Vientiane Short Stop 4 Days 2025-2026

Day 1: Tba – Vientiane (No Meals)
Fly to Vientiane. (Flight not included.). On arrival take a private transfer (vehicle with driver) from the airport to your hotel.
Stay three nights in Vientiane. 

Day 2 : Vientiane  (B)
Sightseeing in this quaint, sleepy capital, with its mix of Buddhist temples, fading French architecture and Chinese shophouses, includes visits to Wat Sisaket, with its thousands of little Buddha statues, Wat Prakeo, Wat Simuang, That Luang, and the Patousai Monument, Vientiane’s Arc de Triomphe. In the afternoon, visit Buddha Park, also known as Xieng Khuan, a sculpture park located 25 km southeast of Vientiane containing over 200 Hindu and Buddhist statues. On return to Vientiane downtown, stop at the Friendship Bridge that was designed and built by Australian companies and was funded by the Australian government as development aid for Laos.

Day 3: The Hungry Tuk-Tuk Safari  (B,L)
Be ready in the hotel lobby no later than 08:30 am to join a small group food tour (minimum 2 passengers and maximum 8 passengers).
Your guide will pick you up at your hotel and you well then go on a foodie tour around Vientiane by Tuk Tuk, the three-wheeled taxis of Laos. Do you eat your way through life? Us too! Vientiane is a foodie’s paradise just waiting to be devoured. During this gourmet safari, visit local restaurants, hole-in-the-wall eateries, markets, factories and outdoor kitchens – so you can sample a smorgasbord of authentic and modern Lao food. Activities include:

• See howkao larm (sticky rice and coconut snack roasted in bamboo tubes) is made and try some fresh from production.
• Visit a local fresh food market and observe the market activity with a traditional Lao coffee.
• Lunch atthe most popular kao piak (handmade rice noodles in soup) shop in town, where you can visit the kitchen and watch the preparation for the lunchtime rush.
• Learn how to make traditional tham mak houng (green papaya salad).
• Visit the Xaoban Homemade Yoghurt factory.
• Have a Beer Lao and some deep fried bugs at a popular beer bar on the Mekong.
• Return to your hotel with your guide and by Tuk Tuk in the early afternoon (around 15:00 pm)

Day 4:  Depart Vientiane  (B)
Leisure time until private transfer (vehicle with driver) to Vientiane airport. (Flight not included.)

Included Meals: (B) = breakfast, (L) = lunch

Hotel Options

• 3***     Family Boutique Hotel (Deluxe room)
• 4****   Eastin Hotel Vientiane (Superior City View room)