventures, Interviews, Projects

Tags: Activities, Bungalow, Charity, Community, Culture, Eco Bungalow, Fair Trek, Home stay, Lao food, Laos, Learning, Project, Tiger Trail, Travel, Volunteer, World volunteer

10 Reasons to Travel to Laos in the Green Season

By Kyle Wagner

Updated: June 10, 2017

The Green Season in Laos offers many enticing benefits for visitors looking to explore this vast and vibrant country. We present our top 10 reasons for coming to Laos during the wet season — which we prefer to call the Green Season.

Category: Culture, Nature, Travel, Trekking

Tags: Activities, Adventure, Culture, Elephant, Fair Trek, Food, Green Season, Hotels, Lao food, Laos, Learning, Luang Prabang, Mekong, Tiger Trail, Tour, Travel, Trekking, Waterfall

Trekking in Luang Prabang | Fair Trek

By Kyle Wagner

Updated: July 20, 2015

Trekking in Laos – Fair Trek Go trekking in Luang Prabang, the Fair Trek way! One of the most common activities that travelers seek to participate in when they come to Laos is trekking. While there are plenty of your standard, run-of-the-mill travel agencies offering a basic trek, Tiger Trail offers a trek

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Category: Adventures, Culture, Nature, Trekking

Tags: Activities, Adventure, Community, Culture, Fair Trek, Laos, Luang Prabang, Mekong, Tiger Trail, Tour, Trekking

Luang Prabang Welcomes New Hospital

By John

Updated: May 1, 2015

A New Pediatric Hospital Opens up in Luang Prabang Khou is an eight year-old girl from the village of Nong Khuay, a Khmu community two hours away from Luang Prabang. Ostensibly like other kids her age, she actually suffers frequent seizures and shows signs of a development disability. Because access to quality healthcare in Nong

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Category: Interviews, People

Tags: Charity, Community, Fair Trek, Laos, Luang Prabang, Tiger Trail, Travel

FAIR TREK | Eco Bungalow Film

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By Kyle Wagner

Updated: January 16, 2015

In the Hmong village of Long Lao Mai, you can stitch textiles, enjoy traditional music, or sit by the campfire listening to folktales. Volunteers and local people have built the Eco Bungalow to allow visitors from Laos and abroad to experience life in this fascinating Hmong village. Slow down your pace of travel and spend

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Category: Adventures, Projects, Videos

Tags: Activities, Adventure, Bungalow, Community, Culture, Eco Bungalow, Fair Trek, Laos, Luang Prabang, Project, Tour, Travel

Hmong New Year | A Celebration of Colors

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By Kyle Wagner

Updated: December 30, 2014

Hmong women in Phonsavan | Photograph by Cyril Eberle This is a remarkable story about the third largest ethnic group in Laos — the Hmong people — celebrating their biggest festival of the year. This colorful event showcases the fascinating culture and history of this group of people expressing their unique identity. Phonsavan market and

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Category: Culture, Festivals, People

Tags: Activities, Bungalow, Community, Culture, Eco Bungalow, Fair Trek, Festivals, Hmong, Laos, Luang Prabang, traditions

TAEC: Help Preserve Cultural Diversity!

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By Kyle Wagner

Updated: February 17, 2016

It was extremely hot and sunny during my first two weeks here in Luang Prabang, a rarity during the ‘rainy season’. For my first weekend, I decided to cool off from the mid-day sun and experience some cultural diversity by visiting the Traditional Arts and Ethnology Centre. While some may think that the TAEC is

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Category: Culture, People, Projects

Tags: Activities, Community, Culture, Fair Trek, Hmong, Laos, Learning, Luang Prabang, Project, traditions

GUEST BLOG: Trekking in Luang Prabang: The Most Fascinating Place I’ve Ever Been

Mountain trek with Tiger Trail in Luang Prabang Laos

By Dani

Updated: April 22, 2017

One Blogger’s Tiger Trail Laos Trek Experience in Luang Prabang “Will there be chicken for dinner?,” one person asked. “No,” our guide replied. “Chickens are very hard to catch.” With those words of wisdom, I thought our village home stay was off to a great start. The city of Luang Prabang serves as a great

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Category: Adventures, Nature, Travel, Trekking

