Take to the air as a family in Laos

Check in your luggage to Luang Prabang, then take your first flight to Bangkok, Thailand.

Upon arrival in Bangkok, continue your journey with a second flight to Luang Prabang, Laos.

Upon your arrival at the airport in Luang Prabang, you will complete the country's entry formalities, including visa processing, before collecting your luggage. Your local English-speaking guide will greet you at the airport and accompany you to your hotel for check-in.

At the end of the day, you will have the opportunity to visit Mont Phousi, appreciated for its panoramic views over the city, particularly enjoyable at sunset. On the way down, you can stop at the night market to discover some examples of Lao craftsmanship. This visit can also be done on another day, according to your preferences.

Back at the hotel, prepare yourself for an evening filled with traditions and encounters. A traditional Baci ceremony will be organized in your honor, offering you an authentic insight into local customs.

The Baci celebrates happy moments in life, such as meetings or weddings, and can also be organized in honor of a person or family to bring them security, happiness and prosperity. You will share a dinner with your hosts on this occasion, in a friendly atmosphere conducive to exchanges.

After your included breakfast, set off to discover the iconic monuments of Luang Prabang.

You will visit in particular the Vat Xieng Thong, located at the confluence of the Mekong and the Nam Khan river. This emblematic temple of the city stands out for its typically local architecture and constitutes an important pilgrimage site for many faithful.

Embark on a private boat heading to the Pak Ou Caves. Along the way, make a stop at Ban Xang Hai village, renowned for its rice alcohol production, with alcohol content varying between 25 and 45°. Continue then to the Pak Ou caves, which house hundreds of Buddha statues. They also constitute an important pilgrimage site for Laotians, particularly during the Lao New Year, celebrated in mid-April. You will enjoy lunch on board the boat.

In the afternoon, head to the Kuang Si Waterfall, located 32 km from Luang Prabang. The journey takes you through beautiful rice field landscapes before reaching the cascades and their natural pools with turquoise and crystal-clear waters, where you will have the opportunity to swim. On site, discover a small permanent exhibition dedicated to the preservation of Asian black bears from Southeast Asia, an endangered species. Before returning to Luang Prabang, take a detour of about half an hour to the Lao Buffalo Dairy. This farm will allow you to learn more about the situation of buffalo in Laos, the care provided to them as well as the programs put in place with local breeders to promote their reproduction. The farm also develops activities around milk and cheese production.

You will have the opportunity to get close to the buffalo and bottle-feed the calves. The visit ends with a tasting of artisanal ice cream made from buffalo milk, offered with different flavors depending on the season: fruits, sesame or lemongrass.

For your evening, we recommend the Bamboo Tree restaurant, located along the Nam Khan river, in the heart of the old town. Chef Linda passionately offers refined and fresh local cuisine, in a pleasant setting by the water.

Wake up early to attend the Tak Bat, a Buddhist alms-giving ritual to monks. Laotian, Thai and visiting devotees can participate or simply observe this ceremony, provided they adopt a respectful attitude and follow the usual rules of etiquette. Then return to your hotel for breakfast via the morning market, set up in the alleys around the old Royal Palace. You will discover various products and ingredients used in the daily cooking of Laotians. At 08h30, meet at your hotel reception for a short transfer to the pier. Board a longboat and cross the Mekong to reach the pottery village of Ban Chan, located a few kilometers downstream from Luang Prabang. You then discover the Pottery House, where you spend a half-day with a family to learn about traditional Lao pottery. Terracotta pots and other containers hold an important place in local culture and are notably used to store rice, water and padeck, a sauce made from fermented fish. After a visit to the village and some explanations about this craft, join the center to watch a demonstration, before trying your hand at local pottery techniques yourself.

At the end of this group activity, share a Lao lunch on site together.

After your lunch, return to Luang Prabang. In the afternoon, set out to discover bamboo, a material that is omnipresent in Laotian culture, during an experience organized on the outskirts of the city, in the heart of a natural environment surrounded by rice fields. Your discovery of The Bamboo Experience begins with a bamboo weaving lesson, accompanied by an experienced weaver. Various activities will then allow you to better understand the place of bamboo objects in daily life, particularly for fishing, hunting, music and dance. Continue with a cooking class dedicated to bamboo-based dishes. You will participate in their preparation before tasting them in a sala overlooking the surrounding landscape.
Note: Depending on the number of participants at the time of confirmation, the group may be divided into two teams for the various activities.

