13 days 12 nights
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14 people
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A 13-day private tour of Thailand, Laos and Cambodia: four days in Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, four nights in Luang Prabang and four days at Angkor with Koh Ker, Beng Mealea and Tonle Sap. Two short flights link the three countries.
From US$2,450 per person for the whole tour, based on 4 travellers sharing double rooms in 4★ hotels as listed (couples travelling alone pay a little more). It changes with hotel level, season and group size, and is confirmed in your tailor-made quote.
| Day | Route and highlights | Overnight |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arrive in Chiang Mai, Ping River boat and khantoke dinner | Chiang Mai |
| 2 | Botanic garden, Doi Suthep and a monk chat | Chiang Mai |
| 3 | Craft villages, Singha Park and Chiang Rai | Chiang Rai |
| 4 | The Golden Triangle and a Mekong boat ride | Chiang Rai |
| 5 | Fly to Luang Prabang | Luang Prabang |
| 6 | Old town lanes, temples and Mount Phousi | Luang Prabang |
| 7 | Mekong boat to Pak Ou and Ban Chan | Luang Prabang |
| 8 | Dawn alms, a rice farm and Kuang Si Falls | Luang Prabang |
| 9 | Fly to Siem Reap, crafts and Apsara dinner | Siem Reap |
| 10 | Angkor Wat sunrise, Angkor Thom and Ta Prohm | Siem Reap |
| 11 | Phnom Bok and the forest capital of Koh Ker | Koh Ker |
| 12 | Beng Mealea, Pouk monastery and a massage | Siem Reap |
| 13 | Tonle Sap floating village and departure | — |
Private tour with your own English-speaking guide · 13 days / 12 nights · Chiang Mai – Doi Suthep – Chiang Rai – Golden Triangle – Luang Prabang – Pak Ou Caves – Kuang Si Falls – Siem Reap – Angkor – Koh Ker – Beng Mealea – Tonle Sap
This Thailand, Laos and Cambodia tour links three very different sides of the Mekong region. You begin in northern Thailand, where Chiang Mai's temples, craft villages and river life lead on to Chiang Rai and the Golden Triangle.
A flight takes you to Luang Prabang for four nights of gilded temples, dawn alms, a boat to the Pak Ou Caves and a swim at Kuang Si Falls. You then fly to Siem Reap for Angkor Wat at sunrise, the Bayon and Ta Prohm, a night near the forest capital of Koh Ker and a final morning on Tonle Sap Lake.
It is a private trip with hotels at 4-star level and a boutique stay in Luang Prabang. The pace is comfortable for couples, older travelers and families with children over 10, and you can add a beach or Bangkok at either end.
Easy to moderate. Road transfers in northern Thailand take about three hours, and you take two short regional flights. Luang Prabang is gentle; Angkor days mean two to three hours of walking on uneven stone and some steep steps. Suitable for couples, active older travelers and families with children over 10.
Two nights at Eurasia Chiang Mai (Cottage room) and two nights at SANN Hotel Chiang Rai (Superior room), four nights at Satri House (Deluxe room) in Luang Prabang, then three nights at Saem Siem Reap (Deluxe room) and one night at Koh Ker Temples Garden, or similar.
November to February is the best time for all three countries, with dry, sunny days and cool mornings. March to May is hot and northern Thailand can be hazy. June to October brings green rice fields, full waterfalls and afternoon showers, with fewer visitors.
Your guide and driver are yours alone for the whole trip, so the pace, the stops and the start time each morning follow you. The standard version has an English-speaking guide; guides who speak French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Hebrew, Arabic, Chinese or Vietnamese can be arranged on request (subject to availability).
More ideas: All multi-country private tours · Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai in 5 Days · Luang Prabang Beauties in 5 Days · Angkor in Depth in 5 Days
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Thailand, Laos and Cambodia in 13 Days: Chiang Mai, Luang Prabang and Angkor is a starting point. Our Hanoi travel designers adjust every day to your pace, interests and hotel style, then run the trip with your own guide and driver.
Your guide meets you at Chiang Mai airport for a lunch of khao soi, then a longtail boat ride on the Mae Ping River with a stop at a farmer's home. Walk through Warorot Market, the city's oldest, and enjoy a khantoke dinner with Lanna dances in the evening.
