Your Itinerary
Day 1: Arrive – Vientiane (-/-/-)
Upon arrival, you are met and transferred to your centrally located hotel
Day 2: Vientiane – Luang Prabang (B/-/-)
Breakfast at hotel. visit the major sights of the capital; including the oldest Wat Sisaket with thousands of miniature Buddha statues and the former royal temple of Wat Prakeo previously housed the famous Emerald Buddha Image. On the way to the famous and sacred structure of That Luang Stupa, we stop to take some pictures of the imposing Patuxay Monument, which is well known as Vientiane’s own Arc de Triumph. From there, we visit the Central Market call ‘ Morning Market’ where you can find the antique items for collection, well handmade textile and gift away items.
We then board a short flight to Luang Prabang, which is perhaps the best - preserved traditional city in Southeast Asia. UNESCO registered 1995 as World Cultural Heritage City. The tranquility and charm of this town with its splendid natural scenery and cultural sights make it one of the most delightful places to visit in Asia. On arrival, we transfer you to hotel. After a short rest, we are strolling around to see the Street Night Market, where you can find the lovely collection and handmade textile by local and hill tribe people surrounding Luang Prabang, we then climb up to the top of Phousi Mount for an enjoyable exploration of the sacred, gilded stupa as well as viewing a beautiful panorama sunset over this once royal ancient city and the Mekong River. Late afternoon return to the town.
Day 3: Luang Prabang – Pakou Caves – Baan Phanom (B/-/-)
Breakfast, we enjoy a short-guided tour seeing the city’s oldest temple of impressive stupa of Wat Visoun and Wat Mai and the magnificent Wat Xiengthong with its roofs sweeping low to the ground, which represent the classical architecture of Luang Prabang temple. We then board a boat embarking upstream on the Mekong River, which also gives us a beautiful view of the tranquil countryside as well as an interesting visit to the mysterious of 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 local rice wine.
Day 4: Luang Prabang – Departure (B/-/-)
Breakfast, we then visit The National Museum at the former Royal Palace, which displays a lovely collection of the artifacts reflecting the richness of Lao culture dating from the days of the early kings right through the last sovereign. We continue visit the silver smith’s and Fine Arts School and the Central Market are not to be missed. We visit these sights before we catch a flight goodbye to this ancient city.
Services Includes:
Accommodation at hotel base on twin sharing basis at deluxe 4-star hotels
Air conditioned transportation
Tours as per itinerary including entry fee
Meals as indicated on itinerary
Local English speaking guide
Drinking water, cool towel refreshments during the trip
Private Mekong Boat trip to Pak Ou Cave
Domestic flight Vientiane - Luang Phrabang
NTA & GOV Tax
Services Not Includes:
Travel insurance
Other meals, personal expenses (laundry, phone call, tip..)
Hotel List:
Vientiane: Novotel Hotel - deluxe 4 star
Luang Prabang: The Grand Hotel - deluxe 4 star
Package Price (US$/Per)
Half Board
2-3 Pax: USD 396/pax
4-7Pax: USD 354/pax
8-11Pax: USD 330/pax
12-16 Pax: USD 326/pax
Single Sup: USD 89/pax
Valid from 20 Apr 07-30 Sept 07
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
International flight from/to Laos is not inclusive.
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Asia
Laos
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Archeology/History
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