9 Days Laos Honeymoon Tour from Luang Prabang to Vientiane
Tour Overview
Specially designed for the newlyweds who want to experience an exotic and refreshing vacation to begin a new life together, this 8-day Honeymoon tour takes you in the incredible...
Code of Tour: TAD0000028760
Length of Travel: 9 Day
Destinations of Tour:
Departure City: Luang Prabang
Price of Tour: Request
Type of Tour: Private
Features of Tour: honeymoon tours
Specially designed for the newlyweds who want to experience an exotic and refreshing vacation to begin a new life together, this 8-day Honeymoon tour takes you in the incredible natural beauty and laidback pace of life in Laos, one of South East Asia’s real gems. Whether walking hand in hand along the charming streets of Luang Prabang, greeting the fabulous sunset over the 4000 islands region or feeling the fresh air in the green Bolaven Plateau, you and your partner will surely enjoy meaningful time together with the best experiences ever in Laos.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS TOUR
Explore religious landmarks in the cultural capital of Luang Prabang
Board a traditional long tail boat on the Mekong River to the sacred Pak Ou Caves
Learn about the importance of bamboo in the culture and daily life of Laotian people
Visit villages of H’mong and Lao Loum people and soak in the cool azure pools of Kuang Si falls
Discover Wat Phou, one of the most revered temples in Laos
Enjoy a local tuktuk tour around the peaceful Khone Island
Marvel at the spectacular beauty of Li Phi and Khone Phapeng falls
Get closer to nature in a day trip to Bolaven Plateau
DAY 1: LUANG PRABANG
Transfer:
Activities: Arrive in Luang Prabang. Free to relax.
Arrive in Luang Prabang and be warmly welcomed and transfered with our guide to hotel for checking in.
Meals on your own. Overnight at hotel in Luang Prabang.
Accommodation: 3 Choices
DAY 2: LUANG PRABANG
Transfer:
Activities: Visit Wat Xieng Thong, Royal Palace, Wat Mai. Embark on a long tail boat to explore Pak Ou caves. Discover the daily life of people in the weaving village Ban Xang Khong.
This morning, we will visit Wat Xieng Thong – Luang Prabang’s the most photographed temple. Located at the end of the peninsula, close to the Mekong River, this temple was built in 1560 by King Setthathirate.
Then continue to former Royal Palace, now the National Museum. Visit Wat Mai, a temple renowned for its golden bas-relief. During Pimai, the Lao New Year, the statue of Prabang normally housed in the Royal Palace Museum is brought and put on public display in this temple.
Then you board a traditional long trail boat, for a relaxing cruise upstream on the mighty Mekong River. Enjoy stunning mountain scenery and witness the simple rural lifestyles. You will reach Pak Ou caves at the confluence of the Mekong and Nam Ou Rivers. These caves are displayed hundreds of sacred centuries-old Buddha images which are the object of pilgrimages during the Lao New Year festivities around mid-April. End of your visit, cruise back and then stop at Ban Xang Khong, a weaving village, where you can jump into wooden looms with local expert for practical and experience. Then continue to cruise back to town.
Lunch & dinner on your own. Overnight in hotel in Luang Prabang.
Experiences:
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Royal Palace in Luang Prabang
Located on the banks of the Mekong River and facing the sacred Mount Phousi, the Royal Palace was built in 1904 to serve as the residence of King Sisavang Vong and his family during the French colonial era. After the revolution in 1975, the palace turned into a national museum and opened to the public in 1995. On the palace grounds, there are some buildings such as an exhibition hall, Haw Pra Bang that houses the standing Buddha statue called Prabang – the palladium of Laos, Royal Barge Shelter, Staff Headquarters and the Royal Ballet Theater. Besides enjoying the royal religious objects, the last king’s collection of cars, ancient statues, and paintings dating for centuries, you can also marvel at the stunning architecture of the palace that is a blend of traditional Lao style and French Beaux-Arts. The Royal Palace Museum is really well worth a visit to learn about Lao history and culture as well as the royal lifestyle.
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Pay a visit to Wat Xieng Thong – the highest symbol of Buddhism in Laos
Wat Xieng Thong, literally translated the ‘monastery of the golden city’, is one of the oldest and most important temples of Luang Prabang as well as one of the highest symbols of Buddhism in Laos. This Buddhist temple was built in 1559-1560 by King Setthathirath in the northern tip of the peninsula where the Mekong River and the Nam Khan River join. After a number of restorations, Wat Xieng Thong now consists of more than twenty structures on the grounds including a sim, a royal funerary carriage house, pavilions, shrines, residences, and gardens. As the temple still keeps its original form, a visit around will show tourists the characteristics of 16th-century Lao art and craft with the 2-tiered roof, colorful mosaics and carvings depicting Lao legends and the tree of life on the rear temple walls. Wat Xieng Thong is also an important venue where significant annual festivities in Luang Prabang are held.
