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Day1. Arrival – Vientiane (D)
Upon arrival, you are
met and transferred to your centrally located hotel. After a short
rest, we set our orientation short Walking Tour to Lao Capital,
strolling around the city distance, and observing the sunset by
the Mekong Riverside and late evening. Seeing the city lifestyle
of local Lao people. Overnight in Laos Plaza hotel in Vientiane.
Day2. Vientiane – Luang Prabang (B,D)
Breakfast, we start to
visit the major sights of the capital; including the oldest Wat
Sisaket with thousands of miniature Buddha statues and the former
royal temple of Wat Prakeo previously housed the famous Emerald
Buddha Image. On the way to the famous and sacred structure of
That Luang Stupa, we stop to take some pictures of the imposing
Patuxay Monument, which is well known as Vientiane’s own Arc de
Triumph. From there, we visit the Central Market call ‘Morning
Market’ where you can find the antique items for collection, well
handmade textile and gift away items.
We spend the rest of
this day touring Lao capital, visiting the National Museum
(Revolutionary Museum) where varied antique items and legend of
Laos’s history fighters and leaders displace from the ancient
times to new revolution period. We then board a short flight to
Luang Prabang, which is perhaps the best - preserved traditional
city in Southeast Asia. UNESCO registered 1995 as World Cultural
Heritage City. The tranquility and charm of this town with its
splendid natural scenery and cultural sights make it one of the
most delightful places to visit in Asia. On arrival, we transfer
you to hotel. After a short rest, we are strolling around to see
the Street Night Market, where you can find the lovely collection
and handmade textile by local and hill tribe people surrounding
Luang Prabang, we then climb up to the top of Phousi Mount for an
enjoyable exploration of the sacred, gilded stupa as well as
viewing a beautiful panorama sunset over this once royal ancient
city and the Mekong River. Overnight in Grand hotel in Luang
Prabang.
Day3. Luang Prabang – Pak Ou cave (B)
Breakfast, we enjoy a
short-guided tour seeing the city’s oldest temple of impressive
stupa of Wat Visoun and the shrine of Wat Aham, Wat Mai, Wat Sene
and the magnificent Wat Xiengthong with its roofs sweeping low to
the ground, which represent the classical architecture of Luang
Prabang temple. We then board a boat embarking upstream on the
Mekong River, which also gives us a beautiful view of the tranquil
countryside as well as an interesting visit to the mysterious of
Pak Ou Caves, crammed with thousands of gold lacquered Buddha
statues of various shapes and sizes. Along the way, we stop at the
village of Ban Xanghai, where they make the local rice wine. On
return, we overland local villages at Ban Xiengmene and Ban Chan
continue seeing the royal temple at Wat Longkhoun, which once
belongs to royal family patronage and near by Sackarine Caves. We
cross to city and take a short drive to Ban Phanom, well known for
its hand weaving. Overnight in Grand hotel in Luang Prabang.
Day4. Luang Prabang – Departure (B)
Early this morning you
may want to wake up early and participate in the daily early
morning ritual of saffron-clad monks with their black Alms-giving
bowls being given offerings from the local people, including the
ubiquitous sticky rice. This is the highlight of tour prior
goodbye to this charming city.
Breakfast, we then
visit The National Museum at the former Royal Palace, which
displays a lovely collection of the artifacts reflecting the
richness of Lao culture dating from the days of the early kings
right through the last sovereign. We continue visit the silver
smith’s and Fine Arts School and the Central Market are not to be
missed. We visit these sights before we catch a flight goodbye to
this ancient city. |
