Mountain Biking in Cambodia
In a remote village nestled in the foothills of Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains, former illegal loggers and endangered wildlife poachers are turning to mountain biking to provide a more sustainable income.
Established with the assistance of Wildlife Alliance (formerly Wild Aid), an NGO (Live and Learn) working to protect the area’s endangered wildlife, and in partnership with Asia Adventures, a Cambodian-based adventure tour company, the villagers of Chi Pat have set up a community-based ecotourism project featuring Cambodia’s first off-road mountain bike tours into one of the region’s most important, and little explored, wilderness areas.
Being based in Chi Pat, accessible by a 2-hour boat ride through mangrove forests, intrepid mountain bikers leave the dusty dirt roads of the village and are soon spinning along old logging routes, a mix of double-track and single-track undulating trails that the surrounding vegetation is reclaiming, splashing through streams and wading across shallow rivers.
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National Wildlife Refuge Week Festivities in October
Visit a national wildlife refuge during National Wildlife Refuge Week, October 12-18. This is a network of more than 97 million acres of public lands that is home to 700 species of birds, 220 mammals, and more than 1000 species of fish.
Whether you build a nesting box, photograph butterflies, or watch wildlife from an auto tour route, there is no better time to celebrate America’s natural treasures. The national wildlife refuges are planning special activities and events geared for families and children, hikers and birders, anglers and photographers throughout the week. So set aside some time to get acquainted with a national wildlife refuge in your community.
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