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Enjoyable Mekong River boat excursion to Pak Ou Cave
When in Luang Prabang, it is recommended to take a boat tour through Mekong river and visit Pak Ou caves. The excursion will bring you pleasant time to see the local life along the way where the mountain, blue sky and spectacular scenery are in harmony to take the picture. The climb to the caves will guide you to superb exploration to see hundreds of Buddha sculptures in a dark cave, which is not only an insight into top attraction in Luang Prabang, but the historical stories of the sacred relics protection from bombings during the Secret War as well.
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Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: 3 Choices
DAY 3: LUANG PRABANG
Transfer:
Activities: Start your day participating in the daily morning alms giving ritual. Visit morning market, some villages of H’mong and Lao Loum people. Join in Bamboo experience. Discover the spectacular Kuang Si waterfalls.
An optional early start gives you the fantastic opportunity to participate in the daily morning alms giving ritual to saffron clad monks. This tradition is unique to Laos, being the only Buddhist nation still preserving this procession. Enjoy your UNESCO morning walk to understand insight of this charming town then stop and visit fresh Morning market and back to hotel for breakfast.
After breakfast at the hotel, you will be pick up from hotel to the venue located inside a small village overseeing rice field to participate in the Bamboo Experience. You will be explained on usage on bamboo to make various items and also given experience to play their childhood games with metal balls, crossbow arrow, ….
Participation in a bamboo weaving course with the guides of an expert teacher. Try with a knife to cut the bamboo into several pieces and then weave them for about an hour to complete your own mat that you will take with you as a keepsake.
Then, enjoy great time learning about using bamboo in cooking, such as: bamboo shoot soup, bamboo shoot with banana leaf with sticky rice … Afterwards, savor your creations in the traditional Laotian house (Pavilion style).
In the afternoon, travelling outskirt of Luang Prabang, driving through green rice paddies and farms. Stop for visit few villages of H’mong and Lao Loum people, your guide can introduce you to local people and its great opportunity for you to involving with their daily activities such as wooden cotton spinning, weaving, rice harvesting and green vegetable farms. On your arrival at the Kuang Si waterfalls, enjoy main waterfalls with spectacular views and surrounding of orchids inside the park and falls cascade over many calcified tiers and down several hundred feet into a series of cool, turquoise pools. End of your day, transfer back to Luang Prabang.
Overnight in hotel in Luang Prabang.
Experiences:
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Daily Morning Alms giving in Luang Prabang
The alms-giving ceremony, or Tak Bat in Lao, is a centuries-old and meaningful tradition in the Buddhist culture of Lao people. In Luang Prabang, it takes place daily from 5:30 in the morning onward, starting from temples in this ancient town to the main roads then to all backstreets. Buddhist monks and novices in their bright saffron robes walk silently on barefoot throughout the streets in long straight lines to gather the almsgiving. While the local residents – the almsgivers also wake early to prepare food, usually Lao sticky rice, and wait quietly by the roadside to give their offerings. Tourists can involve this religious ceremony but make sure that it has a deep meaning for you, not just a photo-op. Otherwise, you may like to be an observer, keeping a reasonable distance, dressing properly and witnessing a more peaceful experience in silence. You can also take some photos without a camera flash and do it in a respectful way.
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Bamboo experience in Luang Prabang
The Bamboo Experience in Luang Prabang is an interactive local family-run workshop where you learn all about the use of bamboo in Lao culture as well as their daily life. The experience takes place in a rustic pavilion on traditional Lao style next to vast rice paddy fields. There you will be explained how bamboo is used to make various household items and given a fun experience to play Lao childhood games with metal balls, crossbow arrow, and bamboo stilts. You will also engage in a relaxing bamboo weaving course with the guides of an expert teacher; you’ll weave a souvenir mat made from strips of the bamboo plant that you can take as a keepsake. Then, enjoy a hands-on cooking class using the bamboo shoot as the main ingredients. Make dishes such as bamboo shoot soup, bamboo shoot steamed in banana leaf, Lao sticky rice and more. Afterward, savor your creations in the relaxing pavilion terrace and immerse in the peaceful semi-rural landscapes.
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Spectacular and stunning Kuang Si WaterFalls
No words can describe the stunning of Kuang Si Waterfalls and the emerald water: you must witness in person, the experience will surely exceeds your expectations!Located outside the city of Luang Prabang, Kuang Si Waterfalls are absolutely breathtaking and definitely worth the visit. You can climb up to the falls and take a dip, or walk through the beautiful area and got in the water a bit more downstream, swim or simply put my feet in for a relaxation.Truly, a joyous feast for eyes and ears, for mind and soul !
