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By booking these tours you’re going to support:
 - The Elephants
because they can earn their own living in close harmony with nature & humans, away from abusive work and cared for by professionals
- The Community, in especially the rural areas
because they get jobs in many different sectors, e.g. elephant care taker and food supplier, restaurant service, house keeper, maintenance staff, boat drivers, chauffeurs, tour guides, gardeners, farmers
- The tourism industry in Laos
because offering more attractive activities, especially outside the busy tourism centers, lead to longer periods of staying in the country. This means benefit for many individual service providers in the country.
- The Nature
because with walking down our “Trail of Falls”, you contribute to our nature (wildlife habitat) conservation project, by giving an example to the local community. Money can be earned and jobs can be created in a sustainable way, without cutting down the nature.
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Half-Day Elephant Riding
 08:30 – 09:00 am. Departure from your Hotel /GH in Luang Prabang town. Pick up by our English speaking tour guide.- Arrival at the Elephant Village. Welcome and greeting by our Camp Manager and participate in short briefing
- Ride the Elephant. Enjoy the impressive experience of a 1 hour (approximately) elephant ride on the Howdah (Elephant seat)
- Boat trip to the Tad Sae Waterfall. Take a return boat trip to the Tad Sae Waterfall and spend some time in the clear water
- Lunch will be provided at the Elephant Village Restaurant (Buffet lunch served with Coffee or Tea and drinking water)
- Depart back to the Luang Prabang town and drop off at your Hotel/GH, between 01:00 and 02:00 pm.
Tour Includes: Round trip transfer, English speaking Guide, Elephant ride (approximately 1 hour), Boat round trip transfer to the Tad Sae Waterfall, Waterfall Entrance Fee, Buffet Lunch
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1 Day Mahout Experience
 08:30 – 09:00 am. Departure from your Hotel /GH in Luang Prabang town. Pick up by our English speaking tour guide.- Arrival at the Elephant Village. Welcome and greeting by our Camp Manager and participate in short briefing
- Ride the Elephant. Enjoy the impressive experience of a 1 hour (approximately) elephant ride on the Howdah (Elephant seat) or in the Elephant’s neck.
- Mahout Training. Receive a basic Mahout Training about how to control an Elephant
- Lunch will be provided at the Elephant Village Restaurant (Buffet lunch served with Coffee or Tea and drinking water)
- Bath the elephants in the nearby Nam Khan River
- Boat trip to the Tad Sae Waterfall. Take a 10 minutes boat trip to the Tad Sae Waterfall and spend some time in the clear water
- Depart back to Luang Prabang town and drop off at your Hotel/GH, between 03:00 and 04:00 pm.
Tour Includes: Round trip transfer, English speaking Guide, Elephant ride (approximately 1 hour), Boat transfer to the Tad Sae Waterfall, Waterfall Entrance Fee, Basic Mahout Training, Bathing the elephants, Buffet Lunch
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2 Days Mahout Experience
 08:30 – 09:00 am. Departure from your Hotel /GH in Luang Prabang town. Pick up by our English speaking tour guide.- Arrival at the Elephant Village. Welcome and greeting by our Camp Manager and participate in short briefing
- Ride the Elephant. Enjoy the impressive experience of a 1 hour (approximately) elephant ride on the Howdah (Elephant seat) or in the Elephant’s neck.
- Mahout Training. Receive a basic Mahout Training about how to control an Elephant
- Lunch will be provided at the Elephant Village Restaurant (Buffet lunch served with Coffee or Tea and drinking water)
- Bring Elephant to Jungle. Enjoy the unique experience by riding your Elephant in the evening to his/her jungle home.
- Boat trip to the Tad Sae Waterfall. Take a 10 minutes boat trip to the Tad Sae Waterfall and spend some time in the clear water
- Dinner at the Elephant Village Restaurant (Set Menu served with drinking water)
 Overnight at the Elephant Lodge- Next morning, pick up your own Elephant from his/her jungle home and enjoy bathing your Elephant in the nearby Nam Khan River.
- Breakfast at the Elephant Village Restaurant (Set Menu with Coffee or Tea and drinking water.
- Depart back to the Luang Prabang town and drop off at your Hotel/GH, between 10:00 and 11:00 am.
Tour Includes:
Round trip transfer, English speaking Guide, Elephant ride (approximately 1 hour), Boat transfer to the Tad Sae Waterfall, Tad Sae Waterfall Entrance Fee, 1 night accommodation with breakfast, Basic Mahout Training, Buffet Lunch
This luxurious tented camp, close to our Elephant Village, offers alternative accommodation during the 2 Day Mahout Experience:, " Shangri Lao explorer camp" |
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Full day Elephant Experience, including the “Trail of Falls”
 08:30 – 09:00 am. Departure from your Hotel /GH in Luang Prabang town. Pick up by our English speaking tour guide.- Arrival at the Elephant Village. Welcome and greeting by our Camp Manager and participate in short briefing about how to handle elephants.
- Ride the Elephant to the Elephant jungle camp. From the Elephant Village, cross the Nam Khan River and ride along local people’s gardens, teak plantations and natural forest, to the Elephant jungle camp. Ride on the Howdah (Elephant seat) or in the elephant’s neck.
- Short trekking along the “Trail of Falls”. A natural stream coming down from the mountains, feeding the Tad Sae Waterfall, consisting of crystal clear water, which cascades over multileveled limestone formations, forming pools surrounded by unique tropical vegetation (Prepare to get wet: bring sandals, short trousers and/or swimsuit).
