8 Days / Cultural Holidays
In the Wilderness of Laos
Vientiane – Van Vieng – Luang Prabang

Day 01: Arrive Vientiane 

Afternoon city tour – Buddha Park and Victory Gate

Evening Night Market

Day 02: Vientiane- Vang Vieng  (B)

Late afternoon sunset view with boat ride in the Vang Vieng River

Evening walking tour around the Vang Vieng tourist Market area.

Day 03: Vang Vieng (B)

Morning have Hot air balloon tour.  Pick up at 6am from the hotel and short drive to take off point. Board the hot air balloon- this is the Vang Vieng most scenic mountain views flight, total flight will be 60 min. After that flight back to hotel for breakfast.

Late morning visit one of the most famous cave of Vang  Vieng. Drive will takes about 30 min and short easy hike up to the cave.  Some part of the cave you can see the good view of the Vang Veieng city.  Late afternoon enjoy in the pool or spa & Relax.

Day 04: Vang Vieng- Luang Prabang (B, L,D)

After breakfast deport to Luang Prabang. It is 230 Km and drive will takes about 7 hrs.  Today the drive will be bit long but along the way scenery will be unforgettable. You will pass by lots of Laos hill area, where you will able to see the farm land, great mountain view.  Finally you will reach the view top restaurant for lunch. From this view point you will able to see the 300 degree of the Laos green hill Mountain. After lunch continue drive to Luang Prabang.

Upon arrival check in hotel and relax in the pool or great spa.

Evening dinner in the hotel.

Day 05: Luang Prabang (B)

After breakfast transfer to Elephant camp for 1 hour Elephant Joy Ride and Elephant feeding.  This one hour joy ride, cover short jungle walk, river crossing and you may be able to ride Elephant one your own.  End of the ride back to the camp and feed the elephant (sugar cane and special grass)

After that drive back to the city for lunch, you will have many option to have lunch along the Mekong river.

After lunch city tour: Visit National Museum (Former Royal Palace of Luang Prabang). This is about 1 hrs tour, it shows history of Laos and Kingdom.

After that visit golden tree Monastery. This is built in 1560 c. This is the most historically significant and impressive of Luang Prabang.

After that take a short hike  about 100m up Mountain Phousi to view the great sunset over the Luang Prabang.  The Mt Phousi  lies in the heart of the old town of Peninsula and is bordered on one side by the Mekong River and on the other side by the Nam Kham River.

After that back to hotel for some rest and relax. Evening drive to the city area for Dinner. After dinner visit the most popular Night Market in Luang Prabang.

Day 06: Luang Prabang (B)

After breakfast transfer to Hmong Tribe village, drive will takes about 45 min. You can visit the village after that start 3 hours hiking to base of the Kuang xi waterfall. This 3 hrs scenic hike will cover mostly in the tropical Laos Jungle, you will able to see some of the wild fruits and many more different plants. End of the hike you will visit the one of the most beautiful water fall of Luang Prabang. You will enjoy the picnic lunch. After lunch, enjoy some natural swimming pool to swim and relax. The water is really blue and it is very clean.

After that drive back to  Town.  Rest and relax.

Day 07: Luang Prabang- Vientiane (B)

Morning after breakfast visit local cottage industry, where Lao ladies make the Lao textile with hand weave. You can also see the live weaving and you may also purchase their beautiful local textile product like scarf, table cloth etc..

After that transfer to city and fee till afternoon. Afternoon transfer to airport and connect short flight to Vientiane. Upon arrival meet and transfer to hotel.  Evening some free time to visit Vientiane night market.

Day 08: Vientiane – Singapore. (B)

After breakfast visit local wet Market, after that free till departure to airport.