After your breakfast at the hotel, head to Nahm Dong Park. Return to Luang Prabang at the end of the day, then you have free time.

Dinner on your own. For your evening, we recommend Calao, located in a 19th-century building on the riverbanks. The restaurant offers a wide selection of Asian dishes, as well as an ethnic menu allowing you to discover different local flavors.

After your breakfast at the hotel, you head to the Living Land community farm. There you discover the thirteen stages of the rice cycle and familiarize yourself with local agricultural development around a rice paddy and organic garden. Between learning and practice, you participate in the various activities offered before enjoying your lunch on site.

In the afternoon, you visit the Luang Prabang Deaf & Mute Community center, a craft and training facility for deaf and mute people in Luang Prabang. You discover the various professional training programs offered in weaving, sewing, carpentry, mechanics and restoration, which enable students to gain independence in their adult lives.

On site, you also discover the center's farm, where vegetables are grown and a few animals live, before visiting the craft shop and finishing with the weaving workshop.

At the end of the day, weather permitting, you can make a final visit to the Children Cultural Centre of Luang Prabang. You will discover children's daily life through various activities offered there, such as traditional dance, storytelling or games. Activities to be paid for on site.

Dinner on your own. For your evening, we recommend the restaurant Un Petit Nid Biblio Resto, located in the heart of the peninsula, on the main street. Set in a former house renovated in a contemporary style, it offers fresh and authentic cuisine, with the option to dine on the terrace.

After your hotel breakfast, you head towards Xayyabouly, which you reach after approximately 2 to 3 hours of travel. Upon arrival at the Nam Tien Lake pier, you board a boat to reach the Elephant Conservation Center. You settle into your basic bungalows with shared bathrooms, before sharing a traditional Laotian lunch at the camp restaurant.

In the afternoon, you explore the center, its various services and ongoing projects. You meet several professionals who help you become more familiar with the elephants and also visit the hospital dedicated to them, unique in Laos.

You then participate in bathing the elephants, before meeting the mahouts, who teach you the basics of directing an elephant.

After your breakfast, you rejoin the elephants in the forest to witness their morning bath. Accompanied by your guide, you learn more about their training, their daily life within the camp and, more broadly, about these animals.

You then have lunch in the heart of the forest, on a platform overlooking the elephants' recreation area.

In the afternoon, you visit the nursery to meet the newcomers, if there are any, and to better understand the relationship between the elephants, their young and their mahouts. You then prepare your belongings and head towards Vang Vieng, where you arrive in the late afternoon. Upon arrival, you are transferred to your hotel and settle into your rooms.

You have the rest of the evening free to relax and enjoy the natural setting on the banks of the Nam Song River, especially at sunset.

After your hotel breakfast, you set off to discover the surrounding countryside and its karst landscapes.

You reach the Tham Phou Kham Caves, at the foot of which there is a small spring locally known as the Blue Lagoon. You can take advantage of this stop to swim.

You continue your day with a hiking ascent of Piton Ngeun. Once at the summit, you enjoy a clear view of the surrounding landscapes.

You then have lunch at the Sanctuary hotel restaurant in Thaheua, before heading to Vientiane, the capital of Laos for the past 450 years. Approximately 3 hours of travel are needed to reach it. Upon arrival, you are transferred to your hotel and settle into your room.

Your end of day is free to allow you to discover Vientiane at your own pace.

Dinner is on your own. We recommend Lao Kitchen, located on Hengboun Street, near the National Cultural Center.

After your breakfast at the hotel, you leave Vientiane and head towards the Xieng Khuan, the "Buddha Park", located about thirty kilometers from the city center, on the banks of the Mekong River. You discover numerous sculptures dating from 1958, in a place distinguished by its blend of influences from Hinduism and Buddhism.

You then visit the Lao Disabled Women Development Center, which supports women with disabilities in their professional integration, particularly through artisanal craft workshops. After a presentation of the project, you can exchange with the participants, observe their creations and take part in a manual newspaper recycling workshop.

You have lunch on site.

On the way back, weather permitting, you make a stop at the Lao ITECC Mall to discover the Trick Art Museum. You can have fun with your family with various optical illusions and take some souvenir photos before your departure from Laos. Entrance fees to be paid on site.

You then return to your hotel to collect your belongings, then you are transferred to Wattay International Airport for your flight to Bangkok. Flight booked by yourselves and times to be reconfirmed.

Please note: your room must be vacated at noon. It is possible to pay a supplement on site to keep it until 6 p.m., subject to availability.