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Luang Prabang: Cruise to Pak Ou Caves & Kuang Si Waterfalls

By Manifa Travel Co Ltd
9.8 out of 10
Exceptional
Free cancellation available
Price is €47 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 9h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup

Overview

  • Take in the unique sight of more than 4,000 Buddha icons in the 2 caves
  • Explore Kuang Si Falls, the most beautiful and famous falls in Laos
  • Savour a buffet lunch at a restaurant overlooking the Mekong River
  • Choose between shared or private tour options

Activity location

    • Luang Prabang
    • Luang Prabang, ແຂວງຫຼວງພະບາງ, Laos

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Luang Prabang
    • Luang Prabang, ແຂວງຫຼວງພະບາງ, Laos

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Group Tour with Downstream Cruise

  • Activity duration is 9 hours9h
    9h
  • English

This option visits the waterfall in the morning. Lunch is at Elephant Camp followed by a cruise on the Mekong River to Buddha caves. Return to Luang Prabang by boat by sunset. You have the chance to admire the sun set over the Mekong River.

Language options: English
Starting time: 08:50
Price details
€46.85 x 1 Adult€46.85
Total
Price is €46.85

Group Tour with Upstream Tour

  • Activity duration is 9 hours9h
    9h
  • English

This option has a boat cruise on the Mekong to Buddha caves in the morning. After lunch at Elephant Camp followed by a visit to waterfalls in the afternoon. Even in winter, on sunny days, the temperature rises in the afternoon and you can swim there.

Language options: English
Starting time: 08:50
Price details
€46.85 x 1 Adult€46.85
Total
Price is €46.85

Private Tour with Upstream Cruise

  • Activity duration is 9 hours9h
    9h
  • English

This option has a boat cruise on the Mekong to Buddha caves in the morning. After lunch at Elephant Camp followed by a visit to waterfalls in the afternoon. Even in winter, on sunny days, the temperature rises in the afternoon and you can swim there.

Language options: English
Starting time: 08:50
Price details
€118.40 x 2 Adults€236.80
Total
Price is €236.80

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • What's includedWhat's included
    English-speaking tour guide
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Buffet lunch
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Drinking water
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Entrance fees
  • What's includedWhat's included
    1-hour boat cruise

Know before you book

  • Not suitable for: Wheelchair users
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
  • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

What you can expect

Enjoy a private or shared group boat tour to the Pak Ou Caves and Kuang Si Waterfalls departing from Luang Prabang.

You will be picked up at your accommodation and travel straight to the pier. Hop onboard a long tail boat for a relaxing journey aong the Mekong River. Enjoy the views from the water as you pass by local villages and fishing communities.

After the first hour and a bit, the boat makes its first short stop at the popular Ban Xang Hai, also known as ‘the whisky village’. Explore the village, see the process of making Lao Lao, the country’s beloved rice whisky, and taste the finished product.

Continue by boat travelling slowly along the Mekong in the direction of the glorious Pak Ou Caves. Arrive at a small boat landing dock where stairs lead you straight up to the cave. These limestone Buddhist caves have been a place of worship for thousands of years, over this time a collection of Buddha statues and idols have filled these spiritual natural caves

Enter the Ou River to visit the limestone cliffs. Then, after a 30-minute boat ride down the Mekong River, arrive at Manifa Elephant Camp for lunch. Enjoy a full buffet-style lunch at the restaurant overlooking the Mekong river and free-roaming elephants.

After lunch break, travel by car to the Kuang Si Waterfalls. Enjoy 2 hours of free time to explore the three-layered Kuang Si Waterfalls. Walk the trails of the nature reserve and swim in the refreshing turquoise water pools and visit the bear rescue centre.

Depart for Luang Prabang, with a short stop at Ban Na Uan Hmong village on the way. Return to the city with drop-off at your hotel.

Location

Activity location

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    • Luang Prabang
    • Luang Prabang, ແຂວງຫຼວງພະບາງ, Laos

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    • Luang Prabang
    • Luang Prabang, ແຂວງຫຼວງພະບາງ, Laos