TREASURE OF LAOS COUNTRY
06 Days/ 05 Nights
Vientiane - Xieng Khuang - Luang Phrabang

DAY 1: ARRIVE IN VIENTIANE – VISIT LOCAL HIGHLIGHTS
Welcome to Vientiane.  Arrive at Vientiane airport, and after customs & immigration formalities, transfer with your guide to your hotel. Enjoy a city tour to Wat Sisaket with its thousands of miniature Buddha statues. Visit Wat Simuang and Wat Prakeo, which was the original home of the famous Emerald Buddha, which today lives in Bangkok.  There are many excellent restaurants in Vientiane, and you will easily find something to suit your taste.  Visit  the huge golden That Luang monument, where all Lao citizen respect as holy pagoda. Visit  Vientiane's own Victory Monument, which looks like the Arc de Triumphe.   This was built at the end of the Indochina wars with money rumoured to be American, and earmarked for the airport’s new runway.   Thus the departing Americans dubbed this monument the vertical runway!  Have a look at the lovely arches inside the monument. Overnight in Vientiane.

DAY 2: VIENTIANE-XIENG KHUANG – PLAIN OF JARS – XIENG KHUANG (B)
After breakfast taek a short flight to the palin of jars.  Welcome to Xieng Khuang! Your guide will meet you at the airport upon arrival and bring you to your hotel for check-in, before escorting you to the Plain of Jars, an impressive archeological site where hundreds of large stone jars are littered all over the plateau. Have lunch at a local restaurant, and then continue to visit the old capital of Muang Khun Province and nearby hilltribe villages. They have a fascinating culture and a colorful history. Return in the late afternoon to your hotel for dinner and overnight. Ovenright in Xieng Kuang.


DAY 3: XIENG KHUANG – BORDER GATE – TRIBAL VILLAGES (B/L)
After breakfast visit ethnic minority peoples and observing their essentially unchanged culture, living close to nature. Have a lunch in a local restaurant before turning back. Visit Thai Dam and Thai Dang villages and a silk-weaving handicraft village. Continue back through the extensive rice-paddy region of the plateau.  Stop at Thampiu Cave, which houses remarkable memorabilia of the war in Laos. On the way back we stop for a swim in natural hot-spring pool, before finally returning to Phonsavan to your hotel for dinner and overnight same hotel.

DAY 4: XIENG KHUANG – LUANG PRABANG – WORLD HERITAGE SITES  (B)
Today  Half day drive to the former Royal capital, Luang Prabang around 6h & half arrive in Luang Prabang, en route you stop to talk with local ethnic people who have built their houses and settle down along the road. Also enjoy the very beautiful landscape that will make you temporary forget your home town. Un on arrival, Your guide will bring you to your hotel.  Then take a spin around Luang Prabang with your guide…and you will understand why it deserves the World Heritage title!  Visit Wat Visoun, the site of impressive Thad Makmo stupa.   Phou Sii hill stands right in the center of this small city.   Climb its 350 steps to enjoy commanding views for many miles in each direction.   Wat Phu Sii sits atop the mountain, along side the skeletons of Indochina war anti-aircraft guns!  The rest of the day is your  leisurely. Overnight in Luang Prabang.

DAY 5: LUANG PRABANG – MEKONG RIVER – PAK OU CAVES – BAN PHANOM WEAVING (B/L)
After breakfast, Visit the National Museum, once a king's palace.  Displayed inside is a lovely collection of personal artifacts of the royal family, including photos, musical instruments, and many gifts received from the dignitaries of foreign countries. Begin a Mekong Riverboat trip with your guide on the mighty Mekong River to visit the famous & sacred Pak Ou Buddha Caves.   These caves, overlooking the confluence of the Mekong & Ou Rivers from on high, have been home to many thousands of Buddha images that were placed here by local people since 16th century, when King Setthathirat found the caves and declared them a holy spot. Then Cruise down Mekong river  Visit Por Sa Paper Handicraft & textile area at Ban Xang Khong. Overnight same hotel.

DAY 6: LUANG PRABANG TEMPLE TOURS – NEXT DESTINATION (B)
After breakfast, Continue to visit Wat Mai.  Built in 1796, the five-tiered roof of the wooden Sim (chapel) epitomizes the graceful Luang Prabang architectural style.  Visit Wat Xieng Thong further emphasizes the uniqueness of Luang Prabang, its several roofs sweeping low to the ground.  See also the impressive "tree of life" mosaic here.  The gilt panel on the exterior of the chapel depicts semi-erotic episodes from the Ramayana.  Transfer you to the airport for your  next destination
End the tour.

Included:
* All land transport & transfers listed on the itinerary
* All Accommodations
* All meals as listed on the itinerary
* All entrance fees.
* Boat in Mekong River (If have)
* Services of an English Speaking guide throughout the tour
* Lao Government Tax

Excluded:
* Laos visa fee
* Domestic flights
* Meals other than those mentioned in the program
* International air tickets,  airport departure tax
* International air ticket
* Personal drinks at meal times
* 03 % Bank Charge (In case transfer by Credit Card)

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