While there are plenty of attractions to visit in Luang Prabang, another round of beautiful sights lie just outside the city limits. Escape the city for a day in the Lao countryside on this private full-day tour. We visits the main highlights of Luang Prabang countryside "Kuang Si Waterfalls" and "Pak Ou Caves" and enjoy beautiful nature of Laos. This itinerary is perfect if your stay in Luang Prabang is limited to 3-5 days.
You will be picked up at your accommodation at 8:30 am and then, we head straight to the pier and head off on the mighty Mekong river.
Enjoy the many views from the water, witness rural laos, pass by local villages, fishermen, children and soak up the scenes of daily life by the river.
On the way possible stop in Ban Xang Khong, specialized in silk products and confection of Saa paper (made with the bark of the Saa tree). Also in Ban Xang Hai, famous for manufacturing the country’s beloved rice whiskey "Laolao".
We continue by boat travelling slowly along the Mekong in the direction of the glorious Pak Ou Caves. We arrive at a small boat landing dock where stairs lead you straight up to the cave. These limestone Buddhist caves have been a place of worship for thousands of years, over this time a collection of Buddha statues and idols have filled these spiritual natural caves
Take in the beautiful views from the water as the short boat trip takes us to enjoy a full buffet style lunch @ the restaurant – overlooking the Mekong river.
After lunch break, this adventure destination package takes you to Kuang Si Waterfall – you will have time to explore the three layered Kuang Si Waterfall walk the trails of the nature reserve and swim in the refreshing turquoise water pools and visit the bear rescue center.
Our way back into Luang Prabang we make a stop at Ban Na Uan Hmong village where you have the chance to experience Hmong village life, meet some of the local people and see the makings of their traditional embroidery crafts. From here it is time to make our way into town, typically this is between 5:30pm – 6:00pm