24 Days Grand Southeast Asia Expedition of Thailand Cambodia and Laos

Welcome to Vientiane, the largest city and the capital of Laos.

Our tour guide and driver will welcome you at the airport upon arrival. You will be escorted to the hotel and check-in. The rest of the day is at your leisure for recovery.

Note: if your arrival time is early, and you prefer to explore the city instead of taking a nap, please kindly tell our travel consultant, and we’ll recommend one of our suggested activities like exploring the night market along the Mekong River or enjoying a game of bowling, or having a city walking tour.

Accommodation: Overnight in Vientiane

Meals: NA

After breakfast, your tour guide will meet you at the hotel around 8:00 am – 8:30 am. The day will go through the highlights of Vientiane. You'll stop and visit:

1. Buddha Park: also known as Xieng Khuan, is filled with over 200 Buddhist and Hindu statues.
2. Patuxay Monument: a monument about the war in Vientiane that honors the people who fought for freedom from France.
3. Pha That Luang Stupa: a huge Buddhist stupa covered in gold and constructed in the 3^rd century.

Enjoying a local Laotian lunch, you’ll continue your Vientiane day tour in the afternoon:

1. Wat Si Saket: the oldest surviving temple with thousands of Buddhist images.
2. National Museum: get to know some history of Laos.

After the tour, your tour guide will escort you to the hotel for a good rest. 

 Accommodation: Overnight in Vientiane

 Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

In the morning, after breakfast, your tour guide will pick you up to Wattay International Airport for a flight to Luang Prabang. It takes about 45 minutes.

Welcome to Luang Prabang, the charming town in northern Laos, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Explore its serene streets, adorned with temples and colonial architecture, and soak in the rich culture at vibrant night markets. Luang Prabang awaits with its unique charm and tranquility!

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

The rest of the day will be at your leisure to relax and explore the city, you can enjoy some drinks in one of the cafés or stroll along the beautiful riverside.

Feel free to ask our tour guide for suggestions if you'd like to explore the city instead of taking a rest.

Accommodation: Overnight in Luang Prabang

Meals: Breakfast

After breakfast, your tour guide will meet you at 8:00 am – 8:30 am to start the day of the Luang Prabang city tour. In the morning, you will visit:

1. Royal Palace Museum: once served as the residence of King Sisavang Vong and was designed in the French Beaux-Arts style with many interesting artifacts of traditional Lao culture.
2. Wat Sene: the oldest temple of Luang Prabang.
3. Wat Xiengthong: its roofs sweep low to the ground and represent classical Laotian architecture.
4. Wat Visoun: the oldest Buddhist temple and the city’s museum of religious arts.
5. Wat Aham: the monastery of the blossoming heart.

After eating a delicious Laotian lunch, you are going on a tour in the afternoon.

1. Arts and Ethnology Center: learning about Laos’ many ethnic cultures.
2. Weaving Villages of Ban Xiengkhong and Ban Xienglek: known for their arts and crafts including saa paper and silk.
3. Weaving Class: Start with a simple explanation of silk, dyeing, and weaving. Tourists will get their own loom and guidance from a weaver to learn how to weave.

After the class, you will return to the city for a visit to Wat Mai, which is one of Luang Prabang’s largest and most richly decorated temples. 

You will finish the afternoon trip by enjoying a refreshing drink at one of Café. Then, you will be escorted to the local night market to discover the local life of Luang Prabang.

After the tour, back to the hotel for a good rest.

 Accommodation: Overnight in Luang Prabang

 Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

After breakfast, your tour guide will meet you at the hotel around 8:00 am – 8:30 am. The day begins with a boat ride up the Mekong River, which gives you a breathtaking view of the tranquil countryside. Along the way, you'll stop and visit:

1. Ban Xanghai village: the place where Laos rice wine and rice whiskey are produced. You'll have the opportunity to try some and learn about the process used to make it.
2. Pak Ou Caves: two linked caves filled with thousands of gold lacquered Buddha statues of various shapes and sizes left by pilgrims.

Lunch will be served near the caves. You'll try a local Laotian dish called "Orlam" which is a soup with vegetables and features a spicy wood that is partially edible. After a short rest, you’ll continue on your half-day tour to the beautiful Kuang (Khouang) Si Waterfall.

1. Bear Rescue Sanctuary: three bear houses were built with a capacity for 25 rescued bears. 
2. Khouang Si Waterfall: the most beautiful in Laos. You can cool off with a refreshing swim in the pools or walk along the forest trails.

After the tour, your tour guide will escort you to enjoy a Lao-style spa and get relaxed. Then, you will get back to the hotel for a good rest. 

 Accommodation: Overnight in Luang Prabang

 Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Enjoy your breakfast until your tour guide escorts you to take the flight from Luang Prabang to Bangkok, which takes 80 minutes.

