Workshop or class

Luang Prabang: Pottery Workshop & Wat Chomphet cycling Tour

Activity provider: Wander Laos
Workshop or class

Luang Prabang: Pottery Workshop & Wat Chomphet cycling Tour

Activity provider: Wander Laos

From US$ 65 per person

Get your adrenaline pumping with a mountain bike tour around Luang Prabang. Cross the Mekong river by ferry, learn more about clay pottery at Ban Chan Pottery Village, and visit Wat Chomphet temple & Ban Nakham.

About this activity

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Duration 4.5 hours
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Live tour guide
English
Pickup included
Please wait in the hotel lobby 10 minutes before your scheduled pickup time. The driver will track your name at the hotel reception. Drivers will wait no longer than 5 minutes after the scheduled pickup time.
Small group
Limited to 8 participants

Experience

Highlights
  • Hands-on pottery making activity at Pottery house Lao food
  • Eat delicious Lao food at Local family at Ban Nakham
  • Visit Wat Chomphet where a panoramic view of Luang Prabang town
  • Enjoy your bike riding in the quiet road of Chomphet district
Full description
Be met by your guide at the hotel lobby at 8:30 am, for the short transfer to the bike shop. Begin your short cycling to the Mekong River where you will board the local car ferry to cross the river to the quiet district of Chomphet. Over there you will not see many, if any, other tourists and very little traffic. Enjoy a day discovering local village life and visiting the pottery village that used to make pottery for the Royal Family. Disembark the ferry, stop en route to visit the old temple Wat Chomphet to see the view of Luang Prabang in the opposite side the Mekong. Then cycle the south-west direction of Luang Prabang towards Ban Chan, the pottery village where you will participate in the hands-on pottery-making class. Upon arrival you will be shown around the village to learn more about village life and the technique of pottery making that passed by for many generations, lunch will be served at the local house(Optional). Take your bike and cycle back to Luang Prabang, you will be transferred back to your hotel at the end of the tour.
Includes
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • English Speaking guide
  • Entrance fees
  • Pottery making
  • Lunch optional
  • Souvenir "Your own creation pottery"
  • Alcoholic drinks
  • Tipping
Not suitable for
  • Pregnant women
  • People with mobility impairments

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What to bring

  • Sunglasses
  • Sunscreen
  • Hat

Know before you go

  • A half-day tour by bike, very suitable for the couple or small group tour and family (kid above 8 YO)
  • Educational and fun making the clay pottery
  • See the real Lao and eat local food

Product ID: 387151