Through the Orchids Trek in the Phou Khao Kwai National Biodiversity Conservation Area the goals are to:
- Promote awareness to local people on the consequences of the extinction of species and their natural habitats, in particular, orchids.
- Give local forestry poachers an alternative to their unlawful activities with properly paid lasting jobs.
- Promote responsible business practices, which cooperate closely with local authorities and people to support poverty alleviation and deliver conservation benefits.
- Provide a source of income to conserve and sustain the Phou Khao Kwai protected area
The intention is to grow, market and export Lao orchids legally cultivated in order to participate in their conservation through various incentive projects that will promote and assist the orchids conservation. An active role is played in the fight against the poaching and the illegal orchid's trade by offering the poachers an alternative - through legal and sustainable orchid production and export.
At the farm in Vientiane, you can find more than 2 000 plants, in 300 different orchid species coming from different parts of the country. The orchids are arranged by species in a beautiful green garden in Vientiane.
Pay a visit to the farm in Vientiane and you are certain to have a good time and know more. Start the tour here: Vientiane Orchidees
