Vientiane City Day Tour and Buddha Park Visit with Lunch | Laos, Thailand

Vientiane, the capital and largest city of Laos, is located in the banks of the Mekong River. This 8-hour tour is lead by an English-speaking guide who will take you to visit historic temples, national monuments, local handicrafts, and Buddha Park. Hotel pick up and drop-off is available from centrally located Vientiane hotels and lunch will be provided.

Vientiane full day tour & Buddha Park

In the morning time, we take a sightseeing tour of Vientiane, to visit religious museums  of  Wat  Sisaket,  the  oldest  temple  to  have  been  survived  from  the Siamese war of 1828 and its cloister contains more than 8000 Buddha statues; Ho Prakeo, the former home-temple of the Emerald Buddha statue or Pra Keo from  the  early  time  of  Lane  Xang  Kingdom  until  18th  century,  but  today  it contains a collection of Buddha statues, antiques and all artifacts found in around Vientiane; That Luang Stupa, the single most important monument in Laos, which was built to cover the original small stupa containing a piece of the chest bone of Buddha, That Luang serves as the main and symbolic stupa in Laos. It's also our national symbol and recognizable throughout the world, gathering place for national Buddhism ceremony. It's also the biggest stupa in Laos; Patouxay (Arch de Triumph), built quite recently in commemoration of those who died during the wars in the past and it is today as the land-mark of Vientiane. We make a lunch stop at a local restaurant. In  the  afternoon,  we  continue  the  sightseeing  tour  to  Carol  Cassidy, a  Gallery weaving Lao textiles and natural dye making process from A-Z; Buddha Park on the Mekong of which Buddha statues in modern style shapes. One of them is the

largest Recling Buddha in Laos. They were built by a Lao man in order to teach following generations about religions worldwide after his study in India. A larger park was built in Nong Khai, Thailand and his body has been kept there.

We return to Vientiane in the late afternoon