Gibbon Experience Laos

It actually was Daniel from the glaciercourse last summer who pointed me to the Gibbon Experience in northern Laos. Setup by a french guy with help from a local village a number of ziplines are setup in the middle of the forest.
There have been reports of people seeing gibbons...But we haven't. We were the gibbons. Armoured with a harness and 2 ropes with carabiners to click on to the cables you can be a gibbon yourself flying over the canopy. Amazing! And lots of fun.

The treehouses are built in the highest trees in the reserve and can only be reached by zipline. During the walk to treehouse 5, where we would spend the night, we passed treehouse 1 and a couple of very long ziplines. The longest was 500 meter. Teng, our 19 year old guide, wasn't too keen on the safety, so it was good that the rest of the people in our group did pay attention to safety.

The treehouses where we stayed the night, number 5 and 6, were equiped with toilet and shower and running water and a small kitchen. The rumours about rats coming into the treehouse at night were hudgely exaggerated. We have only seen 1 rat. And it could hardly be called a rat, more a field mouse.

Oh, I nearly forgot.... A big thank you to Shane, who found my glasses in the waterfall!