Colorful Capitals of Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos tour is a 12-day trip that takes you through some of the most vibrant and culturally rich destinations in Southeast Asia. You can immerse yourself in the beauty of Bangkok, Siem Reap (home to the stunning temples of Angkor), and Luang Prabang (a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Laos). The tour offers a comprehensive experience of the region’s cultural and historical landmarks, local traditions, and natural beauty that will never let you down!
Colorful Capitals (Thailand, Cambodia & Laos) 12 days
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Overview
Highlights
- Explore Bangkok's dynamic and diverse cultures providing temples and quiet alleyways with secret corners.
- Visit Ayutthaya, the former capital of Siam and the famous worldwide Damnoen Saduak's floating market
- Admire the magnificent Khmer temple complex Angkor
- Cultural immersion with the Baci Ceremony and Luang Prabang family welcome meal.
What’s Included
- 11 Breakfasts, 9 Lunches, 1 Dinner
- Airplane, Car
- Hotel (11 nights)
- Overnight in shared Twin/ Double room with air-condition (AC) at hotel.
- All transport within Thailand, Cambodia and Laos (including airport pick up & see off), as per itinerary
- International flight tickets in tour: Bangkok - Siem Reap, Siem Reap - Luang Prabang (20kg luggage inclusion)
- Meals as indicated in the program
- All in-tour stationed local English speaking guide.
- Entrance fees as per itinerary
Policy
- PROGRAMS & SCHEDULES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE
Notes:
- *All prices are based on per adult, in Double/Twin sharing
- Surcharge will be applied for single traveler or single room request
Itinerary
Colorful Capitals of Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos tour is a 12-day trip that takes you through some of the most vibrant and culturally rich destinations in Southeast Asia. You can immerse yourself in the beauty of Bangkok, Siem Reap (home to the stunning temples of Angkor), and Luang Prabang (a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Laos). The tour offers a comprehensive experience of the region's cultural and historical landmarks, local traditions, and natural beauty that will never let you down!
Tour Plan
Upon arrival, our tour guide welcomes you at the airport and then transfers you to the hotel to check-in. Free for leisure the rest time of the day.
Morning
We start today trip about 8:00 o discover highlight of Bangkok city.
- A visit to the Royal Grand Palace, the nation’s landmark and most praised royal monument in Thailand.
- Continue to the enclosed and dazzling Wat Phra Kaew with its revered Emerald Buddha, the Golden Chedi, the Pantheon of the Chakri Kings, and the Eight-Coloured Towers.
- Wat Pho Wat Pho was Thailand's first public school and university. Murals, inscriptions, and statues at the temple taught literature, warfare, archaeology, astronomy, geology, meditation, and traditional Thai massage.
Here, you will enjoy a 30-minute’ Thai massage as an excellent break after a morning sightseeing.
Afternoon
- Experience an afternoon trip along the bustling Chao Phya River and the quiet Klongs (canals) in a long-tail boat and enjoy scenes of life by the water.
- We bring you to a more traditional way of living, more serene and traditional, away from all the high-rise and modern buildings of Bangkok City Centre, as we gently pass Thonburi residential areas.
- A stop will be made at the “Temple of Dawn” (officially named Wat Arun).
This day will end in the flower and vegetable market. This rural region of Bangkok near the Chao Phraya River has a huge assortment of flowers, notably orchids, and merchants make unique flower garlands.
This Bangkok day comes to an end near Golden Mountain. The Royal Palace Grounds and the Emerald Buddha Temple Enclosures nearby are also beautiful.
Note:
- Please dress respectfully by not wearing sleeveless shorts or sandals when visiting the Grand Palace and temple complex.
- The inner courts of the Grand Palace are frequently closed on Sundays.
8:00: Car & Guide pick up at Hotel In Bangkok
The tour begins with a visit to the Summer Palace, also known as the Royal Palace of Bang Pa. King Rama IX and Queen Sirikit utilize the palace as a place for celebrations and banquets on occasion.
Continue your journey to Ayutthaya's Ancient Capital, including the city and temples.
Have lunch at a local restaurant.
Afternoon
12:30: Afternoon, we will visit all of Wat in Ayutthaya
The first Wat - Wat Phra Mahathat was a royal temple of the Ayutthaya Kingdom in Thailand. It is one of Ayutthaya's oldest and most important temples because it housed the Buddha's holy relic.
Continue to Wat Mongkol Borpit - The biggest sitting Buddha Continue with Wat Phrasri Sanphet, a former palace with tree Big Chedies.
Finish with Wat Lokiyasutharam- has a mysterious past - a large reclining Buddha image constructed in the style of the early Ayutthaya period.
Return to Bangkok in the afternoon.
Free on your own until time transfer to airport for your flight to Siem Reap.
Upon arrival at Siem Reap International Airport, you will be warmly welcomed by our guide at the airport and then be transferred to the hotel for check-in. You’ll have a good rest then to get rid of the jet lag.
After breakfast, proceed to the South Gate of Angkor Thom, which is famous for its sequence of giant human faces carved in stone, as well as the spectacular Bayon Temple, the Royal Enclosure, Phimeanakas, the Elephant Terrace, and the Terrace of the Leper King.
Lunch will be savored at a nearby restaurant.
Afternoon
Continue to see the architectural masterpiece of Angkor Wat. We stroll around this massive monument, exploring the many galleries with columns, libraries, pavilions, courtyards and ponds full of water reflecting the towering temple.
Overnight at a hotel in Siem Reap.