Tags: Activities, Adventure, Fair Trek, Home stay, Laos, Luang Prabang, Tiger Trail, Tour, Travel, Trekking

NEW : Tree Tent Tours in Laos

By neuermarkus

Posted: December 20, 2013

Tree Tent Overnight Tours, Tiger Trail Tree Tent Tours to be launched Take your jungle adventure in Laos to a whole new level. Searching for that truly one of a kind adventure? Dream of camping in the jungle, but wary of all that creeps and crawls? We have you covered. Snooze suspended in

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Category: Adventures, Nature, Trekking

Tags: Activities, Adventure, Fair Trek, Tiger Trail, Trekking

An unexpected homestay in Laos

By yoxa

Updated: October 23, 2016

An Intern’s Unforeseen Adventure in Laos…. It all started off as a typical day here in Laos, Luang Prabang…. A colleague, and me (a Tiger Trail intern) drove to Nongkhuay to deliver some clay bricks for our ECO Bungalow being built there. After picking up the bricks, we drove about 40 minutes away from Luang

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Category: Culture, People, Projects, Trekking

Tags: Bungalow, Charity, Community, Culture, Fair Trek, Hmong, Home stay, Learning, people, Projects

NEW Trekking Route in Luang Prabang

By Aaron

Posted: August 30, 2013

Hmong Village Highland Trek, A New Trekking Destination in Luang Prabang A Luang Prabang 2 or 3 day trekking tour Trekking in Laos is one of the best ways to go and explore the great secrets of the Lao countryside. This newly surveyed and established trekking tour combines several exciting highlights such as

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Category: Adventures, Nature, Travel, Trekking

Tags: Activities, Adventure, Fair Trek, Tiger Trail, Tour, Trekking, Waterfall

Living Land Farm Luang Prabang – Information

By neuermarkus

Updated: February 17, 2016

The Living Land Farm a community Business in Luang Prabang An interview with the project and business founder, Mr. Mark Schnebli The Living Land Farm was created some 7 years ago by combining the rice fields of 9 farmers into a community project. Some of the owners were elderly and found it difficult to

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Category: Interviews, People

Tags: Community, Fair Trek, Learning, Luang Prabang, Project

Bamboo Playground Volunteer Project

By yoxa

Posted: July 25, 2013

Bamboo Playground for Ban Noonsavath Primary School! A community project in Luang Prabang with Tiger Trail / Fair Trek / Reach Out Volunteers Some of the fondest memories I have of elementary school were not inside the classroom, but outside, on the playground! I loved jumping on the swing and kicking my legs to get

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Category: Adventures, Culture, People, Projects

Tags: Charity, Community, Fair Trek, Laos, Learning, Luang Prabang, Volunteer

Akha Culture Experience Tour in Laos

By neuermarkus

Posted: July 10, 2013

Akha Culture Experience Tour in North Laos Laos Travel tip on cultural home stay adventure with an Akha community in remote northern Laos, a 4-7 day cultural interaction program. The question has to be asked: Is the drive and all the ‘roughing it’ worth it? I’d have to answer an emphatic YES! The

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Category: Adventures, Culture, People, Trekking

Tags: Activities, Adventure, Community, Culture, Fair Trek, Home stay, North Laos, Project, Tour, Trekking, Volunteer

Innovating CBT In ASEAN

By yoxa

Posted: July 1, 2013

Community Based Tourism in ASEAN Countries As part of their commitment to social responsibility, Tiger Trail sent me as a Fair Trek representative (as well as a representative from Laos) to join a two day conference in Bangkok organized by the Thailand Community Based Tourism Institute. The conference included researchers, community representatives, government,

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Category: Culture, Interviews, People, Projects

Tags: cbt, Community, Culture, Fair Trek, Laos, Learning, Luang Prabang, Project, Tiger Trail

Eco Bungalow Clay Adobe Project – Video Release

By neuermarkus

Posted: January 7, 2013

The Luang Prabang Eco Bungalow project is a milestone in community development through tourism. The partners involved in this Luang Prabang based project have created a great example for new forms of home stay / community stay business and income generation in local Lao communities. The project coordinators from Fair Trek, Tiger Trail

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Category: Adventures, Interviews, Projects

Tags: Charity, Fair Trek, Hmong, Home stay, Learning, World volunteer