BIKING & KAYAKING THROUGH THE NAM KHAN RIVER VALLEY

High water season, August to October:

This tour around Luang Prabang combines mountain biking with an easygoing kayaking trip.

It brings exactly the right refreshment into your tropical day in Luang Prabang and takes you to some of the best sites, including golden temples overlooking the city and Henri Mouhot’s grave.

After a biking tour through the Nam Khan valley and diverse village visits we take a break on the banks of the Nam Khan River.

After lunch we take a refreshing plunge at Tad Sae Waterfall then we get our kayaks to paddle downriver on the Nam Khan back to Luang Prabang

Walking Difficulty Scale: Kayaking & Cycling easy going

Duration; 1 Day

Start / Finish : luang prabang

Namkhan horse stables in Luang Prabang, best place to bring the children to learn horse riding and enjoy a few trails on the Namkhan River.

With the dedicated help of horsemen & qualified equestrian volunteer teachers.

they have a very strong reputation in the community  and they encourage rider growth and confidence

while having fun in a safe environment, their dedicated and skilled team are here to help everyone achieve their goals, from novice to to advance riders.

Walking Difficulty Scale: low - as you are ridding the ponies

Duration: check out their programs from 60 minutes to a few hours

Start / Finish: Luang prabang Nam khan stables

HALF-DAY FOOD AND FUN BIKING TOUR

Meet your guide at the Office Ban That Luang. You will be fitted with bikes and head towards the morning market where locals from the countryside around Luang Prabang sell their goods.

Discover different meats, fruits, vegetables, herbs, and spices and learn from your guide how they are used in Lao kitchens.

Each year previously unknown varieties of plants are discovered at this morning market. A few local delicacies will be sampled,

as well. You may come across fried insects like crickets, silkworms, and grasshoppers.

They are usually seasoned with spices and can be crunchy and surprisingly tasty. Bee larvae are a local delicacy.

Walking Difficulty Scale: fun day cycling

Duration: Half Day

Start / Finish: luang prabang

After crossing the mighty Mekong, your guide will begin by
introducing the team, the sanctuary, its mission and initiatives towards animal welfare. Visitors will also be given
an in- depth presentation of our elephants, explain their very own story, their family ties without forgetting to
hear about the special bonds they all individually share with their mahout.

Enter the pure primary forest and meet the elephants in their natural habitat. At the
Mekong Elephant Park, we do not allow physical interactions between visitors and the elephants. We
encourage passive observation as believe we are the invitees to their world, their environment and wish to just
let them be.

walking Difficulty scale: Low - Medium

Duration:1 half - day

Start / finish; Pakbeng

The “Small Chili” is perfect for medium biking, mixed paved and dirt road along the Mekong, Nam Xuang, and Nam Khan Rivers through jungle and villages.

You'll ride from city center out of town and through diverse countryside seeing villages along the Mekong River, jungle covered mountains, and villages amongst vast rice paddies worked by hill tribe villages.

We’ll meet early morning to size up on our quality mountain bikes and then ride out of town heading north along the Mekong River.  After crossing the old communist bridge, make a stop to visit Xieng Lek Village, famous for its mulberry paper and weaving.  Next, turn up the Nam Xuang River going past villages and beautiful countryside scenery. The pavement ends and it’s then off-road into the countryside up and down hills past rice paddies and local villages.

We'll ride through vast rice paddies and jungle dotted with Lao Leum, Hmong, and Khmu villages with locals tending to the daily activities of Lao agrarian life. The last leg of today's ride will take us along the Nam Khan River.

Laos is best on two wheels. Join our guides and see it for yourself on a great day ride in Laos!

Join-in tours available!

walking Difficult Scale; Cycling Medium

Duration: 1 Day

Start / finish:  luang prabang

You'll ride about 25 minutes to the Tiger Trail Adventure Camp on the banks of the Nam Khan River where we'll review kayaking basics and safety before heading down the river.

