As being said “Laos is the best on two wheels”, this full day biking tour offers you an opportunity to explore the real Laos rural life. Being in this tour, you will hop on a bike and ride along the Mekong, Nam Xuang, and Nam Khan Rivers through jungle covered mountains, rice fields and villages. You can also have chance to interact with local people and learn more about their daily life.
In this tour, you will cycle about 50km on mixed-on and off road. The riding level is medium.
At the departure time, you will be greeted and picked up by a local tour guide at your hotel. You are then transferred to a bike shop to pick a mountain bike for your tour.
You start the biking adventure by riding out of town along the Mekong River. After crossing the old communist bridge, you stop by a traditional village, XiengLek which is widely well-known for making mulberry paper and weaving. You leave the village and continue riding along Nam Xuang River through villages and scenic countryside landscape. Don’t forget to take photos of these beautiful and peaceful sceneries.
Then, you finish riding on nice road to start the next session of off-road route. You will cycle up and down the hills into countryside. You will cycle along beautiful vast rice fields and local villages such as Lao Leum, Hmong, and Khmu. You will have chance to talk with local people there, take photos with them and observe their daily activities.
Leaving these villages, you keep on riding along the Nam Khan River to the last destination of the tour, the beautiful WatPhonPhao or the “Peacefulness Temple”. This Buddhist temple is located on a hill in the southeast of Luang Prabang and well-known for its huge golden stupa and an incredible view overlooking all of Luang Prabang.
After exploring the temple, you ride back to the bike shop and end the tour.