Laos Family Adventure 9 Days

Marvel at the main attractions of the capital city such as temples and monuments:

• Vat Sisaket is the only temple in Vientiane that has not been destroyed by the Siamese in the raid of incendiary 1828.
• Phrakeo Ho, the former royal chapel where the Emerald Buddha was kept as palladium for the Kingdom of Lane Xang.
• Patouxay, the triumphal arch built in 1959 is a large golden stupa of That Luang, founded by King Setthathirath in 1566 and symbol of Lao sovereignty and Buddhist religion. It is supposed to contain a hair of Buddha.
• Temple Wat Si Muang, the most visited temple in Vientiane, is considered the seat of the guardian spirit of the city.

Highlight experience: Phrakeo Ho – the former royal chapel with the Emerald Buddha

Experience the beautiful nature in Laos:

• Drive to Luang Prabang, passing stunning scenery, rice paddies and dense forest jungles.
• Visit Phou Sy hill to view the town, the Mekong and Nam Khan rivers and mountain ranges.
• Stop at the night market to admire the Hmong minority people’s handicrafts.

Highlight experience: H’mong night market participation

Meet the seven rescued elephants that have been working the majority of their life in logging camps.

• A non-riding elephant experience focused on education and animal welfare.
• Experience elephant washing, swimming, and playing in the water.
• Your family will be taught how to understand the ways elephants and humans communicate with one another. Once the connection is made it is almost impossible not to see many of your own emotions in them.

Highlight experience: Non-riding ethical elephant experience

Uncover the ancient religious capital of Laos, and be surprised by its serenity and spirituality by tuk tuk.

• Experience unforgettable moments by attending the procession of barefoot monks, who silently collect alms, dressed in their saffron robes as they walk the streets of the city to collect their food.
• Marvel at the Wat Xieng Thong, is the center of a small religious complex, considered the most beautiful Buddhist temple in Luang Prabang due to its elegant roof down to the bunk ground. You will also find the temple of Wat Visoun, the oldest temple in Luang Prabang, it houses numerous gold statues of Buddha.
• Meander through the That Makmo, stone stupa and Vat Aham, a major shrines in the city dedicated to the ancestors of Laos.
• Explore the National Museum (former Royal Palace) which displays a collection of personal artefacts of the royal family. Find the temple of Wat Mai, the largest and most richly decorated the Buddhist temple in Luang Prabang, which was the residence of a Buddhist patriarch until 1975.
• Climb Mount Phousi where you will discover a panoramic view of the ancient royal capital and the Mekong River at sunset.
• Attend an outstanding Baci ceremony and traditional dance show.

Overnight at hotel in Luang Prabang.

Highlight experience: Panoramic view from the Mountain of Phousi

Understand the everyday life in the outskirt of Vientiane.

• Take a Tuk-Tuk to an organic rice, fish and vegetable farm on the outskirts of Vientiane.
• Learn how to plant rice and fish, before cooking up a Lao lunch with the day’s produce.
• Take a course learning how to make different traditional dishes – before eating them for dinner.

Highlight experience: Cook Lao lunch with local people

Cruise in a slow boat to Pak Ou Caves from Luang Prabang. From the hotel, you will be taken to begin boarding to a 1h 30 cruise in slow-boats, on a traditional wooden boat, which takes you to two secret caves, Pak Ou Cave of Tham Ting and Tham Cave Phoum. Highly venerated caves in Laos which house thousands of statues.
On the banks of the river, you may be lucky to cross some busy miners.

• On the route you will stop to visit the village of Ban Xang Hai, where you can watch the distillation of rice wine made by ethical women called Lao-Lao. The rice wine is the most popular alcoholic beverage in Laos.

Continuation the day by visiting several small villages:

• The village of Ban Xieng Lek, with many looms and many stalls with the production of silk products.
• Ban Phanom, a small weaving village, full of charm and renowned for its weaving methods with motifs typical Laos based on ancestral knowledge and often unique to each family.

Highlight experience: Slow boat to Pak Ou Caves

Departure to the beautiful waterfall Khuang Sy to discover stunning nature and meet ethnic people in their traditional house made of bamboo, wood and palm leaves.

• Visit minority villages such as H’mong village of Ban Thinkeo and Khmu village of Ban Thapaene.
• Visit the weaving village of Ban Xang Khong where traditional product also called Saa paper is made from mulberry leaves.
• Swim in natural pools nested in the lush tropical vegetation at Khuang Sy waterfall.
• See Ock Pop Tok Textile and meet the owner. He will explain his cooperation in projects with small villages with regard to the rearing of silkworms, the silk production, weaving and dyes.

Overnight in Luang Prabang

Highlight experience: Visit the ethnic minority village

Free time until your transfer to the airport for your departure flight.