Round trip: Laos minority experience programme
Duration: 7 Days - 6 Nights
Itinerary:
Day 1: WELCOME TO LUANG PRABANG, LAOS ( G )
Meet guide at Luang Prabang International Airport. Transfer to hotel for check in. City tour. Visit Wat Visoun, Water melon Stupa, Wat Sene and Wat Mai. climb up to Phousi Mountain for a great view of the city and the two rivers for sunset. Overnight in Luang Prabang.
Day 2: LUANG PRABANG - PAK OU CAVES ( B,L,D,G )
Visit Wat Xieng Thong. Exursion to Pak Ou with boat trip on the Mekong River to visit rice-wine distillation site at Ban Sang Hai on the way. Upon arrival visit to holy Tham Ting Caves with thousand of Buddha statues. Afternoon travel by road to see Kouang Sy waterfalls. Continue to visit and shop Tai Lu textiles at Ban Pha Nom, visit mulberry paper's making village at Ban Xang Khong. Overnight in Luang Prabang.
Day 3: LUANG PRABANG - OUDOMXAY ( B,G )
Road to Oudomxai province with stopovers at H'Mong and Khmu villages. Arrive Oudomxai before sunset and transfer to hotel for check in. Overnight in Oudomxay.
Day 4: OUDOMXAY - PHONGSALY ( B,G )
Visit local market of Oudomxai before continue the road to Phongsaly that will catch your attention by it's beautiful mountainous landscape . Excursion by pick-up car to Bountai. Stopover to visit Ban Phijeu-lko village and Ban Namli-Khmu village. Picnic lunch on the top of Phapheung hill to admire the beautiful panoramic view. In the afternoon, visit lko-Pouli and Phounoy minority villages. Short stop to visit former French camp. Arrive Phongsaly in late afternoon, transfer to hotel in Phong Saly.
Day 5: PHONGSALY - HATSA - MUONG NGOY - NONGKHIO ( B,G )
Breakfast, transfer to Ban Hatsa known as local pier of Phongsaly province. Then take a boat for 6 hours on Nam Ou river to Nongkhio, with exceptional primary forests landscapes. Through the trip daily activities of local people on both banks of Nam Ou river can be seen. Arrive Nongkhio at late afternoon, transfer to guesthouse in Nongkhio.
Day 6: NONG KHIO - LUANG PRABANG ( B,G )
Breakfast, excursion by boat on Nam Ou river to Luang Prabang for 4 hrs. On the way stopover to visit the famous cave of Pak Ou, located at the side of the steep cliff on the bank of the Mekong River housing hundreds of wooden Buddha statues which had been carved and enshrined since sixteen century. Continue toward Luang Prabang, stopover to visit rice wine distillation village. Arrive Luang Prabang at late afternoon, transfer to hotel. Overnight in Luang Prabang.
Day 7: WELCOME HOME ( B,G )
Free at leisure till transfer to departure flight home or next destination.
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