LAOS EXPLORER

 

12 DAYS LAOS-TOUR CODE LA05.
Only £1,495 per person
UNBEATABLE VALUE
 

 

THIS INDEPENDENT TOUR INCLUDES INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS, 3 STAR COMFORTABLE HOTELS WITH PRIVATE FACILITIES, DAILY BREAKFAST, INTERNAL FLIGHTS, CAR TRANSFERS PAKZE-CHAMPASSAK-KHONG-TADLO, GUIDED CITY TOURS.



Price is per person based on 2 persons sharing a twin/double room. Single room supplement £195 per person.
Price includes: International flights, internal flights, 3 star comfortable hotels as stated or similar with breakfast (centrally located, air conditioned, private facilities). Programme extendible upon request. £25 per person for each extra night.
Price excludes: insurance, airport/ hotel transfers, visa to Laos (obtainable on arrival), local airport tax, meals, drinks, tips, sightseeing, optional excursions and any service not specified. Please add £160 for departure in high seasons: July, August and December. Optional tours and excursions can be booked locally or at your hotel tour desk. Please note that flights can be changed by airlines at short notice. Our tour operation depends on many factors some of which are beyond our control. We reserve the right to amend programmes in case of unexpected problems caused by weather, airlines, transport companies and local organizations.

Day 1: Fly from Heathrow to Vientiane with Thai Airways via Bangkok.
Day 2: Vientiane
Arrival at Wattay airport in Vientiane. Arrange your own taxi transfer to your hotel in city centre. Rest of the day is at leisure. Overnight at Vansana hotel.
Day 3: Vientiane ( B )
Vientiane half day guided city tour including the oldest Wat Sisaket with thousands of miniature Buddha statues and the former royal temple of Wat Prakeo house of the famous Emerald Buddha. On the way to the sacred That Luang Stupa, stop for pictures of the imposing Patuxai Monument, which is well known as Vientiane’s own Arc de Triumph and the central market Talat Sao.
Day 4: Vientiane/Pakze ( B )
Fly to Pakze. On arrival transfer to Champassak for a guided tour to the pre Angkorian mystical site of Wat Phou temple located a few km from Champassak town. This is an important Khmer monument which dates back to the 10th century and is regarded as an outstanding example of Khmer architecture. Overnight at Sala Wat Phu hotel.
Day 5: Champassak – Khong island ( B )
Car transfer and ferry boat to Don Khong island. Overnight at Sala Don Khong hotel.
Day 6: Tadlo ( B )
Car transfer to Boloven plateau with stops en route to visit coffee and cardamon plantations and some villages of ethnic Katu, Kalum, Souey, Lovens, Ya Eum. Continue to Saravane for overnight at Tadlo Lodge.
Day 7 : Tadlo - Pakze ( B )
Car transfer to Pakze. Overnight at Pakze hotel
Day 8: Pakze/ Luang Prabang ( B )
Arrange own taxi transfer for flight to Luang Prabang. Overnight in LuangPrabang at Sala Prabang hotel.
Day 9: Luang Prabang ( B )
Half day guided city tour including the impressive stupa of Wat Visoun, the shrine of Wat Aham, Wat Mai, Phousi Hill for the sacred, gilded stupa, the city’s oldest temple of Wat Sene and the magnificent Wat Xieng Thong with its roofs sweeping low to the ground, which represents the classical architecture of Luang Prabang temple.
Day 10 : Luang Prabang ( B )
Day at leisure in LuangPrabang.
Day 11: Departure ( B )
Check out for flight home via Vientiane & Bangkok.
Day 12: Arrival back to Heathrow.