Nam Khan River conditions vary widely.  On the way, you stop at the Burmese-style temple Wat Phao Pao, an authentic weaving center at Ban Phanom village, and visit the final resting place of the French explorer Henry Mahout hidden in the jungle a short way for the road.

During the high water season the river is swollen, flowing well, and winds through stunning lush jungle, rice paddies, local villages, and elephant shelters (where you might catch a glimpse of them splashing on the river banks).

walking Difficulty scale: Kayaking

Duration: Half day

Start / Finish: Luang prabang

1 Day River Cruise package from Pakbeng to Luang Prabang

Walking Difficulty Scale: Low-Medium

You will visit Ban Xang Hai is famous for its Lao Lao (distilled rice whisky); here, you can try before you buy.

A variety of handicrafts are also for sale here. Getting there, the village, 29 km north of Luang Prabang, a boat ride to Tam Ting (Pak Ou caves).

Here you will walk the narrow footpath-streets behind the very attractive wat, featuring weavers' looms, colourful fabric stalls and a few stills producing the wide range of liquors sold.

(Comfy walking shoes, please note you have to walk up the embankments in Pakbeng & Luang Prabang

Duration: 1 Day

Start/ Finish: Pakbeng/ Luang Prabang

Meal Plan: 1 Lunch on-board

Overnight accommodation: Not included

An amazing waterfall Hike and river trip!!! join this one!!

'Wow,wow,wow...' is what the first travelers said after coming back from this simply amazing waterfall hike and river trip!!!

The famous 100 Waterfall tour in Nong Khiaw, on an amazing day hiking and exploring jungle and hundreds of cascading waterfalls!

need to be on this trek and river cruise for one day!

walking Difficulty: Low Medium

Duration: 1 Day

Start / Finish Nong Khiew

Trek through verdant mountains, enjoy a refreshing swim in peace without crowds and take in the splendor of Kuang Si waterfall with its high falls and

Learn about Laos’ fascinating diverse ethnic Hmong culture immerse yourself and learn from them their ways, one of 49 Tribes in Lao PDR

At the end of the day, relax in the village and enjoy meeting your homestay family. Your experience directly benefits the local village and families.

Walking Difficulty scale: Low - Medium

Duration; 2 Day's

Start / Finish : Luang prabang

Trekking to Kuang Si waterfalls a full day adventure, trekking through lush forests high in the hills above Luang prabang with breathtaking views.

The best way to see the beautiful Kuang Si Waterfall is by trekking a lush forest trail that winds through local villages and offers views of Lao mountain landscapes.

This three-to-four hour trek brings you to the refreshing turquoise pools at the falls where you’ll have time to cool down, swim and enjoy the Kuang Si Waterfall Nature Reserve and Bear Rescue Center.

Walking Difficult Scale: Low - Medium

Duration: 1 Day

Start / Finish: Luang prabang

This adventure guides you deep into the mountains over three days, through jungle and rice paddies trekking to a homestay in remote Hmong and Khmu villages.

You see mountains with rice fields clinging to steep peaks, it's simply stunning.

This is the tour that immerses you in the people and cultures of those who tend to these remote Laos landscapes.

Get ready for adventure and step into the world of Laos mountain village tribes on this unforgettable trekking and homestay experience.

Walking Difficulty scale: Low - Medium

Duration: 3 Days

Start / Finish: Luang Prabang

City tour and Kuang si waterfall full day adventure, on your mountain bike in Luang prabang Lao PDR

We’ll start with a trip to the Morning Market, a lively street where locals stock up on all sort of interesting supplies, from colorful vegetables to live frogs.

Then we’ll step from the energy of the market into the serene calm of one of the city’s most sumptuous monasteries, Wat Mai, and, afterwards, to the former King's Palace, now the National Museum. There, you’ll learn about the past and present of Luang Prabang. From there, we will visit the beautiful and ancient Wat Xieng Thong temple, with its spectacular low sweeping stylistic roof.

Walking Difficulty scale: Low - Medium

Duration: 1 Day

Start / Finish; Luang prabang