Package includes:
All accommodation as per itinerary
All meals as per itinerary
All activities and sightseeing expenses
Private vehicle with driver
Domestic flights (if any) as per itinerary
English speaking guide

Package excludes:
International airfare
Visa
All beverages
All personal expenses
Travel Insurance
Resort/hotel facilities or activities
Optional activities
Tips

4 Star Accommodation

5 Star Hotels

DAY 01: BANGKOK – LUANGPRABANG(D)

Welcome the clients at Luangprabang airport. Transfer to hotel. Visit this world heritage town located at the confluence of the Nam Khane River and the Mekong on an old prehistoric site. It became the capital of the Lan Xang Kingdom, the “Kingdom of the Million Elephants », all first Lao kingdom, made up in 1353. Very marked by Buddhist architecture, the city sheltered 60 Pagodas to the 18^th century and was built around its “center cosmic “, the Phousy Mount. It always presents a traditional habitat and colonial of the greatest interest. Small and quiet place invites you to calms. Discover Wat Vixun and Manorom the Khmer temple style, climb up the Phousy Mount, where you have one overall picture of the city. The brilliant roofs of the pagodas mix with stripped plaster vestiges of colonial architecture. After dinner, visit night market. Overnight at hotel in Luangprabang.

DAY 02: LUANGPRABANG(B/L)

06’00 am, depart the hotel to visit monks arm collection site where you can experience the local tradition way of life of the local Buddhish. 07’00 am, visit local market. 07’45 am, back to hotel for breakfast. 08’30 am, discover museum installed in the old Royal Palace, the monasteries and pagodas of Wat Xieng Thong, Wat Mai, You will have also spare time to stroll in the city and the edge of Mekong and its tributary Nam Khan River, then you continue to visit the Buddhist caves of Pak OU – Tham Ting  which dominate the river and shelter many statues of Buddha images, located about 35 Kms upstream of Luang Prabang and Ban Sanghai the sticky alcohol distillation village. Overnight at the hotel in Luangprabang.

DAY 03: LUANGPRABANG(B/L)

08’30 am, excursion by road to visit Kuangsi waterfall with nice big trees surrounding and where you see the rare Siamese Tiger species and beautiful bears, then continue to visit the wonderful Tadsae waterfall  – this fall  have water just during June-September. Afternoon, visit Ban Sangkhong – the weaving textile villages. Overnight at hotel in Luangprabang.

DAY 04: LUANGPRABANG – PHONSAVAN(B/L)

08’00 am, excursion by road through the mountainous road towards Phonsavan. You arrive in an area of place located at the altitude of 1200 meters and let you discover all initially old Buddhist of Muang Sui, strongly damaged temples during the war during the Sixties and Seventies. Visit some tribe villages such as Mhong, Laotheung along the way such at Ban Keokacham, Ban Sala Phoukhoun. Phonsavan is the new chief town of district of Xieng Khouang province. The area is the historical center of the Phuan language, which belongs to the family of Tai languages. 17’00 am, visit the particular site of Thong Hai Hin, located at 15 kms in the South-west of Phonsavanh and which counts 250 earthenware jars, weighing between 600 kgs and 6 tons. These earthenware jars were cut in molasse (mixture of sandstone and granite) there is more than 2000 years. One does not know exactly if these earthenware jars were funeral urns or not. Others think that they could be containers for wine fermentation or with the conservation of rice. It is possible that these earthenware jars are dependent with the history of the civilization of Dong whose center was to Vietnam. But the mystery remains for the moment ……. !! One can not wait for moment how to admire them! There were several thousands of them but only 500 escaped from the destruction related to the war, since 1945 and especially in the Sixties and Seventies.

Overnight at hotel in Phonsavan.

DAY 05: PHONSAVAN – VIENTIANE  (B/L)

Discover “Plain of the Earthenware jars”. We discover also another site, Hai Hin Laat Khai, located at 35 kms in the South of Phonsavanh, with 150 earthenware jars on one hill from where the sight is splendid. Transfer to domestic airport to fly to Vientiane with QV 402 16’30-17’00 pm. Upon arrival, transfer to hotel. Overnight at hotel in Vientiane.

DAY 06:VIENTIANE (B/L)

Discover this small capital of Laos, such as That Luang stup, the national monument which is very important for all laotiens, symbolizing at the same time of the Buddhist religion and Lao sovereignty. Visit also of Vat Sasaket, the temple going back to 1818 BC, the only one to be saved by the raid of Siamese in 1828 BC. Vat Pha Kaew, old Royal Temple transformed into Museum, national museum. Have dinner and Overnight at hotel in Vientiane.

DAY 07:VIENTIANE – BANGKOK (B/L)

Visit War museum and take a drive to visit Buddha Park. Have lunch, then transfer to international airport to fly to Bangkok with Lao Aviation with QV 414 16’30-17’50