3-Day Luang Prabang Heritage Tour with Pak Ou Caves and Kuang Si

Transfer to your hotel for check-in.

Visit the National Museum (former Royal Palace), a modest but graceful building that combines traditional Lao and French beaux-arts motifs.

Continue to Wat Mai, constructed in 1821 during King Manthatourath. It was the residence of Phra Sangkharaj, the Patriarch of the Buddhist clergy, and then visit Wat Xiengthong Buddhist Golden Temple.

Climb up to Phou Si, the best place for views of Luang Prabang city and sunset.

Go down for dinner at Mekong Restaurant and enjoy the Luang Prabang street night market.

Wake up at 5:30 am to participate in the alms-giving ceremony.

Go back to the hotel for breakfast, then take a short drive to board a boat to the Tham Pak Ou Caves.

Travel up the Mekong River to the steep limestone cliffs overlooking the Mekong and Nam Ou rivers, home to the Tham Pak Ou Caves. These extraordinary caves are filled with Buddha images of every style and material imaginable.

Stop at Ban Xang Hai village, a local village famous for Lao Lao, the local rice wine whisky.

Visit the weaving village of Ban Xang Khong, a village near Luang Prabang well known for its traditional handwoven cotton and silk and the local sa (mulberry) paper.

Enjoy breakfast at the hotel.

Leave at 8:30 am and visit the Elephant Village after trekking to Kuang Si Waterfall. Located in a perfect natural setting near Luang Prabang, this multi-tiered waterfall tumbles over limestone formations into a series of turquoise pools. Enjoy swimming in the clear water or simply relaxing in the natural environment.

Visit a local village (Ban Ou or Ban Na Ouane) on the way to Luang Prabang.