Joining an extraordinary journey on the mighty Mekong, you pass through the breathtaking mountain scenery and make stop over at some hill villages where ethnic minorities still retains their age old cultural traditions. Apart from the landscape, you visit many cultural sights and riverside hill tribe villages.
Highlight:
Mekong River - Pakou caves - Hilltribe Villages
Including:
+Accommodation: twin sharing room at Luang Say lodge or similar one + Transportation in joining cruise +Meals as indicated: B = breakfast, L = lunch, D = dinner + Mentioned sightseeing tour with English speaking guide + Entrance fee + Coffee, tea and drinking water on board and during meals + Transfer border gate - pier - hotel
Not Including:
Drinks, tip, visa, single room supplement, personal expenses, travel insurance, optional trips...
Accommodation:
Hotels.
Itinerary in brief
Day 1: Thailand - Houeixai - Pakbeng
Day 2: Pakbeng - Luang Prabang
Joining an extraordinary journey on the mighty Mekong, you pass through the breathtaking mountain scenery and make stop over at some hill villages where ethnic minorities still retains their age old cultural traditions. Apart from the landscape, you visit many cultural sights and riverside hill tribe villages.
Detail Itinerary
Day1: Thailand - Houeixai - Pakbeng
On arrival at Houeixai border gate, you are met by our driver and transferred to the boat landing. We board Luang Say boat at 9h00 for a cruise downstream on the Mekong River. This reach is not too large but both riversides are bordered by imposing mountain ranges. The pace of our trip is very relaxing, a perfect way to observe the breathtaking scenery and the rural life close up. we will anchor for a short walk to visit some riverside villages, which are inhabited by the Hmong and Yao people. They are very poor, but have an interesting local culture and a colorful history. By late afternoon we arrive in Pakeng. This lovely village sets against the mountain backdrop and overlooks the confluence of the Mekong River and Nam Beng Rivers. The various ethnic minorities are frequently seen on the main street of Pakbeng and small vendors sell local textiles and handicraft. O/N in Pakbeng. (L,D)
Day 2: Pakbeng - Luang Prabang
The traditional morning market in Pakbeng also attracts numerous ethnic minorities who converge from the outlying valleys and mountainsides to sell their goods and buy provision. Today we have time to walk around this bustling congregation before we continue navigating towards Luang Prabang. This river cruise passes through the stunning mountain landscape to the mysterious Pak Ou Caves. They are crammed with thousands of gold lacquered Buddha statues of various shapes and sizes, all brought there by devout villagers. Upon leaving these famous grottoes we continue to navigate downstream and reach the final stop at 17h00 . The trip ends on arrival in Luang Prabang Town. (B,L)