Unveiling Laos: A 14-Day Adventure Through History & Nature

On arrival you will be picked up by our tour guide and driver from the airport and transferred to your centrally located hotel.
At 4.30pm you will be picked up by our tour guide, we will visit Phousi mount. Rising 150 meters above the center of town, Mount Phousi cuts a distinctive figure on the Luang Prabang skyline. The hill is popular as a place to watch the sunset over the Mekong River. From the summit you can enjoy a spectacular 360 degree outlook across the city and its many temples, and out over the surrounding landscape to the mountains in the distance. Count on spending a couple of hours for the climb and descent, with several stops to see the temples, rest under the shady trees and admire the magical views.
After visiting Phousi mountain, We will move to a delicious restaurant nearby for first great Laos cuisine dinner.
After the dinner our tour guide will lead you to visit the Night market with a hundred stalls. The products range from chess games in ornamental stone to silk scarves, passing by embroidery, sculpture, more or less real opium pipes, portrayals of Buddha in all imaginable forms, local paintings done around the symbolic Buddhist representations, etc. It is a place where you must go and where bargaining is often very colorful…tour finish after visiting the night market and transfer back to hotel
Overnight in Luang Prabang

we will pick you up from your hotels in the city center and then drive for about an hour to Kuang Si Falls. This adventure destination package takes you to this magnificent and impressive waterfall. Relax and enjoy the spectacular natural beauty of the waterfall.
After visiting Kuang Si Waterfall and Luang Prabang Bear Rescue Center, we will get back to the minivan and head to the Pak Ou Cave.
Our boat travels slowly along the Mekong to the Pak Ou Caves. We will arrive at a small boat landing dock where stairs lead us straight to the caves. These limestone caves have been places of worship for thousands of years, and Buddhist statues and idols fill these natural caves. Hear legends and stories about the caves from our guide and explore them. After visiting the caves, we will enter the Ou River by boat to see the spectacular limestone cliffs.
On the way back, stop Ban Xang Hai, also known as the Whisky Village. Here you can see how Lao Lao, the local rice whiskey, is made and taste some samples. continue our cruise back to Luang Prabang, enjoying the rural life and beauty of mighty Mekong sunset views.
Overnight in Luang Prabang

Rise early to the sound of the temple gong, then join your guide for a walk through the quiet streets to watch the daily procession of three hundred young monks walking silently by, collecting sticky rice and other foods in their bronze bowls. The ritual is linked to a Buddhist tradition in which monks beg for their daily food as a way to demonstrate humility.
After breakfast, we will visit The Royal Palace Museum called Haw Kham the Golden Hall, built between 1904-1909 blend of Laotian and French Beaux Arts architecture as the new official royal residence for the monarchs of Luang Prabang and converted into a Museum in 1976. continue to Wat Xieng Thong, the most photographed and beautiful temples in the town.
After lunch, we will take overland trip through villages and mountains heading to Nongkhiaw, a sleepy town nestled between two majestic mountains on the banks of the Ou River.
Overnight in Nong Khiaw

Embark on a scenic 1.5hr longtail boat ride up the Nam Ou to Muang Ngoi village. Explore the village, visit a wartime cave, and enjoy a riverside picnic lunch. Kayak downstream for 2hrs, swim in Tad Mok waterfall, then return by slow boat. (4pm arrival)
Overnight in Nong Khiaw

After breakfast, start our 12km trek through a bamboo forest and jungle, giving us the chance to hear and see wildlife (around 20 min trek), until we reach the Zipline area.
We will enjoy the sensation of being weightless in our 6 Zip-lines through the jungle (up to 340 meters long).
efore stopping for lunch we have some new challenges with abseiling, sky-high walk, V rope-bridges and a rope bridge and nets (up to 150 m long and around 65 m high). Then a delicious Lao style lunch is provided. This lunch will be enjoyed at a scenic spot next to a waterfall. After lunch we will head to our Tarzan swing. Finally we will arrive at our highlight with our longest, fastest and most exhilarating Zip-line (400 m long) followed by three more flights through the jungle.
Finally, we will walk across bamboo bridges, pass through rice paddies and enjoy the spectacular views of the surrounding mountainous landscape (approx. 40 min) before approaching the end point and returning to the hotel.
Overnight in Nong Khiaw

Start our overland through mountainous and rural village drive.
we will arrive Xieng Khouang late afternoon.
evening at leisure
Overnight Xieng Khouang

