Dienstag, 23. November 2004(Bangkok - Ubon)

6h35am Depart Bangkok by TG020 - 7h05am Arrive Ubon
Meet local guide and transfer to Chong Mek check-point and continue to Pakse. Check-In at hotel.
Proceeding by car to Tadfane Waterfalls. En route, visit Lavai and Yaheune minorities villages and a tea and coffee plantation.
Return to hotel in late afternoon. Accommodation at Champa residence.

Dienstag, 23. November 2004(Vientiane - Pakse)

Transfer to Vat Phu pier. 10h30am departure from Pakse for Champassak, heading south aboard a local longtail riverboat, zigzagging through mild rapids and sand banks, arriving at Champassak in time for a riverside lunch, followed by a guided tour of the mysterious pre-Angkorian 10th century temple of Vat Phou, the boat’s namesake. As dusk falls board the Vat Phou for a relaxing cruise down-river, enjoying the ropical sunset on the deck, Dinner is served on board, while the boat docks for the night alongside a remote Laotian village.

Mittwoch, 24. November 2004(Houei Thamo - Oum Moung - Khong Island)

Breakfast on board as we set sail for the village of Huei Thamo, only a few minutes walk away from the spectacular hidden forest temple of Oum Moung. Afterwards rejoin the boat for a cruise southwards. Lunch on the deck. We continue our leisurely sail further south to the wile paradise of the “4.000 islands”, visiting Khong Island and the village of Muang Kong, where the traditional way of life has not changed in centuries. Back on boeard for a sunset cruise. Dinner under the stars, serenaded by the songs of the buffalo toads.

Donnerstag, 25. November 2004(Ban Veuthong - Khong Pha Peng - Xieng Di - Pakse)

Breakfast on the deck. Cruising to the small village of Ban Veuthong, where we board a local car-ferry to reach the mainland and the amazingly scenic splendor of the Khong Pha Peng waterfall, “the Niagara of the East”, close to the Cambodian border. On arrival at the small fishing village ov Xieng Di, we will board a small long-tail boat to Khone Island, at the very south of this natural water dam, where if you are very lucky, you might glimpse a rare glimpse of the river dolphins! Lunch amid the by-gone splendid of another age; colorful French colonial houses and an old customs post, alongside a stone quay. Back to “civilisation”, drive for the two hours ride to Pakse, arriving in the afernoon, about 4 Dinner and accommodation at Champa Residence.

Freitag, 26. November 2004(Pakse - Tadlo - Pakse)

Breakfast at hotel. Excursion by car to Tadlo for 100km. On the way visit Katou minority at Ban Houayhoune, nge minority at Ban Kiengtadsoung. Picnic lunch on the way or at local restaurant can be organized. In the afternoon ecursion by car to Thateng for visit Kaleum minority at Ban Kokphoung Neua, Alak at Ban Pong, Katou at Ban Kandone and return to Mouang Paksong for visit coffee and teaplantation on the way to Pakse. Dinner and accomodation at Champa Residence.

Samstag, 27. November 2004(Pakse - Chong Mek - Ubon)

Breakfast at the hotel. Free until transfer to Chong Mek check-point, Thai-Laos border. Meet local guide at the border and transfer to Ubon Airport for departure flight to Bangkok
20h15 depart Ubon by TG031 - 21h20 arrive Bangkok