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                                      INTERNATIONAL TOUR OPERATOR LICENCE No 0474/TCDL - GP LHQT
                            Vientiane - Savannakhet - Pakse 8 Days

Day1. Arrival - Vientiane
Up on arrival Watt ay international Airport meet our guide welcome to Vientiane, the city an
ancient city, situated on the bend on the left bank of the Mekong as the largest city and the
capital of Laos. Transfer to hotel for check-in. In the afternoon, we take a sightseeing tour of
Vientiane, to visit religious museums of Wat Sisaket, the oldest temple to have been
survived from the Siamese war of 1828 and its cloister contains more than 8000 Buddha
statues; Wat Ho Prakeo, the former home-temple of the Emerald Buddha statue or Pra Keo,
but today it contains a collection of Buddha statues, antiques and all artifacts found in
around Vientiane; That Luang Stupa, the single most important monument in Laos, which
was built to cover the original small stupa containing a piece of the chest bone of Buddha;
Patouxay (Arch de Triumph), built quite recently in commemoration of those who died during
the wars in the past and it is today as the land-mark of Vientiane. Overnight Vientiane

Day2. Vientiane - Salahinboun
Breakfast, we are heading out of the city. And excursion to Hinboun, on the road No 13th
south via Borlikhamxay Province on the way we drop to visit  Wat Prabath phonesanh ,The
famous temple to look  footprint of Buddha and continue by the same road to Local village
and take the  boat upstream on the Hinboun river to Sala  Hinboun  and enjoy an ideal
landscape for anyone seeking an overview of the local people fishing on the river bank up
on arrival check in and overnight at SALA HIBOUN.

Day3. Salahinboun - Konglorcave - Salhinboun  
Following by breakfast and take local slow boat upstream  to Konglorcave. It is important
cave .Because the water run pass under Mountain longer tan 6KM. we have picnic lunch on
local village near the cave. and return to sala hiboun  .Walking around to look the people
leaved .

Day4. Salahinboun - Savannakhet
Following by breakfast and take the boat return to the Car and continue to Savannakhet
Province up on arrival check in hotel and visit Wat saiyaphoum and Dinosaur Museum . late
evening for observing the sunset on the Mekong river between Savannakhet and
Moukdahan(Thailand) .Dinner and Overnight Savannakhet

Day5. Savannakhet - Pakse - Donekhong
Following by breakfast and excursion by road to Khong Island via  Pakse  to Champasack,   
to visit Wat Phou, a site of ancient religious significance in one of the most spectacular
regions of Laos. Lunch is served at local restaurant in Champasack. Continue by car about
2hrs drive to get to Khong Island, the 4.000 Islands, where the Mekong reaches up to 14km
wide during the rainy season. Don Khong is the largest of the Mekong Islands at 16 km long
and 8 km wide and its capital is Muang Khong, a small former French settlement. We take a
small ferry boat to cross to Khong Island and check-in at hotel

Day6. Khong Island - Surrounding (Boat)
Today, we enjoy a cruise venturing into the widest reach of the Mekong River from where
thousands of islets jut out in dry season, giving this area a lovely name" Siphandon ". A long
the way, we stop at the Liphi waterfalls and the fisherman village of Ban Khone. On return,
we take a short drive to the Lao-Cambodia border at Weukham and the sight of Khone
Phapheng , which both South East Asia 's biggest water falls. Overnight in Khong Island. (B)

Day7. Khong Island - Tad fan - Pakse
Breakfast  and return to Pakse on the way we stop to visit  Khonephapheng, the most
impressive Mekong waterfall in Laos and it is reputed as the biggest waterfall in Southeast
Asia and the widest one in the world. and continue  Tad Fan  , through Boloven plateau
where famous tea and coffee plantation and other lush vegetation and red surface of
basaltic soil are incredible all along the way. En route, there are some opportunities to
explore a part of Boloven plateau and  return to Pakse by late evening. Overnight in Pakse

Day8. Pakse - Departure
Breakfast; there is a free time for your own exploration of Pakse Town before catching either
flight to Siem Reap-Cambodia or overland exit the Chongmek International checkpoint to
Ubon Rathani Thailand (B)


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