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Vientiane
Duration: 4 HRS
Price from $125 pp
Vientiane
City Tour
Explore That Luang Stupa
and Victory
Monument Pratuxai before continuing on to Phon
Thong Savang – a fresh food market selling a
variety of produce and products. Next is a visit
to Carol Cassidy’s Lao Textiles Workshop - the
studio creates woven art specialising in 100%
hand-woven silk. Continue on to visit the COPE
Visitor Centre where you will learn about UXO
“Unexploded Ordnances” a problem in Laos, the
work undertaken by COPE and the CMR “Centre
of Medical Rehabilitation” provides disability
services for people affected by UXOs.
Duration: 8 HRS
Price from $304 pp
Duration: 3 HRS
Price from $174 pp
Duration: 8 HRS
Price from $181 pp
Lao Lao Cooking
Class
Buddha
Park
cuisine relies heavily on the freshest
Situated southeast of Vientiane, Buddha Park
produce and incorporates a range of intriguing
flavours, many unfamiliar to the western plates.
Begin with an early morning tour of Vientiane’s
major food market where you will have the
opportunity to investigate these ingredients and
gain knowledge of their uses. You will then learn
how to pound your ingredients in a mortar and
pestle, and cook over an open fire. Enjoy the
fruits of your labour with the recipes provided
for you to take back home and recreate.
Duration: 8 HRS
Price from $302 pp
is where 200 Buddhist and religious images
dating back over 500 years are worth a visit, most
of which were introduced from India. En-route
make a brief stop at the Lao – Thai Friendship
Bridge for a photo opportunity. You will also
visit Don Noun village followed by Tha Ngone
where you will enjoy a lunch cruise along the
Nam Ngum River. On the way back to Vientiane
a stop is made at the Dong Makhai Market with
a variety of products. Enjoy a beautiful sunset
along the Mekong River and Chao Anou Park.
Duration: 2days/1night
Price from $519 pp
Nam
Ngum Lake Excursion
Vientiane
Cycling Retreat
Vang
Vieng Experience
Travel north of Vientiane to That Lat Village
Travel by road to Ban Tanmixay Village where
Leave Vientiane behind for the night and travel
where you will visit one of the village communities.
Continue on to Nam Ngum Lake, a picturesque
lake created by damming the Nam Ngum River.
After lunch, visit Ban Keun, famous for its salt
mine. Here, learn about the daily working life of
the local people. Make a brief stop at Tha Ngone
to taste Kao Larm – rice with coconut juice in
a bamboo tube, cooked on fire. You’ll also visit
the market at Dong Makhai where locals trade
produce and sometimes wild animals such as
snakes, birds and rodents!
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you will begin your cycling adventure. Pass via
the picturesque rice fields and the mountains
of Phou Khao Khouay. Take a ferry ride down
the river to Ban Thadindeng, a Hmong village.
Explore the village before continuing to cycle in
the midst of rice fields. Stop for a picnic lunch
with the nearby mountain range as the backdrop.
Take another ferry ride across Nam Ngum River
bound for the final destination of the cycling tour
- Ban Somesamai. From here, transfer back to
Vientiane by vehicle.
via the scenic back roads to Vang Vieng. Discover
the picturesque Tham Jang Cave, Tham Xang
(Elephant Cave), Tham Hoi Cave (Snail Cave),
Tham Loup (Deep Cave) and Tham Nam (Water
Cave). The variety of caves all offer unique
experiences from stunning views over the Nam
Song River, remarkable limestone formations,
numerous corridors ending at crystal clear
springs to beautiful stalagmites and stalactites.
Descend the Nam Song by kayak (water level
dependant), offering idyllic scenes of rural life.
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