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Highlights: Luang Prabang- Xiengkhuang-Vang Vieng- Vientiane-Pakse and the south

Tour is started from: Luang Prabang

Tour is finished from: Vientiane

Tour duration: 12 Days/ 11 Nights

Price from: $750

Please note that: Prices will depend on travel date, hotel choice, room categories, numbers of people traveling and all our itineraries are flexible and can be altered to suit your requirements.

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Brief Itinerary

Day 1.  Arrival – Luang Prabang – Half Day City Tour

Day 2.  Luang Prabang – Big Brother Mouse – Ban Khia Luang – Pak Ou Caves

Day 3.  Luang Prabang – Khuang Si Waterfall and Ban Chan

Day 4.  Luang Prabang – Xiengkhuang

Day 5.  Xieng Khuang – Plain of Jars and Muang Khoun

Day 6.  Xiengkhuang – Muang Khoun –Vang Vieng

Day 7.  Vang Vieng – Half day tour – Vientiane

Day 8.  Vientiane – Half day city tour

Day 9.  Vientiane – Pakse – 4000 Islands

Day 10. 4000 Islands and surrounding

Day 11. 4000 Islands –Tad Lo – Pakse

Day 12. Pakse – Departure

 

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1. Arrival – Luang Prabang – Half Day City Tour

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Royal Palace Museum

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Wat Aham Luang Prabang

On arrival at Luang Prabang International Airport you will be met and transferred to your hotel. After you have had time to rest and freshen up we will head off on bicycles to see some of the highlights of Luang Prabang including a visit to the Royal Palace Museum, which hosts a range of interesting artifacts from the Royal period in Luang Prabang. Cycling on we seeing the city’s oldest temples, the magnificent Wat Xiengthong with its roof sweeping low to the ground, representing classical Lao architecture, the impressive stupa of Wat Visoun and the shrine of Wat Aham

Your evening to free to explore the town and night market or relax at the hotel.

Overnight in Luang Prabang (B)

   

Day 2. Luang Prabang – Big Brother Mouse – Ban Khia Luang – Pak Ou Caves

We start the day with a visit to the Big Brother Mouse shop in town to select some children’s books for our village visit today. We then head north by car along Route 13, before taking an unpaved road to Ban Khia Luang. Here you will have ample time to visit the school, play with the kids and watch them enjoy their new books. You will also see the village women at their weaving looms and visit the local temple.

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Nam Ou River Luang Prabang

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Pak Ou Caves Luang Prabang

For lunch we have a choice of a western picnic lunch or a traditional Lao meal of sticky rice, laap and fresh vegetables cooked by the villagers.

Saying goodbye to the village we drive to Ban Khoklin, taking us through some beautiful mountain scenery and paddy fields. At Ban Khoklin we board a private boat down the Nam Ou River for 30 minutes to Pak Ou Caves. These caves are an ancient pilgrimage site and contain thousands of gold lacquered Buddha images left there over hundreds of years. 

Continuing down the Mekong River we will arrive back to Luang Prabang by late afternoon.

Overnight in Luang Prabang (B, L)

 

Day 3. Luang Prabang – Kuang Sii Waterfall

After breakfast back at the hotel we begin our journey to Kuang Sii Waterfall stopping along the way to visit the morning Phousi Market, this where all the locals of Luang Prabang come to do their daily shopping. You will see a variety of local foodstuffs and products including dried buffalo skin, local tea and saltpeter among the chickens, fish, vegetables and fruit, everything needed for daily life in Laos.

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Kuang Sii Waterfall Luang Prabang

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Phousi Market Luang Prabang

On arrival at the Kuang Sii Falls you will have the opportunity to cool off with a refreshing swim in the topaz pools below the falls, walk along the forest trails and visit the Bear Sanctuary.

Returning to Luang Prabang your afternoon is free to explore or relax at the hotel.

Overnight in Luang Prabang (B)

 

Day 4. Luang Prabang – Xieng Khouang

Lao Leum Village - Xiengkhuang

Lao Leum Village – Xiengkhuang

Hill Tribe Villages - Xiengkhuang

Hill Tribe Villages – Xiengkhuang

Today we depart early for a drive through spectacular scenery to Xiengkhuang Province, the home of the Plain of Jars.  There are many stunning photo opportunities along the way and a couple of stops to explore hill tribe villages. After check in at your hotel in Phonsavan there will be time to go for a wonder through town, visit the MAG Centre or chill out over a drink at the hotel.

Overnight in Xiengkhuang (B)

 

Day 5. Xieng Khuang – Plain of Jars & Muang Khoun

This morning we head out to explore the Plain of Jars. We will be visiting Sites 1, 2 & 3 as well as taking a short trek to a Tai Dam and Lao Leum village along the way.

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Muang Khoun Xiengkhuang

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Lao Leum village Vang Vieng

Following lunch we drive on to explore the old capital of Muang Khoun and the nearby villages, home to the Hmong hilltribe and Tai Dam people.

