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Explore Southern Laos from Don Daeng 5 Days

  • CODE: GDT1324
  • Private Tour
  • Duration: 5 - 7 days
  • Price from: Contact
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Overview

Located in Champasak, Southern Laos, Don Daeng is a little like an island that time forgot. The island is car-free and stretches for 9 kilometres in the middle of the Mekong River. Don Daeng offers a rare opportunity to retreat from the hectic rush of busy streets and tourist sites. In the quiet and peaceful streets of the island, the people of Don Daeng will welcome you with a warm smile and elegant "Sabaidee". 

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Highlight

Located in Champasak, Southern Laos, Don Daeng is a little like an island that time forgot. The island is car-free and stretches for 9 kilometres in the middle of the Mekong River. Don Daeng offers a rare opportunity to retreat from the hectic rush of busy streets and tourist sites. In the quiet and peaceful streets of the island, the people of Don Daeng will welcome you with a warm smile and elegant "Sabaidee". It is hard to find anywhere such sense of authentic rural Laos and its Buddhist-Animist spirituality. Plan this authentic trip with Laos Travel now and explore the best of Southern Laos such as Wat Phou, Bolaven Plateau and Si Phan Don (4,000 islands) while staying at the isolated La Folie Lodge Don Daeng Island.

HIGHLIGHTS
Experience first-hand the Laotian rural daily life based at a rustic eco-lodge in a stunning river valley.
Visit UNESCO pre-Angkorian Wat Phou Temple.
Spend a day in the Bolaven Plateau, lush highlands dotted with waterfalls, coffee plantations and small hill tribe villages.
Enjoy the slow pace of life in the 4,000 Islands.

Service

PRICE INCLUDES
• Accommodations with daily breakfast.
• Meals as mentioned in the itinerary.
• Services of a private driver and an air-conditioned vehicle.
• Service of an English speaking guide.
• Bottled drinking water & wet tissues.
• Entrance fees, boat trip & excursions.

PRICE EXCLUDES
• International flights into and out Laos.
• Meals other than those mentioned in the itinerary.
• Early check-in and late check-out at hotels.
• Personal expenses (such as laundry, telephone, drinks, etc.).
• Tips and gratuities.
• Personal travel insurance.
• Visa stamp fee.

