Tour of the mountainous north
Far from asphalt and busy cities, your guide will take you on a journey of discovery through the mountainous north of Laos. Various areas open up during a few multi-day treks and walks, interspersed with the comfort of road transport and pleasant resorts where you can quickly forget the nights in simple lodges. This way you will get to know the most unspoilt nature reserves, and you will meet mountain peoples who still live in a very traditional way. Some ethnic groups number only a few hundred individuals!
During long tail boat tours, you can relax and enjoy the beautiful scenery. Karst mountains dominate, the hills and mountains are densely overgrown. Even on the rock walls, trees try to find a foothold. Where there are villages, there are rice paddies and plantations.
The journey ends where it began: in Luang Prabang. It is the spiritual capital of Laos, the city has a great cultural richness. Moreover, the atmosphere is lovely and stripped of haste. After your trip through northern Laos this feels a bit like coming home.
TIPS & TOPS JUNGLE TREK AND MOUNTAIN PEOPLES:
- Relaxing starts in Luang Prabang, where you'll have a full day to visit temples and museums.
- Boat trip to the Pak Ou Caves, a popular destination for local pilgrims.
- From Pakbeng you can take the first walk, or you can visit Mekong Elephant Camp.
- Two full days you spend in Nam Kat Yola Pa, a protected rainforest that has only been developed for tourism in recent years.
- The route to Phongsaly is extremely panoramic. The long travel day is interrupted with several stops in villages, or you can take a walk. Just because it's beautiful everywhere!
- During long walks 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 often lives in large villages at an altitude between 400 and 800 meters with a river and territory nearby for rice production. Would you like to stay with them and help them harvest the rice? Ask our travel specialist about the possibilities.
- What makes the Phongsaly tea so special? Tea experts explain it to you on an old tea plantation, where the oldest tea trees are no less than six meters high!
- For four hours, you'll cruise the Mekong, and you can enjoy dramatically beautiful scenery. Your thoughts will wander to the villages behind the mountains, and all the special impressions of the past few days.
