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Hello
I'm interested in doing the Gibbon Experience but don't have too much time to take 2 days getting from Huay Xai to Luang Prabang....is there any quicker way? I've tried looking for flights but I'm not having much luck.
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#1 Posted: 26/10/2009 - 04:44
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When you're done with Monkey Ex, go out to the main road and have someone flag down the Huay Xai / Vientiane bus as it goes by, a short while later (12 hrs or so)there you are in Luang Prabang.
#2 Posted: 26/10/2009 - 07:10
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Only flight Huay Xai - Vientiane three times a week. No flight to LP.
Semi-recent Huay Xai bus schedule
#3 Posted: 26/10/2009 - 12:10
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Thanks (sorry didn't realise till now I posted this in Thailand forum)
Arrghhh...don't know if I can do a 12 hour bus journey....will have to have a think.
Which airlines is it (I can't find anything again....) and has anyone done the flight from Huay Xai to Vietiane?
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#4 Posted: 26/10/2009 - 14:22
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From memory Lao Airlined fly from Vientiane to Huay Xai , but not the other way (the plane does a three stop loop - Vientiane - Huay Xai - Luang Prabang ) but it doesn't fly every day. Check their schedule for details.
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http://www.laoairlines.com/indexb.php
Then click on the Domestic Flight Schedule tab:
Three times a week Tu Th Sa. Course I always take this website's info with a grain of salt
QV902 246 HOE VTE 1410 1500
NewbieC if a long busride is seriously off-putting you might not like Laos travel very much =) If you have time, maybe overnight (or two) in Luang Namtha then get the morning bus to Luang Prabang (about 8 hours) or just to Udomxai and do a sidetrip to Nong Kiew then get a boat down the Nam Ou to Luang Prabang. Several alternatives to just one really long busride.
#6 Posted: 26/10/2009 - 16:03
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Thanks again - Captain Bob your picture is really freaking me out!!
I think we might to try break up the bus journey (btw we're only doing North Laos because of my dislike for long bus trips.......)
#7 Posted: 26/10/2009 - 16:40
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Hi all,
spend NEw Years eve in Huay Xai.
I'm not seeing Huay Xai as a destination on the Lao Air website ...
this is crucial as we're already signed up to do a jungle trek. and I don't want to: A) do the 15 hr bus trip from Luang and
any news on this? anyone?
#8 Posted: 24/12/2010 - 02:58
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Again, any word on flying TO Huay Xai from Vientiane?
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Slatts
#9 Posted: 24/12/2010 - 14:13
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Hi!
According to Wikitravel, the flights were stopped in November 2010. See the flight section here:
http://wikitravel.org/en/Huay_Xai
#10 Posted: 24/12/2010 - 21:37
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Sorry my mistake. I thought you wanted to do Luang prabang to Huay Xai .
Laos Air has a flight from Vientiane to Houeisay. I am guessing that Houeisay and Huay Xai are one and the same.
#11 Posted: 24/12/2010 - 22:08
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Right, took me a while to find the Laos domestic page, where i see two AM flights from Vientiane > Houeisai. Flights from Luang Prabang to Vientiane are later in the day so it looks like a two day process. Thanks Goonistik!
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Hi All,
I am wanting to travel from Hanoi to Huay Xai for the gibbon experience. Alternitivley from luang prabang to Huay Xai. Any suggestions on the quickest way?
Cheers
#13 Posted: 7/8/2012 - 21:45
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Hanoi-Luangprabang flights daily on Laoairlines, then get a speedboat up to Huay Xai takes 7 hours including a lunch stop at Pakbeng.
#14 Posted: 8/8/2012 - 11:56