Pick up at the hotel then we get a feel for the local lifestyle in the Central Market. Then visit the UXO MAG Exhibition Room. We then transfer out to the picturesque Jar Site 1, 2 and the impressive Jar Site 3, consisting over around 150 jars located on top of a hill, offering great views over the surrounding countryside. And then drive out to the ancient town of Muang Khoun, the former provincial capital, where you can explore the ruins of a number of ancient pagodas in the Lanna style That Fun sputa and Wat Phiawat, a ruined temple containing a huge sitting Buddha.
Enjoy lunch and moving to Vang Vieng in afternoon
Overnight: Vang Vieng

This trip starts with a challenging hike to Pha Ngern viewpoint (stunning rice paddy & mountain views!). Afterward, explore Tham Phu Kham Cave with its Buddha statues and cool off in the Blue Lagoon (swimming, jumping off a tree platform, or even water slide abseiling!). The afternoon includes kayaking down the Nam Song River, exploring Tham None cave, and returning to Vang Vieng by kayaking while enjoying sunset.
Overnight: Vang Vieng

Morning at leisure or you can take hot air balloon fly on your own.
After breakfast, We’ll then drive you to Vientiane, The capital of Laos!
afternoon at leisure
Overnight: Vientiane

The capital city of Laos, Vientiane, still feels like a sleepy city with relaxed charm, tree-lined boulevards, fascinating temples and colorful markets. Tour the many highlights of the city, including an open-air museum, Wat Xieng Khuan (Buddha Park). This is a collection of whimsical but compelling statues of Buddhist and Hindu gods.
Continue visit That Luang, a gleaming golden stupa which is perhaps the most important national monument in Laos; Ho Pha Keo, the formal royal temple, now a museum with beautiful examples of Buddhist sculpture; Wat Si Saket; Patuxai (Victory gate), a monumental arch inspired by the Arc de Triomphe, but executed with Lao motifs and Wat Si Muang. End your day at the Talaat Sao, or the "morning market (actually open all day), the best place to buy traditional Lao fabrics.

After breakfast, we will transfer you to Wattay International Airport for your onward flight to Pakse
Upon arrival to Pakse, our guide and driver will be waiting to provide transport to the hotel for check in.
Begin the day with a short orientation tour of Pakse, the most important town in southern Laos. Explore its colonial and Chinese-style buildings, in addition to its huge local market. After the city tour, depart for the Bolaven Plateau, a mountainous region home to dozens of hill tribes, waterfalls and coffee and tea plantations.
The first stops are at Tad Fane and Tad Yuang waterfalls. Tad Fane is a set of twin 120-meter-high waterfalls formed by the merging waters of the Champy and Pak Koot rivers. These impressive falls are situated on the edge of Dong Hua Sao protected area, 38km from Pakse.
On the drive back to Pakse, two stops will be made. The first stop is the visit of Tad Lo waterfalls, a beautiful formation of three separate falls. From the bridge guests will first see Tad Hang and then Tad Lo in the distance. The most impressive of the three, Tad Suong, is located a further 10km upriver.
The second stop is the small village of Ban Houay Houn, famous for its Katu textiles. Observe the village’s women weaving without a traditional loom, using their legs to stretch the fabric.

After breakfast, transfer by road to Wat Phou.
Recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, Wat Phou is a spectacular pre-Angkorian temple that sits amidst the rice fields and waterways of southern Laos. The temple was constructed in three levels: the bottom level is focused on the baray (water reservoir) and promenade, the second level features pavilions and galleries of carvings, and the top level is the sanctuary. The temple served as the most important economic and political centre of the region and still is one of the Lao people’s most revered temples.
Pass through Champasak, driving through streets lined with French colonial buildings, and stop for lunch in a local restaurant.
After lunch, continue on to Khong Island, the biggest island in Southern Laos and the start of the 4,000 Islands Region. Called “Siphandon” in Lao language, this area is where the Mekong stretches over 14km wide and houses thousands of islands between its cascades and rapids.

Depart at 08:00 for a full day exploring the 4000 Islands (Si Phan Don)
Travel first by car (around 45 minutes) to the village of Ban Nakasan. From here, take a local boat to the peaceful island of Don Khone, home to plantations and simple villages. Bicycles are the best way to explore the area, but a tuk-tuk can be arranged as well.
Visit the impressive Lippi falls, which are on the west of Don Khone, very close to the Cambodian border. Their original name, Tad Somphamit, means “trap spirit” and the locals revere these falls as they believe they act as a trap for bad spirits.
The islands played an important role during the French colonial rule as they linked Laos to Cambodia and southern Vietnam. To cross the waterfalls, a railway bridge was built, which now provides an excellent viewpoint for visitors.
Return to Ban Nakasan by boat and then transfer to the hotel in Pakse by car, arriving back in time for sunset.

After breakfast, transport will be provided back to Pakse airport for the onward flight.