BEST NORTHERN LAOS MOTORCYCLE TOUR

* Northern Laos Motorcycle Tour – BRIEF ITINERARY: 

Day 1: LUANG PRABANG MOTORBIKE TOURS AROUND (B, L)

Day 2: LUANG PRABANG MOTORBIKE TOURS TO VIENGTHONG

Day 3: VIENGTHONG MOTORBIKE TOURS TO VIENG XAY

Day 4:  VIENG XAY MOTORBIKE TOURS TO PHONSAVANH

Day 5: PHONSAVANH MOTORBIKE TOURS TO PLAIN OF JARS

Day 6: PHONSAVANH MOTORBIKE TOURS TO VANG VIENG

Day 7: VANG VIENG MOTORBIKE TOURS TO LUANG PRABANG

Day 1: BEST NORTHERN LAOS MOTORCYCLE TOURS: LUANG PRABANG MOTORBIKE TOURS AROUND (B, L)

Activities: Motorbiking out of Luang Prabang, nature, waterfalls, elephants In the morning, we pick you up at your guesthouse/hotel and Luang Prabang motorbike tour introduces you to your personal “old lady” at the garage. After a short briefing and a small training, we start a motorbike trip to our first highlight: VatPhraPhonPao, this young temple (finished 1987) is located on a hill outside of LPQ. Here you will have your first impression of Luang Prabang from above (unless you came by plane). 

After breakfast, we will ride the scenic Motorbiking tour around Luang Prabang -WaterfallLao – Spirit – Resort our next stop is the Elephant -XL – camp. Here you can see our grey friends the protected Asian Elephants in a natural environment. Leaving the elephants with nice pictures, we go towards on a dusty road to TadKatscham, a lonely and beautiful waterfall south of Luang Prabang. Don’t forget your swimsuits (no Bikini !!!). This motorbiking introduction day will send us back to Luang Prabang after another 40 km stretch on wild and sealed roads. Depending on the season another waterfall is a surprise! Night in Luang Prabang – Night in Hotel in Luang Prabang.

Day 2: BEST NORTHERN LAOS MOTORCYCLE TOURS: LUANG PRABANG MOTORBIKE TOURS TO VIENGTHONG

Activities: Motorcycling out into the north Amazing Mekong, caves and Buddhist heritage site, dirt roads…adventure! (B, L)
Start 8 A.M.! After breakfast about a 1000 Buddha-images are waiting for you on the side of the Mekong. ThamThing and ThamPhoum-cave is the host of those unbelievably gifted express of Laotian art and religion… Then we will hit the road for some decent dirt road riding in an eastern direction through mountains, villages and great landscapes.
Some hours later, we will have lunch in a small village along the way. After another 60k’s we will reach our destination for today…and surely with some pain in the ass…The small place of Vieng Thong is quiet and remote enough to hang out…the hot springs will help to release our exhausted bums in the
hot water.
Night in a basic guesthouse in town at Vieng Thong.

Day 3: BEST NORTHERN LAOS MOTORCYCLE TOURS: VIENG THONG MOTORBIKE TOURS TO VIENG XAY

Activities: Ride the motorcycle on endless roads, along national parks, the highlands of Laos (B, L)
After an early start, we drive through amazing landscapes and Vieng Xay motorbike tour through some quite prestige forest area…where tourists hardly ever venture!! First stop over is Phoulao, well known for the men hires in its stone garden and ancient relict of the earliest civilization in this region.

On our stopover in Sam Nuea, we can have our lunch break (a bit later than normal) and can walk around the city to stretch our feet. The countryside around Sam Neua is blessed with high mountains and some great limestone formations. It will pay us back for the fatiguing street we have managed to travel so far!

Leaving Sam Nuea behind, we will reach Vieng Xay, the birthplace of the Laotian republic. This little sleepy town has been very important in the last Indochina-war because of the former headquarters of the Pathet-Lao-Revolutionaries. The Lao revolutionaries could hide before the constant bombings of the US air force. The Lao republic was born here…in the midst this amazing and fascinating landscape which we will explore. A few hundred caves were counted here and many of them were inhabited during the war. Time to learn about history!
Night in Vieng Xay.

