Excursions in Laos: Luang Prabang City Tour

Spend the day with your guide discovering the magical temples and ancient crafts practised in this beautiful city in the mountains. The tour includes visits to the Royal Palace Museum, Wat Xieng Thong and the Water Melon Stupa in the morning.

young monks, Kuang Si Falls, Luang Prabang

Temple, Luang PrabangMonk in temple grounds, Luang Prabang

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Spend the day with your guide discovering the magical temples and ancient crafts practised in this beautiful city in the mountains. Exactly what you choose to do on this day is up to you and can be discussed with your guide, but generally, the tour includes visits to the Royal Palace Museum, Wat Xieng Thong and the Water Melon Stupa in the morning.

In the afternoon you head out towards the Mekong River, just South of the town to visit the textile and weaving villages of Xangkhong and Xienglek. Here you can see their unique method of dying, using bark from the mulberry tree.

Returning to town you can visit the temple Wat Mai and the Traditional Arts and Ethnology Centre; this museum is dedicated to providing information on the different ethnic groups of Laos, the exhibits contain a mixture of photographs, text and traditional clothes making for an interesting and insightful visit.

The day is likely to end with a walk up the central hill, as dusk approaches, to holy Phu Si temple to watch the spectacular sunset over the town. Alternatively you could walk around some of the smaller ‘forgotten’ temples as the monks say their evening prayers.

Every day at dawn in Luang Prabang the local monks walk in a procession through the town collecting alms from the inhabitants. You can also join in this unique experience.