Bursting with ethnic diversity and color, southern Laos’ hills are rich with unique tribes and customs, not to mention remarkable landscapes: lush green rice fields, coffee and tea plantations, surging waterfalls. We visit the cool and faraway Bolaven Plateau, explore a pre-Angkoran temple, venture into the remote provinces of Attapeau and Sekong, and boat on the Mekong through the Siphandon Islands.

Day 1: arrive in Vientiane • Day 2: fly to Pakse, drive to Tadlo, Bolaven Plateau • Day 3: elephant riding and sightseeing • Day 4: drive to Sekong and Attapeu • Day 5: Dong Amphang and Thonghintang • Day 6: drive to Paksong via Xepiane Forest • Day 7 hiking at Nong Luang • Day 8: drive to Pakse and board the Vat Phou on the Mekong River • Day 9: boating in the Siphandon Islands • Day 10: to Wat Phu Champasak temple, continue to Pakse • Day 11: depart Pakse

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