4 Days 3 Nights The Vat Phou Mekong Cruises
Day 01: UBON -TOHSANG
Pick up from ubon Ratchathanee Airport to Khongjiam (travel time about 1 1/2 hrs) 84 kms approximate
Check in, at leisure
Overnight at Tohsang Khongjiam, superior Riverview room
Day 02: TOHSANG -CHONG MEK -PAKSE -CHAMPASAK -VAT PHOU (Breakfast/lunch/Dinner)
07:00 Pick up from your hotel and transfer to chong mek border, (about 30 minutes) and transfer another 46 kms, about 1 hrs from Chong mek border to Pakse (by private car or minibus without guide)
After meeting at the Sinouk Coffee House in central Pakse at 9:30am, we transfer you to our cruise boat via long tail riverboat, for your 2.5hour journey to Champassak.
CHAMPASAK / LUNCH
12h30 Upon boarding at the Vat Phou boat, we help you to your cabins to unpack, before serving lunch on deck. All meals are included on the Vat Phou Mekong cruise and our galley produces the finest of Laotian, Vietnamese and Thai dishes, lovingly prepared and beautifully presented.
VAT PHOU TEMPLE
14h30 –The highlight of the afternoon is the Vat Phou ruins – the majestic pre-Angkorian 10th century temple complex and our boat’s namesake. You have time to visit the museum at the ruins site, walk up to the highest temple and take as many photos as you would like.
SUNSET CRUISE
17h00 As dusk falls, we transfer you back to the Vat Phou boat for a chance to enjoy the tropical sunset on the deck. Dinner is served on board, while the boat docks for the night alongside a remote Laotian village.
Day 03: HUEI THAMO -OUM MUONG TEMPLE -KHONG ISLAND (Breakfast/lunch/dinner)
TOMO VILLAGE
Departing 07h00 – 10h30
Breakfast is on board as we set sail for the village of Tomo. This is a small village a few minutes’ walk away from the mysterious hidden forest temple of Oum Muong. Afterwards we rejoin the boat to continue our cruise southwards.
CRUISE / LUNCH
12h30 Lunch is on the deck, while we leisurely sail closer to the wild paradise known as the 4,000 Islands All meals are included on the Vat Phou Mekong cruise and the galley produces the finest of Laotian, Vietnamese and Thai dishes, lovingly prepared and beautifully presented.
BAN DEUA TIA / KHONG ISLAND
16h30 –Late afternoon we disembark from the boat to walk through Ban Deua Tia, a small Laotian Village where the traditional way of life has not changed in centuries, you will also visit the local school and share some time with the students.
Our day’s cruise finishes at the most northern tip of Don Khong, the largest inhabited island in the river archipelago. After dinner, the evening is yours to relax and enjoy.
Day 04: DON KHONE -PHA PHENG WATERFALL -PAKSE (Breakfast/lunch)
DON KHONE
Departing 7h00 –While you have breakfast on the deck, the Vat Phou boat cruises down the Mekong to the small village of Ban Veuthong, where you board a small boat to meander among the 4,000 Islands to Khone Island. You will visit the old French railway, the French colonial house and walk across the bridge that links Khone and Det Islands.
LUNCH
12h00 Enjoy a lunch at a local restaurant on Don Khone Island along the banks of the river.
PHAPHENG WATERFALL / PAKSE
13h00-16h30 This afternoon you will visit the Khone PhaPheng waterfalls, the “Niagara of the East”. After your visit to Phapheng waterfall you will be transferred back to Pakse by bus where the tour will end.
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Note: please note that there are no cruises operation in June 2019
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REMARKS
Operated with minimum 4 persons on boards.
For safety reasons and according to weather conditions, the program may be amended without prior notice.
Optional visit is only a tour guidance for you to visit depending on our program timing and at your own arrangement.
Cancellation & No Show Charges Policy
Less than 45-30 days prior to departure : 50 % of the total package prices
Less than 29-07 days prior to departure : 75 % of the total package prices
Less than 07 days prior to departure or no show : 100 % of the total package prices