Living Land Rice Farming Experience
Overview
Available languages
5 hours
Mobile ticket
Hand on experience of growing, harvesting and cooking sticky rice, “Kau Niau”, finishing with a degustation of some rice based specialties.
Morning Tour (without lunch)
8:00 : Pickup from your hotel
8:30-11.30 : Farming experience
Morning Tour (with Lunch)
Additional specialty lunch in the farm (11:30-)
Farming + Lunch + Waterfalls
After farming & specialty lunch, visit Ock Pop Tok Living Craft Center & Kuang Si falls (-18:00)
Farming + Mekong Sunset Cruise / Pak Ou Caves
After farming, visit Manifa elephant camp for lunch, Mekong sunset cruise & Pak Ou caves in the afternoon (-18:00)
Additional Info
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation Policy
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
What To Expect
The Living Land Farm
This charming community farm just outside of Luang Prabang overlooks wonderful Rice Fields and Mountains. Rice is planted all year round and they welcome guests who want to learn about Rice planting and other farm activities like bamboo weaving, sugar cane pressing, black smithing. The half day programme starts at 08.30 and finishes with a tasting of rice based snacks. After farming experience, we have lunch in the farm (a selection of typical Luang Prabang dishes and fruit.) Proceeds from the Rice Experience go to supporting over 60 students with their studies and they operate free English classes for the whole village.
What‘s Included
All Fees and Taxes
Lunch included only when you choose option including Lunch
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
Options
Morning Tour (without lunch)
Tour Schedule: Pickup (8:00-15), Rice Farming (8:30-11:30), Return to your hotel (11:45-12:00)
Duration: 4 hours
Pickup included
Morning Tour (with Lunch)
Tour schedule: Pickup (8:00-8:15), Rice Farming (8:30-11:30), Lunch (11:30-12:30) Return to the hotel (12:45-13:00)
Duration: 5 hours 30 minutes
Specialty Organic Lunch
Pickup included
Farming + Lunch + Waterfalls
Tour Schedule: Farming (8:30-11:30), Lunch (11:30-12:30), Ock Pop Tok Living Craftcenter (12:40-14:00), Kuang Si Falls (14:45-17:00)
Duration: 9 hours: Return to your accommodation or city center at 17:30-18:00
Pickup included
Reviews
93 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Brilliant!
holidaycharles,,Jan 22, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We had a fantastic morning with Mr K Soy at the living land farm. He explained everything and encouraged us and helped us participate and he also made us laugh a lot with his jokes. The lunch was delicious and they catered for us vegetarians. It is a memorable, unique experience. I would highly recommend this experience!
A great and interesting experience.Very nicely prepared the whole idea of working on the rice field.Recommended .
Tomáš Z,,Jan 11, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00A great experience. If you are not afraid of a bit of mud, you should definitely participate.A very nice companion.
Fun on the rice farm
B1682IBjohng,,Jan 1, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Had a great time, Johnny the guide was knowledgeable, patient, funny and engaged everyone to participate. Lunch was excellent! Was a highlight of our trip.
Worth it!
167talab,,Dec 28, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00This was such a cool and valuable experience. We really enjoyed learning about the extensive processes that go into rice farming in Laos. Our guide was super friendly and knowledgeable, and did a great job explaining everything and providing context about how important /central rice farming is to Laotian culture. It was cool to see how circular/sustainable the process is- everything has its purpose and little to nothing gets wasted. We also appreciated the cooperative mission of the farm and how they support the locals in the area. We opted to stay and have lunch afterwards and it was truly delicious. I highly recommend if you want an authentic, home cooked Laotian meal!
Rilp-off !
maxim v,,Dec 27, 2025
- Review from Viator
1.00This is a total rip-off!!! Viator charged us twice the actual price! For a family of four, that was more than $100 extra. Book directly with the farm.
Must do in Luang Prabang
margaret c,,Dec 27, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00This was an amazing experience. The farm is beautiful, nestled against the mountain. You learn all about organic rice farming and get to participate. Johnny, our guide was very knowledgeable and told us family stories. Planting, harvesting and cooking rice is a long process - most which I had no idea about before today. I highly recommend this tour!
An experience you mustn’t miss
debi285,,Dec 6, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00An amazing experience in a stunning setting. We can’t recommend this enough. We learned so much and had the chance to really get involved with all stages of rice production the traditional way.
Great, family friendly half day out
daveeR3952FN,,Dec 1, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Very informative, hands on experience. Covers every aspect of rice growing from seed to bowl, how every part of the rice is used. It's an optional extra, but the food is well worth trying also
On top!
352amandinef,,Nov 28, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Currently around the world, we have chosen this activity to discover the cultivation of rice. The setting is superb and our guide was great! The children loved this unique experience. If you want to discover rice cultivation we strongly recommend this address that we have not found in other countries!
to avoid
427thh,,Nov 15, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
1.00Not having booked, we asked for information the unpleasant welcome we were told come back tomorrow without further explanation, we were not even allowed to take pictures.
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