LAOS-CHINA TOUR

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Day 1:     Departure from your country.

Day 2:     Arrival in BANGKOK. Then proceed to the Domestic airport by the specially provided gangway and check in for flight bound for CHIANGRAI . Our representative will welcome you at CHIANGRAI airport and provide transport to your hotel. Introduction and tour of the city. Dinner will be provided at a restaurant in town, then back to your hotel Ban Khun Yom Inn where you will spend your first night.

Day 3:     After an early breakfast you will be allocated our own vehicle with all the necessary informations. There will also be a brief introduction to driving in thailand. The vehicles will start their journey to CHIANGKHONG by road. On arrival all relevent documents will be checked by custom and immigration officials, before boarding the ferry for BAN HUAY XAI on the other side of the MEKHONG river. The Laotian authorities  will check the vehicles and documents you will be then be transferred to your hotel. A light lunch then on to the dirt tracks in the direction of a small LAEN TAENG tribal village where customs and the way of life have retained their authentic character. On the way back there will be ample opportunities to visit tribal villages and watch people go about their daily chores, there will also be a visit to a local still and an introduction to the traditional process of making alcohol. Return to HUAY XAI  for the evening market and a look at "Fort Carnot" testimony of the french presence in LAOS for almost a century. Dinner in town. (Total: 170 km).

Day 4:     Morning start on dirt tracks through a number of LAO and HMONG villages, pristine jungle and beautiful wild natural scenery. Lunch at WIANG PHUKHA then back on the tracks to reach LUANG NAMTHA. Check in the hotel and dinner in town. (Total: 200 km).

Day 5:     Setting off in the morning on a mountain dirt track to encounter several tribes representing a number of ethnic minorities. HMONG, LAEN TAENG and LAO YAI. Stop at NAI TOEY and picturesque market, then on to the chinese border. Brief crossing to CHINA at BOTEN where you will stop for lunch and experience a completely different atmosphere and environment. Vehicles and documents will be checked by the police and customs officers. Continuation by road to  Jing Hong, capitale of the province of SIPSONG PANNA. ( total: 200 km)

Day 6:   Departure by the road, visit Elephant Tree, the amazing botanic garden. Lunch  to MUANG LUN. Continuation to MUANG LA for the dinner and the night. (Total: about 100 km).

Day 7:   Return to the border with LAOS. Check passports and vehicles and back to LUANG NAMTHA. Dinner and overnight in Namtha Guest-House.

Day 8:   On the road link to BAN HUAY XAI. Dinner in city, overnight in Keo Udomphone Hotel. (Total: 200 km).

Day 9:    After breakfast, boarding the motorbikes and jeeps on the ferry, for crossing back to CHIANGKHONG. Vehicles and documents will be checked by the police and customs officers. The last leg of the circuit is the road link to CHIANGRAI. Dinner in town, overnight in Ban Khun Yom Hotel. ( total: 130 km)

Day 10:     In the morning we head south along the road to CHIANGMAI . After climbing through two mountain ranges we have a lunch stop experiencing the rich cuisine of CHIANGMAI. Then it's up the mountain that forms the backdrop to CHIANGMAI and to the DOI SUTHEP temple at the top. After we have taken in the exilarating view from the top of the mountain we return to a pleasant break at the Chiang Mai Gate Hotel. There is a photo-session and the option to indulge in traditional Thai massage before dinner on a floating restaurant.

Day 11:     We spend a delightful day touring in SANKAMPHAENG which is the handicraft center on the outskirts of CHIANGMAI. This is an ideal opportunity to pick up Thai handicrafts and souvenirs before the evening transfer to BANGKOK from CHIANGMAI airport and the flight home.

Day 12:   Arrival in your country.

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