Day1. Luang Prabang - Morning Alms (Early Morning)

One thing you cannot miss, but you have the option to wake up before dawn to witness and participate in offering alms to hundreds of saffron-robed monks and novices. Is a way to start the day, the strength of faith is shown here where the monks and novices do their daily procession. A vulnerable traditionally communities in Luang Prabang

We then visit the Morning Market, where you can see all the fresh produce such as different kinds fresh meat, vegetables and hill-tribe weavings.

Please tell your guide a day advance if you wish to make an offering so your guide can prepare some food for you to hand over to the monks. If you do not wish to make an offering, please keep an appropriate distance and observe the ritual in silence. Dress appropriately – shoulders, chest and legs should be covered. It’s possible to join the alms giving, but contribute an offering only if it would be a meaningful to you. If you would like to make and offering, please buy sticky rice at the local market earlier the morning rather than from street vendors along the monks route.  

Day1. Arrival – Luang Prabang – Half Day City Tour (B)

After breakfast meet our guide and transfer to the hotel. You can rest and refresh yourself and then we will start the tour to town by private vehicle and start with a relaxing walk around the UNESCO World Heritage city, the ancient town of Luang Prabang and outstanding example the fusion of Lao traditional and French architecture built by the European colonial in the 19 century.  Pay a visit formerRoyal Palace, which now isNational Museum. Admire its elegant blend of French and Lao architecture and discover the rich history of the Lao royal family. Next, head to the top ofMount Phousi , where you can enjoy stunning vistas of the city below. Drive or enjoy a leisure walk toWat Mai , one of the richly decorated and most impressive. Continue to Wat Visoun Luang Prabang’s oldest Pagoda and pass by Wat Aham along the way, which built to the house the shrinePhra Bang Buddha statue was cast in Sri Lanka almost 2,000 years.Wat Xiengthong with its roof sweeping low to the ground, representing classical Lao architecture and back to relax at the hotel.

Day2. Luang Prabang – Cooking Class – Kuang Si Waterfall Full Day Tour

After breakfast meet your guide at the hotel lobby for cooking class depart by private or join group vehicle to thelocal market to familiarize yourself with local products and experience the local lifestyle through their normal habits. Shop the ingredients and hear the detailed explanations about the ingredients and their usage in Lao food. Back to the cooking school and have a tea break before cooking class is started. Prepared and cook your own food with helpful guide from our chef, have lunch at the cooking school with your own homemade dishes.

After this delicious lunch prepared by yourself, we drive to south drive to the secret poolKuang Si waterfall one of the most popular place to visit in Luang Prabang. Where you won’t be able to escape for a moment of serenity. Make a stop at Ock Pop Tok Weaving Centre, see how local women weaving with looms and dyeing textiles. Once at the waterfalls, spend your leisure time hike through the national park and pass by Asian Bear Rescue Centre you start walking into the forest and there is a large enclosure and all black bears with long claws all over. Continue towards to the main Kuang Si waterfall for refreshing swim, although between November and January the water temperature is very cool. En route, visit some villages of the ethnic minority groups such as: Hmong Tribe, Lao Loum Tribe and Khmu Tribe. Transfer back to your hotel by private vehicle.

Day3.  Pak Ou Caves - Handicraft Village - Full Day Tour (B/L)

After breakfast meet your guide at the hotel lobby and depart by private vehicle to the boat pier, embark on 2 hours cruise in a long tail boat on the Mekong River and visit the mysterious Pak Ou Caves. When pilgrims completed the difficult journey, they left behind Buddha idols more than thousands of various size in the cave. One of the most respected holy and famous site of Luang Prabang and have been a place of worship more than thousand years. En route typical Laotian Ban Xang Hai (Whiskey village) and observed their traditional weaving technique and how they make Lao Whiskey. All sorts of snakes, insects and bugs are fermented and mixed with the whiskey and cruise back to Luang Prabang. Begin your adventure at the handicraft village, Ban Xang Kong village, observed the village and learn how to make Saa paper (paper mulberry) with the local. Made of the bark that soaked and boiled with wood ash, then it pounded and dry on the square mode for few hours. You can come and collect the paper you made on the way back.

Day4. Elephant Village One Day Elephant Experience (Private Transfer, Join-In Tour) (B/L)

In the morning meet your guide at the hotel lobby, transfer to the Elephant Village 15 Kilometers outside of Luang Prabang city. Upon arrival, you will receive a basic mahout training where your guide will teach you about elephants; learn simple commands to control your elephant on your own. You may talk with our veterinarian at the elephant hospital, visit museum and gallery, feed the elephants or relax by the riverside. Your adventure starts with an elephant ride across the Nam Khan River and continues to the forests, then see baby elephants, leave your elephant and enjoy your buffet lunch at the camp. After lunch, bathe your elephant in the Nam Khan River for once in a lifetime experience. Continue your expedition down to the Nam Khan River enjoy a scenic boat trip to Tad Sae Waterfall spend your leisure with refreshing swim and relax with fantastic limestone formations and turquoise blue pools in the dense jungle, leave the camp and return by private vehicle to Luang Prabang to your hotel.

Day5. Luang Prabang – Experience the Process of Rice – Half Day Tour

Spend your morning on a community at the Living Land Farm a fantastic way to experience the life of farmer and hand on at some activities of rice process, how the rice is grown to eat. Surrounding by mountains and following the water buffalo through a rice paddy to plow a field. Learn about the basic steps in planting, cultivating, harvesting, grinding rice ending and cooking then enjoying the final product with cooked rice and some other product that made from rice.  

Day6. Luang Prabang – Departure – Transfer to Airport