- Lunch will be provided as a picnic lunch box in the jungle, together with drinking water.
- Visit the Tad Sae Waterfall. Walking down the “Trail of Falls” you eventually arrive at the Tad Sae Waterfall, the perfect place for relaxing, before it goes back to the Elephant Village.
- Short boat trip, from the Waterfall back to the Elephant Village, on the Nam Khan River.
- Depart back to Luang Prabang town and drop off at your Hotel/GH, between 03:00 and 04:00 pm.
Tour Includes:
Round trip transfer, English speaking Guide, Elephant ride (approximately 1 hour), Boat trip from the Tad Sae Waterfall, Waterfall Entrance Fee, Lunch Box, Drinking water, short trekking along “The Trail of Falls”. |
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Biking to Elephant Village & Elephant Riding
 08:30 – 09:00 am. Pick up service from your Hotel /GH in Luang Prabang town, by our English speaking tour guide.- Select and adjust your bicycle to fit your personal preferences.
- Start cycling out of town to arrive at the Wat Pa Phon Phao Temple. (A forest temple famous for the teachings of Ajahn Saisamut. Its Santi Chediwas built in 1988. The large yellow stupa contains three inside levels plus an outside terrace with a view of the surrounding plains. The inside walls are painted with many Buddhist stories)
- Stop at Ban Panom Village, populated by Thai Lue (a tribe with its origin in Southern China), which is well-known for its cotton and silk hand-weaving.
- Stop at Gaeng Noon Rapids & the gravesite of Henry Mouhot. (The tomb of the French explorer who showed Angkor Wat to the world and who perished of malaria in 1861. Neglected for decades, his engraved tomb was found by foreign aid staff in 1990.)
- Arrival at the Elephant Village. Welcome and greeting by our Camp Manager and participate in short briefing. (Elephant Village as a tour destination is a privately owned camp approved by the Lao Government and operated by international specialists and volunteers, who focuses on protection & rehabitation of Elephants in Laos).
 Ride the Elephant. Enjoy the impressive experience of a 1 hour (approximately) elephant ride on the Howdah (Elephant seat)- Lunch will be provided at the Elephant Village Restaurant (Buffet lunch served with Coffee or Tea and drinking water)
- Take a return boat trip to the Tad Sae Waterfall and spend some time in the crystal clear water (Crystal clear water cascade over multileveled limestone formations, forming pools surrounded by tropical vegetation. An ideal place for swimming and relaxing, a place which can not be reached by road.)
- Depart back to Luang Prabang town by bicycle.
Tour Includes: Bicycle, English speaking Guide, Elephant ride (approximately 1 hour), Boat transfer to the Tad Sae Waterfall, Entrance Fees and Buffet Lunch |
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Half-Day Elephant Riding & Kayaking back to Luang Prabang
- 08:30 – 09:00 am. Departure from your Hotel /GH in Luang Prabang town. Pick up by our English speaking tour guide.
- Arrival at the Elephant Village. Welcome and greeting and participate in short briefing
- Ride the Elephant. Enjoy the impressive experience of a 1 hour (approximately) elephant ride on the Howdah (Elephant seat)
- Boat trip to the Tad Sae Waterfall. Take a return boat trip to the Tad Sae Waterfall and spend some time in the clear water
- Lunch will be provided at the Elephant Village Restaurant (Buffet lunch served with Coffee or Tea and drinking water)
- Start your kayak trip. Short briefing of Kayaking, leave from the boat landing of Elephant Village by Kayak. Approx. 3 hours of kayaking downstream the Nam Khan River.
- Arrive back in Luang Prabang town and being dropped off at your Hotel/GH, between 05:00 and 05:30 pm.
Tour Includes:
Round trip transfer, English speaking Guide, Elephant ride (approximately 1 hour), Boat round trip transfer to the Tad Sae Waterfall, Waterfall Entrance Fee, Buffet Lunch, kayak renting fees
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3 Days Elephant Hospice Experience
 08:30 – 09:00 am. Departure from your Hotel /GH in Luang Prabang town. Pick up by our English speaking tour guide.- Arrival at the Elephant Village. Welcome and greeting by our Camp Manager and participate in short briefing on how to handle Elephants.
- Get introduced to your elephant and receive a basic Mahout Training. Learn the commandos how to control an Elephant and ride in its neck.
- One hour jungle walk to the Elephant Hospice. Walk to the Hospice, located about one hour from the Village in a beautiful natural setting.
- Take care and feed your elephant. Every evening, bring your elephant to, and every morning pick up your elephant from, it’s resting/grazing place in the jungle. Along the way, survey the area for your elephant’s food supplement.
- ‘Take your elephant for a Walk’, for relaxation and for bathing in the nearby Nam Khan River.
- “Trail of Falls” experience. Enjoy an exiting trekking through the crystal clear water, which cascades over multileveled limestone formations, forming pools surrounded by tropical vegetation. (Prepare to get wet: bring sandals, short trousers and/or swimsuit).
- Two overnights in the jungle camp. Simple adventures accommodation with campfire atmosphere and catching your dinner by yourself
- Prepare and join local food with the Mahout. Let our guides and Mahouts teach you how to catch fish, craps, shrimps, etc., collect eatable plants and how to prepare the typical rural Lao food.
Tour Includes:
Round trip transfer, English speaking Guide, close Elephant contact & rides, Boat transfer from the Tad Sae Waterfall, Entrance Fee, trekking, 2 nights accommodation with breakfast, Basic Mahout Training, fishing and basic cooking classes, Lunch & dinner, Drinking water
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