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Elephant Conservation Center Laos Visit

Updated: January 10, 2017

Visiting the Lao Elephant Conservation Center A visit to the ECC in Xayabouri is a very special travel experience in Laos. Follow us into this exciting Elephant interaction program with a personal video review on the 3 day exploration program. In just 3 days you can learn all you like to know about the Asian

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Category: All, Nature, Projects

Tags: Activities, Adventure, Community, Elephant, Project, Tour

Baby Elephant Excursion in Luang Prabang

By Markus Neuer

Updated: January 10, 2017

New Beginnings: A Baby Elephant Excursion in Luang Prabang We at Tiger Trail Travel strive to engage in animal welfare and sustainable travel. We constantly look for ways to improve and increase the positive impact through tourism here in Laos. Now a new authentic therapeutic elephant interaction program has opened its doors to a

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Category: Adventures, All, Elephants, Nature, Projects

Tags: Community, Elephant, Learning, Luang Prabang, Mahout, Project

Seeds of Culture – From Living Plants to Handicrafts at TAEC Luang Prabang

By Markus Neuer

Updated: January 10, 2017

Traditional Arts and Ethnology Center Luang Prabang, TAEC, announces internationally curated exhibition “Seeds of Culture: From Living Plants to Handicrafts” The Luang Prabang based Traditional Arts & Ethnology Centre (TAEC) has opened a new exhibit entitled, “Seeds of Culture: From Living Plants to Handicrafts”. This exhibit features the Job’s tears (Coix) plant, indigenous to

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Tags: Community, Culture, Laos, Learning, Project, traditions

Fair Trek Eco Bungalow: Our 100th Visitor!

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By Kyle Wagner

Updated: January 10, 2017

The Fair Trek Eco Bungalow welcomes its 100th visitor! Today the Fair Trek team is proud to announce that the Eco Bungalow has just reached its 100th guest! With or recent listing on Airbnb, it is now easier to book the eco-bungalow than ever! We will strive to increase this number, connecting more tourists with

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Category: Adventures, All, Culture, Nature, Projects, Travel

Tags: Adventure, Bungalow, Community, Culture, Eco Bungalow, Hmong, Laos, Learning, Luang Prabang, Project, Tour, Travel

Laos presents country on ITB Asia

By Markus Neuer

Updated: November 4, 2015

Laos showcases the strengths of its tourism potential at ITB Asia in Singapore. In a private and public effort, Laos successfully showcased the strengths of its tourism potential at this year’s ITB Asia in Singapore. The yearly trade show for the Asian travel market took place from October 21-23 in the Sands Expo

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Category: Interviews, People, Projects

Tags: Community, Green Season, Holiday, Project

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

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

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

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

Tiger Trail Gears Up for the high season!

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By Kyle Wagner

Updated: September 16, 2014

Last Thursday and Friday, Tiger Trail had a two-day tour guide training session at a local college in Luang Prabang. This was one of the few times of the year that all of our guides are together in one room! This training workshop was lead by both Peter Richards and Markus Neuer. Peter was an inspirational speaker and

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Tags: Activities, Community, Laos, Learning, Luang Prabang, Project

Rice is Life – Living Land Farm in Luang Prabang Laos

Laos Luang Prabang Living Land Farm Rice is Life

By Dani

Updated: September 9, 2014

Rice is Life Learning how to grow sticky rice at the Living Land Farm near Luang Prabang Living Land Farm The other morning I went to the Living Land Farm just outside of Luang Prabang to experience the Rice is Life program. It was fantastic! Our small group met with Mr. Laut Lee – a phenomenal farmer and

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Category: Food, Nature, Projects, Travel

Tags: Activities, Community, Food, Home stay, Lao food, Laos, Luang Prabang, Project, Tiger Trail, Tour, traditions

Laos Hotel Spotlight: Anantara Resort and Spa Coming to Luang Prabang

By Dani

Updated: February 17, 2016

Upscale New Hotel Breaks Ground in Luang Prabang The latest in the Laos tourism boom is the beginning of construction on the Anantara Resort and Spa. The operator already has branches in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Maldives, Mozambique, Qatar, Thailand, United Arab Emirates and Vietnam. The design of the new five-star hotel will follow the operator’s model

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Category: Hotels, Travel

Tags: Hotels, Laos, Luang Prabang, Mekong, Project, Resorts, Travel

Project Kajsiab – Helping Women and Children in Bokeo Province Laos

By Dani

Updated: July 21, 2014

Kajsiab Family Project Initiative helping mountain village people in Bokeo Province, Laos History The Kajsiab Family Project is a grassroots initiative in the Bokeo Province of Laos aiming to help the local mountain people of that region. The word kajsiab means ‘a flower that blooms, a heart that opens, a love that suddenly springs’. But the

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Category: Culture, People, Projects, Travel

Tags: Charity, Community, Culture, Hmong, Home stay, Learning, Luang Prabang, Project, Restaurant, traditions, Travel, Volunteer

Lao Coffee – Tastes Good, Does Good

By Dani

Updated: July 21, 2014

Coffee Roasters in Laos serve delicious coffee and help communities One of my absolute #1 favorite things in the entire world is a good cup of coffee. When you arrive in Laos, it might seem that 3-in-1 packets of instant coffee are the only option, but let me let you in on a little secret

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Category: Culture, Food, People, Projects

Tags: Charity, Community, Culture, expat, Food, Green Season, Laos, Luang Prabang, Project, Restaurant, South Laos, Tiger Trail, Travel

Elephant Baby – Elephant Conservation Center.

By neuermarkus

Posted: October 16, 2013

The Story of Noy – an orphan baby Elephant in Laos. The Elephant Conservation Center is located in Sayaboury, in Northwestern Laos. This area is home for most of the domesticated elephants in the country. It has been chosen to establish the first elephant hospital in Laos, as well as an Eco touristic camp.

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Tags: Elephant, Mahout, Project

Kajsiab Foundation – Bokeo Province, Laos

By neuermarkus

Posted: September 11, 2013

The Kajsiab Foundation Bokeo Province, Laos The Kajsiab Foundation offers support to locals in the far north east of Laos. This update encourages to give help to this great initiative. “Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love” Mother Teresa Do you want

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Category: Interviews, Projects

Tags: Charity, Community, Hmong, Project, Volunteer

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

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

Bear “brain surgery”at Laos Bear Rescue Center

By neuermarkus

Updated: February 17, 2016

No Beers for Bears… A story about an amazing bear brain surgery at the Luang Prabang bear rescue center. The donations that go to Free the Bears have helped create a variety of initiatives in South East Asia that maintain rescue projects and build sanctuaries for those bears that are rescued

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Tags: Community, Conservation, Project, Wildlife