* * June to September is rainy season so the walking track can be wet and slippery which makes the trek more difficult **

Day One — Meet the Elephants

After an 8:30am pick-up in Sen Monorom, you drive to the sanctuary entrance with views across the protected forest valley that the Mondulkiri Project has helped preserve from logging since 2014.

At the Jungle Lodge you’ll meet your Bunong guide and hear the stories of Happy, Comvine and Princess — three rescued elephants who now live freely in this valley. The morning is spent walking with the elephants through the forest, feeding them and observing them alongside their mahouts.

After lunch at the lodge, the afternoon continues with the elephants before your guide cooks a traditional Bunong meal over a campfire. There’s rice wine if you want it. You’ll sleep in comfortable hammocks with mosquito nets and blankets — the sounds of the jungle your only alarm clock.

Day Two — Jungle Trek

Pancakes for breakfast, then your Bunong guide leads you on an 7km trek through the forest to visit three waterfalls and a cave. Along the way you’ll pass small Bunong farms practising traditional subsistence farming — a way of life largely unchanged for generations.

The trek also passes through community forest beyond our sanctuary boundary, where you’ll see firsthand the logging pressures that make protected sanctuaries like ours so important for Mondulkiri’s future.

The day ends with lunch and a swim at Leng Ong Waterfall, before your private transfer back to Sen Monorom.

This tour is ideal for families with children or for people who want an easier trek.

** Minimum age: 6 years old **

** if you plan to return to Phnom Penh after the tour please book the 2pm Virak Buntham Express or any later services **

** This tour is more expensive than the two day tour because we have to arrange private pick up for you from the lunch spot at Leng Ong Waterfall on day two **