The 15 Best Vientiane Tours & Day Trips

Vientiane Cultural Tour with Private Guide - Buddha Park: strange, memorable, and worth the drive

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 80 reviews · from $125Our pick

See Vientiane’s temples, Buddha Park, monuments, and COPE Centre with a private guide, flexible plans, hotel pickup, and cultural insight.

“Had a wonderful day with guide Sombath. He explained the history of each of the monuments we visited including temples and the fabulous Buddha park. Khon the driver was fantastic also. I really recommend this tour. You will learn so much and see some beautiful delights. Lunch was delicious and included in the tour.”

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Vientiane: Cultural Tour with Buddha Park and Patuxay

2.Cultural Tour with Buddha Park and Patuxay

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 74 reviews · 6 - 8 hours · from $58

Explore Vientiane’s Buddha Park, temples, Pha That Luang, and Patuxay with a guide, transport, local stories, and practical sightseeing tips.

“Our tour guide Mr Nam was so great and very informative with all the cultural sites. He opened my mind about hinduism and budhism. He’s really great in sharing all the information, and it’s only now I learned a lot about the different kinds of buddah. I highly recommend him as he is very honest and give you information about the place.”

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Vientiane: Half-Day City Tour with Patuxai and Buddha Park

3.Half-Day City Tour with Patuxai and Buddha Park

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 57 reviews · 3.5 hours · from $52

See Patuxai, That Luang, Buddha Park, and That Dam on a practical 3.5-hour Vientiane tour with an English-speaking guide.

“Great sites,very funny ND informative tour guide Joy, great driver A, saw really cool sites, good small group tour!”

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Vientiane Cuisine & Culture: The Hungry Tuk Tuk

4.Vientiane Cuisine & Culture: The Hungry Tuk Tuk

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 53 reviews · from $58

Explore Vientiane by tuk-tuk while tasting Lao street food, market dishes, drinks, and desserts on a three-hour evening tour.

“Our guide was excellent and the food was delicious! I did not like that we had to pay out of pocket for some of our food! The markets were interesting and I think the guide should have a few ideas what try and it should be included in the tour.”

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Vientiane City Highlights Tour with Buddha Park & Lunch

5.Vientiane City Highlights Tour with Buddha Park & Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 38 reviews · 8 hours · from $100

Review of Vientiane’s private city tour with temples, Patuxay, That Luang, Buddha Park, COPE Center, Lao lunch, and hotel pickup.

“The tour guide was very knowledgeable about the history of the culture. When I went to the local restaurant, the food was very inexpensive.”

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Vientiane: Private Full-Day Tour with Buddha Park and Lunch

6.Private Full-Day Tour with Buddha Park and Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 33 reviews · 8 hours · from $150

Explore Vientiane's temples, Buddha Park, COPE Centre, Patuxai, and That Luang on an 8-hour private tour with Lao lunch.

“Great overview of the important sights. My guide, Sombath, was very knowledgeable and did an excellent job explaining the history, culture and religious symbolism. I’m very happy I took the tour.”

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From Vientiane: Vang Vieng Tour with Cave Kayak & Zipline

7.Vang Vieng Tour with Cave Kayak & Zipline

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 32 reviews · 9 hours · from $113

Review this 9-hour Vang Vieng tour from Vientiane, with kayaking, ziplining, caves, Blue Lagoon 1, transport, and practical tips.

“This is a trip with doing. Vang Vien is beautiful and the adventure worth doing”

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Private Tour: Vientiane City Tour Full Day with Buddha Park

8.Private Tour: Vientiane City Tour Full Day with Buddha Park

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 32 reviews · from $141

Review of Vientiane’s private full-day tour, covering temples, Buddha Park, Lao lunch, guide quality, price, timing, and practical tips.

“The tour was great. I was by myself and so it was a very personal experience. My guide was very friendly and knowledgeable. We went at my pace. And saw the best sights in Vientiane. Had lunch at an authentic Lao restaurant. I learned so much about Lao history and experienced the culture, first hand. It was everything I hoped for.”

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Vientiane Half-Day City Tour

9.Vientiane Half-Day City Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 23 reviews · from $89

Review of Vientiane’s half-day city tour, covering temples, COPE, Patuxay, That Luang, guides, timing, transport, and value.

“What a great tour of the city. I got to see all the main sites and my guide and driver were great! A must tour when you visit”

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Vientiane Private Full-Day Tour with Buddha Park and Lunch

10.Vientiane Private Full-Day Tour with Buddha Park and Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 17 reviews · from $100

Review of Vientiane’s private day tour, including temples, Patuxay, COPE, Buddha Park, lunch, transport, value, and practical tips.

“Noy was a great informative guide - managed to get to all the highlights of Vientiane in a day with him showing us some other great places for eating and shopping. Thanks Noy - it was a great day - highly recommend!!”

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1-Day Tour to Vang Vieng with Private Guide

11.1-Day Tour to Vang Vieng with Private Guide

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 16 reviews · from $200

Review the Vang Vieng day tour from Vientiane, with caves, blue lagoon, village life, sunset boating, private transport, and guide tips.

“Our guide Chansay was amazing!! He was very friendly and knowledgeable about the history of Laos. He was able to make detours for us and was very accommodating of everything we wanted and didn’t want to do. It was extremely easRead more”

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Laos Railway Tickets Easily: Avoid Long Queues & Wasted Time

12.Laos Railway Tickets Easily: Avoid Long Queues & Wasted Time

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 14 reviews · from $8Best value

Arrange Laos railway e-tickets from Luang Prabang to Vientiane without station queues, sold-out trains, or wasted taxi trips.

“Very convenient to use and great customer service. I’ll use this company again next time I need to book train tickets in Laos.”

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Vientiane: Private Full-day Must-See Sights & Sunset Tour

13.Private Full-day Must-See Sights & Sunset Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 12 reviews · 8 hours · from $149

Explore Vientiane’s oldest temples, Patuxay Monument, Talad Sao Market, and a Mekong sunset on a flexible private day tour.

“Our full-day private tour was great! Our guide spoke excellent English. He shared all of the stories and history of the sites that we visited, as well as cultural information about Vientiane and Laos. He made sure that we always had plenty of water, and ordered a fantastic lunch for us. We highly recommend this activity when visiting Vientiane.”

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Guided Vientiane City and Buddha Park Full-Day Tour

14.Guided Vientiane City and Buddha Park Full-Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 12 reviews · from $99

Review of Vientiane’s full-day city and Buddha Park tour, with temples, Patuxai views, local lunch, handicrafts, and Mekong sunset tips.

“Good 1 day tour of Vientiane area. Our guide Bon did a nice job. After this tour you have seen almost everything in the area, except for the newer temples throughout the city. Some are quite beautiful. Buddha Park is interesting, but smaller than expected. Lunch restaurant was a very nice, upscale place. Several excellent local dishes.”

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Vientiane City Day Tour and Buddha Park Visit with Lunch | Laos

15.Vientiane City Day Tour and Buddha Park Visit with Lunch | Laos

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 10 reviews · from $130

Review of Vientiane’s temples, Patuxai, Buddha Park, local lunch, hotel transfers, pricing, guides, and practical tips.

“Had a lovely day out with our guide who took us to loads of places around Vientiane. Definitely worth doing this tour! Our guide was friendly, very informative & knowledgeable. The lunch spot was great as well.”

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