Ho Chi Minh Discovery (3 days)

Day 1 Pakse - Tad Lo (L)

Depart Pakse at 8:00am.
Drive to Tad Paxuam waterfall where you will have time to photograph and enjoy the scenery and tranquil surroundings.

Visit a Katu ethnic village of Lao Ngam where you will learn about this minority group who have a strong tradition of silk weaving using foot looms. Passengers are likely to see examples of this activity in the village and will have the opportunity to purchase the beautiful cloths.

Continue driving to Tad Lo Waterfall where lunch will be taken. If weather and water conditions permit, you will have the time and opportunity to swim in the pool at the top of Tad Lo waterfall.

Take an afternoon stroll through the wonderful scenic area or even take an optional elephant ride.

Accommodation: Tad Lo Lodge or Saisee Resort

Day 2 Tad Lo - Attapeu (B/L/D)

Breakfast before a 7:30 am departure.
Drive 2 hours to Ban Mai in Sanamxai District.
On arrival at the Xe Pian River take a 1 hour boat trip to Tad Samongphak waterfall which is best just after the wet season when rivers are at their highest.

After photographic time continue by boat for a short distance before disembarking for a 1.5 hour trek to Saepha waterfall for a picnic lunch.
After lunch walk back the couple of kilometres to the boat and return to Ban Mai to continue to Attapeu by car.
That evening enjoy a Korean Barbecue which has become a popular local cuisine in Laos.

Accommodation: Local Guesthouse with private bathroom, shower and air-con

Day 3 Attapeu - Pakse (B/L)

Attapeu is one of the most isolated and rugged regions in Laos with a wide variety of colourful wildlife and ethnic villages. Due to being along the Ho Chi Minh Trail and suffered heavy bombing during the Vietnam War, there are a large number of artefacts left over from the war including an old Russian surface to air missile at Pa-am which makes for a scenic morning drive. Pa-am marks part of the Ho Chi Minh trail which you can see leading up into the hills towards Vietnam.

Drive back across the Bolaven Plateau.
Have lunch at Katamtok waterfall in Paxong before continuing on towards Pakse.
On route enjoy a swim at Tad Yuang waterfall and visit the a view point of the spectacular Tad Fane twin waterfalls which plummet 120 m into a deep chasm.
Stop at a local Tea and Coffee plantation gaining an insight into an industry introduced by the French and has since thrived on the fertile volcanic rock soils making up the Bolaven Plateau, before arriving in Pakse.

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