Category: Laos

Laos Buffalo Dairy

Laos Buffalo Dairy (LBD) is the first and only buffalo dairy in Laos PDR, producing a wide array of artisanal cheeses and milk products which are directly sold to local and international customers. Located near Luang Prabang, the farm offers visitors a unique opportunity to visit dairy and production facilities, taste delicious cheeses and get up close with buffaloes and other farm animals.

Elephant Conservation Center

The Elephant Conservation Centre (ECC), located inSayaboury, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR),aims to preserve and protect the Asian elephant, a speciesthat is on the brink of extinction.

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Case Study Ock Pop Tok

The Longji rice terraces have a long history since the beginning of the construction during the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) and it was completed in the early Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), with a constructing history of over 800 years. The fascinating rice terraces cover 66 square kilometres of the Longsheng county’s mountain, with the altitude from 300 meters to 1100 metres (Travel China Guide, n.d.). Longji rice terraces have been listed as one of the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS).

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Feeding Asia’s elephants in a Covid-19 era

Elephants are the biggest victims of the Covid-19 pandemic, literally. There is a danger that many elephants may starve to death with no tourists visiting camps and sanctuaries across South East Asia. The warning from the World Elephant Foundation.

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Covid-19: Khiri Reach Helps Communities Across Southeast Asia

Khiri Reach, the charitable arm of Khiri Travel, has been active helping communities in Asia impacted by the Covid-19 crisis.

Its focus has been on marginalized communities, many of them in long-standing relationships with Khiri Travel, such as local families, artisans or community based projects that were regularly visited by tours before lockdown.

Burmese Star Tortoise Conservation Project COVID Relief BKK Project Cuc Phuong National Park Endangered Primate Rescue Centre Free the Bears Gibbon Rehabilitation Centre Honeybee Arts & Crafts Khiri Reach Khiri Travel KuMel Volunteer Connection Saunders Weaving School SOS Thailand

SHORTLIST FOR THE 2020 EXPERIENCE MEKONG SHOWCASES ANNOUNCED

Public Voting open to support small responsible businesses during these challenging times

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SEARCH FOR MEKONG HEROES BEGINS

Seeking nominations of inspiring, dedicated and innovative leaders in travel and tourism in the Greater Mekong Subregion

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Welcome to Laos…Simply Beautiful

People began traveling to Laos more than 3,500 years ago and settled in river valleys that cut through the country’s lush green mountains. Several millennia later King Fa Ngum unified these far flung settlements into Lane Xang, the Kingdom of a Million Elephants, and established the first Lao capital in Luang Prabang.

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