Welcome to Bangkok! Upon arrival, our tour guide and driver will welcome you at the airport. You will be escorted to the hotel and check-in. The rest of the day is free for you.

Accommodation: Overnight in Bangkok

Meals: Breakfast

Enjoy your breakfast in Bangkok and prepare to enjoy a full day’s Bangkok city’s exploration. In the morning, you will visit:

1. Wat Phra Kawe & the Grand Palace: a complex of buildings at the heart of Bangkok, has been the official residence of the Kings of Siam.
2. Ride like a Local by tuk-tuk to Wat Pho temple

Then, have a nice local lunch after the long morning tour, and have a short break.

In the afternoon, explore the city’s renowned klongs(canals) by boat and cruise the Chao Phraya River. Also, visit the following two sites:

1. Wat Arun: one of the most visited temples in all of Thailand
2. Royal Barge Museum: many exhibitions on Thai history, royalty, and Buddhism.

After the tour, you will be escorted to a spa center to enjoy one-hour traditional Thailand massage to relax your senses. The go back to your hotel to have a good rest. 

Accommodation: Overnight in Bangkok

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

This morning, after your breakfast at your hotel, you'll be going to a place a little farther away from downtown Bangkok. Around 1-hour drive, you’ll get to Damnoen Saduak Floating Market. Then you’ll be driven to Kanchanaburi.

1. Damnoen Saduak Floating Market: experience the traditional Thai market with numerous vendors selling local foods, fruits, and products from their boats.
2. Kanchanaburi: learn about the region’s storied past and present-day culture.
3. Death Railway: built during WWII, made famous by the book and movie The Bridge on the River Kwai.
4. Thailand-Burma Railway Center: learn more history about the Death Railway.

Today, carriages still go on the tracks, taking travelers through the fields of sugar cane and rice terraces. After the tour, your tour guide will escort you back to the hotel in Kanchanaburi. You can enjoy the rest of the day at leisure.

Accommodation: Overnight in Bangkok

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

After breakfast, enjoy your time and wait for our tour guide to pick you up to the airport, taking a flight to Chiang Rai, about 75 minutes.

Welcome to Chiang Rai! Upon arrival, our tour guide and driver will welcome you at the airport. You will be escorted to the hotel and check-in. The rest of the day is at your leisure for recovery.

Accommodation: Overnight in Chiang Rai

Meals: Breakfast

After breakfast, your tour guide will meet you at the hotel around 8:00 am. In the morning, you’ll visit:

1. Mae Kachan Hot Spring: hot water geysers; bathe feet in thermal water; boil quail eggs.
2. Meow Hill Tribe Village: located on the Mountain Doi Pui and once famous for opium cultivation.
3. Wat Rong Khun (White Temple): it's all white and has shiny pieces of glass that glimmer in the sunlight.

After lunch at a local restaurant, your Chiang Rai tour continues. In the afternoon, you’ll visit:

1. Wat Rong Suea Ten (Blue Temple): recognizable for its brilliant shade of rich sapphire.
2. Baan Dam (Black House): a special art museum with both old-style Thai buildings and new, unusual designs.

After the tour, your tour guide will escort you to the hotel for check-in. The rest of the day is yours.

Accommodation: Overnight in Chiang Rai 

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

The Golden Triangle is a mysterious region for most of Indochina tourists. Today you will enjoy a full-day excursion to the heart of the Golden Triangle region.

After breakfast, your tour guide will meet you around 8:00 am and take you to the Long Neck Karen village. The Long Neck Hill tribe people are relocated from the Thai and Myanmar border.

And then, you will go to Mt. Doi Mae Salong to visit the Chinese village on the top of the mountain.

Lunch will be at a local restaurant. After a short break, you will continue the trip to the highest peak on the Thai-Myanmar border in the afternoon:

1. Doi Tung: provides an opportunity to view many different Lahu and Akha villages as well as terraced farming areas and see from a distance the Princess Mother's frigid flower Garden.
2. Doi Tung Temple: built in A.D.1493, located at the peak. Its scenery reminds one of Switzerland, and features many unique images and temple architecture overlooking the entire northern rice field plain.
3. Opium Museum: learn more about the region’s opium trade.

After the tour, return to the hotel and rest of the day free at leisure.

Accommodation: Overnight in Chiang Rai 

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

In the morning, after breakfast, you will enjoy your free time until your tour guide picks you up for a drive to Chiang Mai. It takes around 3 hours.

Welcome to Chiang Mai, a delightful city nestled in northern Thailand, celebrated for its rich culture and stunning natural beauty. Upon your arrival at the airport, our tour guide will warmly receive you and accompany you to the city center. You could have a rest in your hotel after arrival.

