Safari Tents Nested by the Lao Jungle and Rice Fields

Everybody loves the idea of low-impact travel. But so few actually embrace its tenets. At our lodge, we do. We're all about a low-impact footprint. We work on a small scale. We're intimately involved in the economic developments of neighboring villages. We're educating our guests, and doing what we can to empower the Kamu. The lodge neighbors Ban Nyoy Har, where 63 families make a living in traditional Kamu fashion. They fish; they farm; they harvest teak they've planted, after 15 or 20 years. No visit to the Lodge is complete without a visit to Ban Nyoy Har. This is life as the Kamu live it. Such a visit is vital and life-affirming. Walk about the village on a Saturday morning when children are everywhere at play, and everywhere delighted by your visit. They're learning about you, and you're learning about them. We're building bridges. A million things always seem to be in the works here. A villager braiding strips of bamboo into a cylinder for rice. Another scooping harvested peanuts from a tarp to a bamboo basket. And yet another shaping a door frame. And everywhere, dogs and pups, pigs and piglets, chickens and chicks. Between the lodge and the village, our rice field takes in two hectares. The villagers work this field. And our guests work this field, harvesting what's known in the region as white gold. Our efforts, and your visit, help support this traditional way of life, stimulating sustainable economic development.