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Laos Off the Beaten Path

Laos Off the Beaten Path

13-day from Luang Prabang to 4000 Islands via north and south

Luang Prabang by bicycle, cooking class, Kuang Si, Mekong cruise, ethnic villages, Vientiane, orchid trek, Boloven, Champassak, Wat Phou.
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Detailed Itinerary

Journée avec guide francophone

Arrival at Luang Prabang international airport. Transfer to hotel. Free time to explore the peninsula atmosphere.

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Monks alms procession at dawn, morning market visit. City tour by bicycle: 30 temples, 1000 monks. Mount Phousi sunset (300 steps). Night market.

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Morning Lao cooking class with English-speaking chef: market visit, prepare jeow dips, mok pa, laap salad and sticky rice. Afternoon: relax at Kuang Si turquoise falls and Asian Bears sanctuary.

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Morning departure by boat up the Mekong. Stop at Pak Ou caves with hundreds of Buddha statues. Village stops along the Mekong. Arrive Pakbeng, commercial crossroads between Thailand, Burma and China.

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Drive to Oudomxay. Visit Mont Phou That for panoramic view over the city. Continue to Namkat Yorla Pa resort between river and mountain. Afternoon free.

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Full day 4x4 to Khamu, Hmong and Akha villages. Spectacular mountain road up to 1000m. Lunch with panoramic view. Visit isolated Akha village from Yunnan/Tibet origin.

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Free morning at resort. Evening train to Vientiane. Arrival: local francophone friend takes you to a lively night market for traditional Lao dinner.

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Wat Sisaket, Ho Phra Keo, That Luang (45m), Patuxai. Afternoon: Buddha Park 25km. Evening: Chao Anouvong park, night market.

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Orchid trek starting at Pha Say waterfall (50m gorge). Walk through semi-deciduous forest, bamboo, jungle. Picnic in dry riverbed. Swim at Tad Say cascade afternoon.

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Flight to Pakse. Drive to Boloven Plateau: Tad Fan waterfalls (120m), Tad Yeaung waterfall. Hotel on the plateau.

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Coffee and tea plantation visit with tasting. Paksong local market. Tad Lo waterfall. Drive to Champassak colonial village on the Mekong.

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Visit Wat Phou UNESCO World Heritage Site, pre-Angkorian Khmer sanctuary from 5th-6th century. Afternoon: Mekong cruise to Wat Muang Kang and Wat Luang Kao temples.

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Depart for 4000 Islands. Visit Ban Nong Beung Taoy wood carving village. Boat to Done Khone. Explore by bicycle: colonial railway heritage and Liphy waterfalls. Free afternoon.