Day 1
Day 1
Trekking to Hmong Khmu villages
DAY1; 8:20 – 9:00 AM, we start from Manifa Travel’s office or your accommodation and drive 50-minutes to the east side of Luang Prabang. Then we begin hiking and cross the Nam Khan River by boat. We arrive at a village called “Ban Suan Dala” where Hmong and Lao people live together. You’ll have time to explore village with your guide and find their interesting village-lifestyle.

We continue hiking up a hill another 1.5 – 2 hour to a small Hmong village “Ban TinPha” On the top of the hill. On the way, we will enjoy the lush scenery as we head into the hills. Around the noon, we reach the village and enjoy lunch in a Hmong home. (We can also prepare the picnic lunch instead of Hmong family lunch according to your request) During the lunch break, we will take enough time to walk around the village and see their traditional life and culture, and also have the chance to capture breathtaking views of mountains

We continue trekking downhill and cross a long small stream. After 1.5 -2 hour, we arrive at a Khmu village ” Ban Houay Fai ” where we stay overnight. Our guide will introduce you to the villages, prepare dinner. After dinner we enjoy exploring the village or have a drink with the locals if you like. We will have an incredible night in the mountainous village.
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Day 2
Day 2
Kayak Tad Sae Waterfalls
DAY 2 Waking up at early morning and have breakfast. We set out for 1 – to 1.5-hour short trek to meet our truck with the kayaks. Drop your backpacks into the truck, grab your camera, swimming gear, and sandals. After brief instruction on kayaking and water safety we’ll kayak 10 minutes to the Tad Se waterfall. We’ll stop for a delicious lunch and swim in the beautiful waters of the Tad Se waterfall.

We’ll then hop back into our kayaks and continue down the Nam Khan river for 2.5 to 3 hours. During the wet season there are small rapids fun for all levels of experience and ages. Crossing the Nam Khan River, our vehicle will pick you up and go back to city around 3 – 4:00
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Day 1

Trekking to Hmong Khmu villages

Learned a lot in the royal palace/national museum. Felt like the guide really skimped on Wat Xiengthong though; we spent all of 10 minutes there. In the end the 4-hour tour became just 3 hours.

By Alex C for [Private] Half Day Luang Prabang city tour on Dec 21, 2025

Started with lunch at Manifa elephant camp. Better than I'd expected. But the highlight was definitely the interaction with the elephant! We had a wonderful time feeding it bananas. Boat ride to the caves took about an hour. It was unique, and perhaps due to our timing, pretty much empty, so we were in and out in less than 30 minutes, which was great. Whiskey-making village felt like a sales-stop, but the people there weren't pushy at all, so it was Ok. Again, we were the only foreigners there. On the cruise back, we were lucky enough to get a great view of the sunset over the Mekong. The guide that day was wonderful. Friendly yet professional.

By Alex C for [EUR] H01 Pak Ou Caves, Mekong Cruise, Whisky village (Private) on Dec 21, 2025

The falls were beautiful. Saw some bears at the rescue centre. Didn't manage to see the sunset on the cruise back due to the weather. Guide was Ok, a little pushy.

By Alex C for [EUR] H04 Afternoon Kuang Si Waterfalls & Sunset Cruis(Private) on Dec 21, 2025

The company offers many different tours and options to costumers. Therefore we with different people and different guides during different legs of the tour. We got an extra sunset cruise on the first day which meant we returned to the city an hour later than the original plan which was a slight hassle as we had to rebook our dinner reservation. The city tour on the morning of the first day felt a bit rushed - We would have liked to spend some more time exploring the Former Royal Palace and Wat Xiengthong. On the other hand, there was a bit too much empty time at the Elephant Park on the 2nd day as we had to wait for 2 hours for a group (that had gone to the waterfalls in the morning) that we were going to join for the Pak-Ou caves and sunset cruise. They kindly offered us some more time interacting with the elephants which was nice. Overall quite happy with the experience, but things could be more effeciently planned or at least more accurately explained on the website and the email we got beforehand.

By Waka S for M05-joint 2 Days the most epic places and experiences in Luang Prabang on Dec 20, 2025

The trip was very well co-ordinated with the various components. The first part was a comfortable 1.5 hour on a boat and included a stop at waterside kymu village. We were then transferred to a clean comfortable van for a 2 hour road journey to Manifa elephant camp where we enjoyed a terrific buffet lunch and had opportunity to meet an elephant. Our bags were taken back directly to Luang Prabang. We then joined a larger boat with lots of people who were on a day trip and visited the Pak Ou Caves and whiskey village before arriving in LP for sunset. Our bags were there and a van took us back to our hotel. All in all a lovely way to get back from Nong Khiaw rather than just spending it in a van. Would well recommend. All of the guides were fantastic and the execution was very slick.

By Jennifer L for Nong Khiaw to Luang Prabang, Mekong & Nam Ou River Cruise (NK-2) on Dec 18, 2025

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