Muang Ngoy - Ban Na - Houay Bo - Ban Na - Houay Sen
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 12.87 mi
- Elevation gain
- 968 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 968 ft
- Max elevation
- 3,266 ft
- TrailRank
- 49
- Min elevation
- 1,050 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Moving time
- 4 hours one minute
- Time
- one day 18 hours 22 minutes
- Coordinates
- 3262
- Uploaded
- March 4, 2018
- Recorded
- March 2018
near Ban Ngoy-Nua, Louangphabang (Laotia)
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Itinerary description
We started right after we arrived at about 11:30am. Each village’s guesthouse is very simple, offers food for 10000-15000K and a bed for 10000K (things add up). They have a lock there if you want to leave your backpack and do day trips. We did not go to the village Phon which has the option of a homestay but no guesthouses.
The cave on the way is nice but nothing breathtaking compared to others in South East Asia. You will have to pay 20000 to go to the villages or cave at this point. 5 years ago Muang Ngoy used to be a great backpacking enclave but is rather over run by tourists by now. The hike is a good way to escape this for at least a bit.
Bring sandals if you don’t want to walk barefoot in the river or get wet shoes. Otherwise a very easy and beautiful hike.
Waypoints
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1,145 ft
Intersection
To the right is the foot path to the village Ban Na. The sign points to the Kansavan Guesthouse in the next village ‘Houay Bo’.
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1,145 ft
River Passage
You can either balance over the fairly big trunk or walk through the shallow water to the right. There is another river to cross to get to Houay Bo.
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1,132 ft
Waypoint
There is many different paths to get over the field here. We followed this guy to his village Houay Bo and went slightly off the trail marked on the map.
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1,152 ft
River Crossing
The ‘official’ crossing is just a little bit further up the river. Does not make a difference though.
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1,247 ft
Intersection
Arriving at Huay Bo Village. We slept at Konsavan Guesthouse. 10000K pp and food was around 10000-15000K for a small portion. They have homegrown tobacco here. You could easily stay longer here, join the villagers for hunting or go for a walk to continue on the path from here.
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1,263 ft
Intersection
Two more signs
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1,161 ft
River Crossing
This time we crossed a little further up the river on the official path.
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1,188 ft
River Crossing
Last river crossing without a bridge on our way back to Muang Ngoy to get the boat at 9:30am.
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Towards the end there is a big gps mistake when I went into the cave.
Towards the end there is a big gps mistake when I went into the cave.
Towards the end there is a big gps mistake when I went into the cave.