Inclusion

Exclusion

Itinerary

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Day 1: - Pakse – Wat Phou – Don Daeng.
Welcome to Laos!Upon arrival Pakse Airport, Laos Travel's tour guide and driver will pick you up. The first visit in Champasak will be Wat Phou, otherwise known as Vat Phou, dates back more than 1,000 years, and in 2001 was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Wat Phou is a spectacular pre-Angkorian temple that sits amidst the rice fields and waterways of southern Laos. Explore this mythical temple ruins and tumbledown structures.If time permits, stroll through old Champasak Town before taking a long-tailed boat across the Mekong River to Don Daeng - known as "Red Island". Check in to La Folie Lodge, a romantically positioned hotel. Then relax on the sandy beach edging the Mekong, which faces picturesque Wat Phou Temple and take-in the exceptional natural beauty and unspoiled charm of Laos.Meals: N/A.Accommodation: Hotel in Don Daeng.
Day 1: - Pakse – Wat Phou – Don Daeng.
Welcome to Laos!Upon arrival Pakse Airport, Laos Travel's tour guide and driver will pick you up. The first visit in Champasak will be Wat Phou, otherwise known as Vat Phou, dates back more than 1,000 years, and in 2001 was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Wat Phou is a spectacular pre-Angkorian temple that sits amidst the rice fields and waterways of southern Laos. Explore this mythical temple ruins and tumbledown structures.If time permits, stroll through old Champasak Town before taking a long-tailed boat across the Mekong River to Don Daeng - known as "Red Island". Check in to La Folie Lodge, a romantically positioned hotel. Then relax on the sandy beach edging the Mekong, which faces picturesque Wat Phou Temple and take-in the exceptional natural beauty and unspoiled charm of Laos.Meals: N/A.Accommodation: Hotel in Don Daeng.
Day 2: - Don Daeng – Bolaven Plaeteau – Don Daeng.
After breakfast at the hotel, depart for the Bolaven Plateau. An expanse of highland formed from an ancient volcano, verdant Bolaven Plateau is resplendent with lush jungles, rivers, scenic farmlands and diverse ethnic communities. Spend the day exploring this naturally beautiful and cool climate elevated region. Start with a visit to the Tad Fane Waterfalls, 120 meters high and located in the Dong Hua Sao Nature Reserve. Continue to the Tad Champi and Tad Yeung waterfalls, which drop an impressive 42 meters and are surrounded by lush vegetation. Then head to a tea and coffee plantation and learn why the Bolaven Plateau is an ideal area for these plantations. Enjoy an exceptional fresh organic cup of coffee prepared with a unique technique at the Jhai Coffee House in Paksong and meet some ethnic minorities. Transfer back to Don Daeng Island for your overnight.Note: Ziplines (excluded in the tour price) have recently been installed from the top of the canopy, but the descent is not for the faint-hearted. If you like to enjoy an impossible view of the iconic twin cascade waterfalls that are the image of Southern Laos, experience it!Meals: Breakfast.Accommodation: Hotel in Don Daeng.
Day 2: - Don Daeng – Bolaven Plaeteau – Don Daeng.
After breakfast at the hotel, depart for the Bolaven Plateau. An expanse of highland formed from an ancient volcano, verdant Bolaven Plateau is resplendent with lush jungles, rivers, scenic farmlands and diverse ethnic communities. Spend the day exploring this naturally beautiful and cool climate elevated region. Start with a visit to the Tad Fane Waterfalls, 120 meters high and located in the Dong Hua Sao Nature Reserve. Continue to the Tad Champi and Tad Yeung waterfalls, which drop an impressive 42 meters and are surrounded by lush vegetation. Then head to a tea and coffee plantation and learn why the Bolaven Plateau is an ideal area for these plantations. Enjoy an exceptional fresh organic cup of coffee prepared with a unique technique at the Jhai Coffee House in Paksong and meet some ethnic minorities. Transfer back to Don Daeng Island for your overnight.Note: Ziplines (excluded in the tour price) have recently been installed from the top of the canopy, but the descent is not for the faint-hearted. If you like to enjoy an impossible view of the iconic twin cascade waterfalls that are the image of Southern Laos, experience it!Meals: Breakfast.Accommodation: Hotel in Don Daeng.
Day 3: - Don Daeng – 4,000 Island – Khone Island – Don Daeng.
After an early morning breakfast, cross over to the mainland and spend two-hour drive south to Hatxaykhoun, where you'll board a local private boat for a tour of the 4,000 Islands. Reach the picturesque island of Don Khone by lunchtime and enjoy a local-style lunch served in a nearby restaurant. In the afternoon, explore the island by bicycle, tracing the route of an old abandoned railway and admiring some of the old French Colonial buildings. Continue to awesome Liphi Waterfalls, nicknamed the "Corridor of the Devil", a natural border between Laos and Cambodia and habitat of freshwater dolphins (sadly, the last known river dolphin in the transboundary pool in the Mekong between Laos and Cambodia was found dead on 15 February 2022). Then return to the boat and head back to the mainland, visiting the spectacular Khone Phapheng Falls, one of the largest and most powerful waterfalls in Southeast Asia. In the late afternoon, drive back to Champasak arriving there by early evening.Meals: Breakfast, Lunch.Accommodation: Hotel in Don Daeng.
Day 3: - Don Daeng – 4,000 Island – Khone Island – Don Daeng.
After an early morning breakfast, cross over to the mainland and spend two-hour drive south to Hatxaykhoun, where you'll board a local private boat for a tour of the 4,000 Islands. Reach the picturesque island of Don Khone by lunchtime and enjoy a local-style lunch served in a nearby restaurant. In the afternoon, explore the island by bicycle, tracing the route of an old abandoned railway and admiring some of the old French Colonial buildings. Continue to awesome Liphi Waterfalls, nicknamed the "Corridor of the Devil", a natural border between Laos and Cambodia and habitat of freshwater dolphins (sadly, the last known river dolphin in the transboundary pool in the Mekong between Laos and Cambodia was found dead on 15 February 2022). Then return to the boat and head back to the mainland, visiting the spectacular Khone Phapheng Falls, one of the largest and most powerful waterfalls in Southeast Asia. In the late afternoon, drive back to Champasak arriving there by early evening.Meals: Breakfast, Lunch.Accommodation: Hotel in Don Daeng.
Day 4: - Don Deng – Free at leisure.
Today you are free at leisure. You may borrow one of the hotel's bicycles and tour around the 10km-long Don Daeng, past paddies, wats and baby buffaloes. Or just stay at the lodge and enjoy the very best of Southern-Laos traditional lifestyle and hospitality. The elegant hotel restaurant serves the finest regional delicacies sourced from local markets, farms and their own organic garden.Meals: Breakfast.Accommodation: Hotel in Don Daeng.
Day 4: - Don Deng – Free at leisure.
Today you are free at leisure. You may borrow one of the hotel's bicycles and tour around the 10km-long Don Daeng, past paddies, wats and baby buffaloes. Or just stay at the lodge and enjoy the very best of Southern-Laos traditional lifestyle and hospitality. The elegant hotel restaurant serves the finest regional delicacies sourced from local markets, farms and their own organic garden.Meals: Breakfast.Accommodation: Hotel in Don Daeng.
Day 5: - Don Daeng – Pakse – Departure.
After breakfast, transport will be provided back to Pakse Airport for your onward flight.Meals: Breakfast.
Day 5: - Don Daeng – Pakse – Departure.
After breakfast, transport will be provided back to Pakse Airport for your onward flight.Meals: Breakfast.

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1. What types of tours does Golden Trail Travel offer?

Answer: Golden Trail Travel specializes in offering a wide range of travel packages to Vietnam and other Indochina countries such as Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, China, and Malaysia. We offer themed tours including Classic Highlights, Cycling, Trekking, Beach Holidays, Luxury Honeymoon, Short Trips, Family, Off The Beaten Track, Multi-Country, Motorbiking, Veteran, Food, Students, Luxury, Golf, Photography, Cooking Class, Bird Watching, Indochina Cruises, Kayaking, Muslim-friendly tours, Offroad 4x4WD, Indochina MICE Travel, Cave Expedition, and Helicopter tours.

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