Eco-Tourism Destination: Bokeo, Northern Laos
Laos sits at #1 on the New York Time’s list of places to go in 2008. According to the Times, it’s a country where “ancient sites like the Wat Phou temple complex and the capital city of Vientiane are drawing culture seekers.”
Loas also offers exciting opportunities for seekers of eco-adventure. If your travels bring you this way, seek out The Gibbon Experience.
The Gibbon Experience is trying to bring sustainable self-sufficiency to local people in the Bokeo Nature Reserve. The vision is “to transform their economy from one based on slash-and-burn farming, logging and poaching, to one based on long term, conservation focused activity.”
