4 Days Luang Prabang Tour with Luang Say Cruise

Exploring Laos differently with a river cruise offers not only an excellent sense of the country but also allows you to get a closer touch to local life and culture.

This short tour will first bring you to visit the stunning Kuang Si Waterfalls and explore the city highlights of Luang Prabang. Then, you will get on your Luang Say Cruise from Luang Prabang to Huay Xai. Through this cruise, you will get a chance to observe rural life along the Mekong and contemplate the charming town of Laos.

TOUR CODEINT-L-CLP04-LSC

PLACES VISITED Luang Prabang & Luang Say Cruise

DEPARTURE DATESDates are flexible and customizable for private departures.

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Trip Highlights

Visit Luang Prabang, a Shangri-La of golden temples and pampered refinement.
See thousands of Buddha images during your riverboat to Pak Ou caves.
Boat down the Mekong river and visit the Hmong hilltribe people.
Take Luang Say Cruise to experience the amazing scenery and real life along Mekong River.

At a Glance

Luang Prabang(2 nights)

Luang Say Cruise(1 nights)

Itinerary Day by Day

4 Days Luang Prabang Tour with Luang Say Cruise

Day 1 Welcome to Luang Prabang!

Flight: International flight on your own arrangement or upon request

Welcome to Laos, the mysterious Buddhist country with a unique culture and natural beauty.

Upon your arrival in Luang Prabang, your private local guide will welcome you in the airport then escort you to your hotel in Luang Prabang city.

Rest of the day at your leisure to relax and explore the city, you can enjoy some drinks in one of the cafés or strolling along the beautiful riverside.

Overnight in Luang Prabang.

Day 2 Kuang Si Waterfalls and Half Day Luang Prabang City Tour

Meals: B

Your memorable trip will start from partaking in an alms ritual in the morning, you will accept the blessing by monks who you give the alms. Have breakfast in the hotel and then start the half-day excursion to Kuang Si Waterfalls, where you will enjoy the beautiful natural scenery, have fun in waterfalls and relax.

Drive back to the town for lunch. In the afternoon, visit Wat Xiengthong which is a symbolic temple of the classic Laotian architecture, visit the Royal Palace Musem to learn some history of Laos. Then visit the Wat Aham Temple which means “ Monastery of the Opened Heart” and the Stupa of Wat Visoun.

Rest of the day at your leisure to relax and explore the city, you can enjoy some drinks in one of the cafés or strolling along the beautiful riverside.

Overnight in Luang Prabang.

Day 3 Luang Prabang to Pakbeng (Cruise)

Meals: B / L / D

The boat leaves Luang Prabang at 7:00am for upstream the Mekong to Pakbeng. French Breakfast is served on board.

In the morning, we will stop to visit Pak Ou Caves (Tham Ting) and its over two thousands Buddha statues. It is one of the most important Pilgrimage place for lao people.

After the visit, our English speaking guide will organize a small lecture and will explain the different ethnicities here in Laos.

Lao traditional Lunch set is served on board.

In the afternoon, quick visit at Ban Baw village, a complex but harmonic mixed of three ethnicity: Lao Loun, Shan and Tai Lue. Today the village is famous for its laol ao whiskey making.

The boat arrives in Pakbeng before the night.

Overnight in Pakbeng

Note: meeting point is 06:45am at our boat pier.

Day 4 Pakbeng to Huay Xai

Meals: B / L

Embark at 7:00am on the boat. Normally your hotel in Pakbeng must have prepared a take away breakfast box for the shompoo cruise travelers that they can eat on board.

In the morning, our guide and cooker will make a short demonstration on how to make some lao desserts and local drinks that travelers will eat later in the afternoon.

Just before lunch, the boat will stop to visit a traditional Kamu village (Ban Houa Phalam), a tiny cozy place which host about 90 families. Travelers will learn about rural lifestyle in a very remote
area.

Lao traditional Lunch set is served on board.

Before to reach Houay Xay pier, enjoy the homemade desserts and drinks made by our team and the travelers.

The boat will arrive at destination before 4:30pm (possibility to continue the journey to Thailand on the same day).

End of services.

Service Inclusions:

Flight tickets with airport tax as listed in above itinerary.
Entrance fee and sightseeing as listed in the itinerary.
Private English speaking tour guide service.
Private van for land transportation with cold drinking water and soft drink provided in the car.
Meals as listed in the itinerary (B for breakfast, L for lunch and D for dinner.

Service Exclusions:

International air tickets.
Visa Handling fee, visa stamp fee.
Meals do not listed in itinerary.
Insurance, gratuities and personal expenses.
Tipping for guide, driver and hotel bell boys, etc.
Surcharge for public holidays (if any).
Services not stated in the itinerary.

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