Xieng Khouang Tours and Activities
There are a range of Plain of Jars and Phonsavan tours for those people looking to get a little more out of their Xieng Khouang travel experience. For more options please check out the tours in Xieng Khouang listed below, including the not to miss Plain of Jars tours, and the subsequent itineraries. Also check out our Xieng Khouang Province Destination Guide for ideas on what to see and do throughout the province.
Guided tours are a great way to gain insight into the culture and history of Xieng Khouang, and learn about the realities of UXOs: the legacy of the secret war in Laos.
Make Spoons Not War - 1 day
Duration: 1 day(s)(assuming 2 travellers)
On this 1 day tour you will have a chance to visit the Plain of Jars and discover what makes it so special, the people who live there and the breathtaking scenery that surrounds them. Find out more about the Stone Jars, their history, and near destruction in the secret war, and the American bombs that are now being made into handicrafts.
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The Original Hmong Mountain Village - 2 days
Duration: 2 day(s)(assuming 2 travellers)
On this 2 day tour/trek you will not only get the opportunity, through community based tourism to spend a day and a night in an authentic and traditional Hmong Village, but you will also see how the local people turned once deadly bombs into useful, everyday, materials.
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Plain of Jars to Hanoi
Duration: 4 day(s)(assuming 2 travellers)
Starting in Phonsavanh, this 4 day join-in tour (departs on Wed, Fri and Sun) first of all heads north into Sam Nuea and the birthplace of the Lao PDR at Viengxay. From here its across the border into Vietnam, spend two nights in a village homstay in Mai Chau, before finishing off with a drive down to Hanoi.
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