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Luang Prabang - Huay Xai - Luang Nam Tha

  • Baffin

    Hi,

    I will be in Laos for approximately 2 weeks at the beginning of december. I will start in Luang Prabang, and then go to Huay Xai (base of the Gibbon Experience) and Luang Nam Tha (for trekking in Nam Ha NPA) in no particular order.

    Now, I know it is common to go down the Nam Tha and Mekong rivers (meaning that I'd go to LNT first, then HX, and then back to LP). Is it possible to travel the other way around? from LP to HX on the Mekong, then from HX to LNT? Would I avoid the flow of backpackers? I need that info before leaving as I want to reserve for the Gibbon Experience!

    Any comment would be greatly appreciated!

    Baffin

    #1 Posted: 9/10/2011 - 06:47


  • Captain_Bob

    "from LP to HX on the Mekong" is dead-easy. Just go to the boat ramp in LP that morning and buy a slow boat ticket. This is less touristy than the popular downstream direction and just as easy to arrange.

    "from HX to LNT" is not as easy since fewer people do that route, but in December (high season) pretty likely to have a boat going per day. Enquire about price and availability by contacting Green Discovery who also run The Boat Landing in Luang Namtha where the river journey ends.

    #2 Posted: 9/10/2011 - 14:18

  • Baffin

    Thanks so much, this was really helpful.

    #3 Posted: 9/10/2011 - 19:01

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