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Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: 3 Choices
DAY 4: LUANG PRABANG, PAKSE, DON KHONG
Transfer:
Activities: Fly from Luang Prabang to Pakse. Visit Wat Phou. Stay overnight in Don Khong Island.
After breakfast in hotel, get transferred without guide to airport for flight to Pakse.
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Upon your arrival, get transferred to Wat Phou, a spectacular pre-Angkorian temple that sits amidst the rice fields and waterways of southern Laos. The temple was constructed on three levels: the bottom level is focused on the baray (water reservoir), the second level features quadrangular pavilions and galleries of carvings, and the top level is the sanctuary itself. The temple was built by the rulers of the Khmer empire before the construction of Angkor Wat. The temple served as the most important economic and political centre of the region and still is one of the Lao people’s most revered temples.
Then continue to hit the road until you reach Don Khong – the biggest island of Si Phan Don area. Transfer to your hotel for check-in then free time for your own discovery of this amazing island.
Lunch & dinner on your own. Overnight at hotel in Don Khong Island.
Experiences:
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4000 Islands: Don Khong, Don Det, Don Khone
4000 Islands or Si Phan Don in Lao is a riverine archipelago with numerous islands in the Mekong River in the Champasak Region. While most of the islands are too tiny and uninhabited, there are three most popular and lively islands that are preferred places of typical backpackers: Don Khong, Don Det, and Don Khon. All these islands enjoy a laidback, sleepy vibe with plenty of guest houses and scenic restaurants overlooking the Mekong River. While in these islands, you can enjoy loads of interesting activities such as walking or cycling slowly around the islands, kayaking along the Mekong to see the rare and adorable Irrawaddy Dolphins, or visiting the famous Li Phi and Khone Phapheng Waterfalls. If you prefer to do nothing, just chill out at a riverside bar and enjoy sunset time.
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Ruins of Wat Phou
Wat Phou, also known as Vat Phou or Vat Phu, is an ancient ruined temple complex in southern Laos. Located at the base of mount Phou Khao 40km outside the town of Pakse, this temple was originally built by the Khmer Empire and dedicated to Lord Shiva but then became a center of Buddhist worship until today. Despite the striking resemblance as a miniature version of Angkor Wat, Wat Phou is much quiet and peaceful with the most area of the architecture built high into the hillside. Climbing up an age-old set of stone steps, visitors will see a modest temple with statues of Buddha and crumbling carved stones. Take time at the natural terrace where you can relax under the shade of green trees, admire the surrounding landscapes and overlook the Mekong River.
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Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: 1 Choices
DAY 5: DON KHONG,
Transfer:
Activities: Get a boat going through 4000 islands heading to the Khone Island. Go around by tuk tuk. Explore Li Phi waterfalls. Stay overnight in Don Khone Island.
Breakfast at hotel. This morning, transfer to the pier where where you cruise through 4000 islands to Khone Island- a haven of peace and quiet and where the scenery runs wild. Arrival in Don Khone, we will go around by local tuktuk for the discovery of Khone Island through rich nature, between rice fields, coconut trees and colonial vestiges.
Continue to the Li Phi waterfalls which are in the west of Don Khone, very close to the Cambodian border. Their original name, Tad Somphamit, means “trap spirit” and the locals claim that these falls act as a trap for bad spirits. Then we will explore the authentic beauty of local life on Don Det – Don Khone’s neighbor through an ancient bridge. After that, check in hotel on Don Khone for overnight.
Lunch & dinner on your own. Overnight in hotel in Don Khone Island.
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Explore the Li Phi Waterfalls
Li Phi Waterfalls, also officially known as Somphamit Waterfall, is one of the two best attractions in the 4000 Islands. Similar to Khone Phapheng, this 1.5 km long flowing falls features a series of whitewater cascades and rapids located at the western coast of Don Khon, a small biking distance from Don Det. You can traverse natural trails next to Li Phi Falls with different viewpoints over the falls while enjoying the comfortable air of natural environment surrounding shaded by tree branches. During the visit, you should remember to stay behind the barriers and follow the signposts & warning signs strictly. After visiting the falls, a small wooden bridge crossing the river will take you to a dry-season only beach and some open-air bungalows where you can rest and enjoy a drink from the bar and restaurant.
