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Duration:
 8 Days / 7 Nights

 

Special Features

Experience UNESCO-listed Luang Prabang with its rich cultural history and nearby Waterfalls, Mountains

Travel to Big Brother Mouse, which helps young people of all ages develop their math, language, and reading skills

Explore Ban Khia Luang ethnic village to learn about the daily activities and visit local temples

Boat along the river to Pak Ou Caves, which is a treat, home to 4000 Buddhas in a cave

Enjoy Kuang Si Falls in layers similar to terrace fields, crystal clear, blue water for swimming, relaxing, soaking

Touring Xieng Khouang with Laos’ highest famed Phou Bia Mountain (2.820m) and Plain of Jars

Visit Vientiane, Laos’s capital city with its vintage beauty, French colonial architecture, and special ethnic minorities

Discover Paske with its UNESCO-listed Wat Phu, dating back to the fifth century, and the spectacular Bolaven Plateau

Travel to Tad Lo, the heaven of amazing waterfalls such as Tad Lo Waterfall, Tad Hang Waterfall, Tad Suong Waterfall

Day 1 /Luang Prabang: Luang Prabang arrival – Pick up & Check in hotel – Half Day City Tour

Day 2 /Luang Prabang: Luang Prabang – Big Brother Mouse – Ban Khia Luang – Pak Ou Caves (B)

Day 3 /Luang Prabang: Luang Prabang – Khuang Si Waterfall (B)

Day 4 /Vientiane: Luang Prabang – Fly to Vientiane (a 1hr flight) – Half-day city tour (B)

Day 5 /Tad Lo: Vientiane – Pakse – Tad Lo (B)

Day 6 /4000 island: Tad Lo – Wat Phou – 4000 Islands (B)

Day 7 /4000 island: 4000 Islands – Surrounding (B)

Day 8 /Departure: 4000 Islands – Pakse – Departure (B)

Trip Package Includes

•  All A/C private transfers at all places as indicated in the program

•  All intra-flights (tax & service charge included)

          ∗  Luang Prabang (LPQ) – Vientiane (VTE): a 45min flight

•  7 nights of accommodations

          ∗  3 nights Luang Prabang

          ∗  1 night Vientiane

          ∗  1 night Tadlo

          ∗  2 nights 4000 islands

•  Meals as indicated in the program: B- Breakfast, L- Lunch, D- Dinner

•  Private boat to cruise at all places as indicated in the program

•  All admission costs at places mentioned in the itinerary

•  English-speaking tour guide

•  All entrance fees

•  All taxes & service charges

 

Trip Package Excludes

•  Personal expenses are not noted in the program

•  Insurance

Day 1:

Luang Prabang Arrival - Pick up & Check in hotel - Half Day City Tour

Included:

Private A/C transfers · Tour guide · Breakfast · Entrance fees · Hotel in Luang Prabang

Activities:

Upon arrival at Luang Prabang International Airport, you are picked up and have time to rest before heading out on bicycles to see some of Luang Prabang’s highlights, including a visit to the Royal Palace Museum, which houses a variety of interesting artifacts from the Royal period in Luang Prabang.
We continue exploring the city’s oldest temples, including the magnificent Wat Xiengthong, whose roof sweeps low to the ground and represents classical Lao architecture, the impressive stupa of Wat Visoun, and the shrine of Wat Aham.
Overnight in Luang Prabang

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Day 2:

Luang Prabang - Big Brother Mouse – Ban Khia Luang – Pak Ou Caves

Included:

Private A/C transfers · Tour guide · Breakfast · Entrance fees · Hotel in Luang Prabang

Activities:

After breakfast at the hotel, we begin the day by going to the Big Brother Mouse store in town to pick out some children’s books for our village visit, we then drive north on Route 13 before turning left onto an unpaved road to Ban Khia Luang, you will have plenty of time here to visit the school, play with the children, and watch them enjoy their new books, you will also see village women weaving on looms and visit a local temple.
Then, we have a Western picnic lunch or a traditional Laos meal of sticky rice, leap, and fresh vegetables cooked by the villagers before driving to Ban Khoklin, passing through beautiful mountain scenery and paddy fields, we board a private boat in Ban Khoklin and travel down the Nam Ou River for 30 minutes to the Pak Ou Caves, which are an ancient pilgrimage site with thousands of gold lacquered Buddha images that have been left there for hundreds of years.
Note: the above program is good for school holidays from September – May
Overnight in Luang Prabang

