The Laos holiday with Gibbon Experience 8 days is made for visiting the famous sites around Luang Prabang such City sites, Khouangsi Waterfall, Elephant Village. Next, we will enjoy a boat trip to the North-West along the Mekong river to enjoy the Gibbon Experience trip before heading to Chiang Rai.
Day 1: Arrival – Luang Prabang
On arrival at the airport, you will be met and transferred to your hotel. The rest of the day is at leisure. Overnight in Luang Prabang
Services included: Transport and hotel
Day 2: Luang Prabang – Full day city tour (B)
Your full day city tour begins after breakfast, with a visit to the Royal Palace Museum, which hosts a range of interesting artifacts. We then enjoy a short-guided tour seeing the city’s oldest temple of Wat Sene and the magnificent Wat Xiengthong with its roofs sweeping low to the ground, which represents classical Laotian architecture. Today, we also visit the impressive stupa of Wat Visoun and the shrine of Wat Aham. We visit the Arts and Ethnology Centre to learn about Laos’ many ethnic cultures before we head out of town to see the weaving villages of Ban Xiengkhong and Ban Xienglek. We then return to the city for a visit to Wat Mai. We then climb up to the top of Mount Phousi for an enjoyable exploration of the sacred, gilded stupa as well as a panoramic view of the city at sunset and the Mekong River. The tour ends after a visit to the famous Night Market, where you can find a lovely selection of handmade textiles made by local and hilltribe people surrounding Luang Prabang. Note: the Royal Palace Museum is closed on Tuesdays. Overnight in Luang Prabang
Services included: Transport, guide, meals, entrance fee, and hotel.
Day 3: Luang Prabang – Khouangsi Waterfall and Elephant Village(B)
Today, we will depart for Elephant Village to experience elephant riding through the teak forests and along the riverside. These elephants were once employed in the logging industry but now enjoy a much easier life in the village. Next, we will continue to visit the stunning KuangSii Falls where you will have the opportunity to cool off with a refreshing swim in the topaz pools below the falls, walk along the forest trails and visit the Bear Sanctuary, home to Asiatic Bears rescued from poachers in the forests of northern Laos. Return and overnight in Luang Prabang.
Services included: Transport, guide, meals, entrance fee, elephant ride and hotel.
Day 4: Luang PraBang – ParBeng (B,L)
Our driver will pick you up from your hotel/guesthouse at 6:30 AM, and transport you to the boat pier. The boat leaves at 7:00 AM for the upstream cruise to Pakbeng. French breakfast is served onboard after the introduction of the crew. Shortly thereafter, we will stop to visit the famous Pak Ou Caves (Tham Ting) and its thousands of Buddha images. For lunch, local food is served onboard. Then, you will have free time for relaxing in the afternoon, until the boat arrives in Pakbeng at dusk. You will be served a typical snack and drink on board in the afternoon. Here, you will retreat to your accommodation for the night.
Services included: Transport, guide, meals, entrance fee, joint boat trip and hotel.
Day 5: PakBeng – HouayXay (B,L)
The guide will meet you on the boat at 06:45 AM, which departs at 07:00 AM for continuing the trip up to Houay Xay. On the way, we visit a Hill Tribe village. Our guide will explain the way of living and the origins of these rural populations. After, lunch will be served on board. A final, brief stop has to be made in Pak Tha for having necessary boat documents signed. Then, before arrival in Houay Xay, we will initiate your palate to local flavors by offering a tasting of seasonal fruits, drinks, snacks. Arrival in Houay Xay will be around 5:00pm, allowing for the possibility of continuing your journey into Thailand on the same day.
Services included: Transport, guide, meals, entrance fee, joint boat trip and hotel.
Day 6: The ‘Gibbon Experience’ (B, L, D)
Breakfast at the hotel, you will be taken to the Gibbon Experience office to watch a video about the park’s safety rules. Then you will leave this border town for the Natural Reserve of Bokeo, in northern Laos. Once the village of Ban Toup reaches you will leave for a trek of a few kilometers in the heart of the jungle. You will stop along for a picnic lunch, then continue the hike to an amazing village, whose dwellings are nestled in the treetops. You will meet the team on site, who will provide you with your equipment (harnesses, lanyards …), as well as detailed explanations on the important network of cables that surrounds you. You will then begin your ascent to these houses high-perched and take your quarters in one of these incredible residences of canopy. Your dinner will be served in the trees, where you will spend your first night.
Services included: Transport, guide, meals, entrance fee,and pakage tour Gibbon Experience 2 days 1 nights
Day 7: The ‘Gibbon Experience’ (B, L)
You will spend today’s day in the trees and discover the original sensation of traveling in the air, while learning a lot about the forest of Bokeo Park and its endearing inhabitants: the gibbons. This is one of the most striking experiences that can be lived in Laos. The premises have built houses in the treetops and developed a network of vertiginous zip lines in the very heart of the protected reserve of Bokeo. All funds raised are reinvested in the protection of the forest. The inhabitants of these mountainous regions of northern Laos have a deep knowledge of their environment, of the local fauna and flora. You will discover while enjoying the major ecological stakes of this region of the country.
Free dinner. Overnight at hotel
Services included: Transport, guide, meals, entrance fee,and pakage tour Gibbon Experience 2 days 1 nights
Day 8: Hoayxai – Chiang Rai – Departure (B)
After breakfast; you will be transferred to Chiang Rai for catching flight to BangKok and take flight departure
Services included: Transport, guide, meal
The offered rate: 989.00 USD / 1 Person – Applied for minimum of 2 persons touring
The surcharge for the flights from Chieng Rai to Bangkok with 142.00 USD/ 1 person will be on request.
Other included services:
+ The mentioned services each day at the end of each day,
+ Government Tax, service charge, drinking water
Excluded services:
+ All the international and Domestic flights,
+ Personal expenses, Drinks, telephone, laundry, tips,
+ Arrival and Departure Airfare, Laos visas,
+ Airport departure taxes – paying at airport check in desks,
+ Surcharge of hotel room based on peak season, public holiday, gala dinner (if has),
+ Payment services charge by credit card or bank transfer (3-4%),
+ Other services not mentioned in the itinerary.
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