Meet our guides Name: Phet Gender: Male Date of birth: 12 Sept 1976 Guide since: 2006 License number: 119-10 Languages: English Base: Luang Prabang Experience: Can work as tour leader or through-out guide, suitable for incentive, big / small groups, high-end guests Name: Thongphanh Gender: Male Date of birth: 20 Feb 1973 Guide since: 2003 […]
Meet our team Name: Ms. Saovanith (Sao) Function: Tour Operator Joined team: 2013 Loves: Travelling Favorite destinations: Name: Ms. Soudalath (Noy) Function: Office Manager & Web editor Joined team: 2008 Loves: Chatting with friends, meeting people and traveling. Favorite destinations: Luang Prabang and Southern Laos.
About Northern Travel Laos Sabaidee, welcome to Northern Travel Laos! We specialize in guided tours throughout Laos, with options to suit all budgets and tastes. At Northern Travel your satisfaction is our happiness. We will gladly make a fully customized trip according to your wishes. Or you can choose from our tour program examples and […]
Events & Festivals Laos cerebrates many annual festivals called “Boun”, which are particularly enjoyable and beautiful, signifying traditional aspects of Lao lifestyle. Most festivals are connected with religion and the yearly rice farming cycle. The timing of the festivals is calculated according to the Buddhist lunar calendar. February Wat Phou Festival in Champasack Province This […]
History Stone tools discovered in Huaphanh and Luang Prabang provinces attest to the presence of prehistoric man in the hunter-gatherer stage in Lao territory from at least 40,000 years ago. Agriculturist society seemed to appear during the 4th millennia B.C. as evidence has been found by archeologists. Burial jars and other kinds of sepulchers have […]
Flora & Fauna Laos has one of the most pristine natural landscapes in Southeast Asia. An estimated half of its woodlands consist of primary forest, in particular the tropical rainforest. Unlike the vegetation that grows in the climate of Europe and the United States, tropical rainforest is composed of three vegetative layers. The top layer […]
Climate Most of the year is hot and humid. Laos enjoys a tropical climate with two distinct seasons. The rainy season is from the beginning of May to the end of September, and the dry season is from October through April. The yearly average temperature is about 28 degrees Celsius, rising to a maximum of […]
Location & Terrain The Peoples’ Democratic Republic of Laos is located in the center of Indochina, sharing borders with China to the North 416 kilometers, Myanmar to Northwest 236 kilometers, Thailand to the West 1,835 kilometers, Cambodia to the South 492 kilometers and Vietnam to the East 1,957 kilometers. It is the only Southeast Asian […]
Laos Travel Guide Laos is one of the lesser known destinations in South East Asia, but one that everyone who has visited it can’t stop raving about. Its people are undoubtedly one of its main attractions, being some of the friendliest and relaxed people that you will find anywhere. The landscapes are rugged and unspoilt, […]