Day trip to visit ethnic villages and hill town

Day trip to visit ethnic villages and hill town

An exclusive one day excursion day trip visiting many fascinating local villages, seeing heritage preservation culture and the local’s daily way of life. Along the way you will drop off and speak to friendly villagers, spending time in various ethnic group villages. If you love to cycle in rural areas and interact with local people, you can always request as a bicycle. The trip is easy going, takes only a half day or full day. The trip is designed to include special places that are rarely seen by western tourists.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Pakbeng, Pakbeng, Oudomxay Province

AM: In the morning drive 7Km from Le Grand Pakbeng Resort by the main road using local transportation. This trip takes you on dirt roads to the Khmu villages, Follow your guide on a red-soil dirt road, passing small forests, rice fields, some spectacular scenery and a rustic villages with wooden houses. Stop along the way for photo ops of the local children and hard-working farmers in the field. You can also visit local primary schools and kindergartens.

On arrival at the home of a Khmu family at Ban Kham village, take part in daily life, including some steps of peeling rice by hand during your time in the village, your guide will introduce you to some traditional customs of the Khmu people and how difference between three biggest ethnic groups in Laos, from there, we return hotel.

PM: After a rest at the hotel, we begin our short excursion to little hill town of Pakbeng district, stopping along the way to visit the boat pier Wat Chomjeng Temple, Wat Kokkor temple. Than next to explore at local market, this where all local people of Pakbeng district come to do their daily shopping, You will see a variety of local foodstuffs and products including dried buffalo skin, local tea and saltpeter among the chickens, fish, vegetables and fruit, everything needed for daily life in Laos. Tea/coffee break at the local restaurants by the Mekong Riverside. Return to hotel by late afternoon.


Duration: 6 hours