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Day 1 Arrival
Bangkok (D)
Arrive at Bangkok International Airport. Welcome
at airport and transfer to the hotel . Overnight
in hotel in Bangkok.
Day 2 Bangkok (B,L,D)
Breakfast at the hotel followed by a half day
City and Temples Tour .: Pick up from the hotel
and drive through the center of Bangkok to visit
three of the most gorgeous Buddhist temples in
Bangkok: Wat Traimitr with its impressive
three-meter tall, 5 tons heavy solid gold Buddha
image which gleams like no other gold artifact,
Wat Pho, Bangkok’s oldest and largest temple,
which features the largest reclining Buddha and
the Chedi of the kings and Wat Benchamabophit,
the Marble Temple, a prime example of modern
Thai architecture. After visiting the temples
close off the tour with a shopping trip before
returning to your hotel. Afternoon free at
leisure. Overnight in hotel in Bangkok.
Day 3 Bangkok –
Flight to Chiangrai (B)
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer from hotel to
Bangkok International Airport. Arrive in
Chiangrai airport. You will be met and
transferred to your hotel. Remain of the day is
at leisure. Overnight in Chiangrai.
Day
4. Chiangrai – HoueiSay – Pakbeng (B,L,D)
This
morning you have an early morning transfer from
the hotel to Chiang Khong, the exit point from
Thailand. After passing through immigration, you
cross the Mekong River to HoueiSay in Laos where
your guide will be waiting for you at the
immigration point. After completing border
formalities, you board the LuangSay Cruise (join
boat) ready for the trip downriver.
Serene, timeless Laos is one of Asia's most
unvisited, unchanged countries. This
once-powerful kingdom known as Lane Xang
(Million Elephants) was founded in the 14th
century with the help of the Khmers, and it went
on to become one of the largest kingdoms in
Southeast Asia until its demise in the late 19th
century. Bisected and bordered by the Mekong
River, omnipresent symbol of Indochina, Laos
today is an amalgam of cultural influences;
Theravada Buddhism, animism, France, and the
socialist ideal. It is a peaceful place, and the
legendary hospitality, resilience and
friendliness of the Lao people is much in
evidence. Laos is Old Asia preserved. As your
journey downriver you will stop at some tribal
minority villages such as the Hmong, Yao and
Khmu. Overnight in LuangSay Lodge.
Day5. Pakbeng – Luang Prabang (B,L)
Breakfast, as you sail downriver, you will pass
areas of un-spoilt forest with little villages
along the riverbanks and perhaps the odd
elephant or two with his mahout. You visit a
fishing village and a rice winemaking village
and perhaps even taste some of the infamous
beverage known as Lao wine. You also visit the
Pak-Ou caves with their thousands of Buddha
statues. You arrive in Luang Prabang around
sunset and transfer to your hotel. This evening.
You can take a stroll around this enchanting
little town. Overnight in Luang Prabang
Day6. Luang Prabang – City Tours (B,L)
Breakfast, we are exploring this charming city
of UNESCO world heritage site, The Luang Prabang
is a small, dream-like town on the Mekong and
Nam Khan Rivers, in a beautiful mountain
setting. From 1353 until 1545 it was the capital
of Lane Xang before power was transferred to
Vientiane. Despite the move Luang Prabang
remained the seat of monarchical power and when
the kingdom broke up in 1694, one of the
deceased king's grandsons established a rival
kingdom to those in Vientiane and Champassak.
Though weakened, the Luang Prabang royalty
endured until 1975, when after the reign of 63
kings it was formally dissolved. You spend the
day exploring the temples and sites in what is
called one of the last Shangri-La’s of Southeast
Asia. You will visit Wat Xiang Thong, the most
important Buddhist monastery in the country, Wat
Visoun, Wat Khili and Wat Mai. Later, visit the
former Royal Palace, now a National Museum where
you will find ornate, gilded and brocaded
reception rooms, as well as Buddha and Atacular
artifacts including the Prabang, a large holy
image, which was given in the 14th century by
the Khmers to King Fa Ngum. At sunset climb the
nearby temple-topped hill of Phousi where you'll
catch a lovely view out over the town and the
river. Overnight in Luang Prabang
Day7. Luang Prabang – Khouangsi Waterfall (B,L)
Breakfast; this morning you may want to rise
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. From there you will visit the morning
Phosi Market where you will see such diverse
offerings as dried buffalo skin, local tea and
saltpeter among the chickens, vegetables and
hill-tribe weavings. Laos is also known for its
traditional handicrafts, and today you will
visit local village of Lao ethnic minority
groups at Ban Ouay and Ban Thapene and the
weaving village of Ban Phanom. Time permitting
you may also wish to drive to the beautiful
Khouangsi Waterfall where you can splash around
in the pools or walk along the forest paths,
overnight in Luang Prabang
Day8. Luang Prabang – Vientiane (B,L)
After
a leisurely breakfast, you begin the drive south
to Vientiane, on the way, drop off visiting
minority villages along 13th north route, via
Vang Vieng where unspoiled natural resources
remained and enjoying the view of mountain and
beautiful landscape. After a short stop, we are
heading out to Vientiane, a capital city of
Laos, built by the French on the site of Wieng
Chan, the 16th century capital of Lane Xang.
Wieng Chan was already bristling by the time
Europe was emerging from obscurity, and today is
a small bustling city that retains an air of Its
French colonial past. Overnight in Vientiane.
Day9. Vientiane – City Tours (B,L)
Breakfast, AM: this morning you begin your
sightseeing with a visit to the market. The
market is a wildly colorful and olfactory
delight - amid baskets piled with rice, eggs,
and tea, ducks, pigs and fish both alive and
dead, are food stalls selling noodles, soup, and
'food to go' wrapped in banana leaves, existing
cheek by jowl with sellers of jasmine, orchids,
and marigolds - the latter being woven into
garlands for temple offerings. From there you
begin a Walking Tour of the city's old Wats
beginning with the venerable Wat Sisaket with
its many wall niches holding small Buddha, Wat
Prakeo - a former royal temple, the major Wats
of Wat Mixai, Wat Ong Tu, Wat Haisok and Wat In
Paeng, ending with some French colonial houses.
PM: you pay a visit to the studio of Carol
Cassidy, an American who has done much to
advance the Lao weaving tradition. Later this
afternoon you visit That Luang Stupa, a national
symbol of Lao sovereignty and a Buddhist shrine,
overnight in Vientiane.
Day10. Vientiane – Departure (B)
Breakfast, you are free for your own discovery
until transfer to departure.
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Domestic airticket without airport tax
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Transportation in private air-conditioned
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Accommodation in twin shared
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Join
boat LuangSay Cruise
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English or French speaking guide (each city)
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Admission fee to indicated sights
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Flight : Bangkok - Chiang Rai ; Luang Prabang -
Vientiane
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Meals
as mentioned ( B = breakfast ; L = Lunch ; D=
Dinner)
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Gov’t tax
and service charge
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tarifs n’incluent pas:
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Laos
visa stamping fee on arrival US$30.00/pax
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Thailand visa stamping fee on arrival US$30.00/pax
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Int’l
airport departure tax US$10.00/pax
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International flight to Thailand/ out Laos
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Travel
Insurance in all kinds
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Meals not mentionned
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Additional tour require beside above sights
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Tip, drinks,
personal expenses and others
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