04 Days 03 Nites - Cultural Heritage of Laos

Post date: Oct 27, 2011 8:42:46 AM

Vientiane is Southeast Asia's most laid-back capital. This city boasts outstanding French colonial architecture and low level buildings that are spread out in the city, enhancing a cultural and relaxed atmosphere. Life in this pleasant capital is slow-paced and there is always only a light flow of traffic, even during rush hour! We explore this little, peaceful capital at a leisurely pace visiting some of the finest and most important historical sites in Laos.

Luang Prabang was the former royal capital of Laos, also had the longest monarch in Southeast Asia with more than 62 kings over 600 years. The Cultural Heritage tour takes you through a myriad of temples that were left behind after the monarchy was dissolved in 1975. UNESCO preserves this historical city, known as one of the last Shangri-Las of Southeast Asia. You will find yourself mesmerized by the culture and captivated by the beautiful fairy tale setting.

Routes: VIENTIANE – LUANG PRABANG - PAK OU

Duration: 04 days / 03 nites

Day 1: ARRIVAL - VIENTIANE - LUANG PRABANG (Lunch / Dinner included)
Day 2: LUANG PRABANG – PAK OU CAVES (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner included)
Day 3: LUANG PRABANG – VIENTIANE (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner included)
Day 4: VIENTIANE – DEPARTURE (Breakfast included)

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Tour Prices Include

Letter of visa on arrival (Exclude stamping fee at arrival airport)

Hotel in twin / triple sharing room basic with daily breakfast

Transfer by air-conditioned bus as itinerary

Meals as indicated: breakfast / lunch / dinner

Complimentary mineral water on tour (01 bottle / pax / day)

Entrance fees, boat trips and excursions

Excellent English speaking guide (and also the other: Polish, Russian, Chinese, Indonesia)

Tour Prices Exclude

Travel insurance

Visa fee, any flight ticket, airport tax

Personal expenses

Drink

Tipping

Others not mentioned nor specified above

Itinerary in Detail

Day 1: ARRIVAL - VIENTIANE - LUANG PRABANG (Lunch / Dinner included)

Upon arrival in Vientiane Airport, our guide will meet and transfer you to the city for a short tour (if time permits, it depend on your flight time). We transfer back to the airport for a short flight to Luang Prabang, which is perhaps the best-preserved traditional city in Southeast Asia. After check-in hotel, we visit the impressive stupa of Wat Visoun and the shrines of Wat Aham and Wat Mai.

Lunch at local restaurant. After that, we climb up to the top of Mount Phousi to explore the sacred, gilded stupa as well as have a beautiful view of the city and the Mekong River at sunset. From there, we explore the Night Market, where you can browse a lovely selection of handmade textiles made by the local people and hill tribes surrounding Luang Prabang.

Dinner at local restaurant. Overnight in Luang Prabang.

Day 2: LUANG PRABANG – PAK OU CAVES (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner included)

Breakfast at hotel.

An optional early start gives you the fantastic opportunity to participate in the daily morning rituals of saffron-clad monks collecting offerings of Alms (often in the form of sticky rice) from the faithful residents. This tradition is very unique in Laos, being the only Buddhist nation still preserving the ritual...

We enjoy a short-guided tour seeing the city's oldest temples of Wat Sene and the magnificent Wat Xiengthong with its roofs sweeping low to the ground, which represents classical Laotian architecture. We embark on a cruise upstream on the Mekong River, which also gives us a breathtaking view of the tranquil countryside as well as exploring the mysterious Pak Ou Caves, two linked caves crammed with thousands of gold lacquered Buddha statues of various shapes and sizes left by devoted pilgrims. Along the way, we will stop at the village of Ban Xanghai, where the local rice wine is produced. On return, we take a short drive to another small village Ban Phanom, which famous for its hand weaving.

Lunch and dinner on route trip at local restaurant, where we visit, to enjoy traditional culinary. Overnight in Luang Prabang.

Day 3: LUANG PRABANG – VIENTIANE (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner included)

Breakfast at hotel, we visit the National Museum (closed Tuesdays) at the former Royal Palace. It displays a collection of artefacts reflecting the richness of Lao culture dating from the days of the early kings right through to the last sovereign. There will also be time for us to look around the Central Market. After visiting these sights in the morning, you catch your flight back to Vientiane. Here, see the major sights of the capital, including the oldest Wat Sisaket with its 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 precious heritage, 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. We watch the sunset by Mekong Riverside and spend the evening here absorbing the city's nightlife.

Lunch and dinner on route trip at local restaurant where we visit. Overnight in Vientiane.

Day 4: VIENTIANE – DEPARTURE (Breakfast included)

After breakfast at hotel, we visit the Morning Market (if time permits). Check-out and transfer to airport for departure flight.

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