Rainforest Primate Adventure

📍 Sen Monorom – Keo Seima : 45 minutes / Walking distance: 3-6km

A representative from Jahoo Camp will pick you up from your hotel at 07:35 and drive towards Andong Kraleung village, Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary (KSWS). Andong Kraleung village is an ethnic indigenous Bunong community. 

08:30 - 11:00 Wildlife Hike: Following your local guide, head out into the mixed-evergreen rainforest on the search for wildlife, such as rare primates, as you hike towards a remote waterfall.

11:00 Jungle Waterfall: Forage for your lunch and help your guide prepare a delicious Bunong meal over a campfire before refreshing yourselves in the natural pool at the waterfall.

12:30 - 16:00 Wildlife Hike: Continue with your local guide on the search for rare wildlife, such as black-shanked douc langur, as you return to the camp. Through the eyes of your indigenous guide, find traces of elusive wildlife such as the footprints of Asian elephants and the claw marks of sun bears.

17:00 Sunset Dinner: Refresh and relax at the unique Bamboo Camp. Dine on Bunong-Khmer fusion cuisine cooked using locally sourced and seasonal produce whilst enjoying panoramic forest views.

18:00 Jungle by Night (Optional): After dinner, take a short walk with the aide of headlamps into the forest to take a glimpse at nocturnal forest animals, before visiting the atmospheric indigenous hut for a traditional nightcap and to discuss history, folklore and indigenous culture with Bunong elders.

Overnight in Kep Seima Wildlife Sanctuary.

Distances and journey time
Sen Monorom – Keo Seima: 45 minutes
Walking distance: 3-6km
 

Inclusions:

🥘 Lunch, 🍗 Dinner

05:00 Gibbon Watching: Awake before dawn to the sounds of the forest and join wildlife researchers as they head into the forest to position themselves at the listening post. Upon hearing the piercing call of the yellow-cheeked crested gibbon, follow your guides as they track the gibbon family, moving swiftly and silently through the forest undergrowth. 

08:00 Cultural Journey: Return for breakfast at the camp before preparing to explore Bunong culture as you visit a traditional burial and spirit forest to learn about Bunong spiritual beliefs. Traverse through examples of modern and ancient farming practices and witness the transition from traditional swidden agriculture to current practices. 

12:00 Jungle Waterfall: Discover another stunning jungle waterfall, enjoy lunch at the edge of the forest stream. Take time to relax and enjoy the tranquillity of this exclusive waterfall. 

15:00 Wildlife Hike: Return to camp after a gentle stroll through the forest keeping an eye out for wildlife along the way, especially the prehistoric-like greater hornbill and other colourful forest birds

17:00 Sunset Dinner: Refresh and relax at the unique Bamboo Camp. Dine on Bunong-Khmer fusion cuisine cooked using locally sourced and seasonal produce whilst enjoying panoramic forest views.

18:00 Jungle by Night (optional): After dinner, take a short walk with the aide of headlamps into the forest to take a glimpse at nocturnal forest animals, before visiting the atmospheric indigenous hut for a traditional nightcap and to discuss history, folklore and indigenous culture with Bunong elders.

Overnight in Kep Seima Wildlife Sanctuary.

Inclusions:

☕ Breakfast, 🥘 Lunch, 🍗 Dinner

📍 Keo Seima - Sen Monorom: 45 mins

05:00 Gibbon Watching (optional): Awake before dawn again for another unparalleled gibbon spotting experience with wildlife researchers.

08:00 Breakfast Club: After breakfast walk through the village arriving just in time for the school Breakfast Club to begin. Learn about how the Gibbon Fund (from Jahoo ecotourism revenue) supports important social improvements such as primary school education and meet some of the key community members involved in these initiatives.

10:00 Natural Spring: Visit the natural spring that the community is named after, Andong Kralueng, meaning “Round Spring”, an impossibly round natural spring that has provided the community with a reliable water source for centuries. Visit the spring with a local mother to understand her story and the important part access to safe and reliable water plays in her and her family life.

12:00 US Military Base: Place the destination of Andong Kraleung in recent history and take lunch at a little known and rarely visited site of a temporary US Army supply base. Mondulkiri was impacted on a devastating scale throughout the Vietnam-US war. Learn about how the events of modern history impacted this community and enjoy the open views from where the base once dominated.

14:00 Ranger Station: Visit a KSWS ranger outpost and meet some rangers working at the frontline of environmental law enforcement. Take a tour of the stockpile of confiscated timber, equipment and other materials whilst learning about the pressures on protected areas as well as the ongoing efforts to save wildlife and wild places.

16:00 Departure: Return to camp from where the driver will return you back to your guesthouse in Sen Monorom.
Continue on to Sen Monorom for the evening.

Overnight in Sen Monoro

Inclusions:

☕ Breakfast, 🥘 Lunch

Get picked up from your hotel at 7:15am for transfer to the Elephant Valley Project, a sanctuary for elephants within a 1,500 hectare reserve where the elephants can roam and learn how to be semi wild elephants again. Hike into the beautiful Cambodian jungle and spend a full day observing two different elephant herds, following them as they graze, play and wander through their forest home. Learn about the elephants, local indigenous people’s culture, forest and conservation. This is a highly unique experience and the first of its kind in Cambodia.

Note: 
- As the elephants are located in valleys that are accessible by dirt trails and stairs, visitors with mobility issues may not be able to visit the elephants in their natural habitat and may be constrained to the elephant center and “elephant spa” during the dry season months and may be unable to visit EVP during Green Season, when the path down to the center can be very slippery.

Overnight in Sen Monorom.

Inclusions:

☕ Breakfast, 🥘 Lunch

Breakfast at the hotel. Your tour ends.
 
Note: This tour can be taken all year round, with great opportunities for bird and wildlife viewing in all months of the year. However trekking conditions can be quite challenging during the ‘Green Season’ of June-October.
 

Inclusions:

☕ Breakfast