In the evening, here comes our most popular tour-street food tour. Your tour guide will pick you up at the hotel in Chiang Mai between 18:30-19:00 and drop you off there at approximately 21:30.

Evening Street Food Markets: trying out some northern Thai delicacies and learning how to order food in Thai.

Accommodation: Overnight in Chiang Mai

Meals: Breakfast

Today, you will be picked up by our guide at 7:30 am – 8:00 am, to enjoy a full-day visit to Elephant Nature Park, which is a natural home and sanctuary for elephants, buffalos, and other rescued animals. Watch the saved elephants in two different places where they live together with their friends. You can learn about their stories. Besides, you could get a cool view of the small groups of elephants from SkyWalk.

Watch the saved elephants in two different places where they live together with their friends. You can learn about their stories. Besides, you could get a cool view of the small groups of elephants from SkyWalk.

1. 'Hands Off' Project: This is where elephants freely roam together, and you can see them from the SkyWalk, which is a special viewing spot.
2. Watch the Herd: Take a walk in the park to see the elephants in their groups. You'll also learn their stories and what they need.
3. See Them Socialize: Watch the elephants hang out together, play in the mud, or roll in the sand after they've had a bath in the river.
4. Visit Rescued Animals: You can visit the Dog Project and Cat Kingdom to learn about the saved dogs and cats. Besides, you can meet other saved animals in the park.

At 5:30 pm, it's time to say bye to the elephants. Then, we'll drive you back to your hotel or guesthouse in Chiang Mai.

Accommodation: Overnight in Chiang Mai

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Today, after breakfast, your tour guide will meet you at 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and take you to Doi Inthanon National Park, which is one of the most popular national parks in Thailand, famous for its beautiful waterfalls, picturesque landscape, and Thailand culture. 

Upon arrival in the park, it’s time to have a local Thai lunch, after a short rest, you’ll visit:

1. Wachirathan Waterfall: one of the most beautiful waterfalls in Thailand
2. Sirithan Waterfall: a centrally-located falls in Doi Inthanon National Park, dropping a total of 40 meters into the river.
3. Grand Pagoda Nabhapolbhumisiri: the great holy relics pagoda.
4. Ang Ka Nature Trail: 2500 meters above sea level and surrounded by hi evergreen forest.
5. Ban Mae Klang Luang: a S’gaw Karen village in Doi Inthanon National Park.

After the end of the tour, you’ll be escorted to your hotel in Chiang Mai and have a rest.

 Accommodation: Overnight in Chiang Mai

 Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

After breakfast, enjoy your time and wait for our tour guide to pick you up to the airport, taking a flight to Siem Reap, about 3 hours and 50 minutes.

Welcome to Siem Reap! Upon arrival, our tour guide will meet you at the airport and escort you back to the downtown city. Upon arrival, check-in at your hotel, and you will have free time for a nap or leisure time.

In the evening about 6:10 pm, your tour guide will pick you up to enjoy the welcome dinner with a sumptuous buffet dinner while enjoying the Khmer traditional dance performance.

After that, you will be escorted to the hotel and have a good rest.

Accommodation: Overnight in Siem Reap

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Today, you will get up a little bit early, at about 5:00am for the sunrise of the Angkor Wat, experiencing the breathtaking moment.

After enjoying the sunrise, you will be escorted to the hotel for breakfast and have a little rest. You guide will pick you up at about 10:00am to start your Angkor Temple discovery. In the morning, you will visit:

1. Ta Prohm: one of the largest temples built during the Khmer empire, a Buddhist temple dedicated to the mother of Jayavarman VII.
2. Banteay Kdei: considered to be one of the main group of temples in the Angkor complex with peaceful and quiet surroundings.

After the lunch at a local Cambodian restaurant, you will continue to visit:

3. Angkor Wat: the 7^th wonder of the world, is a miniature replica of the universe in stone, its beauty and state of preservation is unrivaled.

After the tour, we prepare a Mudita Signature Treatment for you after touring the temples of Angkor Wat, rejuvenate with a spa session in Siem Reap. Using an herbal compress, your masseuse provides a massage treatment that is said to reduce tension and improve energy flow throughout the body.

After that, you will be escorted to your hotel, enjoy your free time and have a good rest.

Accommodation: Overnight in Siem Reap

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Today, after breakfast, your guide will pick you up at about 8:30 am, heading to the biggest Southeast Asia’s largest freshwater lake - Tonle Sap Lake. Firstly, tour Kompong Phluk, the largest village on the lake, to discover the fascinating daily lifestyle of the local people who live on the water.

Then, take a boat trip to enjoy the beautiful lake views and mangrove forests.

