Round trip through the mountainous north
Far from asphalt and crowded cities, your guide will take you on a journey of discovery through the mountainous north of Laos. Diverse areas unlock themselves during several multi-day treks and hikes, interspersed with the comforts of road transportation and pleasant resorts where you will quickly forget about nights in simple lodges. This is the best way to get to know the most pristine natural areas, and you will meet mountain peoples who still live in very traditional ways. Some ethnic groups number only a few hundred individuals!
During trips by long tail boat, you can sit back and relax and enjoy the beautiful scenery. Karst mountains dominate, the hills and mountains are densely vegetated. Even on the rock walls, trees try to find hold. Where there are villages, there are rice fields and plantations.
The journey ends where it began: in Luang Prabang. The spiritual capital of Laos, the city has great cultural richness. Moreover, the atmosphere is delightful and devoid of haste. After your trip through northern Laos, this feels a bit like coming home.
TIPS & TOPS JUNGLE TREKKING AND MOUNTAIN PEOPLES:
- Relaxed start in Luang Prabang, where you will have a full day to visit temples and museums
- Boat trip to Pak Ou caves, a popular destination for local pilgrims
- From Pakbeng you can take the first hike, or you can visit Mekong Elephant Camp
- Spend two full days in Nam Kat Yola Pa, a protected rainforest that has only been developed for tourism in recent years
- The route to Phongsaly is exceptionally panoramic. The long day of travel is punctuated with several stops in villages, or you can take a walk. Just because it is beautiful everywhere!
- On long hikes, you will pass through several mountain villages. You will meet various mountain peoples, such as the Hmong, Akha Mouchee,Tai Yag, Laopan and Tau Yue, Lao Loum and Khmu
- The Khmu is one of the largest mountain peoples in Laos and mostly live in large villages at an altitude between 400 and 800 meters with a river and territory nearby for rice production Would you like to spend a night with them and go and help them harvest the rice? Ask our travel specialist about the possibilities
- What makes Phongsaly tea so special? Tea experts explain it to you at an old tea plantation, where the oldest tea trees are as tall as six meters!
- For four hours, you will cruise along the Mekong, enjoying dramatically beautiful scenery. Your thoughts will wander to the villages beyond the mountains, and all the special impressions of the past few days
