Traditional Roots

DETAIL ITINERARY 5DAYS 4NIGHTS

$500,00

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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.

Note:

  • Availability: Early Morning only
  • Suggested Time: 5:30 - 7:30
  • Duration:  2 hours

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 is National 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 of Mount Phousi, where you can enjoy stunning vistas of the city below. Drive or enjoy a leisure walk to Wat 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 shrine Phra 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.

Note:

  • Availability: Morning or Evening
  • Suggested Time: 9:00 - 1:00
  • Duration:  4 hours
  • Included entrance fees for all the place that have mentioned above.
  • Not included Meal & Tips.
  • All the places can get crowded on the weekends and National holiday. So it is advised to visit during weekdays, if time permits.
  • Please dress appropriately for visits to religious sight - shoulders, chest and legs should be covered.

Day2. 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.  

Note:

  • Location: Ban Pongvang and Ban Tha Pene, Luang Prabang
  • Suggested Time: 8:30 - 12:30
  • Duration:  4 hours


Day2. Luang Prabang – Kuang Si Waterfall - Half Day Tour

After a long day work depart for 1 hour drive south to the secret pool Kuang 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 and enjoy your lunch at Tree House Café restaurant. 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.You can have your lunch at the waterfall (optional) before transfer back to your hotel by private vehicle.

Note:

  • Availability: Morning or Evening
  • Suggested Time: 12:30 - 16:30
  • Duration:  4 hours
  • Included entrance fees for all the place that have mentioned above.
  • Not included Meal & Tips.
  • Kuang Si waterfall can get crowded on the weekends and National holiday. So it is advised to visit during weekdays, if time permits.
  • What to bring: Please consider the following; sun protection, bug spray for inland excursions and suitable footwear and clothing for the appropriate season.

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 mysteriousPak 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 makeSaa 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.   

Note:

  • Suggested Time: 8:30 - 16:30
  • Duration:  8 hours
  • Included entrance fees for all the place that have mentioned above.
  • Not included Meal & Tips.
  • Pak Ou Caves can get crowded on the weekends and National holiday. So it is advised to visit during weekdays, if time permits.
  • What to bring: Please consider the following; sun protection, bug spray for inland excursions and suitable footwear and clothing for the appropriate season.

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 toTad 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.

Note:

  • Suggested Time: 8:30 - 16:30
  • Duration:  8 hours
  • Included entrance fees for all the place that have mentioned above.
  • Not included Meal & Tips.
  • Pak Ou Caves can get crowded on the weekends and National holiday. So it is advised to visit during weekdays, if time permits.
  • What to bring: Please consider the following; sun protection, bug spray for inland excursions and suitable footwear and clothing for the appropriate season.

Day5. Luang Prabang – Departure (B)

After breakfast transfer to airport.

  • Accommodation in twin shared basis
  • Private, Airconditioned Transport
  • Boat trips as stated in the itinerary
  • English speaking guide
  • Admission fees to sites stated in the itinerary
  • Meals: daily breakfast at hotel
  • Gov’t taxs and service charges
  • Luggage handling
  • 2 bottles of drinking water per day during the tour
  • 2 bottles of drinking water per day during the tour
  • Visas and Immigration fees on arrival
  • Domestic airticket
  • Int’l air tickets to/from Laos
  • Travel and/or Medical Insurance
  • Lunch or dinner unless stated in the itinerary
  • Single room accommodation (quoted separately)
  • Child or adult in triple share accommodation
  • Foreign language guides other than English
  • Peak Season or Special Events Surcharges
  • Tip, drinks and other personal expenses

DETAIL ITINERARY 5DAYS 4NIGHTS
Traditional Roots


AVG/PERSON $620
Total Time 6 Days 5 Nights

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