Discover Laos 12 days
Day 01: Luang Prabang Arrival
Day 02: Luang Prabang - City Tour (B.L)
Day 03: Luang Prabang -Textile village - Elephant camp (B.L)
Day 04: Luang Prabang - Kuang Sii Waterfall (B.L)
Day 05: Luang prabang - Nong Khiau (B.L)
Day 06: Nong Khiau - Pak Ou Cave - Luang Prabang (B.L)
Day 07: Luang Pranbang - Xieng Khuang - Phonsavanh (B.L)
Day 08: Phonsavanh - Xieng Khuang - Vang Vieng (B.L)
Day 09: Vang Vieng - Soft Trekking - Kayaking - Tubing (B.L)
Day 10: Vang Vieng – Market – Vientiane (B.L)
Day 11: Vientiane - City tours (B.L)
Day 12: Vientiane - Departure (B)
Day 01: Luang Prabang arrival Welcome to Luang prabang. Upon arrival meet your guide and transfer to your hotel. Free to discover Luang Prabang. Dinner on your own and overnight at hotel in Luang prabang. |
Day 02: Luang Prabang - City Tour (B.L) After breakfast at hotel, discover Luang Prabang such as National Museum, the impressive stupa of Wat Visoun and the shrine of Wat Aham, Wat Mai and visit Wat Xieng Thong. We then climb up to the top of Phousi Mount for an enjoyable exploration of the sacred, gilded stupa as well as a beautiful sunset view of the city and the Mekong River. Then, we explore Street Night Market, where you can find the lovely collection and handmade textile by local and hill tribe people surrounding Luang Prabang. Dinner on your own and overnight at hotel in Luang Prabang. |
Day 03: Luang Prabang -Textile village - Elephant camp (B.L) After breakfast at hotel, drive out of town to visit the elephant camp at Ban Ann, stopover at famous village named Ban Phom Nom, almost of those villagers are weavers. They used to be servants and made handicraft souvenirs for the last king of Laos. Another stop at Henrimouhot monument at Kang Noon, a French man, who founded Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, but he died at Kang Noon when he moved to Laos for his discovery as Mararia. Then continue to the camp, Arrival at the Elephant camp, your guide introduce about those elephants where they came and what is its daily living condition? Then, take an elephant ride for one hour crossing Kharn River before return to the town transfer you to your hotel. Dinner on your own and overnight at hotel in Luang Prabang. |
Day 04: Luang Prabang - Kuang Sii Waterfall (B.L) After breakfast at hotel, drive out of town about 30 km to the most beautiful waterfall Kuang Sii, where you can swim, relax, soft trek to the top of the fall. Lunch picnic nearby the waterfall. Back to Luang Prabang with stop at Black Hmong Village, where hill tribe hand-made handicraft as souvenirs for visitors pass by and discover their daily life. Arrive in the town at the end of the day. Transfer to your hotel and free to discover Luang Prabang. Dinner on your own and overnight at hotel in LuangPrabang. |
Day 05: Luang prabang - Nong Khiau (B.L) After breakfast at hotel, drive a head to Nong Khiau about 3 hour by car via beautiful landscapes and rural villages. Stop at junction between Pak Mong and Nong Khiau. Arrive in Nong Khiau, check in at your bungalow. Then, soft trekking through rice field to Pha Tork cave, where local hided inside during Indochina War US bombed Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam. Return to Nong Khiau, taking photo at Ou River. Dinner on your own and overnight at hotel in Nong Khiau. |
Day 06: Nong Khiau - Pak Ou Cave - Luang Prabang (B.L) After breakfast at hotel, we enjoy a cruise down stream on Ou River to the Mekong river, which also gives us a beautiful view of the tranquil countryside as well as an interesting visit to the mysterious of Pak Ou Caves, crammed with thousands of gold lacquered Buddha statues of various shapes and sizes. Along the way, we stop at the village of Ban Xanghai, where they make the distillation of local rice wine and we can discover their daily life. Back to Luang Prabang and arrive in the town at the end of the day. Dinner on your own and overnight at hotel in Luang Prabang. |
Day 07: Luang Pranbang - Xieng Khuang - Phonsavanh (B.L) After breakfast at hotel, departure by car to Xieng Khuang, which was devastated by American bombing between 1964 and 1973. Upon arrival, visit the Plain of Jars, an impressive archaeological site where hundreds of large stone jars are littered all over the plateau. Lunch at local restaurant. Afternoon, we visit the the old capital of Muang Khoun province and the villages nearby, country of the Hmong hill tribe and Tai Dam people. They are very friendly and have an interesting local culture and a colorful history. Dinner on your own and overnight at hotel in Phonsavanh. |
Day 08: Phonsavanh - Xieng Khuang - Vang Vieng (B.L) After breakfast at hotel, we drive ahead to Vang Vieng, about 6hours drive. Vang Vieng is once a key military airfield during the Indochina wars, the town’s center feature is the long-abandoned runway along the eastern side of town. On the west side, a small river separates the town from the nearby caves & mountains, which can easily be visited from town. Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant on the way. Upon arrival check in at your hotel, after a short rest, visit Organic Mulberry Farm and Jang cave, once local hide inside during the Indochina War. Dinner on your own and overnight at hotel in Vang Vieng. |
Day 09: Vang Vieng - Soft Trekking - Kayaking - Tubing (B.L) After breakfast at hotel, we cross Song River and start soft trekking to Lao Loum village to see their daily life, You can see how different between city and remote area. Lunch at local restaurant. Afternoon, we enjoy Kayaking about 3hours combine tubing along Song river to see the stunning view of the town, visit Tham Hoy and Tham Sang, other enjoy tubing around one hour. Back to your hotel for free and relax. Dinner on your own and overnight at hotel in Vang Vieng. |
Day 10: Vang Vieng – Market – Vientiane (B.L) After breakfast at hotel, departure to Vientiane about 3 hours drive via beautiful landscapes and villages. On the way, we have a short stop at Hmong market at km 52 for visiting and for taking pictures. Upon arrival in Vientiane, check in hotel. Lunch at local restaurant. Then, visit Textile village at Ban Nongbuathong before transfer you to your hotel. Dinner on your own and overnight at hotel in Vientiane. |
Day 11: Vientiane - City tours (B.L) After a breakfast at hotel, we start visiting the major sights of the capital including the oldest Wat Sisaket, the temple with thousands of miniature Buddha statues and the former royal temple of Wat Prakeo previously housed the famous Emerald Buddha Image. Lunch at local restaurant. Visit the famous and sacred structure of That Luang Stupa, we stop to take some pictures of the imposing Patuxay Monument, which is well known as Vientiane’s own of Triumph. Dinner on your own and overnight at hotel in Vientiane. |
Day 12: Vientiane - Departure (B) After breakfast and transfer you to Wattay Airport for your departure. End of trip |