DMZT-L 4: Savannakhet – Vientiane – Lao Bao

Morning: Vehicle and guide pick you up in Quang Tri and drive to Lao Bao along Route 9. Border formalities at Lao Bao – Densavan.
Noon: Lunch in Sethamuoc.
Afternoon: Continue to Savannakhet and check in at the hotel. Visit the Second Friendship Bridge between Thailand and Laos on the trans-Asian road.
Evening: Dinner at a restaurant. Free evening in Savannakhet, the second city of Laos and home town of the late President Kaysone Phomvihane.

Morning: Breakfast. Visit Wat Xayaphoum, the Mekong River port and That Inghang, a Buddhist holy site for all of Indochina. Leave for Vientiane.
Noon: Lunch in Thakhek.
Afternoon: Continue to Vientiane and visit the Kaysone Phomvihane Museum. Check in at the hotel.
Evening: Dinner of Lao specialties, then a free evening in Vientiane.

Morning: Breakfast. Visit That Luang, the symbol of Laos, the Patuxai Victory Monument and the old Wat Sisaket, built in 1818, which holds 6,840 Buddha images and many ancient scriptures handwritten on palm leaves.
Noon: Buffet lunch at a restaurant.
Afternoon: Visit the Buddha Park, a park of hundreds of mysterious Buddha statues, and follow the Mekong for views of Vientiane and Nong Khai in north-east Thailand. See the Friendship Bridge and shop at the border trade area.
Evening: Dinner at a restaurant, overnight at the hotel.

Morning: Breakfast, then leave Vientiane for Vietnam.
Noon: Lunch at a restaurant in Xeno.
Afternoon: Continue to the border, formalities at Densavan – Lao Bao and shopping in the Lao Bao free trade zone. The tour ends in Quang Tri.

Good air-conditioned vehicle for transfers and the whole program
Experienced guide for the whole trip
Twin-share room in a comfortable central hotel (a single man or woman shares a triple room). These hotels or similar:
- Savannakhet: Hoong Thip, Savan Banhao
- Vientiane: Chaleunxay, Xayxomboun
Meals as listed in the program
Entrance fees for all sites
Vietnam – Laos border formalities
Drinking water on the bus: 2 bottles of 0.5 l per person per day

Personal expenses: phone, laundry, drinks ordered with meals and transport outside the program

Single room supplement: 600,000 VND per person.
The program is designed for Vietnamese citizens with a passport valid for more than 6 months.
Overseas Vietnamese and foreign nationals need a Lao visa (about USD 40–70 per person, depending on nationality) and a visa to re-enter Vietnam.
Please send a group list with full name, year of birth, sex, place of residence, passport number and nationality, so we can prepare the group's papers.
Children under 6: 25% of the adult price (meals, sharing their parents' bed); 6 to 11: 50% (own meals, sharing their parents' bed); 12 and over: adult price.

Savannakhet – Vientiane – Lao Bao