After the tour, enjoy the lunch at a local restaurant. Then, you will head to Battambang, which takes about 3 hours to drive. On the way, visit Wat Ek Phnom, in the 11th century, and the colonial-style houses along the Sangke River, and also have a look at the traditional Cambodian houses and the artisan factory of rice flaky cake.

Upon arrival in Battambang, check in the hotel and the rest of today is free at your time. Have a good rest for tomorrow's trip.

 Accommodation: Overnight in Battambang

 Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Today, after breakfast, you will take a ride on the traditional Bamboo Train, a bamboo platform laid over 2 sets of wheels on a single track. In the old days, this was used to transport goods between Battambang and Phnom Penh and was a typical mode of transport for farmers and villagers. Today, it takes you through the beautiful countryside to a little village you can explore on foot before returning to your starting point.

After lunch, climb the 365 stairs to marvel at Wat Banan, an Angkor-era temple that sits on top of a hill close to the Sanker River.

The Killing Caves of Phnom Sampeau (also known as Phnom Sampov) are a place of beauty, turned tragedy, turned beauty once more.

Scale the side of a mountain leading to the 'secret bat cave' just before sunset where you will sit atop the mountain waiting for the millions of bats located inside the cave to awake.

After the tour, be escorted back to explore the local nightlife, then back to your hotel and have a good rest.

 Accommodation: Overnight in Battambang

 Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

In the morning, after breakfast, enjoy your free time until your tour guide picks you up and head to the airport for flight to Sihanoukville, about 72 minutes.

Welcome to Sihanoukville! As a coastal city in Cambodia, Sihanouk Ville is known for and vibrant atmosphere and its beautiful beaches including Serendipity Beach, Otres Beach, and Independence Beach.

The rest of the day is at leisure. In the evening, you can wander around the city to explore the local market. Or you can join in the nightclubs to discover and enjoy the evening atmosphere.

Accommodation: Overnight in Sihanoukville

Meals: Breakfast

After breakfast, about 8:00 am, heading to the boat pier for boarding. The journey to Koh Rong takes approximately 1 hour. Koh Rong Island is known for its stunning beaches, clear waters, and vibrant marine life.

Today is on your own arrangement. Upon arrival, enjoy your beach relaxing on Koh Rong Island.

Note: You can check more information for any extra excursions at your resort, or contact our sales consultants for suggestions.

Accommodation: Overnight in Koh Rong Island

Meals: Breakfast

Today is on your own arrangement, enjoy your beach relaxing on Koh Rong Island.

Note: You can check more information for any extra excursions at your resort, or contact our sales consultants for suggestions.

Accommodation: Overnight in Koh Rong Island

Meals: Breakfast

At about 8:00 am – 8:30 am, you are picked up to the boarding pier for an hour boat back to Sihanoukville. Then your guide will pick you up for a 3-hour drive to Phnom Penh.

Welcome to Phnom Penh! Phnom Penh is the capital city of Cambodia. Unveils its royal legacy in the Royal Palace and the Silver Pagoda. Explore the bustling markets, savor authentic Khmer cuisine, and engage with the warmth of locals. A captivating destination seamlessly merging tradition and progress awaits. The rest of the day is free at your own leisure.

Accommodation: Overnight in Phnom Penh

Meals: Breakfast

Enjoy your breakfast and our tour guide will pick you up to start exploring Phnom Penh, Cambodian’s capital city.

In the morning, you will enjoy the following activities:

1. Take a Tuk-tuk ride to visit the Silver Pagoda which is decorated with about 5000 silver tiles on the floor and the Royal Palace where the Khmer royal family lives.
2. Prison and Killing Field/Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum: a museum chronicling the Cambodian genocide.
3. National Museum: home to the world's finest collection of Khmer sculpture: a millennium's worth and more of masterful Khmer design.

After the tour, enjoy the lunch at a local restaurant and have a short break.

In the afternoon, we will head to the Mekong Island of Phnom Penh, where you will enjoy a cycle tour around the countryside of Phnom Penh, discovering the small villages, local schools, silk-weaving houses, and beautiful rural landscapes.

Then, you will enjoy the sunset cruise with unlimited beer & soft drinks, exploring the Mekong, Tonle Sap, and Four Faces Rivers, as well as Diamond Island and the local fishing village. Gain an authentic experience by observing the housing and lifestyle of the locals who live along the riverbank.

After the tour, you will be escorted to explore the local night market of Phnom Penh. Then, back to the hotel and have a good rest tonight.

Accommodation: Overnight in Phnom Penh

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Enjoy your breakfast and free time in the morning until your tour guide picks you up to the airport. Tour service ends here.

Hope you enjoyed a great trip with us and we look forward to seeing you next time.

Note: If you’re planning to continue exploring the Indochina region, like Vietnam and Myanmar, please never hesitate to tell us, we’re tour experts for all of these destinations.

Accommodation: NA

Meals: Breakfast