Arrive in Bangkok and transfer to hotel. Explore Bangkoks highlights including the Grand Palace, Wat Phra Keow, Wat Arun and the Klongs of Thonburi.

Domestic flight to Khon Kaen and continue to idyllic countryside of Phu Wiang. Reside in a small garden resort near the local temple and evening food market and hike in the Phu Wiang National Park through dry deciduous Dipterocarp forest to dinosaur excavation sites and forest view points.

Famous amongst Thais, seldom visited by foreigners, Phu Kradueng Mountain (950m) is well worth the hike up to the vast summit Plateau and hike to Suan Hin Pha Ngam’s rugged rock formations, its protected forests and bronze-age mural paintings. 

Drive to the pleasant town of Loei. The afternoon is free to explore the picturesque town, its local markets at the Loei river, all within a short walking distance from your hotel.

Drive to the charming riverside town of Chiang Khan at the great Mekong River. This remarkably beautiful town is perfect to rest a day and to adapt to the slow pace of life along the great river. Beautiful temples, old French-Lao style wooden houses, friendly, open people and small restaurants along the riverfront invite to stroll around explore this truly magical place. For those more active, optional bicycle and canoe tours can be arranged.

Drive the wonderful route along the Mekong through pretty villages with unforgettable river vistas to the most remote province of the kingdom. Join a river dinner sunset cruise in Nong Khai and hike in the forests of the Phu Wua Wildlife Sanctuary and continue to Nakhon Phanom, simply the most beautiful town at the Mekong River.

Visit the wooden 1920's home of Ho Chi Minh, from where he organized the struggle for independence from France. Visit the highly revered Lao style chedi in Renu Nakhon and the 57 m high Wat Phra That Phanom in That Phanom, most important Lao Buddhist style chedi of all of Isaan, visible from several kilometers away. Continue to Mukdahan and stroll around the riverfront Indochina market.

Hike the Phu Pha Toep nature trail at Mukdahan National Park and drive to Pha Thaem, hike to the kingdoms most important prehistoric murals of animals, human figures and hunting scenes, thought to be at least 3000 to 4000 years old. Continue to Khong Chiam, where the Mekong flows into Laos to spend the last evening.