LAOS-CHINA
TOURLAOS-CHINA
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Day 1: Departure from your country.
Day 2: Arrival in BANGKOK. Then proceed to the Domestic airport by the specially provided gangway and check in for flight bound for CHIANGRAI .Our representative will welcome you at CHIANGRAI airport and provide transport to your hotel. Introduction and tour of the city. Dinner will be provided at a restaurant in town, then back to your hotel Ban Khun Yom where you will spend your first night.
Day 3:
After an early breakfast you will be allocated our own vehicle with all the
necessary informations. There will also be a brief introduction to driving in
thailand. The vehicles will start their journey to CHIANGKHONG by road. On
arrival all relevent documents will be checked by custom and immigration
officials, before boarding the ferry for BAN HUAY XAI on the other side o
f the
MEKHONG river. The Laotian authorities will check the vehicles and
documents you will be then be transferred to your hotel. A light lunch then on
to the dirt tracks in the direction of a small LAEN TAENG tribal village where
customs and the way of life have retained their authentic character. On the way
back there will be ample opportunities to visit tribal villages and watch people
go about their daily chores,
there will also be a visit to a local still and an introduction to the
traditional process of making alcohol.
Return to HUAY XAI for the evening market and a look at "Fort
Carnot" testimony of the french presence in LAOS for almost a century.
Dinner in town. (Total: 170 km).
Day 4:
Morning start on dirt tracks through a number of LAO and HMONG villages,
pristine jungle and beautiful wild natural scenery. Lunch at WIANG PHUKHA then
back on the tracks to reach LUANG NAMTHA. Check in the hotel and dinner in town.
(Total: 200
Day 5: Setting off in the morning on a mountain dirt track to encounter several tribes representing a number of ethnic minorities. HMONG, LAEN TAENG and LAO YAI. Stop at NAI TOEY and picturesque market, there on to the chinese border. Brief crossing to CHINA at BOTEN where you will stop for lunch and experience a completely different atmosphere and environment. Vehicles and documents will be checked by the police and customs officers. Continuation by road to Muang La. ( total: 100 km)
Day 6: City tour including many local curiosities, different temples, lunch in town then we start for a ride in the countryside to encounter the ethnic minorities Folu Hani, Yao, and continue to JING HONG for dinner and the night. (Total: 150 km).
Day 7:
Departure by the road, visit Elephant Tree, the amazing botanic garden .
Lunch to MUANG LUN.
Return to border with the LAOS. Check passports and
vehicles and back to LUANG NAMTHA. Dinner and overnight in Namtha Guest-House.
Day 8: Morning spent strolling around the village, watching the HMONG tribal costumes and observing the daily activities of the villagers. Other tribal groups will be seen along the tracks meandering through stunning mountain landscapes. "Lunch en route". Arrival at UDOMXAY scheduled for late afternoon. Dinner in town and overnight accomodation booked at the hotel Singthong. (Total: 60 km).
Day 9:
The journey from UDOMXAY to LUANG PRABANG will be done by road. The scenery will
vary from mountainous landscapes to dense pristine jungle sporadically
interrupted by traditional villages. Witnessing unspoilt rural life. Dinner at
LUANG PRABANG and overnight accomodation at the hotel Manolak. (Total: 200
km).
Day 10: Tour of LUANG PRABANG and its magnificent temples WAT MAI and WAT XIANG THONG, enjoy a panoramic view of the town and the MEKHONG from the top of mount PHOUSI, visit the royal palace and stroll through the town discovering the french influence still very much in evidence from it's colonial presence until 1975. Lunch in town. In the afternoon drive up to the spectacular KWANG SI waterfalls. All along the dirt track you will enjoy the sights of beautiful villages and the succession of emerald rice paddies. Back to town for dinner and second night at the hotel Manolak. (Total: 100 km).
Day 11:
Today you will complete the 400km link to VIENTIANE by road. On the way frequent
sights of HMONG villages of a different character to those so far encountered
and some LAO hill top villages. Along this circuit you will also enjoy
breathtaking panoramic views on the river NAM OU. A stop at the
spectacular VAN VIENG site then back on the road to reach VIENTIANE late
evening. Dinner in town. Overnight accomodation at the Asian Pavilion Hotel. (Total:
417 km).
Day 12: Visit of the town and it's main attractions such as the beautiful temple of Wat That Luang, the striking Arc de Triomphe, the museum dedicated to the revolution etc...A walk through the morning market and the myriad of intriguing stalls in its immediate vicinity. Lunch in town. Overnight accomodation at the "Asian Pavilion Hotel".
Day 13: On the way back to the Thai border a stop at XIANG KHOUAN to visit The Garden of reclining Buddhah then heading for the "friendship bridge". Vehicles and documents check by the police and custom officers followed by the same procedure on the Thai side in NONG KHAI. The last leg of the circuit is the road link to the airport of UDON THANI, catching the domestic flight for CHIANGMAI or BANGKOK.
Day 14: Arrival in your country.
