Dates: 12 April - 21 April 2008 25 October - 3 November 2008 28 March - 6 April 2009 24 October - 2 November 2009
CHOOSE YOUR CHARITY! Open Challenges are open to anyone wanting to raise money for any charity, whether it’s a large national organisation or your local hospice or appeal.
The Pu Luong limestone landscape of Northern Vietnam is an area of outstanding beauty, cultural interest and high biodiversity. Stretching from Mai Chau in the northwest to Cuc Phuong National Park, it is blessed with rich unspoilt forest, limestone karst panoramas and fertile rice terraces.
We will see few tourists venturing this far off the beaten track, but as we trek through the forested hills and paddy-fields we will experience first-hand the everyday life and culture of the minority Thai and Muong people. We sleep in traditional villages houses each night. Time in bustling, colonial Hanoi provides a wonderful contrast to the tranquil remoteness of our trek.
ALL OUR OPEN CHALLENGES ARE ADVENTUROUS AND CHALLENGING BUT ACHIEVABLE BY MOST PEOPLE PROVIDED THEY TRAIN WELL IN ADVANCE!
DAY 1: Depart London for Hanoi DAY 2: Arrive Hanoi, time to explore old quarter before dinner DAY 3: Morning transfer to start of trek; through valley and uphill to Muoi village DAY 4: Follow paths through unspoilt forest steeply downhill to villages and farmland DAY 5: Uphill trek to Kho Muong, most remote village in region DAY 6: Follow winding village paths and cross streams as climb between two karst mountains DAY 7: Trek through narrow valley to finish point on Ma River; return to Hanoi DAY 8: Free day in Hanoi; evening celebration meal DAY 9: Depart Hanoi DAY 10: Arrive London
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