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4000 Islands: Don Khong, Don Det, Don Khone
4000 Islands or Si Phan Don in Lao is a riverine archipelago with numerous islands in the Mekong River in the Champasak Region. While most of the islands are too tiny and uninhabited, there are three most popular and lively islands that are preferred places of typical backpackers: Don Khong, Don Det, and Don Khon. All these islands enjoy a laidback, sleepy vibe with plenty of guest houses and scenic restaurants overlooking the Mekong River. While in these islands, you can enjoy loads of interesting activities such as walking or cycling slowly around the islands, kayaking along the Mekong to see the rare and adorable Irrawaddy Dolphins, or visiting the famous Li Phi and Khone Phapheng Waterfalls. If you prefer to do nothing, just chill out at a riverside bar and enjoy sunset time.
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Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: 1 Choices
DAY 6: , PAKSE
Transfer:
Activities: Cruise back Nakasang village. Drive to the spectacular waterfall of Khone Phapeng. Back to Pakse for overnight.
After breakfast at hotel, cruise back Nakasang village. Drive to the spectacular waterfall of Khone Phapeng – the largest in South East Asia, also known as the ‘Niagara of the east’. Heading to your hotel in Pakse.
Lunch & dinner on your own. Overnight in the hotel in Pakse.
Experiences:
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Khone Phapheng Waterfalls in 4000 Islands
Khone Phapheng Waterfalls are a series of cascading waterfalls in the Mekong river located in the 4000 islands area – Si Phan Don, Champasak province. With a length of almost 10 kilometers, these impressive falls become the largest waterfall in Southeast Asia as well as the greatest natural attraction of Don Khon island. Characterized by myriad islands and countless waterways, Khone Phapheng is called the Pearl of the Mekong by the locals while tourists may think of Asia’s Niagara falls. This area is also home to the rare Irrawaddy dolphins and Mekong giant catfish. To contemplate unbeatable views of Khone Phapheng, you should visit the viewpoint next to the waterfalls with a pavilion where you can take photos of whitewater cascades and islands safely. Several souvenir shops, restaurants, and cafes are found nearby.
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Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: 1 Choices
DAY 7: PAKSE, BOLAVEN PLATEAU(CHAMPASAK), PAKSE
Transfer:
Activities: Discover Bolaven Plateau passing coffee plantations & waterfalls: Tad Phasuam, Tad Lo, Tad Yuang, Tad Fane
After breakfast in hotel, transfer to visit Boloven Plateau. As soon as you leave Pakse the road climbs in elevation as you ascend onto the Plateau. The area of Volcanic Rock makes for suburb coffee plantations which thrive on the rich soil and the cooler climate.
Transfer to visit Tad Phasuam waterfalls with a local village with examples on traditional house of different ethnical groups in Laos. Experience nature at its best while this waterfall provides a shade of a kind where you can actually sit on a tree branch and relax.
Then transfer to visit Tad Lo waterfalls before carrying on to Tad Yuang Waterfall and Tad Fane Waterfall.
Lunch & dinner on your own. Overnight in Pakse.
Experiences:
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Natural beauty of Bolaven Plateau
Mainly located within Champasak Province in southern Laos, Bolaven Plateau is one of the best destinations in Laos for nature lovers due to its cultural and geographical areas of interest. On discovery of the Plateau, you will first visit the area of Volcanic Rock which is famous for green suburb tea and coffee plantations owing to the cooler temperatures, abundant rainfall, and rich soil. Then go on to Tad Fane Waterfall, a beautiful double cascade of water surrounded by green plants and lush trees. You can enjoy picturesque views of the waterfall from a viewing platform. A further 2km from Tad Fane through the coffee plantations is Tad Yuang Waterfall, the perfect place to cool down the heat and get closer to nature. You can swim in the pool below the waterfall or hike along the trail to a stunning picnic spot with spectacular views. If you are looking for a natural destination to escape from the busy city life, let give Bolaven Plateau a try and enjoy a wonderful time in nature.
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Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: 2 Choices
DAY 8: PAKSE-Vientiane
Transfer:
Activities: Be transferred from your hotel to Pakse airport.
Breakfast is served at the hotel. Free time until transfer without guide to the airport for your flight international.
Ends of services!
Meals: Breakfast
INCLUSIONS & EXCLUSIONS
Day 9 Departure from Vientiane
Vientiane city tour.
Inclusions
Meals
7 Breakfasts, 1 Lunch
Accommodation
Hotel (7 nights)
Transport
Car, Cruise, Flight
Flight
1. Fly from Luang Prabang to Pakse (1 hour 40 minutes)
Included Services
English speaking guide as mentioned
Accommodation (double sharing room)
All transfer in vehicle with air-conditioned
Local english speaking guide
Meals as mentioned in the program
All entrance fees during the sightseeing
All excursions, cruises and activities as mentioned in the program
Service charged & Government tax
Domestic flight
Exclusions
International Flights
Laos Visa fees
Travel insurance
Meals non-mentioned and beverage
Personal expenses
Other services not clearly mentioned above