Morning
After breakfast, visit the temple of Banteay Srei temple (women's castle), is considered a classic pearl in the crown of Khmer art.
Then proceed to Banteay Samre, which was founded in the third part of the 12th century. It is made up of a central temple, two four-winged libraries, and a hall before and after examples of highly good southern accompaniment preservation.
Lunch at a nearby restaurant.
Afternoon
You will take a boat trip at the Tonle Sap, about 16 km from the southeastern city of Siem Reap. Here is a good choice for you to visit the floating village. This is a relatively small village, providing a good insight into the Tonle Sap village lifestyle.
If time permits, before returning to the hotel, we will stop at Old Market. You will find artifacts, gold and silver jewelry, precious stones, silk, stone wood carvings, as well as shirts, CDs, and other memorabilia.
Then, go back to your hotel and have an overnight at the hotel.
Morning
Breakfast is served at the motel. Visit the handicraft center and family Artisans D'Angkor and Silk Farm this morning, which was constructed by a French NGO to revitalize Cambodia's magnificent silk industry. Every stage of silk manufacture is visible to us.
Lunch at a local restaurant.
Afternoon
After lunch, free time until transfer to Siem Reap airport for a flight to Luang Prabang. On arrival, you will be warmly welcomed by our guide at the airport and then be transferred to the hotel for check-in.
You are free to stroll around the city for your own first impression of the outstanding cultural, historic and architectural values also its harmonious relationship between the natural and built environment.
Night
Join a private Baci ceremony at a local family. The Baci ceremony as a traditional ritual of the Lao people, expresses the spirituality of the country and is a highly memorable experience and a deep insight into Lao culture for the participants.
Dinner will be served after that for you to share with the host family. This is the best chance for you to have the interactivity of local life and culture.
Morning
Upon arrival, relax for tea or coffee at Hoi Khua Coffee shop to fill out our security acknowledgment form, followed by safety riding Zip Line training with our experienced guide.
Start climbing up to the higher trees for 900 meters of Zip Line down to the Valley, fly between the trees, cross the Green Jungle Canopy, and challenge your friends will be a valuable experience.
Afternoon
Begins with a visit to the spectacular Wat Xiengthong, with its low-slung roofs that exemplify ancient Laotian architecture.
Then, come to Wat Sen, the city's oldest temple, unique by its prominent radiance with gold stenciling applied immediately to the outside walls.
Following that, you will go to the Royal Palace Museum, which houses a variety of intriguing antiques. We will next go to Wat Prabath to watch the sunset; this is a really calm area to catch the last beauty of the day.
The tour concludes with a visit to Luang Prabang's famous Night Market, where you can find a magnificent assortment of handmade textiles manufactured by local and hill tribe people.
Morning
Today, you will take part in the cooking class at Tamarind Restaurant.
We start with a visit to the major food market; explain what the foods are and what they are used for.
We then transfer back to Tamarind Garden to cook and eat. What you experience should be the varieties of jeow (the fundamental Lao spicy dipping sauces), Mok Pa (a popular dish of herbed fish steamed in banana leaves), Tamarind’s specialty (lemongrass stuffed with chicken & herbs), etc.
The lunch should be finished at around 14:30.
Afternoon
Take a little rest before joining this long afternoon trip.
Transfer directly to the beautiful Kuang Si waterfalls, which is the biggest in the Luang Prabang area, with three tiers leading to a 50-meter drop into spectacular azure pools before flowing downstream.
The pools also make great swimming holes and are very popular with both tourists and locals. We will also take a short visit to the Bear Rescue Center, which houses a couple of dozen animals rescued from the hands of poachers and traffickers.
Before returning to Luang Prabang, we stop to visit the Kuang Si Falls Butterfly Park, whose mission is to create a research center studying and publishing about Laos butterflies, host plants and preservation.
Laos is also recognized for its traditional crafts; we will pay a brief visit to the Ock Pop Tock Living Craft Center, which is located along the Mekong River and gives free tours every half-hour.
Morning
8:00: Pick up by our English-speaking guide from your hotel lobby within Luang Prabang, Laos
Arrival at the Elephant Village Camp, welcome greeting by your guide and participate in a short briefing about elephants. Elephant feeding and elephant village discovery are both amazing activities.
Boat trip to the Tad Sae Waterfall by riding in a traditional Lao long boat to the waterfall and relaxing or swimming in the clear water.
Lunch will be served at our Elephant Camp restaurant. Your buffet meal comes with coffee/tea and water (vegetarian alternatives are available).
Leave the camp at 13:00. Return to your hotel in Luang Prabang.
Afternoon
Take a brief walk around the city center's little streets, observing local life and visiting the traditional house of Heuan Chan, a 100-year-old wooden house.
Then we'll climb Phousi Hill for a panoramic view of the historic city.
Luang Prabang is where you'll spend the night.
08:30: Guide and driver pick up at the hotel.
We embark on a cruise upstream on the Mekong River, which also gives us a breathtaking view of the tranquil countryside, before reaching the mysterious Pak Ou Caves, two linked caves crammed with thousands of gold lacquered Buddha statues of various shapes and sizes left by pilgrims.
En route, you will stop at Ban Muang Keo, a well-known village for its traditional Lao rice whisky distilling.
We will drive out of the city to visit Ban Xangkhong, the Thai Lue village, which is famous for its arts and crafts.
Discover the nearby village of Ban Xienglek, which specializes in making the traditional Saa paper.
Overnight in Luang Prabang
You are free to stroll around the resort for your own exploration before taking the departure flight
Note: Pick-up 3 hours prior to departure time