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Explore Luang Prabang and Kuang Si Waterfalls

By Mekong Tourist
Price is AU$107 per adult
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  • Selective hotel pickup
Overview

Make the most of your limited time in Luang Prabang with a full-day tour that combines cultural discovery and natural beauty. This small-group experience, capped at just 10 travellers for a more personal touch, lets you explore the UNESCO-listed old town and admire the stunning Kuang Si Falls—all in a single day.

Activity location

  • Alms Giving Ceremony
    • Th Sisavangvong (main road to town), Old Quarter
    • 0600, Luang Prabang, Laos

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Alms Giving Ceremony
    • Th Sisavangvong (main road to town), Old Quarter
    • 0600, Luang Prabang, Laos

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Explore Luang Prabang and Kuang Si Waterfalls
  • Activity duration is 9 hours9h
    9h
  • English

Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 8:30 am
Price details
AU$106.86 x 1 AdultAU$106.86
Total
Price is AU$106.86

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Air-conditioned vehicle
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Kuang Si Waterfalls, Hmong museum entrance fees
  • What's includedWhat's included
    All Fees and Taxes
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Lunch

Know before you book

  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • No wheelchair accessible
  • We can accommodate dietary restrictions such as vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, etc. If you have dietary requirements, please indicate them when booking

Activity itinerary

Alms Giving Ceremony
  • 40m
  • Admission ticket included
In Buddhism, alms or almsgiving is the respect given by a lay Buddhist to a Buddhist monk, nun, spiritually-developed person or other sentient being. It is not charity as presumed by Western interpreters. It is important to know the ceremony is also a spiritual practice to accumulate good karma for those who give the alms. It is closer to a symbolic connection to the spiritual realm and to show humbleness and respect in the presence of the secular society. The act of almsgiving connects the human to the monk and what he represents. The morning alms giving is a living Buddhist tradition for the people of Luang Prabang which, because of its beauty, has become a major tourist attraction. However, when tourists are unaware of its customs their inappropriate behaviours can be disruptive. 
The Morning Market
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
I Following alms giving, we visit a local morning market. Luang Prabang morning market lining a couple of quiet streets near the Royal Palace, starts early and is over by mid-morning. It sets up along a couple of side-streets next to one of the city’s many Wats. A butcher and some of the more touristy stalls have actual tables for their wares. But most of the vendors, selling anything from rice, to fresh vegetables, to steamed fish, frogs, and anything else that might be the day’s catch, just set up on the ground. We go back to your accommodation and have a free time for breakfast until 8:30 am.
Riverview Park
  • 20m
  • Admission ticket included
The second part of this tour begins at riverview park on the peninsula tip. You will have a brief introduction to Luang Prabang, standing where the Nam Khan River meets the Mekong River. From there, walk to the famous Wat Xieng Thong temple.
Wat Xiengthong
  • 40m
  • Admission ticket included
Wat Xiengthong was considered the ceremonial gateway to the city and was the arrival and departure point for foreign dignitaries for centuries. We will walk up the stairs to the main gate and enter the temple like ancient dignitaries. Wat Xieng Thong, once known as “The Temple of the Golden City”, holds great cultural, historic and architectural importance. It is serenely situated near the tip of the peninsula at the confluence of the Mekong and Nam Khan Rivers, with a grand staircase leading up from the Mekong. (Entrance fee 30,000 kip)
Vat Visounarath
  • 20m
  • Admission ticket included
Next, we will go temple hopping in the area. At Wat Sene, where there is a school for novice monks, you may meet again with novice monks you met on the morning alms. The temple was built in 1718 by King Kitsarath with 100,000 stones from the Mekong river. It literally means "Temple of 100,000 treasures"
Royal Palace Museum
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
We will visit the Royal Palace. The Royal Palace, which is today the national museum and built by French colonialists between 1904-09, displays a lovely collection of the artefacts reflecting the richness of Lao culture. (Entrance fee 60,000 kip)
Mount Phousi
  • 40m
  • Admission ticket included
The morning tour ends with a climb up Phousi Hill. Rising 150m in the centre of town, you enjoy spectacular 360 degree views across the city and its many temples, and over the surrounding landscape to the mountains in the distance. (Entrance fee 30,000 kip) Free time until the afternoon to head to the waterfall
Kuang Si Falls
  • 2h 30m
  • Admission ticket included
Kuang Si Waterfalls
Hmong exhibition antique house and culture
  • 40m
  • Admission ticket included
Visit Ban Naoun village near Napho. This is the Hmong resettlement village and there is a small Hmong museum made by the villagers. Stroll through the village and get a glimpse into the life and culture of the Hmong people, who originally lived in the highlands.

Location

Activity location

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    Alms Giving Ceremony
    • Th Sisavangvong (main road to town), Old Quarter
    • 0600, Luang Prabang, Laos

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Alms Giving Ceremony
    • Th Sisavangvong (main road to town), Old Quarter
    • 0600, Luang Prabang, Laos

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