2 days Ban Chomphet Experience Biking and Trekking Tour from Luang Prabang

Day 1: Luang Prabang – Ban Na Kham – Ban Houay Tan – Ban Mok Prai – Ban Phou Luang Tai
We depart with our bicycles from your hotel in downtown Luang Prabang and cross the Mekong River by boat to Ban Xieng Man village. We then cycle to Ban Na Kham, known for growing sugarcane and cooking sticky rice in bamboo stems. There is time to have a look around and maybe sample this delicious snack. We continue to Ban Houay Tan (a Khmu village). We take a short break to look around, then continue biking to Somsisomphou village for lunch.

After succeeding lunch we switch from biking to trekking. Surpassing some rice fields, we then cross a stream. Trekking 2 ½ hours uphill through Ban Mok Prai, we finally arrive at Ban Phou Luang Tai (both are Hmong villages) where we stay overnight in the home of a local family.

Approximately: 5 hours cycling / 2½ hours trekking / 15-20 minutes boat

Day 2: Ban Phou Luang Tai – Ban Houay Pong – Ban Muang Kham – Luang Prabang
Following breakfast, we start our second-day trek that passes the forest to Ban Houay Pong (a Khmu village) to relax and have lunch at the hall sustenance built by SNV. We then continue to Muang Kham village, where river weed (a Luang Prabang specialty; only in the dry season) is produced. From here, we take a 20 minutes boat ride back to Luang Prabang.

Approximately: 5 hours trekking/ 20 minutes boat

Note: In the wet season, the road can be very muddy.