Simply Beautiful
Roads are slow, boats keep their own schedule and the best mornings are early. Our Laos departures are built around that rather than against it.
Unique Flavours
Cook over a bamboo fire in a class where you do the work, roll your own noodles, drink Lao coffee, walk the plantation it grew on.
Unique Experiences
Head down to the 4,000 Islands to look for the rare Irrawaddy freshwater dolphin, cycle out to the villages, and spend the night in a river lodge with the Mekong below you.
Local Encounters
Have a go at petanque, a game the Lao have made thoroughly their own, or sit through a 'baci' blessing in somebody’s home and watch how ordinary days are actually lived.
Top Highlights
- Call at Wat Si Saket and Wat Phra Keo, then go up the stairs inside Vientiane’s 'Arc de Triomphe' and take in the city.
- Take your time over Luang Prabang, and go up Wat Phousy to see the Mekong laid out beneath you
- Take a boat up the Mekong and meet Laotians on home ground — unhurried people, fast to make you welcome
- Make for Vang Vieng, a river town in central Laos that rewards anyone who likes being outside.
- Go out after nightfall for a night safari in Nam Et-Phou Louey National Park.
- Track down the Pathet Lao caves set under great green walls of limestone
Capital
Vientiane
Currency
Kip
Language
Laotian
Population
7 Million
Religion
Buddhism
Time
GMT+7
Journeys in Laos
Places we cover in depth, and every published departure that includes Laos. Sixteen travellers at most, and each one can be run privately on your own dates.
