Bolaven Plateau Pakse Tour 7 days: Wonders of South Laos

Upon arrival at the airport, our guide and driver will pick up you and drive direcly to  Pakse and onto the Bolaven Plateau. The Bolaven Plateau is well -known for its cooler temperature being situated high above the Mekong Valley.
 
Make a stroll at a tea plantation, followed by a short tour to Tad Fan Waterfall, a magnificently picturesque  twin chute waterfall.
Tad Fane is built by natural twin 120-metre high waterfalls basing on the merging waters of the Champy and Pak Koot rivers. These falls are located on the edge of Dong Hua Sao protected area, far from 38 km from Paksé (Note: water level may vary accordingly to the previous rainy season).
 
On the way back to Pakse we  will make a stop to visit a tea and/or coffee plantation. Laos is famouus  for its delicious coffee, is mainly grown here on the Bolaven Plateau. A visit to one of the plantations will privide you with good knowledge of the process of planting, harvesting and roasting these delicious beans. Have chance to enjoy a cup of the local brew before you leave.
 
Overnight at the hotel in Bolaven Plateau.
 

After breakfast, Our  Jeep tour specialist will welcom and met you at Chai Coffee, and discuss  with him a bit there when enjoying a cup of coffee.
After that, we will take our own Jeep to reach Tad Moun Waterfalls within 30 minutes where we can enjoy the fresh cool water, and visit the vegetable farm not far away.
 
We then continue our tour day trip to drive to the Coffee Farm of Mr. Khamsone via the 10KM bumpy and muddy road, which will take us near 01 hour with your special Jeep car.
 
Upon arrival, the Coffee farm’s owner will spend 1 hour to give us useful introduction about about coffee Roasting step and finishing by enjoying a coffee cupping with the different kind of coffee (Robusta, Arabica and Typica).
 
A picnic lunch will be served on the farm at around 1:30PM before walking to the refugee cave not far away, which is used as the shelter place by the local villagers during the war time.
 
After that, we will walk along the farm to see the volcano mountain named Phou Sanark where we can discover the view over the farm and the nearby villages during the sunset.
 
We can get an opportunity of preparing and cooking diiner with the wife of Mr. Khamsone.
Overnight at the hotel in Bolaven Plateau.
 
Overnight at the tent camp at the coffee farm.
 

After breakfast we head to Laven village name’s B Setkhord by Jeep transfer for 14km or 1hr .. In this village there are more than 500 families living in over 100 years old. So, during the France Indochina, these plateau named Laven plateau, which means: An area or the hometown of Laven people living. Upon arrival, we can make a stroll ,and our guide can give you more stories about this village.


We continue to drive to Tad Say Waterfall where we will be served the picnic lunch
 
After that we will make a short tour at a Suay Village named B Darsia, where you can find out many traditional house. 30% of the house here is still the traditionally built long house, and rest of them is the traditional house. The house is the place, where many generations will live together. The family use the house for all daily activities such as cooking, eating, and sleeping.
We will arrive back to our hotel in Paksong late afternoon. Free for the rest of the day.
Overnight in Paksong.
 

After breakfast, we begin with one of the most  beautifully colourful ethnic minority food market named Tha Teng. Next experience  a few of fascinating minority villages, Ban Bong Neua, an Alak village that boasts a sacrificial altar, and Ban Kokphung, a Katu village where they keep coffins under their houses. Arrive at the beautiful Tad Phaxuam Waterfall by mid-morning, before leaving the Bolaven Plateau and continuing to Champassak by lunchtime.
 
In the afternoon, you are picked up and transfered by road to Wat Phou.
 
Wat Phou is a beautifully dramatic pre-Angkorian temple being considered as World Heritage Site by UNESCO that located amidst the rice fields and waterways of southern Laos. The temple was built in three levels: the bottom level is mainly concentrated on the baray (water reservoir) and promenade, the second level features quadrangular pavilions and galleries of carvings, and the top level is the sanctuary itself. The temple was constructed by the rulers of the Khmer empire before the construction of Angkor Wat. The temple was the most important economic and political centre of the region and still is one of the Lao people’s most respected temples.
 
After your visit, we continue in to Champasak to see samples of French colonial architecture before taking the boat to the beautiful The River Resort, where we will spend the night.
 
Overnight at the hotel in Champasak.
 

After breakfast, drive to Done Khong then we embark on a long tail boat for venturing into the widest reach of the Mekong River, where during the dry season the waters recede and leave behind thousands of islets, giving this area a lovely name” Si Phan Done”. Upon arrival, explore the local peaceful villages of Ban Khone, where you will see an array of relics from the French colonial era and retrace the old colonial past, including old French colonial buildings and the remnants of the first Lao railway with its locomotive. We continue to discover the 4000 islands area by tuktuk and visit the marvelous Liphi waterfall, also called the "Corridor of the Devil" one of the most beautiful waterfalls marking Lao border with Cambodia. If we are lucky, we may even see the rare freshwater Irrawaddy Mekong dolphin at Ban Hang Khone. Overnight in Done Khone.
 

In the morning, we will take a long-tail boat to Ban Nakasang; from there, we drive south to visit Khone Phapheng, which is considered the largest waterfall by volume in South East Asia; this is an impressive spot near the Lao-Cambodian border, set within an area which is teeming with wildlife, making this area one of the most breathtaking destinations in Laos.
On arrival in Pakse, we will first visit Ban Khoh, which specializes in stone carving, and walk to the nearby Wat Chomphet, which hosts the biggest sitting Buddha in Laos.
Late afternoon, we will ascend to the top of Wat Phou Salao to admire the panoramic view over the town of Pakse, and the nearby area, whilst the dark is falling over the city.
Overnight in Pakse

You are free to make a stroll around the town before transferring directly to Ubon Ratchathani (Thailand) via Chongmek border to take the departure flight. End of services.
 
Note: the transfer will take more than 3 hours including the border crossing procedure