Ta Lien Summit has an altitude of 2966m above sea level and is the 6th highest mountain in Vietnam. It is located in Ta Len Commune, Ta Duong District, Lai Chau. Ta Lien Son is beautiful with a variety of primeval forest vegetation, ancient trees with big shelters, and a huge trunk that is fully covered by mosses and ferns. The way is a combination of ancient Tea Flowers, Maple leaves, Moss, and Azalea drops fully on the way. The climbing trees clinging to the rock like the tentacles of a strange animal that is ready to spread out and swallow the mountain climbers, or the hunters. From the top, it is quite easy for you to have an overview of Lai Chau, the beautiful and enormous city in the middle of speculative mountains within the viewpoint of a virtual fog image.

Highlights:

• Trekking through the ancient mossy forests.
• Closer to the wildlife by sleeping in the Shack
• Enjoy the magnificent scenery of the sky-high mountains

Difficulty Level (7/10): Good physical skills are a requirement, as well as experience in outdoor activities. This level is not for children. The duration of each trip is from 2  - 4 days with a basic of eating, and sleeping condition. Accommodation is camping. Trekking time might take 5 – 6 hours/day to do the trek with the difficult terrain, slopes, and high elevation. The kayaking and SUP tours might take from 6 – 7 hours/day of paddling.

Experience/ skills requirement: High Physical requirement: High Duration: 2 – 4 days Outdoor activity duration: 5 – 7 hours/day Children: From 12 years old can participate.

Suggested physical training: Practice running or kayaking/SUP 2 weeks in advance. Run 2 - 3 times a week, each session 5km. Or paddling from 2- 3 times, each time is 5 - 7 km.

Equipment provided by Umove

• Sleeping bag
• Energy bar
• Trekking accessories
• Gloves

Personal essential stuff that needs to be prepared:

• Trekking shoes
• Trekking backpack
• Water Bottle (1L)
• Waterproof coat, warm clothing, windbreaker jacket, thermal shirt, and pants, quick dry pants or khaki
• Back up clothes
• Flashlight
• Multitool
• Personal medicine
• Towel, hand sanitizer, toothbrush, toothpaste, toilet paper
• Dry bag
• Mobile phone, camera, backup battery, suitable waterproof bag, etc.
• Personal document

Suggestion:

• You need to prepare undergarments and change clothes for 2 -3 days on tour.
• Cap or wide-brim hat, beanie, and towels depending on the weather of the moment on tour.
• A raincoat with a head covering can help to cover the backpack during rain.

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1. Travel insurance

• Umove Adventure uses service from Bảo Việt Insurance with a maximum insurance payout of 100 million VND/person/case.
•  See the Bao Viet policy of insurance Quy tắc bảo hiểm Bảo Việt.     

2. Refer to the postpose policy, and cancel the tour in the requirement and instructions  tại đây
3.     Read and sign the exclude all liability before departing:

The customers who buy adventure tours from Umove Adventure have enough awareness about the level of challenge as well as other physical challenges and other potential dangers during the tour. Hence the customer is asked to read and sign the Exclude all Liability form before departing. Find the form below and read it carefully.

                    Phiếu miễn trừ trách nhiệm.              

4. Trekking Notes: 

• This trek has a high elevation and one of the 10 peaks has the most challenging terrain in Viet Nam. 
• Umove Adventure encourages you to bring a 10L backpack with under 2kg weight of necessary stuff during trekking such as a wallet, phone, and drinking water. Personal items like clothes and drinking water for every day, food for mountain meals, etc. Porter will carry them.

5. Sleep on the mountain

• We will sleep at a wooden shack on the mountain on the second night. There is a washroom, and bathroom here. An inflatable mattress, an insulated mat, and a sleeping bag or a blanket will be provided for sleeping.

6. Food & Drinks:

• Meals at the mountain are hot and served by the Porter team. Breakfast is fried rice, instant noodles, or crepe cake. Lunch is an available food which is prepared in advance.
• Drinking water will be taken from the stream by the Porter team and then boiled to sanitize. The participants should bring a water bottle to refill water every day.
• At the sleeping spot after each meal, hot tea and coffee are served.

7.   Protecting the environment together 

• Umove Adventure supports and practices Leave No Trace principles in each program and outdoor activities itself. We also encourage our customers and partners to apply to Leave No Trace principles when traveling in the outdoor environment. See details about the Leave No Trace session here
• In order to limit the use of single-use plastic, Umove Adventure encourages each of us to prepare for ourselves a bottle of water with a 1L capacity for daily water refilling.
• On the tour, tourists comply with the instructions and regulations on environmental protection at the destination.

8.   Medical alert

• If you have cardiovascular disease or bone and joint diseases (knees, ankles, shoulder joints, etc.), you should visit your doctor before deciding to join the trip. 
• A basic first-aid bag will be carried by tour guides. If you have health problems that require preventive medicine, please prepare for your own.

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