Découverte nord-est Laos

Laos
Price in € / person 678€

Brief itinerary

  • icon Location Laos
  • icon Duration 5 days/4 nights
  • icon Type Groupe
1 : Viet-Lao Border – Vinay – Sam Neua (L/D)
2 : Sam Neua - Visit (B/L/D)
3 : Sam Neua – Xieng Khouang (B/L/D)
4 : Xieng Khouang – Plain of Jars (B/L/D)
5 : Xieng Khouang – Muang Kham – Nam Can Border Post

Circuit Highlights

  • Contemplate the wild nature of Laos
  • Explore the different historical caves of Sam Neua: Souphanouvong, Kaisone Phomvihane, Nouhak Phoumsavanh...
  • Visit the weaving villages in Tai Daeng and Thai Dam
  • Discover the important archaeological sites of the Plain of Jars
  • Warmly meet the H'mong & Khmu tribes.

Illustrated map of the circuit


Circuit photos


Detailed program (5 )

1

Viet-Lao Border – Vinay – Sam Neua (L/D)

Welcome at the Na Méo border crossing (Laos side), transfer by road to Sam Neua.

En route, stop at Mouang Viengxay to visit the various historical caves, where the Pathetlao leaders lived during "the secret war", especially the caves of Souphanouvong, Kaisone Phomvihane, Nouhak Phoumsavanh…..

Arrival in Sam Neua, check-in at a local hotel.

Lunch and dinner at a local restaurant. Overnight in Sam Neua.

2

Sam Neua - Visit (B/L/D)

Breakfast at the hotel.

The day is dedicated to visiting the weaving villages of Tai Daeng, Thai Dam and others in Sam Neua and its surroundings.

Lunch and dinner at a local restaurant. Overnight in Sam Neua.

3

Sam Neua – Xieng Khouang (B/L/D)

Breakfast at the hotel.

Today, we begin the long mountain road trip to Xieng Khouang, one of the provinces heavily destroyed by American bombs during the Indochina War 1966-1972.

The journey is punctuated by stops to visit the neighboring villages and admire the stunning landscape. We also visited the Hintang temple. Here we visit mysterious menhirs (standing stones) whose origins no one knows.

We arrive in Phonsavan, the provincial capital, in the early evening. Then check-in at a hotel.

Lunch and dinner at a local restaurant. Overnight in Phonsavan.

4

Xieng Khouang – Plain of Jars (B/L/D)

Breakfast at the hotel.

Visit the local market of Phonsavan and the important archaeological sites of the Plain of Jars, dotted with large stone jars, some weighing 2 to 3 tons, the most plausible hypothesis being that they are funerary urns.

Then continue to the ancient capital Muang Khoune, visit Site No 2 and the Hmong and Thai Dam villages in the surroundings.

Return to the hotel. Lunch and dinner at a local restaurant. Overnight in Phonsavan.

5

Xieng Khouang – Muang Kham – Nam Can Border Post

After breakfast, we take the road to Muang Kham.

En route, we visit the villages of Hmong, Tai Dam and Khmu tribes… and the hot springs and Tham Piew cave - where hundreds of people hid during the aerial bombardments of the Indochina War.

We then continue to the Lao/Vietnam border post at Nam Can.


Detailed Tariff

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Price in € / person

Included Services

  • Accommodation in hotels as mentioned
  • Private, air-conditioned vehicle + competent driver as mentioned in the program
  • French-speaking guides for each stage of the journey as mentioned
  • Entrance fees to mentioned sites
  • Meals mentioned (B = Breakfast, L = Lunch and D = Dinner)

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