Private Tour
Luang Prabang City Tour & Kuang Si Waterfalls
Overview
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12 hours
Mobile ticket
This full-day private tour combines a Luang Prabang city tour with an afternoon excursion to Kuang Si Waterfall. In Luang Prabang, you will visit various temples and royal palaces and learn about Lao history culture and local life. Walking with a local guide, you will hear stories about the history of the temples and the city, Buddhist stories and legends painted all over the walls of the temples, and more, giving you a taste of Luang Prabang's culture. In the afternoon, we will head to Kuang Si Waterfall. There will be time to bathe in the emerald green waterfalls and visit a bear rescue center. On the way back, we will visit a Hmong village and have the opportunity to meet the ethnic minorities and get a glimpse of their culture.
Additional Info
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
Alms Giving Ceremony
[5:30 am opition only] In Buddhism, alms or almsgiving is the respect given by a lay Buddhist to a Buddhist monk, nun, spiritually-developed person or other sentient being. It is not charity as presumed by Western interpreters. It is important to know the ceremony is also a spiritual practice to accumulate good karma for those who give the alms. It is closer to a symbolic connection to the spiritual realm and to show humbleness and respect in the presence of the secular society. The act of almsgiving connects the human to the monk and what he represents. The morning alms giving is a living Buddhist tradition for the people of Luang Prabang which, because of its beauty, has become a major tourist attraction. However, when tourists are unaware of its customs their inappropriate behaviors can be disruptive.
The Morning Market
[5:30 opition tour only] I Following alms giving, we visit a local morning market. Luang Prabang morning market lining a couple of quiet streets near the Royal Palace, starts early and is over by mid-morning. It sets up along a couple of side-streets next to one of the city’s many Wats. A butcher and some of the more touristy stalls have actual tables for their wares. But most of the vendors, selling anything from rice, to fresh vegetables, to steamed fish, frogs, and anything else that might be the day’s catch, just set up on the ground. We go back to your accommodation and have a free time for breakfast until 8:30 am.
What‘s Included
Kuang Si Waterfalls, Hmong museum entrance fees
All Fees and Taxes
Air-conditioned vehicle
Lunch
Wat Xiengthong, Royal palace, Mount Phousi entrance fees (120,000 LAK)
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
Options
Joint Tour alms giving
Require cash payment on site: Alms giving / morning market (sunrise -6:30) City tour (8:30-12:00) Kuang Si Falls (2:00-5:30)
Dress Code: During sightseeing, you will enter the temple. Please do not wear revealing clothing as this is a sacred place.
Pickup included
Joint Tour (English)
Activity: City tour (8:30-12:00) Kuang Si Falls (2:00-5:30)
Require cash payment on site: Wat Xignthong (30,000 LAK) Royal Palace (60,000 LAK) Mount Phousi (30,000LAK) total about US$6
Dress Code: During sightseeing, you will enter the temple. Please do not wear revealing clothing as this is a sacred place
Pickup included
Private Tour (English)
Participate in alms giving: Choose 5:30. for joining alms giving. Exact pick-up time varies with sunrise
Require cash payment on site: Wat Xignthong (30,000 LAK) Royal Palace (60,000 LAK) Mount Phousi (30,000LAK) total about US$6
Duration: 12 hours
lunch: is not included. We can take you to a restaurant of your choice in town or near Kuang Si falls. Contact us for recommendation
minivan air conditioned
Dress code: During sightseeing, you will enter the temple. Please do not wear revealing clothing as this is a sacred place.
Pickup included
Joint tour (Japanese)
schedule: Alms giving / morning market (sunrise -6:30) City tour (8:30-12:00) Kuang Si Falls (2:00-5:30)
Pickup included
Reviews
90 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Fantastic.
DaniloAmpelio P,Feb 27, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Tiring morning driving, too many unnecessary details, for the rest it is really worth it, well organized and beautiful places, probably the organization for the Tak Bar, can be improved.
It was a great tour!
