2 days Ethnic minorities + Mahout Eco Lodge, Elephant riding, bathing, kayaking and Tad Sae Waterfall |
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Starting Point: All Lao Travel Service office on main street Luang Prabang
Activities: minivan to visit ethnic minorities + elephant riding & bathing, and other activities
Difficulty: Intermediate Tour type: private or join a group Daily Departures
| Itinerary: |
| Day1: Visiting ethnic minority groups |
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| 09:00 |
We depart from All Lao Travel office to visit the iron knife-making village (Ban) of Ban Hath Hien northeast of Luang Prabang
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| 10:00 |
We continue to Ban Pak Xeung a ‘Yuan’ ethnic minority village to see a Lao traditional Wooded house We continue to Ban Phonsavang ( a low-land village). Then to Ban Phon-Hom a Hmong (a highlander village)
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| 12:00 |
Our guide will prepare picnic lunch cooked out of local food while we enjoy the beautiful Landscape of a Hmong ethnic minority village |
| 13:00 |
After our picnic lunch, we will have time for swimming on the Nam Xieng River, one of the Most scenic rivers in northern Laos We then visit Ban Phia (a ‘lao loum’ and ‘khammu’ village) and Ban Hath Khang, a Hmong Minority village which the Lao government relocated to stop the planting of opium poppy We then visit the whisky-making village of Ban Sang Hai to taste ‘lao-lao’. On our way to return to Luang Prabang, we stop by Ban Pha-Nom, a ‘Tai Lue’ handicraft village. |
| 16:00 |
Check-in at our peaceful and quiet Mahout Eco-lodge and enjoy local cuisine at our pavilion Restaurant. |
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| Day 2: Elephant trekking and waterfall |
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| 06:30 |
Wake up early to retrieve your elephant from the rain forest to bathe it. Then enjoy your Breakfast. You will have 90 minutes for your elephant trek before continuing your other Outdoor activity programs such as: bamboo rafting / kayaking or swimming at Tad Sae Waterfall duration of 2.5 hours.
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| 15:30 |
Transfer back to Luang Prabang. |
| Tour includes: |
We recommend bringing: |
- All entrance fees
- friendly local English speaking guide
- Accommodations at our Mahout Ecolodge
- Meals: 2 lunches, 1 breakfast and 1 dinner
- 15 % donated to villages for local development
- 5% fees to Luang Prabang tourism office
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- Shorts and light T-shirt
- foot-wear that will get wet
- sunglasses and sunscreen
- your spending money
- mosquito repellant
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