Laos Discovery: 6-Day Mekong Cruise to Luang Prabang Highlights

6 - days tour
Daily Departure
Good for: First-time Visitor
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Overview

DAY 1: HOUEI XAY – SHOMPOO CRUISE TO PAKBENG (-/L/-) (JOIN-IN CRUISE)
DAY 2: PAKBENG – SHOMPOO CRUISE TO LUANG PRABANG (B/L/-)
DAY 3: AUTHENTIC LUANG PRABANG – CITY TOUR (B/-/-)
DAY 4: LUANG PRABANG – BAMBOO EXPERIENCES (B/L/-)
DAY 5: LUANG PRABANG – FARMING EXPERIENCES - KUANG SI FALLS (B/-/-)
DAY 6: LUANG PRABANG - DEPARTURE (B/-/-)

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DAY 1: HOUEI XAY – SHOMPOO CRUISE TO PAKBENG (-/L/-) (JOIN-IN CRUISE)

At 08:00am, the guests will meet our English Speaking team with a welcome sign at the Chiang Khong immigration office. He will help the guests to exit Thailand and get the shuttle bus to Lao border (included). Our guide will assist customers to apply for the visa. After getting the VISA, guests will take a sharing transfer (minivan) to the slow boat pier to embark on the boat. During the morning, Quick lecture about Do’s and Don’ts in Laos and fun facts will be presented by our guide.

Lao traditional Lunch set is served on board. Before reaching Pakbeng, we will stop to visit a traditional Kamu village (Ban Keng Lae), a tiny cozy place which host about 70 families. Travelers will learn about rural lifestyle in a very remote area. The boat will arrive at Pakbeng before the night. Check in hotel in Pakbeng and time at leisure.

Dinner on your own. Overnight in hotel.

DAY 2: PAKBENG – SHOMPOO CRUISE TO LUANG PRABANG (B/L/-)

Breakfast at hotel. The boat will leave Pakbeng at 08am. Enjoy the beautiful nature and jungle during your journey. In the morning, our guide and cooker will make a short demonstration on how to make local handicrafts and will also prepare some lao desserts and local drinks that travelers will eat later in the afternoon.
A Lao traditional Lunch set is served on board. First stop will be at Ban Muang village, small village famous for its lao lao whiskey making. Right after the visit, the boat will stop for the second visit at the Pak Ou Caves (Tham Ting) and its over two thousands Buddha statues. It is one of the most important Pilgrimage place for lao people. After the visit, enjoy the homemade desserts and drinks made by our team and the travelers. The boat will arrive in Luang Prabang before 4:30pm.
Transfer to hotel in town for check-in. Time at leisure

Dinner on your own. Overnight in hotel.

DAY 3: AUTHENTIC LUANG PRABANG – CITY TOUR (B/-/-)

An optional early start gives you the fantastic opportunity to participate in the daily morning alms giving ritual to saffron clad monks. This tradition is unique to Laos, being the only Buddhist nation still preserving this procession. Stop and visit fresh local markets and back to hotel for breakfast.

This morning, depart to visit Wat Visoun, the site of impressive Thad Makmo stupa. The rounded dome is stylistically more Sinhalese than Lao. Continue to visit Wat Aham. Then, visit to the most photographed temple, Vat Xiengthong. Located at the end of peninsular closed to the confluence of Mekong and Khan River.

This afternoon, continue to former Royal Palace, now the National Museum. Visit Wat Mai, a temple renowned for its golden bas-relief. During Pimai, the Lao New Year, the Prabang normally housed in the Royal Palace Museum is brought and put on public display in this temple.

Meals on your own. Overnight in hotel.

DAY 4: LUANG PRABANG – BAMBOO EXPERIENCES (B/L/-)

After breakfast at the hotel, you will be pick up from hotel to the venue located inside a small village overseeing rice field to participate in the Bamboo Experience (join-in). You will be explained on usage on bamboo to make various items and also given experience to play their childhood games with metal balls, crossbow arrow, .... Participation in a bamboo weaving course with the guides of an expert teacher. Try with a knife to cut the bamboo into several pieces and then weave them for about an hour to complete your own mat that you will take with you as a keepsake. Then, enjoy great time learning about using bamboo in cooking, such as: bamboo shoot soup, bamboo shoot with banana leaf with sticky rice ... Afterwards, savor your creations in the traditional Laotian house (Pavilion style).

In the afternoon, transfer back in town and ferry to otherside of Mekong to visit Ban Xiemienne village. Enjoy a walking tour along the village to Wat Long Khoun temple, located in the jungle. This monastery historically had important ties with the royal family of Luang Prabang. From its beginnings Wat Long Khoun served as a retreat center for spiritual revitalization. It was traditional practice that the new king-designate spend three days there in ceremonial bathing and meditative retreat. Back to hotel and time at leisure.

Meals on your own. Overnight in hotel.

DAY 5: LUANG PRABANG – FARMING EXPERIENCES - KUANG SI FALLS (B/-/-)

After breakfast, spend the morning exploring the rice culture and farming experience with some hands-on activities along the way. Be welcomed by the hospitable farmers who will show you how rice is grown and harvested. You can plant rice in the rice paddy together with the farmers while seeing the buffalos plough the rice paddies. Discover what rice can be used to produce different products.
This afternoon, driving through green rice paddies and farms. On your arrival at the Kuang Si waterfall, enjoy your short walking on trails of falls to visit the bear rescued centre. Enjoy spectacular views and surrounding of orchids inside the park and falls cascade over many calcified tiers and down several hundred feet into a series of cool, turquoise pools. Return to Luang Prabang.

Meals on your own. Overnight in hotel

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Price including:
  • Local English speaking guide
  • Accommodation as mentioned
  • All transfers in private vehicle with air-conditioned
+ group 1-4 pers: use 01 Huyndai H1 + group 5-8 pers: use 01 Toyota Hiace + group 9-16 pers: use 02 Toyota Hiace
  • Meals as mentioned in the program (B-Breakfast, L-Lunch)
  • Shompoo Cruise 2 days (sharing cruise with english speaking guide on boat)
  • All entrance fees during the sightseeing
  • All excursions, activities as mentioned in the program
  • Water and towel per sightseeing day
  • Service charged & Government tax
Price excluding:
  • International & Domestic flights
  • Visa fees (40 USD/pers + 1 USD/pers for admin fees)
  • Travel insurance
  • Meals non-mentioned and beverage
  • Personal expenses, Tipping
  • Bank fees
 
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