Classic Laos 5 days

Welcome to Luang Prabang. On arrival at the airport, tour guide welcomes you in person and take you to hotel to check in. Please kindly note that the check in time at hotel is 14:00 hrs. The early check in can be guaranteed with a surcharge. 

After taking a soft rest, you will start your first tour in Luang Prabang with a visit to Royal Palace Museum, which hosts a range of interesting artifacts. Our next stop is Wat Mai, a temple renowned for its golden bas-relief, which is one of the most beautiful temples in town. If we have enough time, we will take a short walk around the small streets of city center, watching the life of local people.

In the late afternoon, we climb up to the top of Mount Phousi for an enjoyable exploration of the sacred, gilded stupa as well as a panoramic sunset view of the city and the Mekong River. 

After that, we will enjoy the welcome dinner at the local restaurant with the traditional dance and folk song, the best chance to experience the local culture.

Our last stop is Night Market, where you can find a lovely selection of handmade textiles made by local and hilltribe people surrounding Luang Prabang. After tour, you will come back to hotel to relax.  

This morning, we will wake up early and prepare to join the most sacred tradition of Laos, the daily morning alms giving, dating to the 14th century. More than 200 Buddhist monks depart from various temple to gather their daily meal from the faithful residents sitting quietly on the streets.
Then, we will visit the temporary morning market near the former Royal Palace. Just set on the ground, the local people come here to barter their day’s catch from rice, to vegetable, to fish, or chicken. What is a best chance to experience the flavor of local life!

After that, we come back to have breakfast at hotel. Then we will start our tour today with the visit to the city’s oldest temple of Wat Sene. After that, we embark on the leisurely cruise upstream on the Mekong River, which also gives us a breathtaking view of the tranquil countryside, before reaching the mysterious Pak Ou Caves, a 16th century cave monastery filled with thousands of Buddha images, which locates 25 Kilometers North of Luang Prabang in the limestone cliffs overlooking the Mekong river.  En route, you will stop at Ban Muang Keo, a well-known village for its traditional Lao rice whisky distilling. You will arrive back in Luang Prabang.
On the way back to Luang Prabang, we visit the magnificent Wat Xiengthong a superb piece of Lao temple architecture, which presents a sweeping two-tiered roof and ornate mosaics including a beautiful ‘tree of life ‘glass montage on the rear temple wall. Our last stop today is the Traditional Art and Ethnology Center (closed on Monday) to learn about Laos’ many ethnic cultures. After tour, you come back to hotel and enjoy your free time.

Our tour today is to the beautiful Kuang Si waterfalls which is the biggest in the Luang Prabang area with three tiers leading to a 50-metre drop into spectacular azure pools before flowing downstream. The pools also make great swimming holes and are very popular with both tourists and locals
We will also take a short visit to the Bear Rescue Center, which houses a couple of dozen animals rescued from the hands of poachers and traffickers.
Before returning to Luang Prabang, we stop to visit the Kuang Si Falls Butterfly Park (closed from 15 APR – 30 JUN; 01-14 SEP, & 01 JAN every year), whose mission is to create a research centre studying and publishing about Laos butterflies, host plants and preservation.
Laos is also known for its traditional crafts, we will take a short visit to the Ock Pop Tock Living Craft Center, set serenely close to the Mekong, this beautiful, traditionally styled workshop, where weavers, spinners and batik makers produce top-quality fabrics, offers free tours every half-hour.

After tour, we will come to airport to take the flight to Vientiane, the capital city of Laos. Upon arrival, driver will welcome you to airport and take you to your hotel. Free time for the rest of the day.

After breakfast at the hotel, we drive to Wat Si Muang, which is very famous for its supernatural power. After that, we will visit Buddha Park, an enchanting collection of Buddhist and Hindu sculptures on the Mekong Riverside meadow, close to the Friendship Bridge. There are approximately 200 religious images dating back over 500 years, which were created by a mysterious monk spreading his philosophy on life and revealing his ideas about the universe.
After lunch, we will explore the major sights of the capital; including the oldest Wat Sisaket, the temple with thousands of miniature Buddha statues and the former royal temple of Wat Prakeo, which previously housed the famous Emerald Buddha Image.

On the way to Lao’s national icon, the famous and sacred structure of That Luang Stupa, we stop enroute to take some pictures of the imposing Patuxay Monument, which is well known as Vientiane’s own Arc de Triumph.

After tour, we will come back to hotel to relax.

Have breakfast at your hotel. Free time to explore Vientiane until driver picks up you at lobby then take you to the airport for your departure flight.

Thanks for joining us and we hope to see you in the future.