Anonymous,Feb 23, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00After the takuhatsu, they came back to the hotel to pick us up again, and we went sightseeing in the city, and then back to the hotel again, and finally it was a waterfall process. There was no guide who spoke Japanese when he came to pick me up, but when I got to the Takuhatsu place, there was a guide and he taught me about Laos very carefully. I can rest assured that nothing in particular has happened! You can go in and play at Quancy Falls, so you should take a swimsuit or wear one. Also, if you want to climb, you should go with sneakers (it's very slippery depending on the route, you might need a towel if you want to go into the pool) because you can climb (and sometimes the gaijin go to the English guide, although I picked up three times but I ride the bus with a lot of people. I might be able to walk around the city if I tried, but I was right to join the tour because I was traveling around Laos by car or motorbike. The takuhatsu was also early in the morning, but I recommend it. Quancy Falls was also great. I found it wonderful that they were guides who spoke both Japanese and English. Thank you very much.
A great way to enjoy Luang Prabang in a day
TseChow V,Feb 13, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Started the day with alms giving followed by walking the morning fresh market. After breakfast, visited the Royal Palace (now a museum), the Haw Phra Bang temple and Phousi Hill. After lunch, visited a small village and Kuang Si waterfall. Quite a lot done in a day - all of which were wonderful. Both guides (morning and afternoon) were excellent.
Great tour
289franceso,Jan 19, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Activities during the day were great! Just a very packed day and therefore sometimes too little time at some places. Overall great experience!
Great tour with many facets
72niniv,Jan 17, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00The entire tour, that is, early in the morning give the monks rice, then morning market, after breakfast the lookout point, royal palace and temple, and after lunch the drive to the falls and Hmong village is already a great program. Organization, leadership, drivers are all excellent. Unfortunately, Luang Prabang is now a totally overrun tourist place, many groups with the group-typical ruthlessness, it is necessary to avoid them. The Hmong village was really precarious in my eyes, here the country and the tourist organization does itself no favors to show this.
I don't recommend it.
S2314JHpaulac,Jan 9, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
2.00We took the option of entering offerings to the Monks in the morning and the truth our guide was not friendly. Then, when we were joined by more people, while his attitude improved, he was not a good guide. Afterwards, he took us to lunch at a restaurant that we could not choose (not included in the value of the tour) and when 15 minutes passed since the dishes were brought, he started to rush us because more people joined the tour and we had to finish lunch, so I could not eat my whole plate. We didn’t know that more people (twice as many) were going to join the tour and they changed the guide without warning, which was ill-mannered and the Van didn’t have the necessary safety measures for the seats ahead. Besides, when I asked him a question about the option of taking a boat, he was rude to me.
Highly recommend!
Leddia M,Dec 29, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Enjoyed our tour very much! Our guide Boune took told us interesting info about Luang Prabang, and helped take our photos. He is very funny also! We started really early, and the program went on as planned without feeling like we were rushing.
It was the best tour in Luang Prabang.
asiasan01,Dec 20, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Manifa Travel I joined a sightseeing tour of the city with a Japanese guide, Quanshi Falls. In the morning we went with a group of five Japanese people and seven of us. They will participate in Elephant Camp Elephant Empowerment Tour in the afternoon, The afternoon tour is just for us. The tour was kept to itself by the Japanese guide. Mr. Kang's explanation was easy to understand and he was courteous. It was a lot of fun. It was also a kind and wonderful tour. Thank you very much. The driver was also a very nice person and gave me a plastic bottle. I thanked him for our poor Laotian "kop chai" and he returned it with a smile. He was a lovely man with a smile. Thank you very much, Mr. Kang, the Japanese guide, and the driver.
Best Guide in Luang Prabang – Thin is Amazing!
Farhad G,Dec 12, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00**5/5 - Best guide ever!** Thin was amazing — super knowledgeable, great English and kind. He made Kuang Si and the city tour perfect. Highly recommend!
City Tour with Boun Lousm
SteveMWT,Dec 3, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00I did a morning almsgiving and city tour with Boun Lousm as the guide. Thank you to Boun for the excellent tour! It was an excellent introduction to Lao history and the culture, and the traditions of Luang Prabang. Boun was a friendly and welcoming tour guide. I strongly recommend this tour.
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