Day 4:  BEST NORTHERN LAOS MOTORCYCLE TOURS: VIENG XAY MOTORBIKE TOURS TO PHONSAVANH

Activities: Lao history, caves, mountain roads to the south-east of Laos (B, L)
A short tour around the caves will introduce us to North Laos with motorbikes the troubled history of Laos during the sixties and seventies. Also, we will show you to some villages beside the road to have a better understanding of land and culture. After lunch, we will discover the ThamPiew-cave. In fact: a very sad place, because during the war there were more than 400 people killed in an American attack. Also this side everybody should see, learn to avoid such “events” in future. Night in small market town
along the way.
Night in Phonsavanh

Day 5: BEST NORTHERN LAOS MOTORCYCLE TOURS: PHONSAVANH MOTORBIKE TOURS TO PLAIN OF JARS

Activities: The amazing plain of jars, Lao Hmong villages, deep valleys (B,L)
Nobody really knows where phonsavan motorbike tour the jars which we visit today actually came from…and what were the used for. Some secrets will remain even we don’t know. This day we will spend visiting a great highland landscape scattered with mysterious jars, bigger than those in a modern factory. They are big and old and amazing sight and still a miracle!

Scattered around the jars are still a lot of bombs a UXO, unexploded ordnance, a “gift” of the Americans during the last war. So stay on the track!!! Another short trip leads us out to the old capital of this province which also was destroyed by bombers during the early seventies. The evening we have time to hang out in Phonsavanh town.
Night in Phonsavanh.

Day 6: BEST NORTHERN LAOS MOTORCYCLE TOURS: PHONSAVANH MOTORBIKE TOURS TO VANG VIENG

Activities: Drive your motorbike in the highlands of Laos to Vang Vieng (B,L)

Direction occident through breathtaking wood formations and underneath a “green roof” is our next target Vang Vieng. In Laos for tourists the party paradise! After lunch, you will join the legendary tubing down the Nam Xong. A duty for every Vang Vieng-visitors! A great day filled with nature, Lao’s landscapes and some fun activities in Lao nature.
Night in Vang Vieng.

Day 7: BEST NORTHERN LAOS MOTORCYCLE TOURS: VANG VIENG MOTORBIKE TOURS TO LUANG PRABANG

Activities: Ride your motorcycle through the last stretch of mountains to Luang Prabang
This morning we can ride our motorcycles after some time relaxing on this amazing landscape just outside of our hotel. Take the time for a walk before we make a motorbike trip back into the mountain roads of Laos. The last adventure is our way back to Luang Prabang. A farewell motorbike ride in Laos will lead you within 5-6 hrs to Luang Prabang.
After arrival in Luang Prabang, we clean the motorbikes together and go for a walk up to the most stunning temple in town, Vat Phousi. This name means translated “colorful mountain”. And there is no doubt: he deserves it. Enjoy your last evening on our 250cc motorcycle adventure through Laos.
A Tuk-Tuk will send you back to your hotel.

  End Of The Trip

Tour includes: 

* Professional tour guide with his bike& his gasoline
* Your motorbike: Honda CRF 250 or Honda XR 250 & your gasoline
* Mechanic support during the trip
* Your accommodations in hotel or guest-house during the trip
* Meals as mentioned in the itinerary
* River crossing & waterfalls fees
* Third person insurance
* All equipment helmet, mask, gloves, boots, and jacket for your safety – NO PANTS just bring a jeans
* Luggage storage at Luang Prabang

Tour excludes: 

* Your personal insurance (we highly recommend you to take travel insurance before to start your journey in Asia)
* Soft drinks during the trip
* Mechanic member of our team with his bike, gasoline, accommodation (add $150/day)
* Your personal expenses
* Coverage for any damages to motorcycle (unfortunately there is no insurance in Laos to cover this)
* Support vehicle for your luggage (we can add on request $150/day)

CANCELATION POLICY:
Tours sold leave rain or shine
– Cancelation made 7 days before the tour start date will receive 30%
Refund
– Cancelations made within 7 days of the tour start date or during the tour receive NO REFUND