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DAY 16 LUANG PRABANG Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch Here you will find numerous Buddha images of various styles, ages and sizes. At 9:00 AM depart the hotel and transfer to the pier for a 2 hour long-tailed boat cruise up the Mekong Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant along the banks of River to the mysterious Pak Ou Caves. the Mekong River. The river is the national highway of Laos. Cruise past After lunch, visit Ban Xanghai village, where they forested banks and riverside villages. The craggy make local rice wine. If you like also stop at the mountain scenery is breathtaking with overhanging weaving and textile villages of Ban Xangkhong and cliffs above the swift flowing river. En route, Lao Ban Xienglek. You will also have the option to visit typical villages are barely visible behind a screen of Ban Nongxai, an artisans village. foliage. Slender canoes bobbing by the shore and bamboo poles and floats mark the location of nets Return to the Amantaka around 4:30 PM. and fish traps. This evening you may want to take a stroll through Stop at Xiengmene, where you will visit Wat Long Luang Prabang’s night market where you can Khun, Tham Sakkarin (Limestone cave) and Ban explore an extensive collection of handicrafts for Xiengmene village. sale, including a wide variety of textiles, clothing, carvings, basketry, quilts, and much more. Pak Ou Caves is located at the junction of the Mekong River and Ou River. The caves consist of two Overnight: Amantaka – Suite caves: Tham Thing, the lower cave and Tham Phum.