Day 1: Arrival Vientiane On arrival at Vientiane, you are met and transferred to hotel. We will visit the oldest Wat Sisaket, Wat Prakeo, That Luang Stupa, Patuxay Monument and enjoying sunset by Mekong Riverside and late evening. Overnight in Vientiane. Day 2: Vientiane – Vang Vieng We are heading out of the town by route no. 13th north bound. This day, we travel north by roads to Vang Vieng with stopover at the archaeological sight of Vang Xang dating back from the 11th century. On arrival at Vang Vieng, we cross the Nam Song River, and then enjoy a short trek through the breathtaking mountain landscape to Tham None Cave and some hill villages. Today ends with a spectacular view of the sunset over the Nam Song River. Overnight in Vang Vieng. Day 3: Vang Vieng - Luang Prabang Continuing to Luang Prabang by 13th north route. We will take few minutes for observing the local lifestyle in The Muang Xieng Nguen. On arrival in Luang Prabang, we visit the impressive stupa of Wat Visoun, the shrine of Wat Aham, Wat Mai; we then climb up to the top of Phousi Mount for an enjoyable exploration of sacred, gilded stupa and a beautiful sunset view of the city and the Mekong River. From there, we explore Street Night Bazaar, where you can find the lovely collection and handmade textile by local and hill tribe people surrounding Luang Prabang. Overnight in Luang Prabang. Day 4: Visiting Khouangsi Waterfall Visiting the morning Phosi Market. Visiting local village of Lao ethnic minority groups at Ban Ouay, Hmong Village, Ban Ou, Laoloum Village and Ban Thapene, Khmu Village, then drive to the beautiful Khouangsi Waterfall where you can splash around in the pools or walk along the forest paths, return to Luang Prabang by late afternoon and continue to Ban Phanom, a well known weaving village, return to the city by late evening for observing the sunset at Wat Siphouthabath. Overnight in Luang Prabang Day 5: Luang Prabang – Pak Ou Cave – Nongkhoiw Sightseeing the Wat Sene and the magnificent Wat Xiengthong with its roofs sweeping low to the ground, which represent the classical architecture of Luang Prabang temple. We then embark on traditional boat leisure upstream on the Mekong River to 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 continue boating up leisurely trip on the Nam Ou River to Nongkhoiw. Along the way we stop to visit at Thai Lu village at Ban Pak Jak, Ban Nongkham, weaving village, Ban Muang Souen and arriving Nongkhoiw by late afternoon. Overnight in Nongkhoiw. Day 6: Nongkhoiw – Oudomxay – Pakbeng Leaving Nongkhoiw and stopping to visit the Hmong, Khmu, Black Thai and Lu ethnic minority people, Hmong hill tribe people at Ban Songja and Ban Jarong. Arriving at Oudomxay city then heading out the town to Pakbeng, along the way, we visit some Khmu, Tai Dam (Black Thai), Hmong villages and arrive at Pakbeng and enjoy the daily evening. hill tribe market before check in into hotel. Overnight in Pakbeng. Day 7: Pakbeng – HoueiSay We will embark on a traditional boat, upstream on Magic of Mekong River. Both banks of the river are bordered by very beautiful mountain ranges and green forest. Along the way, we stop over at Ban Houeilampen to visit the Hmong hill tripe people, who are very poor but have unique culture. On arrival at HoueiSay and taking a ferry boat crossing Mekong to Chiangkhong (Thailand). End of the tour. |