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Day 3:

Luang Prabang - Khuang Si Waterfall

Included:

Private A/C transfers · Tour guide · Breakfast · Entrance fees · Boat · Hotel in Luang Prabang

Activities:

We start our journey to Kuang Sii Waterfall after breakfast, stopping along the way to visit the morning Phousi Market, where all the locals of Luang Prabang come to do their daily shopping, among the chickens, fish, vegetables, and fruit are a variety of local foods and products such as dried buffalo skin, local tea, and saltpeter, as well as everything needed for daily life in Laos.
Arrive in Kuang Si Falls, you can cool off with a refreshing swim in the topaz pools below the falls, walk along the forest trails, and visit the Bear Sanctuary. When you return to Luang Prabang, you have the afternoon free to explore or relax at the hotel.
Overnight in Luang Prabang

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Day 4:

Luang Prabang – Fly to Vientiane (a 45min flight) – Half Day City Tour

Included:

Private A/C transfers · Tour guide · Breakfast · Entrance fees · Hotel in Luang Prabang

Activities:

This morning, you will be driven to the airport for your flight to Vientiane, upon your arrival, you will be met and transferred to your hotel to check in.
The city tour this afternoon takes you to the major temples of Vientiane, including the oldest, Wat Sisaket, with its thousands of miniature Buddha statues, and Wat Prakeo, the former royal temple that housed the famous Emerald Buddha Image, That Luang Stupa, Laos’ national icon, and stop along the way to photograph the imposing Patuxay Monument, Vientiane’s own Arc de Triumph. Your evening is free to explore the city, walk along the waterfront, or unwind at the hotel.
Overnight in Vientiane

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Day 5:

Vientiane – Pakse – Tad Lo

Included:

Private A/C transfers · Tour guide · Breakfast · Entrance fees · Hotel in Tad Lo

Activities:

You have an early flight to Pakse this morning with the refreshing mountain climate of the Bolivian Plateau, we will visit two of the best waterfalls in the area, Tad Fan, with its impressive twin falls cascading over 100 meters to the valley floor below, and Tad Ngeuan, with its pristine pools for a refreshing dip, and coffee shop and plantation where you can sample some real Lao coffee.
Before arriving at Tad Lo, home to another scenic waterfall and numerous ethnic minority groups, you will see the region’s rich soils being cultivated for coffee, tea, cardamom, bananas, and other crops as well as visit the villages of Alak, Nge, and Katu before back to Tad Lo.
Overnight in Tad Lo

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Day 6:

Tad Lo – Wat Phou – 4000 Islands

Included:

Private A/C transfers · Tour guide · Breakfast · Entrance fees · Hotel in 4000 island area

Highlights:

Wat Phu  4000 Islands

Activities:

Following an early breakfast, we descend the mountains towards Champasak and the 4000 islands area, after passing through Pakse, we take a ferry across the Mekong River to the fascinating pre-Angkorian ruins of Wat Phu, one of Southeast Asia’s most dramatically located mountaintop temples.
After lunch, we continue our journey by car and long tail boat to the 4000 Islands, where you can spend the rest of the day relaxing.
Overnight in the 4000 Islands area

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Day 7:

4000 Islands & Surrounding

Included:

Private A/C transfers · Tour guide · Breakfast · Entrance fees · Hotel in 4000 island area

Activities:

We leave early in the morning for Done Khone by road and boat, we retrace the island’s French colonial past at Ban Khone, which still has old colonial houses and a glimpse of the first Lao railway with its locomotive.
We continue our exploration of the area by boat, stopping at the lovely Liphi waterfall, also known as the Samphamith, which serves as a natural border between Laos and Cambodia, we return to Ban Nakasang and drive to Khone Phapeng, the largest waterfall in South East Asia and dubbed the “Niagara of the East.”
Overnight stay in the 4000 Islands area

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Day 8:

4000 Islands – Pakse - Departure

Included:

Private A/C transfers · Breakfast 

Highlights:

Airport transfer

Activities:

After breakfast, you will be transferred back to Pakse for your flight to your next destination, or catch a short flight to Cambodia, or overland via Chongmek International Checkpoint to Ubon Ratchathani Thailand.