Overnight: Chiang Mai · Meals: L, D
Visit the Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden in Mae Rim with its orchid glasshouses and canopy walkway. In the afternoon, drive up to Wat Phra That Doi Suthep, see the forest temple of Wat Pha Lat and sit with monks at Wat Suan Dok to talk about Buddhist life.
Overnight: Chiang Mai · Meals: B
Meet umbrella painters, woodcarvers and silk weavers in the villages east of Chiang Mai, then drive to Chiang Rai with a stop at Singha Park, a landscape of tea fields and lakes. In the evening, a tuk tuk ride takes you to the clock tower and the night market.
Overnight: Chiang Rai · Meals: B
Drive to the Golden Triangle and visit the House of Opium museum, then take an hour-long boat ride on the Mekong. After a Thai set lunch, continue to Mae Sai, Thailand's northernmost town, before returning to Chiang Rai.
Overnight: Chiang Rai · Meals: B, L
Drive back to Chiang Mai airport for your flight to Luang Prabang, direct or via Bangkok depending on the day. Your Lao guide meets you on arrival. Spend the rest of the day settling in, with a first stroll along the Mekong as the evening light fades.
Overnight: Luang Prabang · Meals: B
Walk the lesser-known lanes of the old town, visit Wat Sene and Wat Xieng Thong and stop for coffee at Heuan Chan, a restored noble house. Continue to the Royal Palace Museum and Wat Mai, climb Mount Phousi for sunset if you wish and end at the night market.
Overnight: Luang Prabang · Meals: B
Take a boat upstream to Ban Xang Hai and the Pak Ou Caves, filled with thousands of Buddha images. In the afternoon, visit the pottery village of Ban Chan, where jars are fired in kilns dug into the earth, and cruise back at sunset.
Overnight: Luang Prabang · Meals: B
Watch the alms round at dawn and browse the morning market. Visit a community rice farm in the hills, then swim in the turquoise pools of Kuang Si Falls and see the Bear Rescue Centre, with a stop at Ock Pop Tok on the way back.
Overnight: Luang Prabang · Meals: B
Fly to Siem Reap, direct or via Vientiane or Bangkok depending on the day. Your Cambodian guide meets you and takes you to the Artisans d'Angkor workshops and the Old Market. Dinner tonight comes with a performance of Apsara dance.
Overnight: Siem Reap · Meals: B, D
Watch dawn break over Angkor Wat, then explore its carved galleries. Continue to Angkor Thom, the faces of the Bayon and the royal terraces. After lunch, wander through Ta Prohm, where trees grow through the towers, and end with sunset from Pre Rup.
Overnight: Siem Reap · Meals: B, L
Climb the hilltop temple of Phnom Bok, enjoy a picnic lunch in a village and continue north to Koh Ker, a 10th-century capital where a seven-tiered pyramid rises from the forest.
Overnight: Koh Ker · Meals: B, L, D
Explore Beng Mealea, a temple still wrapped in jungle, and visit the monastery of Pouk on the way back to Siem Reap. Relax with a one-hour massage before dinner.
Overnight: Siem Reap · Meals: B, L, D
Take a boat through a floating village on Tonle Sap Lake, then transfer to Siem Reap airport for your flight home.
Meals: B
Many travelers have already been to Vietnam or plan it for another trip. This route focuses on the three countries along the middle Mekong. If you would like to add Hanoi, Halong Bay or Hoi An, we can build them in before or after Cambodia.
By two short flights: Chiang Mai to Luang Prabang, and Luang Prabang to Siem Reap. Depending on the day they are direct or connect through Bangkok or Vientiane. We arrange the best connection for your dates.
Yes. Two or three nights in Bangkok fit easily at the start, with the Grand Palace, Wat Pho and a canal trip, and you then fly or take the train north to Chiang Mai.
Yes. This is a private tour with your own English-speaking guide. We also arrange private guides who speak French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Hebrew, Arabic, Chinese or Vietnamese (subject to availability): tell us when you enquire and we confirm your guide in the quote. Book early for the December to April high season.
Nothing is payable until you approve your written quote. We then ask for a 30% deposit to confirm, and the balance 45 days before arrival, by bank transfer or card. Bank details come with your booking confirmation; always confirm them with us by phone or WhatsApp (+84 812 247 572) before any transfer.
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