Overnight in Xiengkhuang (B)

 

Day 6. Xieng Khuang – Vang Vieng

On our way out of town this morning we have time to visit the interesting Phonsavan Central Market and then drive on to Vang Vieng arriving there mid afternoon.

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Phonsavan Central Market

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Tham Phoukham caves Vang Vieng

After check in at your hotel you can explore the town or relax at the hotel and enjoy the stunning views as the sun sets behind the limestone kryst mountains across the river.

Overnight in Vang Vieng (B)

 

Day 7. Vang Vieng – Half Day tour – Vientiane

Beginning our morning tour of Vang Vieng, we explore the famous caves of Tham Jang, which was once used by the local people as a hideout from Chinese invaders. We then cross the river to Ban Huai Ngai, where we can wonder through the village and observe the locals going about daily life.

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Tham Jang Cave Vang Vieng

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Organic Farm Vang Vieng

At the Organic Farm you will have the opportunity to visit the goats, pigs and other wildlife, observe mudbrick making and sample roasted goat cheese and mulberry wine. Follow lunch here we head south to Vientiane, where we will arrive before sunset.

Overnight in Vientiane (B)

 

Day 8. Vientiane – Half Day city tour

This morning’s city tour enables you to see the major temples of Vientiane including the oldest, Wat Sisaket, with it’s thousands of miniature Buddha statues, and the former royal temple of Wat Prakeo, which housed the famous Emerald Buddha Image. We also visit the national icon of Laos, That Luang Stupa, stopping along the way to take some pictures of the imposing Patuxay Monument, which is Vientiane’s own Arc de Triumph. 

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Wat Sisaket Luang Prabang

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Patuxay Monument Vientiane

The afternoon is free for you to explore the city, go shopping, take a stroll along the waterfront or relax at the gotel.

Overnight in Vientiane (B)

 

Day 9. Vientiane – Pakse – 4000 Islands

We depart early this morning to head to the airport for our flight to Pakse. On arrival in Pakse, we drive south to Champassak and to visit the fascinating pre-Angkorian ruins of Wat Phu, one of Southeast Asia’s most dramatically situated temples. We have time to explore these intriguing Khmer ruins, which are perched at the base of Mount Phu Kao.

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Wat Phu Don Khong

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Khone Island Champasak

Following lunch, we continue our journey by road and long tail boat to Khone Island in the 4000 Islands area, where you have the rest of the day to relax.

Overnight in Khone Island (B)

 

Day 10. 4000 Islands and surrounding

After an early morning breakfast, we explore Khone Island. Here we begin by re-tracing the French colonial-past at Ban Khone, where some old colonial houses still stand and you glimpse the first Lao railway with its own locomotive.

We continue our exploration of the area of the 4000 islands by boat and visit the beautiful Liphi waterfall, also known as the Samphamith, which forms a natural border between Lao and Cambodia.

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Khone Phapheng waterfall in Done Khong Island

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Liphi waterfall

We return to Ban Nakasang and drive to the famous waterfall of Khone Phapeng – the largest waterfall in South East Asia, also known as the ‘Niagara of the East’.

Overnight in Khone Island (B)

 

Day 11. 4000 Islands –Tad Lo – Pakse

This morning we leave Khone Island and head for the refreshing mountain climate on the Bolevan Plateau.  The area is famous for its many waterfalls and we will visit two of the best, Tad Fan, with it’s impressive twin falls cascading over 100 metres to the valley floor below and Tad Ngeuan, with it’s prisitine pools for taking a refreshing dip and coffee shop and plantation where you can sample some real Lao coffee. 

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Bolevan Plateau Tad Lo

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Tad Ngeuan Tad Lo

Along the way you will see the rich soils of the region being cultivated for coffee, tea, cardamom, bananas, and other crops before our return to Pakse late afternoon.

Overnight in Pakse (B)

 

Day 12. Pakse – Departure

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Pakse

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Elephant Riding Pakse

After breakfast you will be transferred to Pakse Airport for your flight to Siem Reap. (B)

 

Included in above prices:

  • Private, Airconditioned Transport
  • Boat trips as stated in the itinerary
  • English speaking guide
  • Admission fees to sites stated in the itinerary
  • Meals: daily breakfast at hotel
  • Gov’t taxs and service charges
  • Luggage handling
  • Drinking water

 

Exclusive of above prices:

  • Accommodation on a twin shared basis (quote separately)
  • Visas and Immigration fees on arrival
  • Domestic airticket
  • Int’l air tickets to/from Laos
  • Travel and/or Medical Insurance
  • Lunch or dinner unless stated in the itinerary
  • Single room accommodation (quoted separately)
  • Child or adult in triple share accommodation
  • Foreign language guides other than English
  • Peak Season or Special Events Surcharges
  • Tip, drinks and other personal expenses

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