The 4 Best Luang Prabang Waterfall Tours

1.Cruise to Pak Ou Caves & Kuang Si Waterfalls

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,769 reviews · from $48Our pick

Spend about nine hours beyond Luang Prabang with a Mekong boat ride to Pak Ou Caves, a Lao whiskey tasting, buffet lunch, Kuang Si Falls, and a Hmong cultural stop. Pickup and drop-off are included. A private option is available, and guides such as Pong, PingPong, Da, Tony, Thin, and Vone are praised for clear, friendly guiding.

“We thoroughly enjoyed our full day tour of Kuang Si Waterfalls, Pak Ou caves, whiskey village and sunset river cruise on the Mekong. Mr.Pong, our guide, took care of all of us very well and entertained us with his good sense of humour throughout the trip. The lunch and interaction with elephants at Manifa travel camp was well organised too. Would definitely recommend this tour to everyone who visits Luang Prabang”

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2.Cruise to Pak Ou Caves & Kuang Si Waterfalls

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 1,360 reviews · from $52

Spend about nine hours seeing Luang Prabang’s top sights beyond town. Cruise the Mekong to Pak Ou Caves, sample Lao Lao rice whiskey, eat a buffet lunch at Manifa Elephant Camp, and swim at Kuang Si Falls. English-speaking guides such as Mr Pong and Mr Pingpong are known for keeping the day friendly and well paced.

“The water falls and the Mekong River Trip. Mr. Pong was a top 5* guide .”

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3.Afternoon Kuang Si Waterfalls & Sunset Cruise

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 158 reviews · 5 hours · from $35

Spend two hours at Kuang Si Falls, with time to swim, walk forest trails, and visit the Asiatic Black Bear Rescue Centre. Stop at a rice farm for sugarcane juice, then return to Luang Prabang by long-tail boat during a two-hour Mekong sunset cruise. English-speaking guides may include Pany, Khanthong, Vone, or Mr. Da.

“great guide and transport. loved sthe village ststop off and the little museum and demonstrations qere excellent. waterfalls impressive bit very crowded and very difficult to get in and out of for us oldies. lots of large stones under the watet but mot visible. . .Market area near falls very untidy.”

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4.Day Trip to Kuang Si Waterfalls

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 95 reviews · from $32Best value

Visit Kuang Si Falls from Luang Prabang with hotel pickup, a small group of up to 10, and time to swim in the turquoise pools. Depending on your option, add a Mekong cruise, Hmong village, or spring restaurant stop. Guides such as Pany and Phan receive warm praise, though some departures feel more like transport than guided sightseeing.

“Although our tour guide was very friendly to was more like a taxi service there and back and you just wander around by yourself a few hours but actually I enjoyed doing that on my own. The waterfalls are extremely beautiful and you have about 2 hours to walk around, I did walk all they up to the top to “the view” but all I could see was trees and no waterfall… (you can pay money to do a treetop walk but I think still you can’t see the waterfall ) so best views were walking around the bottom, the water was such a beautiful colour! One thing I would…”

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