Showing posts with label Mekong Trail. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mekong Trail. Show all posts

Monday, September 5, 2011

Explore The northeastern River Life in Cambodia, The Mekong Discovery Trail

It would not be at the end of traveling in Cambodia if you miss to explore Mekong Discovery Trial and experience the northeastern life of Cambodia where diverse natural beauty and warm-hearting greetings of the people create a remembrance experience. Mekong discovery trial will bring to explore the river life adventure along an extensive Mekong in Kratie and Stung Treng Province of Kingdom of Wonder.

The Mekong Discovery Trail is a join project between the Ministry of Tourism of Cambodia, SNV Netherlands Development Organization and the UNWTO and it aims to foster sustainable forms of tourism to reduce poverty in the region and to conserve the Mekong River Dolphin.

The Mekong Discovery Trail is a network of safe, ecotourism journeys through some of the most natural and least populated parts of the Mekong in Cambodia in Kratie and Stung Treng Provinces.

The Mekong Discovery Trail takes you into the heart of the Mekong where the beauty of the river and the friendliness of the people create unforgettable river life experiences in northeast Cambodia.

Along the trail, you will have the opportunity to see critically endangered Mekong River Dolphins, while minimising your impact on them and the habitats they rely on. The trail offers many kinds of local experiences including traveling by local horse carts, staying overnight at homestay to experiences local life, participating in tree planting to contribute to environmental protection, and exploring local culture through traditional shadow puppet shows. With over 200kms of cycle tracks, river boat journeys and some of the Cambodias finest cuisine to savor, you can enjoy all these activities, on some of the best river beaches and under truly extraordinary sunsets.

Mekong discovery trail aims to mitigate and promote dolphin conservation through sustainable tourism and to diversify tourism product in response to an increasing demand for ecotourism. A wide range of touristic activities can be enjoyed along the trail such as Mekong River Dolphin Viewing, horse cart, mountain biking, house boating, local product, fishing, camping, and forest trekking which are the foremost interested activities for the ecotourism visitors, nature lovers and nature-based visitors.

Along the Mekong trial local people can provide you diversified experiences with their local product and their hospitality mood. Also, you have chance to see a critical endangered Mekong River Dolphin whist optimize impact on the environment they depend on. By using this trail and allow yourself to economically contribute to the local people will help the river communities with the positive change of local livelihood.

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Saturday, September 3, 2011

Mountain cycling along the Mekong Trail

The Mekong Discovery Trail is a joint project between Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism, the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) and SNV. The project has two overarching objectives for alleviating poverty and promoting conservation through appropriate and sustainable tourism development along the mighty Mekong River in Kratie and Stung Treng. By August 2008, the Mekong Discovery Trail website was launched and announced locally and internationally to 300 tourism related stakeholders: tour companies (190), media (25), NGOs (35), hotel and boutique guesthouses in Phnom Penh (15), as well as SNV regional offices and government institutions. The Mekong Discovery Trail highlights the river life adventure in Northeast Cambodia along the Mekong River in Kratie and Stung Treng provinces. Its website incorporates lots of interesting news, maps of the trails with detailed information, and available tourism activities along the trail such as Mekong River Dolphin viewing, horse cart riding, mountain biking, forest trekking, and house boating. Information about local products, home-stay and other ecotourism and nature-based activities is also provided. Getting involved in these activities can improve community well-being as well as local community development since all the services and products are provided by local communities and local suppliers. SNV, UNWTO and Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism have a strong commitment to develop the Mekong Discovery Trail into a national tourism asset and a unique selling point of Cambodia alongside Angkor Wat, Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville.



Mountain cycling along the Mekong Trail:



Are you eco-traveler and want a friendly travel? If so, then try a carbon free travel experience along the Mekong Discovery Trail. Without harming the environment and gaining green house gas to the atmosphere, you can ride the mountain bike to see a magnificent landscape of the Mekong River. Along the way, you will immerse remote local livelihood lifestyle and also help improve their livelihood.

The unique experience and specialty of the mountain bike trail is that you will drive yourself through one of the Mekong Biodiversity Hot Spots where local people and non-government organization pay much attention on biological richness preservation. When you are on Mountain bike trail, be alerted to bring plenty of water (difficult to find at remote village), spare parts, first aid kid and sun protection lotion.

This mountain bike trail along Mekong Discovery Trail can be done at Kratie or Steung Treng Province. The mountain bike can be rented or purchased in Phnom Penh. Find the one that suit you and go on with a carbon-free travel experience that serves the environment and help improve remote livelihood where you reach.

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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Mountain cycling along the Mekong Trail: a Carbon Free Travel Experience

Are you eco-traveler and want a friendly travel? If so, then try a carbon free travel experience along the Mekong Discovery Trail. Without harming the environment and gaining green house gas to the atmosphere, you can ride the mountain bike to see a magnificent landscape of the Mekong River. Along the way, you will immerse remote local livelihood lifestyle and also help improve their livelihood.

The unique experience and specialty of the mountain bike trail is that you will drive yourself through one of the Mekong Biodiversity Hot Spots where local people and non-government organization pay much attention on biological richness preservation. When you are on Mountain bike trail, be alerted to bring plenty of water (difficult to find at remote village), spare parts, first aid kid and sun protection lotion.

This mountain bike trail along Mekong Discovery Trail can be done at Kratie or Steung Treng Province. The mountain bike can be rented or purchased in Phnom Penh. Find the one that suit you and go on with a carbon-free travel experience that serves the environment and help improve remote livelihood where you reach.

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