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People stand up on long boat in Nam Ngum Reservoir
Boat on Nam Ngum River in Laos
Nam Ngum Reservoir and Dam in Laos on a cloudy day
Long boats on Nam Ngum River on a foggy day
Nam Ngum Reservoir in Laos on a sunny day

Nam Ngum Dam Full Day Tour

By Asia Travel Links
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$819 per traveller* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple travellers
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 9h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
Overview
  • Visit a local market at a Hmong village
  • See and interact with local people
  • Visit Buddhist archaeological site of Vang Xang
  • Embark for a boat ride to visit fishing villages
  • Visit a traditional salt abstraction site at Ban Keun

Activity location

  • Nam Ngum Reservoir
    • Nam Ngum Reservoir
    • Thalat, Vientiane Province, Laos

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Hotel pick-up in Vientiane
    • Vientiane, Vientiane Prefecture, Laos

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Nam Ngum Dam Full-Day Tour
  • Activity duration is 9 hours9h9h
  • English
  • Food only
Language options: English
Starting time: 8:00 am
Price details
AU$818.74 x 1 TravellerAU$818.74

Total
Price is AU$818.74

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedTransport
  • What's includedWhat's includedEnglish speaking guide
  • What's includedWhat's includedAdmission fees and boat trip as mentioned
  • What's includedWhat's includedLunch & Mineral water
  • What's includedWhat's includedPickup and drop off is available for hotels in Vientiane city central

Know before you book

  • Other pick-up/drop-off locations are subject to availability and will incur the supplement surcharge
  • Kindly present at the lobby of your hotel 15 minutes prior to the pickup time.

What you can expect

This full day tour provides you with a chance to be immersed in nature. Joining this tour, you will enjoy a boat trip along one of the largest man-made lakes in South East Asia, Nam Ngum Lake which is about 80 km to the north of Vientiane. In addition, you will visit local villages and the ruins of Mon-Khmer era from the 8-11th century.

This full day tour takes you to some destinations. The time in each destination can be flexible as your request as long as it doesn’t affect the whole plan.

At the departure time, you will be greeted and picked up at your hotel’s lobby in Vientiane by an English speaking guide and a driver. Then, you will be driven to Nam Ngum Dam.

On the way there, you will stop at a Hmong village and pay a visit to a local market. Here, you will have a chance to observe the daily activities of the local. In addition, you can see and interact with local people with the help of the guide. Don’t hesitate to chat with them. You may get a lot of interesting information about their life.
Leaving the village, you continue driving to the next destination of the tour, the Buddhist archaeological site of Vang Xang which was built during the Hmong-Khmer Empire between the 8th and 11th century. Here, you will see 5 statues of Buddha standing on a former elephant cemetery.

At lunchtime, you will reach the Nam Ngum Reservoir. You will have lunch at a boat restaurant on the lake.
After lunch and a short rest, you will embark for a boat ride to visit fishing villages situated on the islands. This journey will take you about 1.5 hours.

On the way back to Vientiane, you will pay another visit to a traditional salt abstraction site at Ban Keun. The last spot of the tour is Dong Mark Khai Market where local people sell wild animals and various kinds of insect. You will absolutely enjoy this interesting place.

You return your hotel in the late afternoon. The tour ends around 6.00pm.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESNam Ngum Reservoir
    • Nam Ngum Reservoir
    • Thalat, Vientiane Province, Laos

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEHotel pick-up in Vientiane
    • Vientiane, Vientiane Prefecture, Laos