Some of you may remem­ber the Gibbon Experience from pre­vi­ous posts on the blog.

The Gibbon Experience is a con­ser­va­tion project in north­west­ern Laos based on eco-tourism. Apparently the local people were hunting the gibbons to extinc­tion before a con­ser­va­tion group helped them to trans­form that life­style into sus­tain­able project.

Tourists who pay for a chance to visit the Bokeo Nature Preserve also get to sleep in tree houses con­nec­ted by a remark­able zip line network. We went for three days and had a fant­astic time.

The project is set up to employ as many locals as pos­sible so as to spread the rel­at­ive wealth. Although some of the trekking was a bit arduous in the humid jungle, the whole exper­i­ence was fant­astic. Check it out if you’re heading to Laos.

http://www.gibbonexperience.org/

The music in this is by Canadian singer-songwriter Dan Mangan.

http://www.danmanganmusic.com/

The video was edited together quickly using iMovie. Please excuse some of the poor quality shots. This thing was filmed with a small Canon point-and-shoot camera in the sweaty jungle. We were far more con­cerned with having a good time than getting award-winning cinematography.